Aranka Ballering

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Aranka Ballering is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aranka Ballering has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Aranka Ballering's work include Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (10 papers), Sex and Gender in Healthcare (9 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Aranka Ballering is often cited by papers focused on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (10 papers), Sex and Gender in Healthcare (9 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Aranka Ballering collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom. Aranka Ballering's co-authors include Tim olde Hartman, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, Sander K. R. van Zon, Renato C. Monteiro, Agnès Jamin, Marjolein van Egmond, Sanae Ben Mkaddem, Marieke H. Heineke, Irma J. Bonvanie and Rei Monden and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Aranka Ballering

21 papers receiving 915 citations

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Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study

2022 470 citations Aranka Ballering, Sander K. R. van Zon et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aranka Ballering Netherlands	10	398	207	195	184	177	25	936
Lisa Rosen United States	18	59 0.1×	61 0.3×	53 0.3×	246 1.3×	96 0.5×	65	1.1k
Hyun Yong Koh South Korea	13	215 0.5×	260 1.3×	156 0.8×	142 0.8×	123 0.7×	29	1.1k
Ana Macedo Portugal	14	66 0.2×	76 0.4×	81 0.4×	82 0.4×	165 0.9×	68	985
P M Sharples United Kingdom	14	290 0.7×	26 0.1×	202 1.0×	85 0.5×	59 0.3×	25	972
Monica Mukherjee United States	22	48 0.1×	80 0.4×	68 0.3×	551 3.0×	21 0.1×	91	1.8k
Olena Seminog United Kingdom	15	233 0.6×	32 0.2×	192 1.0×	80 0.4×	129 0.7×	23	1.0k
Susan A. Miller United States	21	47 0.1×	108 0.5×	70 0.4×	119 0.6×	75 0.4×	63	1.7k
Per Lindqvist Sweden	31	50 0.1×	58 0.3×	659 3.4×	535 2.9×	231 1.3×	129	2.9k
Jared P. Austin United States	9	1.5k 3.8×	511 2.5×	745 3.8×	106 0.6×	375 2.1×	33	1.9k
Mary Margaretten United States	18	73 0.2×	50 0.2×	90 0.5×	40 0.2×	150 0.8×	27	1.6k

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Ballering, Aranka, Peter Lucassen, Donald G van Tol, Liesbet Goubert, & Piet Bracke. (2025). Sex and gender differences in the public stigmatization of persistent somatic symptoms: a systematic review. Social Science & Medicine. 382. 118232–118232.

Ballering, Aranka, et al.. (2024). Different patterns of persistent somatic symptoms after COVID-19 reported by the Dutch media and the general population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 186. 111886–111886. 1 indexed citations

Ballering, Aranka, Peter Lucassen, Evelien Brouwers, et al.. (2024). Validation of the Persistent Somatic Symptom Stigma Scale for Healthcare Professionals. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 174. 111505–111505. 3 indexed citations

Lucassen, Peter, Aranka Ballering, Sandra van Dulmen, et al.. (2024). Measuring persistent somatic symptom related stigmatisation: Development of the Persistent Somatic Symptom Stigma scale for Healthcare Professionals (PSSS-HCP). Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 181. 111689–111689. 4 indexed citations

Ballering, Aranka, Tim olde Hartman, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2024). Gender scores in epidemiological research: methods, advantages and implications. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 43. 100962–100962. 3 indexed citations

Ballering, Aranka, et al.. (2023). A longitudinal study on symptom profiles and risk factors in patients with post COVID-19 condition. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2).

Ballering, Aranka, Tim olde Hartman, Robert Verheij, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2023). Sex and gender differences in primary care help-seeking for common somatic symptoms: a longitudinal study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 41(2). 132–139. 26 indexed citations

Ballering, Aranka, Sarah Burke, Els Maeckelberghe, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2023). How to Ensure Inclusivity in Large-Scale General Population Cohort Studies? Lessons Learned with Regard to Including and Assessing Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52(5). 2163–2172. 7 indexed citations

Lucassen, Peter, Aranka Ballering, Inger L. Abma, et al.. (2023). Persistent somatic symptom related stigmatisation by healthcare professionals: A systematic review of questionnaire measurement instruments. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 166. 111161–111161. 7 indexed citations

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Lucassen, Peter, et al.. (2022). Stigma perceived by patients with functional somatic syndromes and its effect on health outcomes – A systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 154. 110715–110715. 27 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, et al.. (2022). Building a bridge between multidisciplinary insights and practice: The development of an e-learning for internal residents about sex, gender and persistent somatic symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 155. 110739–110739. 2 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Sander K. R. van Zon, Tim olde Hartman, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2022). Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study. The Lancet. 400(10350). 452–461. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ballering, Aranka, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, & Tim olde Hartman. (2022). Differences Between Women and Men Are Present in the Rate of Diagnosed Diseases After a Diagnostic Intervention is Conducted in Primary Care. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 35(1). 73–84. 8 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Sabine Oertelt‐Prigione, Tim olde Hartman, et al.. (2021). Sex and Gender-Related Differences in COVID-19 Diagnoses and SARS-CoV-2 Testing Practices During the First Wave of the Pandemic: The Dutch Lifelines COVID-19 Cohort Study. Journal of Women s Health. 30(12). 1686–1692. 18 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Anil P. S. Ori, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2021). The association of sex, age and FKBP5 genotype with common somatic symptoms: A replication study in the lifelines cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 147. 110510–110510. 5 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Daan Muijres, Annemarie Uijen, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, & Tim olde Hartman. (2021). Sex differences in the trajectories to diagnosis of patients presenting with common somatic symptoms in primary care: an observational cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 149. 110589–110589. 19 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Klaas J. Wardenaar, Tim olde Hartman, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2020). Female sex and femininity independently associate with common somatic symptom trajectories. Psychological Medicine. 52(11). 2144–2154. 10 indexed citations

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Ballering, Aranka, Irma J. Bonvanie, Tim olde Hartman, Rei Monden, & Judith G.M. Rosmalen. (2020). Gender and sex independently associate with common somatic symptoms and lifetime prevalence of chronic disease. Social Science & Medicine. 253. 112968–112968. 67 indexed citations

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Slot, Linda M., Thera A.M. Wormhoudt, Mark J. Kwakkenbos, et al.. (2018). De novo gene mutations in normal human memory B cells. Leukemia. 33(5). 1219–1230. 4 indexed citations

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Heineke, Marieke H., Aranka Ballering, Agnès Jamin, et al.. (2017). New insights in the pathogenesis of immunoglobulin A vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura). Autoimmunity Reviews. 16(12). 1246–1253. 216 indexed citations

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