Ruth Festl

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ruth Festl is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Festl has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Education and 15 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ruth Festl's work include Impact of Technology on Adolescents (24 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (22 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (13 papers). Ruth Festl is often cited by papers focused on Impact of Technology on Adolescents (24 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (22 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (13 papers). Ruth Festl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Netherlands. Ruth Festl's co-authors include Thorsten Quandt, Michael Scharkow, Rachel Kowert, Jens Vogelgesang, Emese Domahidi, Johannes Breuer, Felix Reer, Sonja Utz, Lara N. Wolfers and Daniela Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Addiction and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Festl

38 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Problematic computer game use among adolescents, younger ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. Problematic computer game use among adolescents, younger and older adults
    2012 301 citations Ruth Festl, Michael Scharkow 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
Ruth Festl Germany 20 1.1k 656 441 257 252 40 1.6k
Hana Macháčková Czechia 20 815 0.7× 719 1.1× 826 1.9× 236 0.9× 279 1.1× 62 1.6k
Ágnes Zsila Hungary 16 1.2k 1.1× 514 0.8× 291 0.7× 534 2.1× 207 0.8× 57 1.6k
Mehmet Barış Horzum Türkiye 23 793 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 290 0.7× 241 0.9× 114 0.5× 119 1.8k
Wannes Heirman Belgium 19 897 0.8× 677 1.0× 522 1.2× 211 0.8× 394 1.6× 36 1.6k
Darren Chappell United Kingdom 6 1.2k 1.1× 398 0.6× 165 0.4× 287 1.1× 134 0.5× 6 1.5k
Rachel Kowert Germany 18 981 0.9× 242 0.4× 222 0.5× 222 0.9× 157 0.6× 40 1.2k
Anke Görzig United Kingdom 19 904 0.8× 997 1.5× 796 1.8× 405 1.6× 458 1.8× 43 1.9k
Xiaochun Xie China 25 1.6k 1.4× 884 1.3× 750 1.7× 738 2.9× 213 0.8× 59 2.4k
Lauren A. Jelenchick United States 15 1.2k 1.1× 640 1.0× 310 0.7× 286 1.1× 385 1.5× 21 1.7k
Lenka Dědková Czechia 14 607 0.5× 607 0.9× 527 1.2× 129 0.5× 231 0.9× 47 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Festl

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All Works

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Naderer, Brigitte, Ruth Festl, Marko Bachl, & Diana Rieger. (2023). Understanding the role of participatory-moral abilities, motivation, and behavior in European adolescents’ responses to online hate. New Media & Society. 27(3). 1774–1794. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Lara N., et al.. (2023). Conditionally helpful? The influence of person-, situation-, and device-specific factors on maternal smartphone use for stress coping and on coping effectiveness. Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace. 17(3). 8 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth, Brigitte Naderer, Marko Bachl, & Diana Rieger. (2023). Social Media Literacy Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From a Cross-Country Validation Study. Social Media + Society. 9(4). 9 indexed citations
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Reer, Felix, Ruth Festl, & Thorsten Quandt. (2021). A Longitudinal Study on Online Sexual Engagement, Victimization, and Psychosocial Well-Being. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 674072–674072. 5 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth, et al.. (2021). Computer-Mediated Communication and Child/Adolescent Friendship Quality after Residential Relocation. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 30(11). 2890–2902. 2 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth. (2020). Social media literacy & adolescent social online behavior in Germany. Journal of Children and Media. 15(2). 249–271. 60 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Lara N., Ruth Festl, & Sonja Utz. (2020). Do smartphones and social network sites become more important when experiencing stress? Results from longitudinal data. Computers in Human Behavior. 109. 106339–106339. 43 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Die Bedeutung der elterlichen Interneterziehung für die Internetnutzung von Vor-, Grund- und Sekundarschulkindern. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 67(2). 154–180. 6 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth & Thorsten Quandt. (2016). The Role of Online Communication in Long-Term Cyberbullying Involvement Among Girls and Boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 45(9). 1931–1945. 54 indexed citations
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Breuer, Johannes, Rachel Kowert, Ruth Festl, & Thorsten Quandt. (2015). Sexist Games=Sexist Gamers? A Longitudinal Study on the Relationship Between Video Game Use and Sexist Attitudes. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 18(4). 197–202. 42 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth & Thorsten Quandt. (2014). Cyberbullying at schools: A longitudinal research project. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 9(1). 109–114. 3 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth, Michael Scharkow, & Thorsten Quandt. (2014). The Individual or the Group: A Multilevel Analysis of Cyberbullying in School Classes. Human Communication Research. 41(4). 535–556. 48 indexed citations
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Scharkow, Michael, Ruth Festl, Jens Vogelgesang, & Thorsten Quandt. (2014). Beyond the “core-gamer”: Genre preferences and gratifications in computer games. Computers in Human Behavior. 44. 293–298. 79 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth. (2014). http://budrich-journals.de/index.php/diskurs/article/view/19086. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research. 9(1). 109–114. 2 indexed citations
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Breuer, Johannes, Ruth Festl, & Thorsten Quandt. (2014). Aggression and Preference for First-Person Shooter and Action Games: Data From a Large-Scale Survey of German Gamers Aged 14 and Above. Communication Research Reports. 31(2). 183–196. 1 indexed citations
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Kowert, Rachel, Ruth Festl, & Thorsten Quandt. (2013). Unpopular, Overweight, and Socially Inept: Reconsidering the Stereotype of Online Gamers. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking. 17(3). 141–146. 85 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth & Thorsten Quandt. (2012). Social Relations and Cyberbullying: The Influence of Individual and Structural Attributes on Victimization and Perpetration via the Internet. Human Communication Research. 39(1). 101–126. 119 indexed citations
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Festl, Ruth, Michael Scharkow, & Thorsten Quandt. (2012). Peer influence on adolescents' communication behavior A comparison of different context effects on cyberbullying. 1 indexed citations
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Breuer, Johannes, Ruth Festl, & Thorsten Quandt. (2011). In the army now – Narrative elements and realism in military first-person shooters. 2 indexed citations

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