Jan‐Philipp Stein

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 939 citations indexed

About

Jan‐Philipp Stein is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan‐Philipp Stein has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 939 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Social Psychology, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jan‐Philipp Stein's work include Media Influence and Health (10 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (7 papers). Jan‐Philipp Stein is often cited by papers focused on Media Influence and Health (10 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (7 papers). Jan‐Philipp Stein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Jan‐Philipp Stein's co-authors include Peter Ohler, Priska Breves, Markus Appel, Tanja Messingschlager, Fabian Hutmacher, Timo Gnambs, Silvana Weber, Kevin Koban, Nicole Liebers and Birgit Lugrin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Jan‐Philipp Stein

31 papers receiving 906 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.

  1. Parasocial interactions with real and virtual influencers: The role of perceived similarity and human-likeness
    2022 175 citations Jan‐Philipp Stein, Priska Breves et al. profile →
  2. Attitudes towards AI: measurement and associations with personality
    2024 97 citations Jan‐Philipp Stein, Tanja Messingschlager et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan‐Philipp Stein Germany 13 388 283 232 162 152 33 939
Sabrina C. Eimler Germany 17 535 1.4× 483 1.7× 227 1.0× 128 0.8× 222 1.5× 61 1.3k
Peter Ohler Germany 11 203 0.5× 202 0.7× 147 0.6× 85 0.5× 120 0.8× 42 617
Saraswathi Bellur United States 14 612 1.6× 154 0.5× 170 0.7× 167 1.0× 49 0.3× 24 1.0k
Florian Brühlmann Switzerland 16 526 1.4× 300 1.1× 116 0.5× 48 0.3× 100 0.7× 36 1.6k
Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten Germany 17 264 0.7× 746 2.6× 412 1.8× 55 0.3× 325 2.1× 48 1.2k
Joy Heafner United States 6 323 0.8× 674 2.4× 329 1.4× 40 0.2× 330 2.2× 8 1.2k
Andrew Gambino United States 11 268 0.7× 335 1.2× 359 1.5× 36 0.2× 77 0.5× 17 775
Irene Lopatovska United States 14 235 0.6× 202 0.7× 354 1.5× 39 0.2× 65 0.4× 59 919
D. Christopher Dryer United States 10 360 0.9× 523 1.8× 265 1.1× 50 0.3× 117 0.8× 11 1.1k
Jorge Peña United States 19 598 1.5× 421 1.5× 94 0.4× 319 2.0× 84 0.6× 51 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan‐Philipp Stein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan‐Philipp Stein

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All Works

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Gnambs, Timo, et al.. (2025). Attitudes, experiences, and usage intentions of artificial intelligence: A population study in Germany. Telematics and Informatics. 98. 102265–102265. 1 indexed citations
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Breves, Priska, Sophie C. Boerman, Jan‐Philipp Stein, Carolin Ischen, & Zeph M. C. van Berlo. (2025). The impact of body-positive and fitspirational influencers on body satisfaction: a longitudinal study of evolving parasocial relationships. Human Communication Research.
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Gnambs, Timo, et al.. (2024). An economical measure of attitudes towards artificial intelligence in work, healthcare, and education (ATTARI-WHE). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100106–100106. 5 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp & Karl F. MacDorman. (2024). After confronting one uncanny valley, another awaits. 1(5). 276–277. 2 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, Tanja Messingschlager, Timo Gnambs, Fabian Hutmacher, & Markus Appel. (2024). Attitudes towards AI: measurement and associations with personality. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2909–2909. 97 indexed citations breakdown →
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Appel, Markus, et al.. (2024). Aversion against machines with complex mental abilities: The role of individual differences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 100087–100087. 2 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp. (2023). Smile Back at Me, But Only Once: Social Norms of Appropriate Nonverbal Intensity and Reciprocity Apply to Emoji Use. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 47(2). 245–266. 7 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, et al.. (2023). Recognizing the beauty in diversity: Exposure to body-positive content on social media broadens women’s concept of ideal body weight.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 153(11). 2642–2656. 8 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp & Jaime Banks. (2023). Valenced Media Effects on Robot-Related Attitudes and Mental Models: A Parasocial Contact Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 155–182. 3 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, et al.. (2022). Mind-reading machines: Distinct user responses to thought-detecting and emotion-detecting robots.. 3(1). 57–68. 4 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, et al.. (2022). Power-Posing Robots: The Influence of a Humanoid Robot’s Posture and Size on its Perceived Dominance, Competence, Eeriness, and Threat. International Journal of Social Robotics. 14(6). 1413–1422. 8 indexed citations
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Mara, Martina, et al.. (2021). User Responses to a Humanoid Robot Observed in Real Life, Virtual Reality, 3D and 2D. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 633178–633178. 27 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, et al.. (2021). Investigating meal‐concurrent media use: Social and dispositional predictors, intercultural differences, and the novel media phenomenon of “mukbang” eating broadcasts. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 3(5). 956–968. 16 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp & Markus Appel. (2020). How to deal with researcher harassment in the social sciences. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(2). 178–180. 6 indexed citations
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Appel, Markus, et al.. (2019). Smartphone zombies! Pedestrians’ distracted walking as a function of their fear of missing out. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 63. 130–133. 54 indexed citations
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Stein, Jan‐Philipp, et al.. (2019). Stay back, clever thing! Linking situational control and human uniqueness concerns to the aversion against autonomous technology. Computers in Human Behavior. 95. 73–82. 73 indexed citations
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