Rainer Schandry

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Rainer Schandry is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Schandry has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 27 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rainer Schandry's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (26 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (23 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (20 papers). Rainer Schandry is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (26 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (23 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (20 papers). Rainer Schandry collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and Austria. Rainer Schandry's co-authors include Olga Pollatos, Stefan Duschek, Beate M. Herbert, Pedro Montoya, Wladimir Kirsch, Eva Traut‐Mattausch, Natalie S. Werner, Rolf Weitkunat, Klaus Gramann and Dorothee P. Auer and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Behaviour Research and Therapy and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Schandry

88 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Heart Beat Perception and Emotional Experience 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Heart Beat Perception and Emotional Experience
    1981 975 citations Rainer Schandry Psychophysiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Schandry Germany 40 4.1k 2.5k 2.5k 1.3k 1.3k 88 6.5k
Sarah N. Garfinkel United Kingdom 39 3.6k 0.9× 3.4k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 721 0.6× 106 7.0k
Olga Pollatos Germany 43 4.3k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 483 0.4× 115 6.7k
Kjetil Sundet Norway 50 3.8k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 447 0.4× 277 0.2× 150 6.5k
Sahib S. Khalsa United States 35 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 671 0.5× 489 0.4× 131 5.0k
Ilse Van Diest Belgium 38 1.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 555 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 195 5.0k
Beate M. Herbert Germany 28 2.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 882 0.7× 230 0.2× 41 3.6k
Ron Hijman Netherlands 25 1.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 556 0.2× 319 0.3× 485 0.4× 50 3.5k
Matthias Weisbrod Germany 45 2.3k 0.6× 3.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.5× 371 0.3× 189 0.2× 217 6.3k
Stefan Duschek Spain 36 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 731 0.3× 428 0.3× 1.9k 1.5× 127 4.6k
Kim L. Felmingham Australia 46 952 0.2× 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 808 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 194 8.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Schandry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Schandry

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schandry, Rainer, et al.. (2013). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients’ Disease-Related Preferences. Patient. 6(2). 93–101. 14 indexed citations
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Pollatos, Olga, Natalie S. Werner, Stefan Duschek, et al.. (2011). Differential effects of alexithymia subscales on autonomic reactivity and anxiety during social stress. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 70(6). 525–533. 57 indexed citations
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Werner, Natalie S., et al.. (2009). Enhanced cardiac perception is associated with benefits in decision‐making. Psychophysiology. 46(6). 1123–1129. 147 indexed citations
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Herbert, Beate M., Olga Pollatos, Herta Flor, Paul Enck, & Rainer Schandry. (2009). Cardiac awareness and autonomic cardiac reactivity during emotional picture viewing and mental stress. Psychophysiology. 47(2). 342–354. 125 indexed citations
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Duschek, Stefan, Anja Dietel, Rainer Schandry, & Gustavo A. Reyes del Paso. (2008). Increased sensitivity to heat pain in chronic low blood pressure. European Journal of Pain. 13(1). 28–34. 48 indexed citations
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Pollatos, Olga, Jessica Albrecht, Tatjana Schreder, et al.. (2008). Reduced perception of bodily signals in anorexia nervosa. Eating Behaviors. 9(4). 381–388. 337 indexed citations
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Duschek, Stefan, et al.. (2007). Dissociation between cortical activation and cognitive performance under pharmacological blood pressure elevation in chronic hypotension. Biological Psychology. 75(3). 277–285. 24 indexed citations
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Herbert, Beate M., Olga Pollatos, & Rainer Schandry. (2007). Interoceptive sensitivity and emotion processing: An EEG study. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 65(3). 214–227. 183 indexed citations
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Pollatos, Olga, Jessica Albrecht, R. Kopietz, et al.. (2007). Reduced olfactory sensitivity in subjects with depressive symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders. 102(1-3). 101–108. 77 indexed citations
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Pollatos, Olga, Klaus Gramann, & Rainer Schandry. (2006). Neural systems connecting interoceptive awareness and feelings. Human Brain Mapping. 28(1). 9–18. 240 indexed citations
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Pollatos, Olga, Wladimir Kirsch, & Rainer Schandry. (2005). On the relationship between interoceptive awareness, emotional experience, and brain processes. Cognitive Brain Research. 25(3). 948–962. 243 indexed citations
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Duschek, Stefan & Rainer Schandry. (2004). Cognitive performance and cerebral blood flow in essential hypotension. Psychophysiology. 41(6). 905–913. 80 indexed citations
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Schandry, Rainer. (2003). From the heart to the brain. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 128(51/52). 2707–2711. 25 indexed citations
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Schatz, H., et al.. (2003). Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety of Nateglinide in Combination with Metformin. Results from a Study under General Practice Conditions. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 111(5). 262–266. 10 indexed citations
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Schandry, Rainer, et al.. (2001). The heartbeat-evoked brain potential in patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy and in healthy control persons. Clinical Neurophysiology. 112(4). 674–682. 73 indexed citations
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Montoya, Pedro & Rainer Schandry. (1994). Emotional experience and heartbeat perception in patients with spinal cord injury and control subjects.. Journal of Psychophysiology. 28 indexed citations
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Montoya, Pedro, et al.. (1992). [The correlation between coping with stress and blood pressure reaction].. PubMed. 39(3). 419–33. 4 indexed citations
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Müller, Achim, et al.. (1992). Differential effects of two stressors on heart rate, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and T-wave amplitude.. Journal of Psychophysiology. 4 indexed citations
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Schandry, Rainer, et al.. (1990). Motivation and heartbeat evoked potentials.. Journal of Psychophysiology. 29 indexed citations
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Schandry, Rainer & J. Voitländer. (1971). Notizen: Zur Frage der Phosphoreszenz von Ferrocen. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 26(10). 1772–1773. 6 indexed citations

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