Isabel Thielmann

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Isabel Thielmann is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabel Thielmann has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 44 papers in Clinical Psychology and 36 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Isabel Thielmann's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (38 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (36 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (29 papers). Isabel Thielmann is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (38 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (36 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (29 papers). Isabel Thielmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and Netherlands. Isabel Thielmann's co-authors include Benjamin E. Hilbig, Ingo Zettler, Daniel Balliet, Giuliana Spadaro, Morten Moshagen, Stefan Pfattheicher, Yngwie Asbjørn Nielsen, Robert Böhm, Daniel W. Heck and Sina A. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Isabel Thielmann

84 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis.

2019 418 citations Isabel Thielmann, Daniel Balliet et al. profile →
Prosocial behavior and altruism: A review of concepts and definitions

2021 204 citations Stefan Pfattheicher, Yngwie Asbjørn Nielsen et al. Current Opinion in Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isabel Thielmann Germany	27	1.0k	1.0k	719	656	605	93	2.5k
Stefan Pfattheicher Germany	27	963 0.9×	741 0.7×	722 1.0×	299 0.5×	632 1.0×	75	2.4k
Fredrik Björklund Sweden	25	990 1.0×	464 0.5×	942 1.3×	222 0.3×	668 1.1×	87	2.3k
Rob M. A. Nelissen Netherlands	20	862 0.8×	239 0.2×	850 1.2×	289 0.4×	649 1.1×	36	1.9k
James J. Lindsay United States	16	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	2.1k 2.9×	348 0.5×	596 1.0×	19	4.4k
Jennifer Whitson United States	16	1.5k 1.5×	240 0.2×	1.1k 1.5×	151 0.2×	647 1.1×	30	2.6k
Kai Epstude Netherlands	21	699 0.7×	300 0.3×	822 1.1×	109 0.2×	674 1.1×	50	2.3k
Roman Trötschel Germany	15	899 0.9×	155 0.2×	695 1.0×	214 0.3×	414 0.7×	35	1.9k
Roger Giner‐Sorolla United Kingdom	34	1.7k 1.7×	369 0.4×	1.7k 2.4×	113 0.2×	1.4k 2.3×	72	3.7k
Annette Y. Lee-Chai United States	7	1.1k 1.1×	194 0.2×	989 1.4×	136 0.2×	521 0.9×	11	2.1k
Jan Crusius Germany	18	996 1.0×	591 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	67 0.1×	328 0.5×	34	2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabel Thielmann

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All Works

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Hilbig, Benjamin E. & Isabel Thielmann. (2025). Toward a (more) parsimonious account of the link between ‘dark’ personality and social decision-making in economic games. Judgment and Decision Making. 20. 4 indexed citations

Columbus, Simon, Isabel Thielmann, Robert Böhm, & Ingo Zettler. (2024). Personality Correlates of Out-Group Harm. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(7). 838–847. 2 indexed citations

Nielsen, Yngwie Asbjørn, Stefan Pfattheicher, & Isabel Thielmann. (2024). How much can personality predict prosocial behavior?. European Journal of Personality. 39(3). 305–322. 2 indexed citations

Thielmann, Isabel, et al.. (2024). The core tendencies underlying prosocial behavior: Testing a person–situation framework. Journal of Personality. 93(3). 633–652. 1 indexed citations

Thielmann, Isabel, et al.. (2023). Cheating to benefit others? On the relation between Honesty‐Humility and prosocial lies. Journal of Personality. 92(3). 870–882. 9 indexed citations

Scholz, David, Isabel Thielmann, & Benjamin E. Hilbig. (2023). Down to the core: The role of the common core of dark traits for aversive relationship behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences. 213. 112263–112263. 5 indexed citations

Nielsen, Yngwie Asbjørn, Isabel Thielmann, & Stefan Pfattheicher. (2023). Beyond the Mean: Can We Improve the Predictive Power of Psychometric Scales?. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 6(2). 1 indexed citations

Back, Mitja D., Susan Branje, Paul W. Eastwick, et al.. (2023). Personality and Social Relationships: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 4(1). 11 indexed citations

Hopwood, Christopher J., et al.. (2023). Personality, self‐knowledge, and meat reduction intentions. Journal of Personality. 92(4). 1006–1023. 4 indexed citations

10.

Leising, Daniel, Isabel Thielmann, Andreas Glöckner, Anne Gärtner, & Felix D. Schönbrodt. (2022). Ten steps toward a better personality science – how quality may be rewarded more in research evaluation. Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln). 3. 26 indexed citations

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Leising, Daniel, Isabel Thielmann, Andreas Glöckner, Anne Gärtner, & Felix D. Schönbrodt. (2022). Ten steps toward a better personality science – a rejoinder to the comments. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 3. 6 indexed citations

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Hilbig, Benjamin E., Morten Moshagen, Isabel Thielmann, & Ingo Zettler. (2022). Making rights from wrongs: The crucial role of beliefs and justifications for the expression of aversive personality.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 151(11). 2730–2755. 22 indexed citations

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Pfattheicher, Stefan, Yngwie Asbjørn Nielsen, & Isabel Thielmann. (2021). Prosocial behavior and altruism: A review of concepts and definitions. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 8 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Yngwie Asbjørn, Isabel Thielmann, Ingo Zettler, & Stefan Pfattheicher. (2021). Sharing Money With Humans Versus Computers: On the Role of Honesty-Humility and (Non-)Social Preferences. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13(6). 1058–1068. 15 indexed citations

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Thielmann, Isabel, Benjamin E. Hilbig, & Ingo Zettler. (2021). The dispositional basis of human prosociality. Current Opinion in Psychology. 43. 289–294. 8 indexed citations

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Cruz, Terence Daniel Dores, Isabel Thielmann, Simon Columbus, et al.. (2020). Gossip and Reputation in Everyday Life. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 10 indexed citations

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Mischkowski, Dorothee, Isabel Thielmann, & Andreas Glöckner. (2019). Minimizing inequality versus maximizing joint gains: On the relation between personality traits and different prosocial motivations. Journal of Research in Personality. 81. 153–157. 9 indexed citations

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Twardawski, Mathias, Benjamin E. Hilbig, & Isabel Thielmann. (2019). Punishment goals in classroom interventions: An attributional approach.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 26(1). 61–72. 8 indexed citations

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Klein, Sina A., Isabel Thielmann, Benjamin E. Hilbig, & Ingo Zettler. (2017). Between me and we: The importance of self-profit versus social justifiability for ethical decision making. Judgment and Decision Making. 12(6). 563–571. 17 indexed citations

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Thielmann, Isabel, Daniel W. Heck, & Benjamin E. Hilbig. (2016). Anonymity and incentives: An investigation of techniques to reduce socially desirable responding in the Trust Game. Judgment and Decision Making. 11(5). 527–536. 44 indexed citations

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