Jakob Pietschnig

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jakob Pietschnig is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jakob Pietschnig has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 22 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jakob Pietschnig's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (24 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (11 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (9 papers). Jakob Pietschnig is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (24 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (11 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (9 papers). Jakob Pietschnig collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United Kingdom and Germany. Jakob Pietschnig's co-authors include Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Viren Swami, Ingo W. Nader, Ulrich S. Tran, Adrian Furnham, Rebecca Coles, Anton K. Formann, Lisa Bardach and Jelte M. Wicherts and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Applied Psychology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jakob Pietschnig

81 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Conspiracist ideation in Britain and Austria: Evidence of a monological belief system and associations between individual psychological differences and real‐world and fictitious conspiracy theories

2011 399 citations Viren Swami, Stefan Stieger et al. profile →

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Gerty Lensvelt‐Mulders Netherlands

Werner G. K. Stritzke Australia

Neil Dagnall United Kingdom

Paul B. Badcock Australia

Matthias Bluemke Germany

Heather C. Lench United States

Ulrich S. Tran Austria

Elizabeth P. Shulman United States

Jeremy P. Jamieson United States

Christopher C. French United Kingdom

Gerty Lensvelt‐Mulders Netherlands

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jakob Pietschnig

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2025). Multilevel multiverse meta-analysis indicates lower IQ as a risk factor for physical and mental illness. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 74–74.

Voracek, Martin, et al.. (2024). Inconsistent Flynn effect patterns may be due to a decreasing positive manifold: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024. Intelligence. 107. 101867–101867. 2 indexed citations

Diedrich, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Measurement-Invariant Fluid Anti-Flynn Effects in Population—Representative German Student Samples (2012–2022). Journal of Intelligence. 12(1). 9–9. 2 indexed citations

Zeilinger, Elisabeth L., et al.. (2024). Experiences and attitudes of nurses with the legislation on assisted suicide in Austria. Palliative & Supportive Care. 22(6). 2022–2028. 4 indexed citations

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2024). A Farewell to the Narcissism Epidemic? A Cross‐Temporal Meta‐Analysis of Global NPI Scores (1982–2023). Journal of Personality. 93(4). 884–894. 1 indexed citations

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2024). Smoking behavior is associated with suicidality in individuals with psychosis and bipolar disorder: a systematic quantitative review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1369669–1369669. 1 indexed citations

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2024). Increasing IQ Test Scores and Decreasing g: The Flynn Effect and Decreasing Positive Manifold Strengths in Austria (2005–2018). Journal of Intelligence. 12(12). 130–130.

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2023). Unfounded authority, underpowered studies, and non-transparent reporting perpetuate the Mozart effect myth: a multiverse meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3175–3175. 5 indexed citations

Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2023). Reliability of the g factor over time in Italian INVALSI data (2010-2022): What can achievement-g tell us about the Flynn effect?. Personality and Individual Differences. 214. 112345–112345. 3 indexed citations

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Zeilinger, Elisabeth L., Matthias Knefel, Jakob Pietschnig, et al.. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 and socioeconomic status on psychological distress in cancer patients. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 23(4). 100404–100404. 2 indexed citations

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Zeilinger, Elisabeth L., et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of cloth face masks to prevent viral spread: a meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health. 46(1). e84–e90. 2 indexed citations

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Kovács, Kristóf, et al.. (2022). Is There a “Gifted Personality”? Initial Evidence for Differences between MENSA and General Population Members in the HEXACO Personality Inventory. Journal of Intelligence. 10(4). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

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Baudson, Tanja Gabriele, et al.. (2022). Bright, but allergic and neurotic? A critical investigation of the “overexcitable genius” hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 1051910–1051910. 4 indexed citations

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Pietschnig, Jakob, et al.. (2022). Meta-analyzing intelligence and religiosity associations: Evidence from the multiverse. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0262699–e0262699. 8 indexed citations

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Zeilinger, Elisabeth L., et al.. (2021). Informant-based assessment instruments for dementia in people with intellectual disability: A systematic review and standardised evaluation. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 121. 104148–104148. 16 indexed citations

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Siegel, Magdalena, et al.. (2021). Times are changing, bias isn’t: A meta-meta-analysis on publication bias detection practices, prevalence rates, and predictors in industrial/organizational psychology.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 107(11). 2013–2039. 30 indexed citations

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Bardach, Lisa, Sophie Oczlon, Jakob Pietschnig, & Marko Lüftenegger. (2019). Has achievement goal theory been right? A meta-analysis of the relation between goal structures and personal achievement goals.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 112(6). 1197–1220. 161 indexed citations

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Pietschnig, Jakob, Martin Voracek, & Anton K. Formann. (2010). Pervasiveness of the IQ Rise: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14406–e14406. 34 indexed citations

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Swami, Viren, Jakob Pietschnig, Stefan Stieger, Martin J. Tovée, & Martin Voracek. (2010). An investigation of weight bias against women and its associations with individual difference factors. Body Image. 7(3). 194–199. 27 indexed citations

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Kapusta, Nestor D., Jakob Pietschnig, Paul L. Plener, et al.. (2010). Does Breath Carbon Monoxide Measure Nicotine Dependence?. Journal of Addictive Diseases. 29(4). 493–499. 22 indexed citations

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