Anke Ehlers

41.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
293 papers, 29.3k citations indexed

About

Anke Ehlers is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Anke Ehlers has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 29.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Clinical Psychology, 102 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 41 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Anke Ehlers's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (134 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (87 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (58 papers). Anke Ehlers is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (134 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (87 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (58 papers). Anke Ehlers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Anke Ehlers's co-authors include David M. Clark, Richard Mayou, Ann Hackmann, Bridget Bryant, Tanja Michael, Jürgen Margraf, Thomas Ehring, Walton T. Roth, Regina Steil and Sarah L. Halligan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anke Ehlers

284 papers receiving 27.8k citations

Hit Papers

A cognitive model of post... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2000 1999 1998 2017 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder
    2000 4.2k citations Anke Ehlers, David M. Clark Behaviour Research and Therapy profile →
  2. The Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): Development and validation.
    1999 1.2k citations Anke Ehlers, David M. Clark et al. profile →
  3. Psychological predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accidents.
    1998 793 citations Anke Ehlers et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology profile →
  4. Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders
    2017 783 citations Daniel Freeman, Anke Ehlers et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  5. Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
    2007 627 citations Anke Ehlers et al. profile →
  6. The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ): Validation of a content-independent measure of repetitive negative thinking
    2010 618 citations Anke Ehlers et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Anke Ehlers 20.5k 9.0k 4.7k 3.4k 3.2k 293 29.3k
Chris R. Brewin 25.5k 1.2× 5.6k 0.6× 4.8k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 5.6k 1.7× 340 35.9k
David M. Clark 22.8k 1.1× 17.1k 1.9× 6.2k 1.3× 4.8k 1.4× 5.8k 1.8× 336 36.9k
Richard J. McNally 15.6k 0.8× 15.8k 1.8× 9.1k 2.0× 3.8k 1.1× 3.8k 1.2× 408 28.6k
Barbara O. Rothbaum 15.9k 0.8× 4.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 3.3k 1.0× 281 25.8k
Edna B. Foa 40.9k 2.0× 11.5k 1.3× 8.2k 1.8× 3.8k 1.1× 5.2k 1.6× 372 49.7k
Frank C. Verhulst 24.3k 1.2× 5.3k 0.6× 4.9k 1.0× 7.2k 2.1× 7.3k 2.3× 767 44.0k
Adrian Angold 27.1k 1.3× 5.9k 0.7× 3.9k 0.8× 7.6k 2.2× 6.3k 1.9× 174 36.8k
Ronald E. Dahl 13.2k 0.6× 12.4k 1.4× 10.4k 2.2× 4.8k 1.4× 5.5k 1.7× 336 32.9k
Michael W. Otto 12.5k 0.6× 10.6k 1.2× 4.6k 1.0× 7.9k 2.3× 3.5k 1.1× 459 28.4k
William G. Iacono 14.9k 0.7× 7.4k 0.8× 6.1k 1.3× 6.4k 1.9× 3.8k 1.2× 594 29.5k

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All Works

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Graham, Belinda & Anke Ehlers. (2025). A qualitative analysis of young adults’ beliefs about bullying: exploring associations with social anxiety and post-traumatic stress. European journal of psychotraumatology. 16(1). 2523638–2523638.
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Smith, Kirsten V., Nora Skjerdingstad, Omid V. Ebrahimi, Fiona Maccallum, & Anke Ehlers. (2025). Unraveling attachment – A network analysis of the cognitive pathways linking attachment and prolonged grief. Psychological Medicine. 55. e276–e276.
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Černis, Emma, Bao Sheng Loe, Polly Waite, et al.. (2023). Measuring dissociation across adolescence and adulthood: developing the short-form Černis Felt Sense of Anomaly scale (ČEFSA-14). Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 52(2). 163–177. 3 indexed citations
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Wiedemann, Milan, Magdalena Janecka, Jennifer Wild, et al.. (2023). Changes in cognitive processes and coping strategies precede changes in symptoms during cognitive therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 169. 104407–104407. 2 indexed citations
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Graham, Belinda & Anke Ehlers. (2023). Development and Validation of the Bullied Cognitions Inventory (BCI). Cognitive Therapy and Research. 47(6). 1033–1045. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Kirsten V., et al.. (2023). Feeling Alone in one's Grief: Investigating Social Cognitions in Adaption to Bereavement using the German Version of the Oxford Grief-Social Disconnection Scale. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 7(2). 100327–100327. 6 indexed citations
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Graham, Belinda, et al.. (2022). Circadian influence on intrusive re-experiencing in trauma survivors’ daily lives. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(1). 1899617–1899617. 4 indexed citations
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Graham, Belinda, Lucy Bowes, & Anke Ehlers. (2022). External locus of control but not self-esteem predicts increasing social anxiety among bullied children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). e3809–e3809. 1 indexed citations
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Hiller, Rachel M., et al.. (2021). A Longitudinal Investigation of Children’s Trauma Memory Characteristics and Their Relationship with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 49(6). 807–816. 9 indexed citations
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Wiedemann, Milan, Graham R. Thew, Richard Stott, & Anke Ehlers. (2020). suddengains: An R package to identify sudden gains in longitudinal data. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230276–e0230276. 13 indexed citations
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Wiedemann, Milan, Richard Stott, Alecia Nickless, et al.. (2020). Cognitive processes associated with sudden gains in cognitive therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in routine care.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 88(5). 455–469. 20 indexed citations
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Ehlers, Anke, et al.. (2018). Appraisal Biases About Strangers in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 43(1). 247–258. 7 indexed citations
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Meiser‐Stedman, Richard, Patrick Smith, Anna McKinnon, et al.. (2016). Cognitive therapy as an early treatment for post‐traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: a randomized controlled trial addressing preliminary efficacy and mechanisms of action. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 58(5). 623–633. 52 indexed citations
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Kleim, Birgit, Belinda Graham, Richard A. Bryant, & Anke Ehlers. (2013). Capturing intrusive re-experiencing in trauma survivors’ daily lives using ecological momentary assessment.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 122(4). 998–1009. 85 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, Graham Turpin, Melanie A. Adams, et al.. (2009). Speaking up for IAPT. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Eley, Thalia C., Alice M. Gregory, David M. Clark, & Anke Ehlers. (2007). Feeling anxious: A twin study of panic/somatic symptoms, anxiety sensitivity and heartbeat perception in children. Behavior Genetics. 37(6). 751–751. 3 indexed citations
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Ehlers, Anke, et al.. (1998). Trauma, cognition and chronic PTSD: A study of former East German political prisoners. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 27(4). 244–253. 1 indexed citations
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Stangier, Ulrich, Uwe Gieler, & Anke Ehlers. (1998). Development of a questionnaire to measure coping with chronic skin diseases. Diagnostica. 44(1). 30–40. 8 indexed citations

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