Birgit Kleim

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Birgit Kleim is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Kleim has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Clinical Psychology, 51 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Birgit Kleim's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (34 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (25 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (21 papers). Birgit Kleim is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (34 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (25 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (21 papers). Birgit Kleim collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Birgit Kleim's co-authors include Anke Ehlers, E Glucksman, Maren Westphal, Erich Seifritz, Thomas Ehring, Marcus Grueschow, Christian C. Ruff, Belinda Graham, Ulrike Ehlert and Björn Rasch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Kleim

110 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapies for emotional disorders

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Kleim Switzerland	32	1.7k	774	603	458	312	118	2.8k
Michelle L. Davis United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	862 1.1×	459 0.8×	350 0.8×	234 0.8×	42	2.5k
Paula Williams United States	28	1.2k 0.7×	923 1.2×	365 0.6×	588 1.3×	404 1.3×	75	2.9k
Ger P. J. Keijsers Netherlands	31	2.0k 1.2×	934 1.2×	768 1.3×	469 1.0×	427 1.4×	91	3.1k
Ingrid V. E. Carlier Netherlands	31	2.1k 1.3×	492 0.6×	303 0.5×	446 1.0×	461 1.5×	81	3.3k
Nathan A. Kimbrel United States	35	3.0k 1.8×	814 1.1×	401 0.7×	498 1.1×	409 1.3×	200	4.2k
Steven R. Thorp United States	34	2.2k 1.3×	811 1.0×	363 0.6×	642 1.4×	450 1.4×	57	3.5k
Nicholas P. Allan United States	27	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	305 0.5×	379 0.8×	134 0.4×	127	2.7k
Regina Steil Germany	33	3.5k 2.1×	1.0k 1.3×	578 1.0×	543 1.2×	211 0.7×	151	4.3k
Christian A. Webb United States	28	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	625 1.0×	609 1.3×	146 0.5×	80	2.6k
Stacey Young‐McCaughan United States	29	2.6k 1.5×	877 1.1×	516 0.9×	488 1.1×	406 1.3×	151	4.1k

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Semple, T.J., et al.. (2025). The Body as a Battleground: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Violence, Body Shaming, and Self-Harm in Adolescents with a History of Suicide Attempts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(6). 859–859.

Spiller, Tobias R., et al.. (2024). Network analyses of ecological momentary emotion and avoidance assessments before and after cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 106. 102914–102914. 2 indexed citations

Xia, Yanfang, et al.. (2024). Forget me not: The effect of doxycycline on human declarative memory. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 89. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Rühlmann, Charlotta, et al.. (2024). Examining bi-directional links between loneliness, social connectedness and sleep from a trait and state perspective. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17300–17300. 2 indexed citations

Poian, Giulia Da, et al.. (2024). Targeted memory reactivation during sleep improves emotional memory modulation following imagery rescripting. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 490–490. 1 indexed citations

Marciniak, Marta Anna, et al.. (2024). Effects of a digital self-efficacy training in stressed university students: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0305103–e0305103. 4 indexed citations

Kronenberg, Golo, et al.. (2024). Combined Effects of Nasal Ketamine and Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy in Treatment-Resistant Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Case Series. Behavioral Sciences. 14(8). 717–717. 1 indexed citations

Seifritz, Erich, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological memory modulation to augment trauma-focused psychotherapy for PTSD: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 207–207. 11 indexed citations

Hörmann, Christoph, et al.. (2023). EEG source functional connectivity in patients after a recent suicide attempt. Clinical Neurophysiology. 154. 60–69. 5 indexed citations

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Ip, Cheng-Teng, et al.. (2023). EEG wakefulness regulation in transdiagnostic patients after a recent suicide attempt. Clinical Neurophysiology. 156. 272–280. 3 indexed citations

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Marciniak, Marta Anna, Stephanie Homan, Stephan Egger, et al.. (2023). Investigating Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Mood, and Anxiety Using Digital Technologies: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e45749–e45749. 10 indexed citations

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Schlup, Barbara, Erich Seifritz, Iris‐Tatjana Kolassa, et al.. (2022). Optimizing Outcomes in Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders Using Smartphone-Based and Passive Sensing Features: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e42547–e42547. 2 indexed citations

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Ehring, Thomas, Charlotte E. Wittekind, Birgit Kleim, et al.. (2022). Comparing PTSD symptom networks in type I vs. type II trauma survivors. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(2). 2114260–2114260. 11 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Ingo, et al.. (2022). Effects of current treatments for trauma survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder on reducing a negative self-concept: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(2). 2122528–2122528. 9 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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Wilhelm, Frank H., et al.. (2021). Recalling autobiographical self-efficacy episodes boosts reappraisal-effects on negative emotional memories.. Emotion. 22(6). 1148–1158. 11 indexed citations

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Marciniak, Marta Anna, Lilly Shanahan, Carolin Wackerhagen, et al.. (2020). Standalone Smartphone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy–Based Ecological Momentary Interventions to Increase Mental Health: Narrative Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(11). e19836–e19836. 37 indexed citations

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Woud, Marcella L., Birgit Kleim, & Jan Christopher Cwik. (2019). Editorial for the Special Issue on Negative Appraisals in Trauma: Current Status and Future Directions for Research. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 43(1). 139–142. 10 indexed citations

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Renner, Fritz, et al.. (2018). Psychophysiological reactivity, coping behaviour and intrusive memories upon multisensory Virtual Reality and Script-Driven Imagery analogue trauma: A randomised controlled crossover study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 59. 42–52. 13 indexed citations

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Woud, Marcella L., Jan Christopher Cwik, Simon E. Blackwell, et al.. (2018). Does napping enhance the effects of Cognitive Bias Modification-Appraisal training? An experimental study. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192837–e0192837. 33 indexed citations

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