Brigitte M. Kudielka

18.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
118 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Brigitte M. Kudielka is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, General Health Professions and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brigitte M. Kudielka has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 29 papers in General Health Professions and 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brigitte M. Kudielka's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (79 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (17 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (17 papers). Brigitte M. Kudielka is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (79 papers), Workplace Health and Well-being (17 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (17 papers). Brigitte M. Kudielka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Brigitte M. Kudielka's co-authors include Clemens Kirschbaum, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst, Nicole C. Schommer, Silja Bellingrath, Jens Gaab, Emma K. Adam, Roland von Känel, Angelika Buske-Kirschbaum and Joan E. Broderick and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Brigitte M. Kudielka

117 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Impact of Gender, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Oral Contraceptives on the Activity of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

1999 1.5k citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. profile →
Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research

2008 1.4k citations Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review

2004 1.2k citations Brigitte M. Kudielka et al. Biological Psychology profile →
Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines

2015 761 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge

2008 754 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
HPA axis responses to laboratory psychosocial stress in healthy elderly adults, younger adults, and children: impact of age and gender

2003 664 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
Day-to-day dynamics of experience–cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults

2006 639 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brigitte M. Kudielka Germany	51	8.1k	3.5k	2.9k	2.5k	2.1k	118	14.1k
Nicolas Rohleder Germany	54	6.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	187	13.1k
Stefan Wüst Germany	48	5.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	99	11.7k
Ulrike Ehlert Switzerland	61	5.6k 0.7×	5.8k 1.6×	4.5k 1.5×	3.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	342	17.4k
Sonia Lupien Canada	66	11.7k 1.4×	5.9k 1.7×	5.5k 1.9×	3.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	238	24.5k
Douglas A. Granger United States	65	5.7k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	6.5k 2.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	340	15.8k
Christian Otte Germany	46	3.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	577 0.3×	234	9.9k
Christine Heim Germany	61	10.4k 1.3×	5.9k 1.7×	9.9k 3.4×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	217	26.5k
Urs M. Nater Germany	47	3.3k 0.4×	3.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	237	10.7k
Tobias Stalder Germany	45	5.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.7×	955 0.4×	691 0.3×	132	8.7k
Jens Gaab Switzerland	36	3.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	154	7.4k

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Bärtl, Christoph, T. Krause, Lea Waller, et al.. (2025). The Ups and Downs of Brain Stress: Extending the Triple Network Hypothesis. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Kraus, Elisabeth, Christoph Bärtl, Sandra Zänkert, et al.. (2024). - Brain activation changes as predictors for perceived stress and cortisol awakening responses over a 13-months stress period. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 160. 106798–106798. 1 indexed citations

Bärtl, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Neural correlates of everyday moral decision-making: An exploratory ScanSTRESS study.. Psychology & Neuroscience. 16(1). 71–95. 2 indexed citations

Kudielka, Brigitte M., et al.. (2023). Associations between cortisol stress responses and limbic volume and thickness in young adults: An exploratory study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 58(9). 3962–3980. 2 indexed citations

Streit, Fabian, et al.. (2023). Association of polygenic scores for depression and neuroticism with perceived stress in daily life during a long‐lasting stress period. Genes Brain & Behavior. 22(6). e12872–e12872. 2 indexed citations

Bärtl, Christoph, et al.. (2022). Higher allostatic load in work-related burnout: The Regensburg Burnout Project. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 143. 105853–105853. 13 indexed citations

Bärtl, Christoph, Claudia Massau, Christian Kärgel, et al.. (2021). Externalizing behavior in healthy young adults is associated with lower cortisol responses to acute stress and altered neural activation in the dorsal striatum. Psychophysiology. 58(12). e13936–e13936. 13 indexed citations

Bärtl, Christoph, et al.. (2020). Increasing Deactivation of Limbic Structures Over Psychosocial Stress Exposure Time. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 5(7). 697–704. 23 indexed citations

Kudielka, Brigitte M., et al.. (2018). Social preferences under chronic stress. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199528–e0199528. 13 indexed citations

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Bellingrath, Silja, et al.. (2012). Emotional exhaustion and overcommitment to work are differentially associated with hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis responses to a low-dose ACTH _1–24 (Synacthen) and dexamethasone–CRH test in healthy school teachers. Stress. 16(1). 54–64. 24 indexed citations

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Voltmer, Edgar, Mark F. Zander, Joachim E. Fischer, et al.. (2012). Physical and Mental Health of Different Types of Orchestra Musicians Compared to Other Professions. Medical Problems of Performing Artists. 27(1). 9–14. 23 indexed citations

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Kudielka, Brigitte M. & Stefan Wüst. (2010). Human models in acute and chronic stress: Assessing determinants of individual hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis activity and reactivity. Stress. 13(1). 1–14. 305 indexed citations

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Wolf, Oliver T. & Brigitte M. Kudielka. (2008). Stress, health and ageing: a focus on postmenopausal women. Menopause international. 14(3). 129–133. 8 indexed citations

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Kugler, Ingrid, et al.. (2008). Sex‐specific Prenatal Programming. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1148(1). 446–455. 14 indexed citations

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Känel, Roland von, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Susanne Helfricht, et al.. (2008). The Effects of Aspirin and Nonselective Beta Blockade on the Acute Prothrombotic Response to Psychosocial Stress in Apparently Healthy Subjects. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 51(3). 231–238. 11 indexed citations

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Känel, Roland von, Brigitte M. Kudielka, André Haeberli, et al.. (2008). Prothrombotic changes with acute psychological stress: Combined effect of hemoconcentration and genuine coagulation activation. Thrombosis Research. 123(4). 622–630. 26 indexed citations

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Känel, Roland von, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Susanne Helfricht, et al.. (2007). Aspirin, but not propranolol, attenuates the acute stress-induced increase in circulating levels of interleukin-6: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 22(2). 150–157. 21 indexed citations

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Kudielka, Brigitte M., Silja Bellingrath, & Dirk H. Hellhammer. (2007). Further support for higher salivary cortisol levels in “morning” compared to “evening” persons. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 62(5). 595–596. 29 indexed citations

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Kudielka, Brigitte M., Ilona S. Federenko, Dirk H. Hellhammer, & Stefan Wüst. (2005). Morningness and eveningness: The free cortisol rise after awakening in “early birds” and “night owls”. Biological Psychology. 72(2). 141–146. 135 indexed citations

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Kudielka, Brigitte M., Roland von Känel, Marie‐Louise Gander, & Joachim E. Fischer. (2004). The Interrelationship of Psychosocial Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease in a Working Population: Do We Measure Distinct or Overlapping Psychological Concepts?. Behavioral Medicine. 30(1). 35–44. 71 indexed citations

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