Anne Speckens

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
163 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Anne Speckens is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne Speckens has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Clinical Psychology, 58 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 49 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Anne Speckens's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (59 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (47 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (25 papers). Anne Speckens is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (59 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (47 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (25 papers). Anne Speckens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Anne Speckens's co-authors include Albert M. van Hemert, Johan Ormel, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, David Mataix‐Cols, Natalia Lawrence, Mary L. Phillips, Sarah C. Wooderson, Philip Spinhoven, Michael Brammer and Ann Hackmann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Anne Speckens

156 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

A validation study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2004 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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. A validation study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in different groups of Dutch subjects
    1997 1.7k citations Johan Ormel, Anne Speckens et al. profile →
  2. Distinct Neural Correlates of Washing, Checking, and Hoarding SymptomDimensions in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
    2004 673 citations David Mataix‐Cols, Sarah C. Wooderson et al. profile →
  3. Mindfulness‐based interventions for psychological and physical health outcomes in cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
    2019 205 citations Linda Cillessen, Anne Speckens et al. Psycho-Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anne Speckens Netherlands 44 4.3k 2.3k 2.2k 1.8k 1.1k 163 8.6k
Albert M. van Hemert Netherlands 46 2.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 609 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 168 8.5k
Patricia van Oppen Netherlands 52 6.1k 1.4× 3.8k 1.7× 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 189 10.7k
Susan Abbey Canada 40 5.4k 1.3× 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 893 0.5× 1.8k 1.7× 150 10.9k
Carsten Spitzer Germany 51 5.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 2.9k 1.3× 695 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 283 9.6k
Katja Wingenfeld Germany 41 3.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 817 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 219 7.5k
Brent T. Mausbach United States 52 2.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 3.8k 1.7× 611 0.3× 939 0.8× 160 7.9k
Janet B. W. Williams United States 24 2.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 648 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 48 7.7k
Madelon L. Peters Netherlands 58 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 3.1k 1.4× 3.6k 2.0× 1.9k 1.7× 213 13.2k
Rolf‐Dieter Stieglitz Switzerland 37 2.6k 0.6× 871 0.4× 3.3k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 494 0.4× 164 6.3k
Martin Hautzinger Germany 54 4.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 331 9.5k

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All Works

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Huijbers, Marloes J., Carmen S. Horjus, Tessa E H Römkens, et al.. (2025). Group-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve Sleep in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (MindIBD). Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(11). 3021–3032. 1 indexed citations
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Jong, M.A.D.W. de, Dirk E. M. Geurts, Philip Spinhoven, Henricus G. Ruhé, & Anne Speckens. (2025). Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Mental Health Outcomes in Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 40(15). 3705–3714.
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Heide, Anouk van der, Lisanne J. Dommershuijsen, Lara Puhlmann, et al.. (2024). Predictors of stress resilience in Parkinson’s disease and associations with symptom progression. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 81–81. 11 indexed citations
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Kwakkenbos, Linda, et al.. (2024). Positive health outcomes of mindfulness-based interventions for cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. 114. 102505–102505. 8 indexed citations
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Spinhoven, Philip, et al.. (2024). Change in Mindfulness Profiles After Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder. Mindfulness. 15(7). 1682–1700.
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Janssen, Lieneke, Anne Speckens, Joost Wegman, et al.. (2023). The effects of an 8-week mindful eating intervention on anticipatory reward responses in striatum and midbrain. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1115727–1115727. 5 indexed citations
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Greven, Corina U., et al.. (2021). Interplay between self-compassion and affect during Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living for recurrent depression: An Autoregressive Latent Trajectory analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 146. 103946–103946. 3 indexed citations
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Bisseling, Else, Linda Cillessen, Philip Spinhoven, et al.. (2019). Development of the Therapeutic Alliance and its Association With Internet-Based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressed Cancer Patients: Secondary Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(10). e14065–e14065. 22 indexed citations
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Becker, Eni S., et al.. (2019). Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on a Behavioural Measure of Rumination in Patients with Chronic, Treatment-Resistant Depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 43(4). 666–678. 20 indexed citations
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Grutters, Janneke P.C., Melanie P. J. Schellekens, Cornelis C. Kan, et al.. (2019). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Versus Treatment as Usual in Adults with ADHD: a Trial-Based Economic Evaluation. Mindfulness. 10(9). 1803–1814. 2 indexed citations
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Thewes, Belinda, Judith Rietjens, Sanne W. van den Berg, et al.. (2018). One way or another: The opportunities and pitfalls of self‐referral and consecutive sampling as recruitment strategies for psycho‐oncology intervention trials. Psycho-Oncology. 27(8). 2056–2059. 34 indexed citations
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Hooff, Madelon L. M. van, et al.. (2016). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for medical residents: Effects on burnout and wellbeing: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 23. 1 indexed citations
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Huijbers, Marloes J., Philip Spinhoven, Jan Spijker, et al.. (2015). Adding mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to maintenance antidepressant medication for prevention of relapse/recurrence in major depressive disorder: Randomised controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders. 187. 54–61. 34 indexed citations
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Renner, Fritz, Lotte Bamelis, Marcus J. H. Huibers, Anne Speckens, & Arnoud Arntz. (2014). The impact of comorbid depression on recovery from personality disorders and improvements in psychosocial functioning: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 63. 55–62. 9 indexed citations
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Deurzen, Patricia A.M. van, Jan K. Buitelaar, Johan Ormel, et al.. (2012). Response time variability and response inhibition predict affective problems in adolescent girls, not in boys: the TRAILS study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 21(5). 277–287. 20 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Natalia, Sarah C. Wooderson, David Mataix‐Cols, Anne Speckens, & Mary L. Phillips. (2004). Hoarding symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder are associated with poorer decision-making in the Iowa Gambling Task. Biological Psychiatry. 55. 1 indexed citations
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Mataix‐Cols, David, Sara Cullen, Michael Brammer, et al.. (2003). Functional anatomy of washing, checking and hoarding symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Preliminary findings. Biological Psychiatry. 53(8). 1 indexed citations

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