Christine Löchner

23.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
172 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Christine Löchner is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Löchner has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Clinical Psychology, 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 24 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christine Löchner's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (106 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (54 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (35 papers). Christine Löchner is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (106 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (54 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (35 papers). Christine Löchner collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Christine Löchner's co-authors include Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Dana Niehaus, Jon E. Grant, Sian Hemmings, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Martin Kidd, Craig Kinnear, Johanna C. Moolman‐Smook and Annerine Roos and has published in prestigious journals such as Gastroenterology, American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Christine Löchner

158 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Obsessive–compulsive disorder

2019 411 citations Dan J. Stein, Daniel L. Costa et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first‐year college students: First cross‐national results from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative

2019 243 citations David Daniel Ebert, Philippe Mortier et al. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research profile →

Peers

Christine Löchner

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Joseph A. Himle United States

John M. Hettema United States

Soo Hyun Rhee United States

Michael Kyrios Australia

Shuqiao Yao China

Susan E. Young United States

Jack Samuels United States

Anette Kersting Germany

Jennifer Y. F. Lau United Kingdom

Rafael Torrúbia Spain

Joseph A. Himle United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Christine Löchner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Löchner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Löchner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christine Löchner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christine Löchner 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 Christine Löchner. Christine Löchner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jaisoorya, T. S., Girish N. Rao, Geoffrey M. Reed, et al.. (2025). Examining the psychometric properties of the flexible interview for ICD-11 (FLII-11) among adults in India. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 184. 439–445.

Zai, Gwyneth, Clement C. Zai, Vanessa F. Gonçalves, et al.. (2025). Pharmacogenetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Investigations of intragenic and regulatory region genetic variations. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 138. 111315–111315.

Liu, Chang, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Konstantinos Ioannidis, et al.. (2025). Transdiagnostic Compulsivity Traits in Problematic Use of the Internet Among UK Residents: Cross-Sectional Network Analysis Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e66191–e66191. 1 indexed citations

Grant, Jon E., et al.. (2024). Similarities and differences in the functions of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) across gender non-conforming and cisgender young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. 367. 496–506. 2 indexed citations

Stein, Dan J., Daniel L. Costa, Christine Löchner, et al.. (2024). Author Correction: Obsessive–compulsive disorder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 10(1). 79–79.

Löchner, Christine, et al.. (2024). Family functioning and problematic usage of the internet in youth: A cross-sectional investigation. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 173. 239–244. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Lucy Albertella, Christine Löchner, et al.. (2023). Conceptualising compulsivity through network analysis: A two-sample study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 127. 152429–152429. 3 indexed citations

Löchner, Christine, Lucy Albertella, Martin Kidd, et al.. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic and problematic usage of the internet: Findings from a diverse adult sample in South Africa. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 153. 229–235. 5 indexed citations

Dougherty, Darin D., Amy T. Peters, Jon E. Grant, et al.. (2022). Neural basis of associative learning in Trichotillomania and skin-picking disorder. Behavioural Brain Research. 425. 113801–113801. 2 indexed citations

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Tiego, Jeggan, Christine Löchner, Konstantinos Ioannidis, et al.. (2021). Measurement of the problematic usage of the Internet unidimensional quasitrait continuum with item response theory.. Psychological Assessment. 33(7). 652–671. 16 indexed citations

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Myers, Bronwyn, Jason Bantjes, Christine Löchner, et al.. (2021). Maltreatment during childhood and risk for common mental disorders among first year university students in South Africa. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 56(7). 1175–1187. 24 indexed citations

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Eagle, Gillian, et al.. (2020). Gambling Disorder and Childhood Trauma: A Complex Association. Journal of Gambling Studies. 37(2). 515–528. 19 indexed citations

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Gouse, Hetta, et al.. (2019). Correlates and predictors of impulsivity in adults with methamphetamine use disorder. Journal of Substance Use. 24(4). 361–367. 4 indexed citations

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Ebert, David Daniel, Philippe Mortier, Ronny Bruffaerts, et al.. (2019). Barriers of mental health treatment utilization among first‐year college students: First cross‐national results from the WHO World Mental Health International College Student Initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 28(2). e1782–e1782. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mufford, Mary S., Neda Jahanshad, Celia van der Merwe, et al.. (2019). Concordance of genetic variation that increases risk for Tourette Syndrome and that influences its underlying neurocircuitry. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 120–120. 11 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Kevin S., Nathaniel W. McGregor, Christine Löchner, Robin Emsley, & Louise Warnich. (2018). The genetic architecture of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 88. 300–307. 65 indexed citations

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Mall, Sumaya, Philippe Mortier, Lian Taljaard, et al.. (2018). The relationship between childhood adversity, recent stressors, and depression in college students attending a South African university. BMC Psychiatry. 18(1). 63–63. 64 indexed citations

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McGregor, Nathaniel W., Christine Löchner, Dan J. Stein, & Sian Hemmings. (2015). Polymorphisms within the neuronal cadherin (CDH2) gene are associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a South African cohort. Metabolic Brain Disease. 31(1). 191–196. 10 indexed citations

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Löchner, Christine, Nathaniel W. McGregor, Sian Hemmings, et al.. (2015). Symmetry symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical and genetic correlates. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. 38(1). 17–23. 8 indexed citations

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Löchner, Christine, Sian Hemmings, Craig Kinnear, et al.. (2003). Gender in obsessive–compulsive disorder: clinical and genetic findings. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 14(2). 105–113. 91 indexed citations

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