Stefan Engeser

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Stefan Engeser is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Engeser has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Engeser's work include Flow Experience in Various Fields (9 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (7 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (6 papers). Stefan Engeser is often cited by papers focused on Flow Experience in Various Fields (9 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (7 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (6 papers). Stefan Engeser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and Switzerland. Stefan Engeser's co-authors include Falko Rheinberg, Regina Vollmeyer, Nicola Baumann, Corinna Peifer, Thomas A. Langens, Andreas G. Franke, Klaus Lieb, Hartmut Schächinger, Conny H. Antoni and Julia Schüler and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Experimental Psychology General and Psychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Engeser

26 papers receiving 1.2k 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. Flow, performance and moderators of challenge-skill balance
    2008 539 citations Stefan Engeser, Falko Rheinberg Motivation and Emotion profile →

Peers

Stefan Engeser
Falko Rheinberg Germany
Benjamin Ultan Cowley Finland
Ulrich Weger Germany
Mikko Salminen Finland
Max V. Birk Canada
Corinna Peifer Germany
Johanna K. Kaakinen Finland
Simo Järvelä Finland
Adam Lobel Netherlands
Elizabeth O. Hayward United States
Falko Rheinberg Germany
Stefan Engeser
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Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Engeser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Engeser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Engeser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Engeser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Engeser 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 Stefan Engeser. Stefan Engeser is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Peifer, Corinna & Stefan Engeser. (2021). Advances in Flow Research. 58 indexed citations
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Hagemeyer, Birk, et al.. (2017). A dyadic typology of social desires in couples. Journal of Personality. 86(4). 590–603. 12 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan, et al.. (2016). Schoolbook Texts: Behavioral Achievement Priming in Math and Language. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150497–e0150497. 6 indexed citations
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Lang, Jonas W. B., et al.. (2016). Modeling motive activation in the Operant Motive Test: A psychometric analysis using dynamic Thurstonian item response theory.. Motivation Science. 2(4). 268–286. 13 indexed citations
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Baumann, Nicola, et al.. (2014). Live to Work or Love to Work: Work Craving and Work Engagement. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e106379–e106379. 28 indexed citations
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Peifer, Corinna, Hartmut Schächinger, Stefan Engeser, & Conny H. Antoni. (2014). Cortisol effects on flow-experience. Psychopharmacology. 232(6). 1165–1173. 28 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan & Nicola Baumann. (2014). Does achievement motivation mediate the semantic achievement priming effect?. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 143(5). 1861–1874. 12 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan & Nicola Baumann. (2014). Fluctuation of Flow and Affect in Everyday Life: A Second Look at the Paradox of Work. Journal of Happiness Studies. 17(1). 105–124. 39 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan. (2012). Advances in Flow Research. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 183 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan & Thomas A. Langens. (2010). Mapping explicit social motives of achievement, power, and affiliation onto the five-factor model of personality. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 51(4). 309–18. 32 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan. (2009). Nonconscious Activation of Achievement Goals. Swiss Journal of Psychology. 68(4). 193–200. 9 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan, et al.. (2008). Achievement motive imagery in German schoolbooks: A pilot study testing McClelland’s hypothesis. Journal of Research in Personality. 43(1). 110–113. 14 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan & Falko Rheinberg. (2008). Flow, performance and moderators of challenge-skill balance. Motivation and Emotion. 32(3). 158–172. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engeser, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Nonconscious Activation of Behavioral Goals, a Methodologically Refined Replication. Psychological Reports. 99(3). 963–970. 6 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan. (2006). NONCONSCIOUS ACTIVATION OF BEHAVIORAL GOALS, A METHODOLOGICALLY REFINED REPLICATION. Psychological Reports. 99(7). 963–963. 2 indexed citations
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Engeser, Stefan, et al.. (2005). Motivation, Flow- Erleben und Lernleistung in universitären Lernsettings 1. publish.UP (University of Potsdam). 15 indexed citations
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Rheinberg, Falko, Regina Vollmeyer, & Stefan Engeser. (2003). FKS - Flow-Kurzskala. Psychology Archives. 4 indexed citations

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