Christina Kien

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Christina Kien is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Christina Kien has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Christina Kien's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (11 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (10 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (9 papers). Christina Kien is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (11 papers), Clinical practice guidelines implementation (10 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (9 papers). Christina Kien collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Christina Kien's co-authors include Gerald Gartlehner, Irma Klerings, Isolde Sommer, Ursula Griebler, Monika Szeląg, Anna Glechner, Lisa Affengruber, Robert Jank, Eva Krczal and Martha Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Christina Kien

39 papers receiving 821 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. Prevalence of mental disorders in young refugees and asylum seekers in European Countries: a systematic review
    2018 220 citations Christina Kien, Isolde Sommer et al. European Child & Adolescent 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
Christina Kien Austria 16 233 198 134 130 89 43 859
Mehtap Tan Türkiye 21 207 0.9× 231 1.2× 112 0.8× 90 0.7× 35 0.4× 74 1.2k
Kang‐Sook Lee South Korea 18 209 0.9× 267 1.3× 146 1.1× 113 0.9× 98 1.1× 101 968
Eliza Mi Ling Wong Hong Kong 19 139 0.6× 273 1.4× 124 0.9× 81 0.6× 75 0.8× 87 1.1k
Jorge Arias de la Torre Spain 19 194 0.8× 226 1.1× 123 0.9× 72 0.6× 28 0.3× 54 948
Yosuke Inoue Japan 17 208 0.9× 186 0.9× 173 1.3× 94 0.7× 58 0.7× 95 1.1k
Marika Booth United States 23 142 0.6× 256 1.3× 190 1.4× 83 0.6× 52 0.6× 66 1.6k
Cassandra Arroyo United States 15 116 0.5× 181 0.9× 213 1.6× 109 0.8× 143 1.6× 29 1.1k
Belinda Parmenter Australia 23 78 0.3× 185 0.9× 258 1.9× 124 1.0× 107 1.2× 47 1.6k
Ramzi R. Hajjar United States 14 191 0.8× 298 1.5× 159 1.2× 127 1.0× 283 3.2× 29 1.1k
Shizheng Du China 20 130 0.6× 245 1.2× 184 1.4× 35 0.3× 88 1.0× 45 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Christina Kien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christina Kien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christina Kien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christina Kien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christina Kien based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christina Kien. Christina Kien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nußbaumer-Streit, Barbara, Dominic Ledinger, Christina Kien, et al.. (2025). Knowledge user involvement is still uncommon in published rapid reviews—a meta-research cross-sectional study. Research Synthesis Methods. 16(6). 876–899.
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Sommer, Isolde, Lisa Affengruber, Andreea Dobrescu, et al.. (2025). Stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of factors influencing the commissioning, delivery, and uptake of general health checks: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(3). CD014796–CD014796.
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Mütsch, Margot, Christina Kien, Ursula Griebler, et al.. (2024). A Structured Approach to Involve Stakeholders in Prioritising Topics for Systematic Reviews in Public Health. International Journal of Public Health. 69. 1606642–1606642.
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Kien, Christina, Viktoria Titscher, Julia Baenziger, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of de-implementation of low-value healthcare practices: an overview of systematic reviews. Implementation Science. 19(1). 56–56. 4 indexed citations
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Schwingshackl, Lukas, Julia Stadelmaier, Ursula Griebler, et al.. (2023). In Cochrane nutrition reviews assessment of dietary adherence varied considerably. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 158. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Griebler, Ursula, et al.. (2022). Dissemination of Evidence by Cochrane Public Health Europe in German-Speaking Countries: An Online Stakeholder Survey. International Journal of Public Health. 67. 1605265–1605265. 1 indexed citations
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Kien, Christina, Ursula Griebler, Marie-Thérèse Schultes, Kylie Thaler, & Tanja Stamm. (2021). Psychometric Testing of the German Versions of Three Implementation Outcome Measures. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1(3). 183–194. 16 indexed citations
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Teufer, Birgit, Lisa Affengruber, Christina Kien, et al.. (2019). Evidence-based occupational health and safety interventions: a comprehensive overview of reviews. BMJ Open. 9(12). e032528–e032528. 33 indexed citations
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Sommer, Isolde, Viktoria Titscher, Birgit Teufer, et al.. (2019). Evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen zur Überarbeitung der österreichischen Vorsorgeuntersuchung. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift. 169(13-14). 339–349. 1 indexed citations
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Kien, Christina, Isolde Sommer, Martha Schneider, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of mental disorders in young refugees and asylum seekers in European Countries: a systematic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 28(10). 1295–1310. 220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nußbaumer-Streit, Barbara, Edda Pjrek, Christina Kien, et al.. (2018). Implementing prevention of seasonal affective disorder from patients’ and physicians’ perspectives – a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. 18(1). 372–372. 13 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kylie, Christina Kien, Barbara Nußbaumer, et al.. (2015). Inadequate use and regulation of interventions against publication bias decreases their effectiveness: a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 68(7). 792–802. 32 indexed citations
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Semlitsch, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Praxiserfahrungen mit Overviews of Reviews – wertvolle Entscheidungsunterstützung oder wissenschaftliche Fingerübung?. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 109(4-5). 300–308. 2 indexed citations
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Nußbaumer, Barbara, Gerald Gartlehner, Christina Kien, et al.. (2014). Grade Leitlinien: 15. Von der Evidenz zur Empfehlung – Determinanten, die Richtung und Stärke einer Empfehlung bestimmen. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 108(7). 421–431. 5 indexed citations
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Kien, Christina, Gerald Gartlehner, Angela Kaminski-Hartenthaler, et al.. (2013). GRADE-Leitlinien: 9. Heraufstufen der Qualität der Evidenz. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 107(3). 249–255. 9 indexed citations
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Kaminsky, A, et al.. (2004). Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome. International Journal of Dermatology. 44(7). 594–598. 30 indexed citations

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