Andreas Maercker

33.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
459 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

Andreas Maercker is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Maercker has authored 459 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 336 papers in Clinical Psychology, 123 papers in Social Psychology and 84 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Andreas Maercker's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (147 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (138 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (74 papers). Andreas Maercker is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (147 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (138 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (74 papers). Andreas Maercker collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Andreas Maercker's co-authors include Christine Knaevelsrud, Birgit Wagner, Marylène Cloître, Simon Forstmeier, Chris R. Brewin, Matthias Schützwohl, Andrea B. Horn, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Richard A. Bryant and Philip Hyland and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Maercker

437 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

The size and burden of me... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2011 2009 2006 2018 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010
    2011 2.6k citations Andreas Maercker et al. profile →
  2. Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
    2009 1.3k citations Andreas Maercker et al. profile →
  3. Posttraumatic growth in clinical psychology — A critical review and introduction of a two component model
    2006 886 citations Andreas Maercker et al. profile →
  4. The International Trauma Questionnaire: development of a self‐report measure of ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD
    2018 766 citations Marylène Cloître, Mark Shevlin et al. profile →
  5. Diagnosis and classification of disorders specifically associated with stress: proposals for ICD-11
    2013 546 citations Andreas Maercker, Chris R. Brewin et al. profile →
  6. Evidence for proposed ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD: a latent profile analysis
    2013 471 citations Marylène Cloître, Chris R. Brewin et al. European journal of psychotraumatology profile →
  7. A review of current evidence regarding the ICD-11 proposals for diagnosing PTSD and complex PTSD
    2017 441 citations Chris R. Brewin, Marylène Cloître et al. profile →
  8. Proposals for mental disorders specifically associated with stress in the International Classification of Diseases-11
    2013 383 citations Andreas Maercker, Chris R. Brewin et al. profile →
  9. “Prolonged grief disorder” and “persistent complex bereavement disorder”, but not “complicated grief”, are one and the same diagnostic entity: an analysis of data from the Yale Bereavement Study
    2016 234 citations Andreas Maercker et al. profile →
  10. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
    2022 212 citations Andreas Maercker, Marylène Cloître et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Andreas Maercker 13.9k 3.5k 3.1k 2.5k 2.2k 459 19.8k
Paul Rohde 15.6k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 3.5k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 227 20.2k
Brett T. Litz 17.3k 1.2× 2.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 2.5k 1.2× 306 22.1k
Eva Hiripi 11.0k 0.8× 4.4k 1.3× 4.6k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 3.4k 1.6× 21 20.7k
Paul R. Duberstein 9.5k 0.7× 4.4k 1.3× 4.1k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 356 18.8k
Nancy A. Sampson 15.9k 1.1× 5.5k 1.6× 3.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.6× 2.1k 1.0× 199 25.3k
Wilma Vollebergh 8.1k 0.6× 3.8k 1.1× 2.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 313 17.0k
Filip Smit 7.0k 0.5× 4.4k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 4.1k 1.6× 1.5k 0.7× 222 16.6k
Michael Barkham 10.7k 0.8× 5.5k 1.6× 3.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 310 17.1k
Rachel Yehuda 17.3k 1.2× 4.7k 1.3× 2.7k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 417 33.5k
Heide Glaesmer 7.4k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 364 13.7k

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All Works

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Thoma, Myriam V., et al.. (2025). ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD: prevalence, predictors, and construct validity in Swiss older adults. European journal of psychotraumatology. 16(1). 2445368–2445368. 1 indexed citations
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Rühlmann, Charlotta, et al.. (2024). Examining bi-directional links between loneliness, social connectedness and sleep from a trait and state perspective. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17300–17300. 2 indexed citations
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Bachem, Rahel, And re as Maercker, Yafit Levin, et al.. (2024). Assessing complex PTSD and PTSD: validation of the German version of the International Trauma Interview (ITI). European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2344364–2344364. 7 indexed citations
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Maercker, And re as, et al.. (2024). Auf dem Weg zu kulturellen Skripten von Traumafolgen. PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie. 74(7). 276–285. 1 indexed citations
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Keeley, Jared W., Spencer C. Evans, And re as Maercker, et al.. (2023). Examining accurate diagnosis of complex PTSD in ICD-11. Journal of Affective Disorders. 346. 110–114.
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Maercker, And re as, et al.. (2023). Clinically relevant historical trauma sequelae: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 30(4). 729–739. 6 indexed citations
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Maercker, And re as & David J. Eberle. (2022). Was bringt die ICD-11 im Bereich der trauma- und belastungsbezogenen Diagnosen?. Verhaltenstherapie. 32(3). 62–71. 5 indexed citations
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Karatzias, Thanos, Matthias Knefel, And re as Maercker, et al.. (2022). The Network Structure of ICD-11 Disorders Specifically Associated with Stress: Adjustment Disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychopathology. 55(3-4). 226–234. 13 indexed citations
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Killikelly, Clare, Ningning Zhou, Eva‐Maria Stelzer, et al.. (2021). Examination of the new ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder guidelines across five international samples. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 3(1). e4159–e4159. 23 indexed citations
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Voelkle, Manuel C., et al.. (2021). Lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder in older individuals with a history of institutional upbringing in childhood: the role of social acknowledgement and stressful life events. European journal of psychotraumatology. 12(1). 1915578–1915578. 6 indexed citations
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Thoma, Myriam V., Luca Kleineidam, Simon Forstmeier, et al.. (2020). Associations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components. European Journal of Ageing. 18(4). 549–563. 11 indexed citations
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Maercker, And re as, et al.. (2019). Cultural perspectives on positive responses to extreme adversity: A playing field for metaphors. Transcultural Psychiatry. 56(5). 1056–1075. 8 indexed citations
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Thoma, Myriam V., et al.. (2019). Psychological characteristics and stress differentiate between high from low health trajectories in later life: a machine learning analysis. Aging & Mental Health. 24(7). 1098–1107. 4 indexed citations
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Thoma, Myriam V., et al.. (2018). Evaluation of the revised sense of coherence scale in a representative German sample. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209550–e0209550. 12 indexed citations
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Forstmeier, Simon, et al.. (2009). Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease. European Neurological Review. 4(1). 18–18. 2 indexed citations
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Orth, Ulrich, Shawn P. Cahill, Edna B. Foa, & And re as Maercker. (2008). Anger and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in crime victims: A longitudinal analysis.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 76(2). 208–218. 95 indexed citations

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