Bernd Löwe

75.3k total citations · 16 hit papers
364 papers, 51.3k citations indexed

About

Bernd Löwe is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Löwe has authored 364 papers receiving a total of 51.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 131 papers in Clinical Psychology and 70 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Bernd Löwe's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (117 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (70 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (61 papers). Bernd Löwe is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (117 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (70 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (61 papers). Bernd Löwe collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Bernd Löwe's co-authors include Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, Wolfgang Herzog, Kerstin Gräfe, Elmar Brähler, Janet B. W. Williams, Patrick O. Monahan, Robert Spitzer and Dieter Schellberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Löwe

341 papers receiving 50.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2002 2026 2010 2018 2006 2007 2008 2010 2009 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k
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 Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    2006 20.9k citations Kurt Kroenke, Bernd Löwe et al. profile →
  2. Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence, Impairment, Comorbidity, and Detection
    2007 3.3k citations Kurt Kroenke, Bernd Löwe et al. profile →
  3. Validation and Standardization of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) in the General Population
    2008 3.2k citations Bernd Löwe, Wolfgang Herzog et al. profile →
  4. The Patient Health Questionnaire Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptom Scales: a systematic review
    2010 3.0k citations Kurt Kroenke, Bernd Löwe et al. profile →
  5. An Ultra-Brief Screening Scale for Anxiety and Depression: The PHQ-4
    2009 2.6k citations Kurt Kroenke, Bernd Löwe et al. profile →
  6. A 4-item measure of depression and anxiety: Validation and standardization of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in the general population
    2009 1.7k citations Bernd Löwe, Matthias Rose et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  7. Measuring depression outcome with a brief self-report instrument: sensitivity to change of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
    2003 1.2k citations Bernd Löwe, Kurt Kroenke et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  8. An Ultra-Brief Screening Scale for Anxiety and Depression: The PHQ–4
    2009 1.2k citations Kurt Kroenke, Bernd Löwe et al. profile →
  9. Detecting and monitoring depression with a two-item questionnaire (PHQ-2)
    2005 1.1k citations Bernd Löwe, Kurt Kroenke et al. Journal of Psychosomatic Research profile →
  10. Comparative validity of three screening questionnaires for DSM-IV depressive disorders and physicians? diagnoses
    2002 876 citations Bernd Löwe Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  11. Screening psychischer Störungen mit dem “Gesundheitsfragebogen für Patienten (PHQ-D)“
    2004 593 citations Kerstin Gräfe, Stephan Zipfel et al. profile →
  12. Depression, anxiety and somatization in primary care: syndrome overlap and functional impairment
    2008 545 citations Bernd Löwe, Kurt Kroenke et al. profile →
  13. The Somatic Symptom Scale–8 (SSS-8)
    2013 472 citations Sebastian Kohlmann, Kurt Kroenke et al. profile →
  14. Sensitivity to change and minimal clinically important difference of the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7)
    2020 345 citations Anne Toussaint, Paul Hüsing et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  15. Update of the standardization of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in the general population
    2022 82 citations Bernd Löwe et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  16. Persistent physical symptoms: definition, genesis, and management
    2024 77 citations Bernd Löwe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernd Löwe Germany 61 23.1k 10.0k 9.4k 9.4k 9.4k 364 51.3k
Helen Christensen Australia 116 19.9k 0.9× 15.6k 1.6× 10.3k 1.1× 7.2k 0.8× 8.8k 0.9× 618 47.9k
Gavin Andrews Australia 93 19.1k 0.8× 10.5k 1.0× 8.3k 0.9× 5.9k 0.6× 10.9k 1.2× 441 41.1k
Ellen E. Walters United States 46 28.9k 1.2× 15.2k 1.5× 9.8k 1.0× 12.2k 1.3× 12.4k 1.3× 68 59.9k
Mark Olfson United States 111 21.3k 0.9× 12.6k 1.3× 8.1k 0.9× 15.7k 1.7× 5.5k 0.6× 687 48.0k
Kathleen R. Merikangas United States 105 31.4k 1.4× 11.4k 1.1× 6.6k 0.7× 17.2k 1.8× 14.3k 1.5× 419 68.4k
Aartjan T.F. Beekman Netherlands 108 13.0k 0.6× 8.8k 0.9× 8.0k 0.8× 10.3k 1.1× 8.8k 0.9× 741 45.7k
Jordi Alonso Spain 105 14.3k 0.6× 8.2k 0.8× 10.8k 1.1× 8.4k 0.9× 4.3k 0.5× 465 54.4k
Anthony F. Jorm Australia 118 23.2k 1.0× 20.1k 2.0× 13.3k 1.4× 14.7k 1.6× 4.8k 0.5× 777 59.5k
Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen Germany 130 31.6k 1.4× 13.0k 1.3× 7.8k 0.8× 14.2k 1.5× 20.2k 2.2× 807 67.4k
Richie Poulton New Zealand 94 18.1k 0.8× 6.2k 0.6× 4.9k 0.5× 7.6k 0.8× 8.0k 0.9× 354 49.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernd Löwe

