Bianca A. Simonsmeier

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bianca A. Simonsmeier is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bianca A. Simonsmeier has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 9 papers in Social Psychology and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bianca A. Simonsmeier's work include Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (6 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (5 papers). Bianca A. Simonsmeier is often cited by papers focused on Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (6 papers), Sport Psychology and Performance (6 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (5 papers). Bianca A. Simonsmeier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Bianca A. Simonsmeier's co-authors include Michael Schneider, Susanne Buecker, Maike Luhmann, Maja Flaig, Sophia Terwiel, Cornelia Frank, Lennart Schalk, Anne Deiglmayr, Julia Hein and Roland H. Grabner and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Educational Psychologist and Educational Psychology Review.

In The Last Decade

Bianca A. Simonsmeier

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Subjective well-being and academic achievement: A meta-analysis

2018 345 citations Bianca A. Simonsmeier, Michael Schneider et al. Journal of Research in Personality profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bianca A. Simonsmeier Germany	12	439	308	261	213	159	23	1.1k
Marianna Alesi Italy	24	358 0.8×	639 2.1×	238 0.9×	264 1.2×	122 0.8×	96	1.5k
Xihe Zhu United States	25	475 1.1×	583 1.9×	245 0.9×	165 0.8×	152 1.0×	116	1.7k
Michael Noetel Australia	21	309 0.7×	447 1.5×	351 1.3×	324 1.5×	192 1.2×	55	1.8k
Liwei Zhang China	16	302 0.7×	227 0.7×	67 0.3×	200 0.9×	155 1.0×	70	941
Aaro Toomela Estonia	19	389 0.9×	274 0.9×	123 0.5×	192 0.9×	195 1.2×	74	1.2k
Ying Hwa Kee Singapore	20	812 1.8×	411 1.3×	149 0.6×	524 2.5×	243 1.5×	61	1.4k
Myrto F. Mavilidi Australia	23	269 0.6×	1.0k 3.4×	347 1.3×	94 0.4×	203 1.3×	58	1.6k
Raymond Kim Wai Sum Hong Kong	25	427 1.0×	901 2.9×	200 0.8×	158 0.7×	63 0.4×	97	1.8k
Franziska Lautenbach Germany	16	327 0.7×	278 0.9×	87 0.3×	131 0.6×	112 0.7×	41	776
Susana Sanduvete‐Chaves Spain	14	158 0.4×	259 0.8×	89 0.3×	142 0.7×	59 0.4×	40	814

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2025). The Quiet Ego: A Meta-Analytical Review. Journal of Happiness Studies. 26(7).

Edelsbrunner, Peter A., Bianca A. Simonsmeier, & Michael Schneider. (2025). The Cronbach’s Alpha of Domain-Specific Knowledge Tests Before and After Learning: A Meta-Analysis of Published Studies. Educational Psychology Review. 37(1). 14 indexed citations

Schneider, Michael & Bianca A. Simonsmeier. (2025). How does prior knowledge affect learning? A review of 16 mechanisms and a framework for future research. Learning and Individual Differences. 122. 102744–102744.

Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2025). A cornerstone of adaptivity – A meta-analysis of the expertise reversal effect. Learning and Instruction. 98. 102142–102142. 2 indexed citations

Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2025). The effects of programming interventions in early childhood: A meta-analysis. Learning and Individual Differences. 120. 102699–102699.

Edelsbrunner, Peter A., Bianca A. Simonsmeier, & Michael Schneider. (2025). The Reliability, But Not the Cronbach’s Alpha, of Knowledge Tests Matters: Response to Zitzmann and Orona (2025). Educational Psychology Review. 37(2). 1 indexed citations

McNamara, Danielle S., et al.. (2023). The Landscape of Research on Prior Knowledge and Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. 35(2). 12 indexed citations

Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2023). The Effects of Programming Interventions in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

Frank, Cornelia, et al.. (2023). Imagery training of motor actions in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 17(2). 1356–1377. 3 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Laura S., et al.. (2023). Towards a More Individualised Practice of Motor Imagery: The Additional Value of the Personality Dimension Extraversion. Imagination Cognition and Personality. 43(3). 249–268. 1 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., Maja Flaig, Anne Deiglmayr, Lennart Schalk, & Michael Schneider. (2021). Domain-specific prior knowledge and learning: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychologist. 57(1). 31–54. 124 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2021). What sixty years of research says about the effectiveness of patient education on health: a second order meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review. 16(3). 450–474. 38 indexed citations

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Buecker, Susanne, et al.. (2020). Physical activity and subjective well-being in healthy individuals: a meta-analytic review. Health Psychology Review. 15(4). 574–592. 179 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2020). Peer Feedback Improves Students’ Academic Self-Concept in Higher Education. Research in Higher Education. 61(6). 706–724. 57 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2020). The effects of imagery interventions in sports: a meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 14(1). 186–207. 109 indexed citations

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Flaig, Maja, et al.. (2018). Reprint of “Conceptual change and knowledge integration as learning processes in higher education: A latent transition analysis”. Learning and Individual Differences. 66. 92–104. 10 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2018). The effects of motor imagery training on performance and mental representation of 7- to 15-year-old gymnasts of different levels of expertise.. Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology. 7(2). 155–168. 21 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2018). Subjective well-being and academic achievement: A meta-analysis. Journal of Research in Personality. 74. 83–94. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A., et al.. (2017). Electrical brain stimulation (tES) improves learning more than performance: A meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 84. 171–181. 84 indexed citations

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Simonsmeier, Bianca A. & Susanne Buecker. (2016). Interrelations of Imagery Use, Imagery Ability, and Performance in Young Athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 29(1). 32–43. 39 indexed citations

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