Thomas Baumgärtner

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
100 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Baumgärtner is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Baumgärtner has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Baumgärtner's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (25 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (17 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 papers). Thomas Baumgärtner is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (25 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (17 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (10 papers). Thomas Baumgärtner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Baumgärtner's co-authors include Markus Heinrichs, Ulrike Ehlert, Clemens Kirschbaum, Lutz Jäncke, Ernst Fehr, Daria Knoch, Urs Fischbacher, Michaela Esslen, Lorena R. R. Gianotti and Kai Lutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Baumgärtner

97 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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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.

Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress

2003 1.5k citations Thomas Baumgärtner et al. profile →
Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaptation in Humans

2008 850 citations Thomas Baumgärtner, Urs Fischbacher et al. profile →
A Process Model of the Formation of Spatial Presence Experiences

2007 544 citations Lutz Jäncke, Thomas Baumgärtner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Baumgärtner Switzerland	30	2.8k	2.2k	1.7k	696	688	100	6.3k
Angela Sirigu France	47	3.6k 1.3×	5.5k 2.5×	1.3k 0.8×	322 0.5×	597 0.9×	100	8.7k
David Sander Switzerland	48	2.5k 0.9×	4.7k 2.2×	3.2k 2.0×	565 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	187	8.9k
Louis G. Tassinary United States	27	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	609 0.9×	747 1.1×	50	4.6k
James A. Coan United States	40	3.0k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	2.4k 1.4×	804 1.2×	2.1k 3.0×	90	7.6k
Georg W. Alpers Germany	44	1.4k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.5×	575 0.8×	1.5k 2.2×	187	6.6k
Ursula Heß Germany	52	4.3k 1.5×	4.5k 2.0×	3.8k 2.3×	1.6k 2.3×	1.1k 1.6×	187	8.9k
Jari K. Hietanen Finland	52	2.8k 1.0×	6.6k 3.0×	2.9k 1.7×	406 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	146	9.2k
Mariska E. Kret Netherlands	30	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	323 0.5×	481 0.7×	114	4.2k
Robert E. Kleck United States	47	2.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	2.6k 1.6×	1.7k 2.4×	1.0k 1.5×	74	6.9k
Maarten A.S. Boksem Netherlands	30	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	400 0.6×	493 0.7×	62	5.3k

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Wyss, Annika M., et al.. (2024). Cathodal HD-tDCS above the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increases environmentally sustainable decision-making. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 18. 1395426–1395426. 5 indexed citations

Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Neural mechanisms underlying interindividual differences in intergenerational sustainable behavior. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17357–17357. 7 indexed citations

Wyss, Annika M., Sebastian Berger, Thomas Baumgärtner, & Daria Knoch. (2021). Reactions to warnings in the climate commons. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 78. 101689–101689. 8 indexed citations

Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Who initiates punishment, who joins punishment? Disentangling types of third‐party punishers by neural traits. Human Brain Mapping. 42(17). 5703–5717. 7 indexed citations

Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of the right dlPFC by theta burst stimulation does not alter sustainable decision-making. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13852–13852. 13 indexed citations

Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Neural traits characterize unconditional cooperators, conditional cooperators, and noncooperators in group‐based cooperation. Human Brain Mapping. 40(15). 4508–4517. 12 indexed citations

Rudorf, Sarah, Thomas Baumgärtner, & Daria Knoch. (2019). Peer effects on control-averse behavior. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3012–3012. 2 indexed citations

Berger, Sebastian, et al.. (2019). Cognitive Resources Moderate the Relationship Between Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Green Behavior. Environment and Behavior. 52(9). 979–995. 73 indexed citations

Rudorf, Sarah, Katrin Schmelz, Thomas Baumgärtner, et al.. (2018). Neural Mechanisms Underlying Individual Differences in Control-Averse Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(22). 5196–5208. 12 indexed citations

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Rudorf, Sarah, Thomas Baumgärtner, Sebastian Markett, et al.. (2018). Intrinsic connectivity networks underlying individual differences in control‐averse behavior. Human Brain Mapping. 39(12). 4857–4869. 6 indexed citations

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Gianotti, Lorena R. R., et al.. (2018). Understanding Individual Differences in Domain-General Prosociality: A Resting EEG Study. Brain Topography. 32(1). 118–126. 21 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Neuroanatomy of intergroup bias: A white matter microstructure study of individual differences. NeuroImage. 122. 345–354. 27 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, Lorena R. R. Gianotti, & Daria Knoch. (2013). Who is honest and why: Baseline activation in anterior insula predicts inter-individual differences in deceptive behavior. Biological Psychology. 94(1). 192–197. 30 indexed citations

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Nash, Kyle, Bastian Schiller, Lorena R. R. Gianotti, Thomas Baumgärtner, & Daria Knoch. (2013). Electrophysiological Indices of Response Inhibition in a Go/NoGo Task Predict Self-Control in a Social Context. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79462–e79462. 25 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Impartiality in humans is predicted by brain structure of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. NeuroImage. 81. 317–324. 32 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas. (2011). 15 Jahre Fachverband Konstruktiver Glasbau. Stahlbau. 80(S1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, Lilian Valko, Michaela Esslen, & Lutz Jäncke. (2006). Neural Correlate of Spatial Presence in an Arousing and Noninteractive Virtual Reality: An EEG and Psychophysiology Study. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 9(1). 30–45. 154 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (2001). A Seller's Guide to B2B Markets. The McKinsey Quarterly. 37. 5 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Rapid atrazine mineralisation in soil slurry and moist soil by inoculation of an atrazine-degrading Pseudomonas sp. strain. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 49(5). 624–630. 31 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Thomas & Atle Midttun. (1987). The Politics of energy forecasting : a comparative study of energy forecasting in Western Europe and North America. Oxford University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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