Bessel van der Kolk

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Bessel van der Kolk is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bessel van der Kolk has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Clinical Psychology, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bessel van der Kolk's work include Child Abuse and Trauma (15 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (11 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers). Bessel van der Kolk is often cited by papers focused on Child Abuse and Trauma (15 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (11 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers). Bessel van der Kolk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Bessel van der Kolk's co-authors include Marylène Cloître, Joseph Spinazzola, Julián D. Ford, Bradley Stolbach, Jing Wang, Judith Lewis Herman, Eva Petkova, Robert S. Pynoos, Susan Roth and Francine S. Mandel and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychologist and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Bessel van der Kolk

36 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents

2005 1.0k citations Joseph Spinazzola, Julián D. Ford et al. Psychiatric Annals profile →
A developmental approach to complex PTSD: Childhood and adult cumulative trauma as predictors of symptom complexity

2009 971 citations Marylène Cloître, Bradley Stolbach et al. Journal of Traumatic Stress profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bessel van der Kolk United States	23	3.7k	611	494	471	455	38	4.6k
Martha A. Medrano United States	12	3.9k 1.1×	677 1.1×	515 1.0×	668 1.4×	738 1.6×	22	5.1k
Vladislav Ruchkin United States	33	2.3k 0.6×	569 0.9×	553 1.1×	608 1.3×	403 0.9×	110	3.2k
Joseph Spinazzola United States	38	5.0k 1.3×	910 1.5×	606 1.2×	651 1.4×	449 1.0×	69	5.9k
Mark Zoccolillo Canada	35	3.9k 1.1×	568 0.9×	636 1.3×	1.4k 2.9×	590 1.3×	58	5.0k
David L. Pogge United States	17	5.1k 1.4×	667 1.1×	569 1.2×	820 1.7×	1.1k 2.4×	52	6.5k
Jessie Anderson New Zealand	17	3.1k 0.8×	629 1.0×	408 0.8×	501 1.1×	898 2.0×	25	4.0k
Jeffrey Foote United States	19	2.8k 0.8×	617 1.0×	392 0.8×	520 1.1×	748 1.6×	30	4.0k
Assaf Oshri United States	34	2.3k 0.6×	508 0.8×	695 1.4×	648 1.4×	213 0.5×	136	3.5k
Ramón Lindauer Netherlands	33	2.3k 0.6×	486 0.8×	306 0.6×	318 0.7×	309 0.7×	161	3.5k
Fred A. Rogosch United States	47	5.4k 1.5×	553 0.9×	707 1.4×	1.6k 3.4×	406 0.9×	75	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bessel van der Kolk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bessel van der Kolk

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kolk, Bessel van der, et al.. (2023). Le corps n'oublie rien. Sciences Humaines. N° Hors-série(HS14). 80–81.

Ford, Julián D., Joseph Spinazzola, Bessel van der Kolk, & Grace Chan. (2022). Toward an empirically based Developmental Trauma Disorder diagnosis and semi‐structured interview for children: The DTD field trial replication. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 145(6). 628–639. 10 indexed citations

Spinazzola, Joseph, Bessel van der Kolk, & Julián D. Ford. (2021). Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 34(4). 711–720. 44 indexed citations

Loomis, Alysse M., et al.. (2020). The impact of neurofeedback training on children with developmental trauma: A randomized controlled study.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 12(8). 918–929. 33 indexed citations

DePierro, Jonathan, Wendy D’Andrea, Joseph Spinazzola, et al.. (2019). Beyond PTSD: Client presentations of developmental trauma disorder from a national survey of clinicians.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 14(7). 1167–1174. 23 indexed citations

Ford, Julián D., Joseph Spinazzola, Bessel van der Kolk, & Damion J. Grasso. (2018). Toward an Empirically Based Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis for Children. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 79(5). 44 indexed citations

Price, Maggi, Joseph Spinazzola, Regina Musicaro, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of an Extended Yoga Treatment for Women with Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 23(4). 300–309. 47 indexed citations

Rhodes, Alison M., Joseph Spinazzola, & Bessel van der Kolk. (2016). Yoga for Adult Women with Chronic PTSD: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 22(3). 189–196. 45 indexed citations

Ford, Julián D., Damion J. Grasso, Carolyn A. Greene, et al.. (2013). Clinical Significance of a Proposed Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 74(8). 841–849. 65 indexed citations

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Zucker, Marla, et al.. (2010). Getting Teachers in on the Act: Evaluation of a Theater- and Classroom-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program. Journal of School Violence. 9(2). 117–135. 9 indexed citations

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Cloître, Marylène, Bradley Stolbach, Judith Lewis Herman, et al.. (2009). A developmental approach to complex PTSD: Childhood and adult cumulative trauma as predictors of symptom complexity. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 22(5). 399–408. 971 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spinazzola, Joseph, Julián D. Ford, Cheryl Lanktree, et al.. (2005). Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents. Psychiatric Annals. 35(5). 390–398. 1044 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saxe, Glenn, Neharika Chawla, & Bessel van der Kolk. (2002). Self-Destructive Behavior in People with Dissociative Disorders.. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 32(3). 2 indexed citations

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Saxe, Glenn, Neharika Chawla, & Bessel van der Kolk. (2002). Self‐Destructive Behavior in Patients with Dissociative Disorders. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 32(3). 313–320. 71 indexed citations

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Kolk, Bessel van der. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder and the nature of trauma. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 2(1). 7–22. 155 indexed citations

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Kolk, Bessel van der, et al.. (1997). Development of a criteria set and a structured interview for disorders of extreme stress (SIDES).. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 10(1). 3–16. 311 indexed citations

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Lindy, Jacob D. & Bessel van der Kolk. (1991). Notes from Moscow (1990): Some thoughts on the politics of PTSD during perestroika. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 4(3). 439–443. 1 indexed citations

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Hobfoll, Stevan E., Charles D. Spielberger, Shlomo Breznitz, et al.. (1991). War-related stress: Addressing the stress of war and other traumatic events.. American Psychologist. 46(8). 848–855. 115 indexed citations

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Kolk, Bessel van der, et al.. (1985). Inescapable shock, neurotransmitters, and addiction to trauma: Toward a psychobiology of post traumatic stress. Biological Psychiatry. 20(3). 314–325. 310 indexed citations

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Renault, Pierre F., Charles R. Schuster, Richard Heinrich, & Bessel van der Kolk. (1972). Altered plasma cortisol response in patients on methadone maintenance. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 13(2). 269–273. 15 indexed citations

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