Christoph Eisenegger

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Christoph Eisenegger is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Eisenegger has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Eisenegger's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (13 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers). Christoph Eisenegger is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (19 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (13 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers). Christoph Eisenegger collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Christoph Eisenegger's co-authors include Ernst Fehr, Johannes Haushofer, Daria Knoch, Markus Heinrichs, Michael Naef, Romana Snozzi, Boris B. Quednow, Katrin H. Preller, Thomas Baumgärtner and Luke Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Eisenegger

53 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

The role of testosterone in social interaction

2011 462 citations Christoph Eisenegger, Johannes Haushofer et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christoph Eisenegger Austria	25	1.2k	1.1k	724	534	365	54	2.8k
Jiska S. Peper Netherlands	35	1.7k 1.4×	995 0.9×	860 1.2×	825 1.5×	181 0.5×	50	4.2k
Tim Klucken Germany	29	967 0.8×	727 0.7×	578 0.8×	832 1.6×	220 0.6×	99	2.8k
Peter A. Bos Netherlands	26	726 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	549 1.0×	228 0.6×	58	2.6k
Jean‐Claude Dreher France	35	3.0k 2.5×	935 0.9×	729 1.0×	724 1.4×	259 0.7×	83	4.8k
David Terburg Netherlands	23	758 0.6×	848 0.8×	805 1.1×	398 0.7×	164 0.4×	53	2.0k
Golnaz Tabibnia United States	18	1.1k 0.9×	711 0.7×	628 0.9×	562 1.1×	288 0.8×	23	2.5k
Neil V. Watson Canada	36	492 0.4×	985 0.9×	797 1.1×	297 0.6×	304 0.8×	78	3.0k
Yina Ma China	36	1.3k 1.1×	997 0.9×	1.6k 2.2×	384 0.7×	388 1.1×	91	3.4k
Lucy L. Brown United States	26	932 0.8×	921 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	698 1.3×	306 0.8×	52	3.5k
Juergen Hennig Germany	31	722 0.6×	736 0.7×	569 0.8×	778 1.5×	82 0.2×	92	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Eisenegger

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Eisenegger, Christoph, et al.. (2024). The effects of single testosterone administration and stress induction on steroid hormone levels in hair. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 172. 107252–107252.

Korb, Sebastian, Emilio Chiappini, Matthäus Willeit, et al.. (2024). Effects of dopamine and opioid receptor antagonism on the neural processing of social and nonsocial rewards. Human Brain Mapping. 45(4). e26645–e26645. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2023). Testosterone eliminates strategic prosocial behavior through impacting choice consistency in healthy males. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(10). 1541–1550. 8 indexed citations

Mikuš, Nace, Christoph Eisenegger, Christoph Mathys, et al.. (2023). Blocking D2/D3 dopamine receptors in male participants increases volatility of beliefs when learning to trust others. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4049–4049. 7 indexed citations

Mikuš, Nace, Sebastian Korb, Matthäus Willeit, et al.. (2022). Effects of dopamine D2/3 and opioid receptor antagonism on the trade-off between model-based and model-free behaviour in healthy volunteers. eLife. 11. 10 indexed citations

Pelowski, Matthew, et al.. (2022). Social reputation influences on liking and willingness-to-pay for artworks: A multimethod design investigating choice behavior along with physiological measures and motivational factors. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0266020–e0266020. 6 indexed citations

Jocham, Gerhard, Bernhard Wagner, Rupert Lanzenberger, et al.. (2021). A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning. Hormones and Behavior. 134. 105022–105022. 7 indexed citations

Korb, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Dopaminergic and opioidergic regulation during anticipation and consumption of social and nonsocial rewards. eLife. 9. 42 indexed citations

Eisenegger, Christoph, et al.. (2019). The Human Basolateral Amygdala Is Indispensable for Social Experiential Learning. Current Biology. 29(20). 3532–3537.e3. 31 indexed citations

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Pfabigan, Daniela M., et al.. (2019). Fairness norm violations in anti-social psychopathic offenders in a repeated trust game. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 266–266. 6 indexed citations

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Vermeer, Annabel B. Losecaat, et al.. (2019). Exogenous testosterone increases status-seeking motivation in men with unstable low social status. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 113. 104552–104552. 34 indexed citations

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Wu, Yin, Luke Clark, Samuele Zilioli, et al.. (2018). Single dose testosterone administration modulates emotional reactivity and counterfactual choice in healthy males. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 90. 127–133. 26 indexed citations

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Quednow, Boris B., Lea M. Hulka, Katrin H. Preller, et al.. (2017). Stable self-serving personality traits in recreational and dependent cocaine users. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0172853–e0172853. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Yin, Christoph Eisenegger, Niro Sivanathan, Molly J. Crockett, & Luke Clark. (2017). The role of social status and testosterone in human conspicuous consumption. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11803–11803. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Yin, Samuele Zilioli, Christoph Eisenegger, Luke Clark, & Hong Li. (2017). The Effect of Testosterone Administration and Digit Ratio (2D:4D) on Implicit Preference for Status Goods in Healthy Males. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 11. 193–193. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Yin, Christoph Eisenegger, Samuele Zilioli, Neil V. Watson, & Luke Clark. (2016). Comparison of clear and narrow outcomes on testosterone levels in social competition. Hormones and Behavior. 92. 51–56. 16 indexed citations

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Honk, Jack van, Geert‐Jan Will, David Terburg, et al.. (2016). Effects of Testosterone Administration on Strategic Gambling in Poker Play. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18096–18096. 37 indexed citations

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Bosch, Oliver G., Christoph Eisenegger, Jürg Gertsch, et al.. (2015). Gamma-hydroxybutyrate enhances mood and prosocial behavior without affecting plasma oxytocin and testosterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 62. 1–10. 30 indexed citations

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Eisenegger, Christoph, Johannes Haushofer, & Ernst Fehr. (2011). The role of testosterone in social interaction. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 15(6). 263–271. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eisenegger, Christoph, Michael Naef, Romana Snozzi, Markus Heinrichs, & Ernst Fehr. (2009). Prejudice and truth about the effect of testosterone on human bargaining behaviour. Nature. 463(7279). 356–359. 287 indexed citations

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