Achim Stephan

2.2k total citations
44 papers, 921 citations indexed

About

Achim Stephan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Achim Stephan has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 921 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Achim Stephan's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers), Emotions and Moral Behavior (8 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (6 papers). Achim Stephan is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers), Emotions and Moral Behavior (8 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (6 papers). Achim Stephan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Achim Stephan's co-authors include Sven Walter, Jan Slaby, Gordon Pipa, Peter König, Robert C. Richardson, Sabrina Coninx, Fred C. Boogerd, Hans V. Westerhoff, Frank J. Bruggeman and Henrik Walter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Achim Stephan

41 papers receiving 845 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Achim Stephan Germany 17 406 253 147 135 129 44 921
Bryce Huebner United States 18 617 1.5× 408 1.6× 109 0.7× 300 2.2× 94 0.7× 36 981
Henrik Singmann Germany 21 526 1.3× 146 0.6× 238 1.6× 101 0.7× 55 0.4× 57 1.2k
Keith Frankish United Kingdom 13 565 1.4× 251 1.0× 324 2.2× 218 1.6× 65 0.5× 38 1.3k
Massimo Piattelli‐Palmarini United States 15 266 0.7× 153 0.6× 290 2.0× 152 1.1× 36 0.3× 45 1.5k
Denise D. Cummins United States 18 425 1.0× 280 1.1× 329 2.2× 335 2.5× 151 1.2× 35 1.8k
Felipe De Brigard United States 22 1.3k 3.3× 358 1.4× 390 2.7× 262 1.9× 58 0.4× 98 1.9k
Michael Wheeler United Kingdom 13 587 1.4× 336 1.3× 185 1.3× 104 0.8× 25 0.2× 50 882
John Michael United Kingdom 21 517 1.3× 566 2.2× 178 1.2× 249 1.8× 59 0.5× 110 1.4k
Amy Perfors Australia 21 699 1.7× 182 0.7× 356 2.4× 156 1.2× 50 0.4× 71 2.1k
Fabio Paglieri Italy 19 386 1.0× 268 1.1× 216 1.5× 220 1.6× 104 0.8× 70 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achim Stephan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stephan, Achim, et al.. (2024). A Situated Inspection of Autonomous Vehicle Acceptance – A Population Study in Virtual Reality. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(9). 5225–5244. 5 indexed citations
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Coelho, Sara, Íngrid Vendrell Ferran, & Achim Stephan. (2023). Emotional abilities and art experience in autism spectrum disorder. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. 24(5). 1315–1340. 2 indexed citations
3.
Schupp, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Oxidative Stress Differentially Influences the Survival and Metabolism of Cells in the Melanoma Microenvironment. Cells. 11(6). 930–930. 10 indexed citations
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Coelho, Sara, et al.. (2022). Moral Agency, Rules, and Temporality in People Who Are Diagnosed With Mild Forms of Autism: In Defense of a Sentimentalist View. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 875680–875680. 2 indexed citations
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Coninx, Sabrina & Achim Stephan. (2021). A Taxonomy of Environmentally Scaffolded Affectivity. VU Research Portal. 54(1). 38–64. 37 indexed citations
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Lorusso, Anna Maria, et al.. (2020). Onlife Extremism: Dynamic Integration of Digital and Physical Spaces in Radicalization. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 20 indexed citations
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Kallioinen, Noa, et al.. (2019). Moral Judgements on the Actions of Self-Driving Cars and Human Drivers in Dilemma Situations From Different Perspectives. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 2415–2415. 47 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim, et al.. (2018). Human Decisions in Moral Dilemmas are Largely Described by Utilitarianism: Virtual Car Driving Study Provides Guidelines for Autonomous Driving Vehicles. Science and Engineering Ethics. 25(2). 399–418. 94 indexed citations
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König, Peter, et al.. (2018). Autonomous Vehicles Require Socio-Political Acceptance—An Empirical and Philosophical Perspective on the Problem of Moral Decision Making. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 12. 31–31. 51 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (2017). On The Adequacy of Emotions and Existential Feelings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (2017). Moods in Layers. Philosophia. 45(4). 1481–1495. 12 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (2016). Emergenz. 2 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim, et al.. (2013). Emotions beyond brain and body. Philosophical Psychology. 27(1). 65–81. 67 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (2012). Emotions, Existential Feelings, and Their Regulation. Emotion Review. 4(2). 157–162. 28 indexed citations
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Walter, Henrik, et al.. (2009). The Temporal Dynamics of Voluntary Emotion Regulation. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6726–e6726. 94 indexed citations
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Slaby, Jan & Achim Stephan. (2008). Affective intentionality and self-consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition. 17(2). 506–513. 53 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (2006). The dual role of ‘emergence’ in the philosophy of mind and in cognitive science. Synthese. 151(3). 485–498. 37 indexed citations
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Lenk, Hans & Achim Stephan. (2002). On Levels and Types of Complexity and Emergence. 1 indexed citations
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Stephan, Achim. (1999). Introduction: Animal Beliefs, Concepts, and Communication. Erkenntnis. 51(1). 505–510.
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Stephan, Achim. (1998). Varieties of Emergence in Artificial and Natural Systems. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 53(7-8). 639–656. 31 indexed citations

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