Rainer Westermann

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

Rainer Westermann is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Westermann has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 3 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Rainer Westermann's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 papers), Sociology and Education Studies (3 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (2 papers). Rainer Westermann is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 papers), Sociology and Education Studies (3 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (2 papers). Rainer Westermann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and China. Rainer Westermann's co-authors include Kordelia Spies, Friedrich W. Hesse, Elke Heise, Ulrich Trautwein, Peter Gerjets, Harald E. Möller, Anke Ehlers and Aribert Rothenberger and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Social Psychology, Acta Psychologica and Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Westermann

22 papers receiving 927 citations

Hit Papers

Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction pro... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 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. Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction procedures: a meta-analysis
    1996 752 citations Rainer Westermann, Kordelia Spies et al. 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 Westermann Germany 11 446 318 315 209 130 22 999
Kordelia Spies Germany 8 639 1.4× 455 1.4× 443 1.4× 268 1.3× 177 1.4× 18 1.5k
Emmett Velten United States 5 429 1.0× 326 1.0× 311 1.0× 353 1.7× 156 1.2× 8 1.0k
Hans Kreitler Israel 19 331 0.7× 186 0.6× 274 0.9× 210 1.0× 152 1.2× 75 1.1k
Stephen Gilligan United States 8 275 0.6× 474 1.5× 308 1.0× 134 0.6× 81 0.6× 15 940
Tom F. Price United States 12 315 0.7× 458 1.4× 366 1.2× 131 0.6× 198 1.5× 16 923
Kitty Klein United States 13 387 0.9× 413 1.3× 582 1.8× 297 1.4× 103 0.8× 22 1.3k
Heather A. Wadlinger United States 9 565 1.3× 560 1.8× 418 1.3× 286 1.4× 102 0.8× 9 1.3k
Shane W. Bench United States 14 415 0.9× 537 1.7× 419 1.3× 193 0.9× 249 1.9× 19 1.2k
C. Douglas McCann Canada 12 478 1.1× 340 1.1× 291 0.9× 252 1.2× 79 0.6× 18 950
Vernon Hamilton United Kingdom 11 273 0.6× 230 0.7× 352 1.1× 261 1.2× 101 0.8× 34 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Westermann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Westermann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Westermann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Westermann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Westermann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Westermann. Rainer Westermann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Westermann, Rainer. (2016). Methoden psychologischer Forschung und Evaluation. 3 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (2003). Induktive Vermutungen über die Anwendbarkeit von Theorien und Methoden nach erfolgreichen und gescheiterten Anwendungsfällen. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. 211(1). 38–56. 1 indexed citations
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Ehlers, Anke, et al.. (2002). Mindsets in social anxiety: a new look at selective information processing. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 33(2). 103–114. 21 indexed citations
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Gerjets, Peter, et al.. (2002). Handlungskontrolldefizite und störungsspezifische Zielintentionen bei der Hyperkinetischen Störung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 31(2). 99–109. 5 indexed citations
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Gerjets, Peter, et al.. (2002). Handlungskontrolldefizite und störungsspezifischeZielintentionen bei der Hyperkinetischen Störung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 31(2). 99–109. 2 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (2002). Student Evaluation of Instruction and Study Conditions. Theory-Oriented Development of Questionnaires. European Education. 34(1). 44–69. 4 indexed citations
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Gerjets, Peter, et al.. (2002). Handlungskontrolldefizite und störungsspezifische Zielintentionen bei der Hyperkinetischen Störung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 31(2). 89–98. 4 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer. (2002). Merkmale und Varianten von Evaluationen:. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. 210(1). 4–26. 6 indexed citations
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Heise, Elke, Peter Gerjets, & Rainer Westermann. (1997). The influence of a waiting intention on action performance: Efficiency impairment and volitional protection in tasks of varying difficulty. Acta Psychologica. 97(2). 167–182. 17 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, Elke Heise, Kordelia Spies, & Ulrich Trautwein. (1996). Identifikation und Erfassung von Komponenten der Studienzufriedenheit.. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 44 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (1996). FB-SZ-K - Kurzfragebogen zur Erfassung der Studienzufriedenheit. Psychology Archives. 4 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (1986). Error Probabilities in Educational and Psychological Research. Journal of Educational Statistics. 11(2). 117–146. 26 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (1986). Error Probabilities in Educational and Psychological Research. Journal of Educational Statistics. 11(2). 117–117. 12 indexed citations
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Möller, Harald E., et al.. (1985). [Emotional content, imagery, concreteness and meaningfulness of 580 adjectives: contribution to the standardization and evaluation of relation hypotheses].. PubMed. 137(2). 75–97. 28 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer. (1985). Empirical Tests of Scale Type for Individual Ratings. Applied Psychological Measurement. 9(3). 265–274. 15 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (1983). On Severe Tests of Trend Hypotheses in Psychology. The Psychological Record. 33(2). 201–211. 9 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer, et al.. (1983). The Relative Importance of Low Significance Level and High Power in Multiple Tests of Significance. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 56(2). 407–413. 10 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer. (1983). Interval‐scale measurement of attitudes: Some theoretical conditions and empirical testing methods. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 36(2). 228–239. 9 indexed citations
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Westermann, Rainer. (1982). Empirical Test of Scale Type Resulting from the Power Law for Heaviness. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 55(3_suppl). 1167–1173. 6 indexed citations

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