Bo Bach

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Bo Bach is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bo Bach has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Clinical Psychology, 44 papers in Philosophy and 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Bo Bach's work include Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (82 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (44 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (38 papers). Bo Bach is often cited by papers focused on Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (82 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (44 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (38 papers). Bo Bach collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and New Zealand. Bo Bach's co-authors include Erik Simonsen, Martin Sellbom, Michael B. First, Joost Hutsebaut, Sune Bo, Sebastian Simonsen, Jeffrey E. Young, George Lockwood, Mickey Kongerslev and Jens C. Thimm and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Psychology Review, Psychophysiology and Psychological Assessment.

In The Last Decade

Bo Bach

85 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Application of the ICD-11 classification of personality disorders
    2018 159 citations Bo Bach, Michael B. First BMC Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bo Bach Denmark 30 2.4k 986 338 297 216 93 2.5k
Theresa Wilberg Norway 27 1.9k 0.8× 606 0.6× 437 1.3× 277 0.9× 223 1.0× 98 2.0k
Joost Hutsebaut Netherlands 24 1.7k 0.7× 558 0.6× 365 1.1× 153 0.5× 135 0.6× 79 1.8k
Katherine M. Thomas United States 20 1.7k 0.7× 393 0.4× 162 0.5× 455 1.5× 306 1.4× 41 2.0k
Uëli Kramer Switzerland 24 1.6k 0.7× 294 0.3× 200 0.6× 341 1.1× 352 1.6× 162 1.8k
Mickey Kongerslev Denmark 22 1.3k 0.6× 386 0.4× 413 1.2× 121 0.4× 172 0.8× 72 1.4k
Lori N. Scott United States 24 1.4k 0.6× 168 0.2× 269 0.8× 318 1.1× 334 1.5× 51 1.6k
Raffaele Popolo Italy 32 1.6k 0.7× 950 1.0× 1.3k 3.9× 588 2.0× 347 1.6× 77 2.5k
Susanne Hörz‐Sagstetter Germany 22 1.5k 0.6× 406 0.4× 254 0.8× 167 0.6× 226 1.0× 63 1.6k
Antonio Semerari Italy 28 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 3.5× 606 2.0× 429 2.0× 70 2.9k
Theresa A. Morgan United States 18 941 0.4× 189 0.2× 391 1.2× 184 0.6× 323 1.5× 36 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bo Bach

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bo Bach

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All Works

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Bach, Bo, et al.. (2025). Clinician Diagnostic Ratings and Countertransference Reactions Towards Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 32(2). e70070–e70070.
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Philips, Clare & Bo Bach. (2025). Connecting the Rorschach Test With the ICD-11 Personality Disorder Diagnosis. Rorschachiana Journal of the International Society for the Rorschach. 46(2). 224–242. 2 indexed citations
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Jowett, Sally, Philip Hyland, Maj Hansen, & Bo Bach. (2024). Understanding the Interplay Between ICD-11 Complex PTSD and Personality Disorder Features in Relation to Traumatic Life Events in a Trauma-Exposed Community Sample. Journal of Personality Disorders. 38(3). 207–224. 2 indexed citations
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Grenyer, Brin F. S., et al.. (2024). Gender bias in assessing narcissistic personality: Exploring the utility of the ICD ‐11 dimensional model. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 64(2). 248–264.
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Rauch, Alexandra, Bo Bach, Heidi Frølund Pedersen, et al.. (2024). Five-factor personality traits and functional somatic disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. 115. 102529–102529. 1 indexed citations
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Bürgin, David, Marc Birkhölzer, Cyril Boonmann, et al.. (2023). Key insights from studies on the stability of personality disorders in different age groups. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1109336–1109336. 3 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Johannes, Carl F. Falk, Leon Patrick Wendt, et al.. (2022). Validating the German version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale using nominal response models.. Psychological Assessment. 35(3). 257–268. 24 indexed citations
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Bach, Bo, et al.. (2022). Clinical utility of the alternative model of personality disorders: A 10th year anniversary review.. Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment. 13(4). 369–379. 49 indexed citations
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Bach, Bo, Uëli Kramer, Stephan Doering, et al.. (2022). The ICD-11 classification of personality disorders: a European perspective on challenges and opportunities. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 9(1). 12–12. 65 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Johannes, Steffen Müller, Bo Bach, et al.. (2020). A Common Metric for Self-Reported Severity of Personality Disorder. Psychopathology. 53(3-4). 168–178. 74 indexed citations
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Bach, Bo, André Kerber, Antón Aluja, et al.. (2020). International Assessment of DSM-5 and ICD-11 Personality Disorder Traits: Toward a Common Nosology in DSM-5.1. Psychopathology. 53(3-4). 179–188. 116 indexed citations
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Ronningstam, Elsa, et al.. (2019). Characterological depression in patients with narcissistic personality disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 73(8). 539–545. 4 indexed citations
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Sellbom, Martin, Shauna Solomon‐Krakus, Bo Bach, & R. Michael Bagby. (2019). Validation of Personality Inventory for DSM–5 (PID-5) algorithms to assess ICD-11 personality trait domains in a psychiatric sample.. Psychological Assessment. 32(1). 40–49. 56 indexed citations
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Simonsen, Erik, et al.. (2018). Diagnostik og behandling af personlighedsforstyrrelser. Ugeskrift for Læger. 180(28).
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Bach, Bo & David P. Bernstein. (2018). Schema therapy conceptualization of personality functioning and traits in ICD-11 and DSM-5. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 32(1). 38–49. 51 indexed citations
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Bach, Bo & Michael B. First. (2018). Application of the ICD-11 classification of personality disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 18(1). 351–351. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bach, Bo, George Lockwood, & Jeffrey E. Young. (2017). A new look at the schema therapy model: organization and role of early maladaptive schemas. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 47(4). 328–349. 132 indexed citations
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Bach, Bo, et al.. (2017). ICD-11 and DSM-5 personality trait domains capture categorical personality disorders: Finding a common ground. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 52(5). 425–434. 80 indexed citations

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