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All Works

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Aktürk, Zekeriya, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Sarah Dawson, et al.. (2025). Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) and 2-item (GAD-2) scales for detecting anxiety disorders in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(3). CD015455–CD015455. 7 indexed citations
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Müller, Svenja, Claudia Zeidler, Christian Meß, et al.. (2025). Patient Needs and Treatment Goals in Chronic Atopic Pruritus: Does Eczema Make a Difference?. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 105. adv42773–adv42773.
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Reininger, Klaus Michael, et al.. (2024). A Pilot Study of Metacognitive Training in U.S. Republican Leaners: Reducing Polarization Toward LGBTIQ+ Persons. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 53(5). 1609–1620. 1 indexed citations
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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2023). The framework for systematic reviews on psychological risk factors for persistent somatic symptoms and related syndromes and disorders (PSY-PSS). Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1142484–1142484. 12 indexed citations
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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2023). Patients' acceptance of explanatory models for persistent somatic symptoms: A qualitative analysis within the HERMES study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 170. 111347–111347. 2 indexed citations
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Shedden‐Mora, Meike, Christian Schmidt‐Lauber, Bernd Löwe, et al.. (2022). Predictors of somatic symptom persistence in patients with chronic kidney disease (SOMA.CK): study protocol for a mixed-methods cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(11). e067821–e067821. 1 indexed citations
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Löwe, Bernd, Viola Andresen, Omer Van den Bergh, et al.. (2022). Persistent SOMAtic symptoms ACROSS diseases — from risk factors to modification: scientific framework and overarching protocol of the interdisciplinary SOMACROSS research unit (RU 5211). BMJ Open. 12(1). e057596–e057596. 61 indexed citations
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Depping, Miriam K., Natalie Uhlenbusch, & Bernd Löwe. (2021). Acceptance and commitment therapy meets peer-support. Development of a supportive self-care intervention for patients with rare diseases: a multistage development process. BMJ Open. 11(7). e042856–e042856. 6 indexed citations
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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2021). Persistence rate of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: 4-year follow-up in patients from a psychosomatic outpatient clinic. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 110. 152265–152265. 15 indexed citations
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Kohlmann, Sebastian, Marco Lehmann, Marion Eisele, et al.. (2020). Depression screening using patient-targeted feedback in general practices: study protocol of the German multicentre GET.FEEDBACK.GP randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 10(9). e035973–e035973. 11 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Marco, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Thomas Zimmermann, et al.. (2017). Diagnostic barriers for somatic symptom disorders in primary care: study protocol for a mixed methods study in Germany. BMJ Open. 7(8). e014157–e014157. 9 indexed citations
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Löwe, Bernd, et al.. (2014). Chronische Pollakisurie. Der Urologe. 53(10). 1495–1499. 2 indexed citations
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Wingenfeld, Katja, Martin Drießen, Kirsten Terfehr, et al.. (2012). Effects of cortisol on memory in women with borderline personality disorder: role of co-morbid post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Psychological Medicine. 43(3). 495–505. 33 indexed citations
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Spitzer, Carsten, Sven Barnow, Katja Wingenfeld, et al.. (2009). Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Somatization Disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 43(1). 80–86. 23 indexed citations
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Holzapfel, Nicole, Thomas Müller‐Tasch, Beate Wild, et al.. (2007). Depression profile in patients with and without chronic heart failure. Journal of Affective Disorders. 105(1-3). 53–62. 42 indexed citations
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Schneider, Antonius, Bernd Löwe, & Konrad Streitberger. (2005). Perception of Bodily Sensation as a Predictor of Treatment Response to Acupuncture for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Prophylaxis. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11(1). 119–125. 20 indexed citations
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Löwe, Bernd, Kerstin Gräfe, Kurt Kroenke, et al.. (2003). Predictors of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Medical Outpatients. Psychosomatic Medicine. 65(5). 764–770. 51 indexed citations

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