Christopher Baethge

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher Baethge is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Baethge has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 30 papers in Pharmacology and 20 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Baethge's work include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (41 papers), Treatment of Major Depression (30 papers) and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (23 papers). Christopher Baethge is often cited by papers focused on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (41 papers), Treatment of Major Depression (30 papers) and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (23 papers). Christopher Baethge collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Christopher Baethge's co-authors include Stephan Mertens, Sandra Goldbeck-Wood, Tom Bschor, Ross J. Baldessarini, Michael Bauer, Jeremy Franklin, Jonathan Henssler, Paola Salvatore, Leonardo Tondo and B. Müller‐Oerlinghausen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Baethge

120 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Baethge Germany 32 1.6k 657 638 430 391 125 4.1k
Samuli I. Saarni Finland 36 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 266 0.4× 343 0.8× 475 1.2× 89 4.7k
Thomas Hyphantis Greece 39 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 328 0.5× 219 0.5× 218 0.6× 125 4.2k
Jianping Zhang United States 34 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 176 0.3× 425 1.0× 403 1.0× 78 5.0k
Frédéric Limosin France 36 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 298 0.5× 397 0.9× 695 1.8× 256 4.7k
Tatsuyuki Kakuma Japan 45 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 389 0.6× 528 1.2× 382 1.0× 233 6.8k
Mary E. Kelley United States 42 1.3k 0.8× 726 1.1× 766 1.2× 955 2.2× 719 1.8× 126 5.3k
Mirko Manchia Italy 30 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 217 0.3× 254 0.6× 257 0.7× 138 3.6k
Raymond L. Ownby United States 31 1.5k 0.9× 595 0.9× 214 0.3× 421 1.0× 284 0.7× 159 4.4k
C. François France 33 849 0.5× 317 0.5× 483 0.8× 485 1.1× 320 0.8× 177 4.8k
George N. Christodoulou Greece 31 1.2k 0.7× 923 1.4× 238 0.4× 615 1.4× 347 0.9× 180 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Baethge

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Baethge

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All Works

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Lainé, Christine, Till Bärnighausen, Christopher Baethge, et al.. (2025). Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?. Nature Medicine. 31(4). 1061–1062. 2 indexed citations
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Lainé, Christine, Till Bärnighausen, Christopher Baethge, et al.. (2025). Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?. The Lancet. 405(10476). 362–364. 4 indexed citations
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Kremer, Stefanie, et al.. (2023). Antidepressants and Social Functioning in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled RCTs. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 92(5). 304–314. 2 indexed citations
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Adams, Anne, et al.. (2020). In search of a dose–response relationship in SSRIs—a systematic review, meta‐analysis, and network meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 142(6). 430–442. 24 indexed citations
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Bschor, Tom, Jonathan Henssler, Martín Müller, & Christopher Baethge. (2018). Baclofen for alcohol use disorder—a systematic meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 138(3). 232–242. 47 indexed citations
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Franklin, Jeremy, et al.. (2018). Test-retest reliability of the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder in childhood and adolescence – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 230. 28–33. 7 indexed citations
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Taichman, Darren B., Peush ‎Sahni, Anja Pinborg, et al.. (2017). Data sharing statements for clinical trials: a requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The Lancet. 389(10086). e12–e14. 31 indexed citations
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Bschor, Tom, et al.. (2016). Switching the Antidepressant After Nonresponse in Adults With Major Depression. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 79(1). 11–18. 44 indexed citations
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Bang, Heejung, et al.. (2014). Assessing blinding in trials of psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis based on blinding index. Psychiatry Research. 219(2). 241–247. 20 indexed citations
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Baethge, Christopher, et al.. (2012). Deutschsprachige psychiatrische Zeitschriften in der Bundesrepublik – eine quantitative Bestandsaufnahme. Psychiatrische Praxis. 39(1). 26–33. 5 indexed citations
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Berghöfer, Anne, Martin Alda, Mazda Adli, et al.. (2008). Long-Term Effectiveness of Lithium in Bipolar Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 69(12). 1860–1868. 41 indexed citations
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Baethge, Christopher, John Hennen, Hari-Mandir K. Khalsa, et al.. (2008). Sequencing of substance use and affective morbidity in 166 first‐episode bipolar I disorder patients. Bipolar Disorders. 10(6). 738–741. 77 indexed citations
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Minnai, Gian Paolo, et al.. (2005). Secular trends in first hospitalizations for major mood disorders with comorbid substance use. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 9(3). 319–319. 18 indexed citations
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Bauer, Michael, Lynn A. Fairbanks, Anne Berghöfer, et al.. (2004). Bone mineral density during maintenance treatment with supraphysiological doses of levothyroxine in affective disorders: a longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 83(2-3). 183–190. 27 indexed citations
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Bschor, Tom, et al.. (2003). Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid system activity during lithium augmentation therapy in patients with unipolar major depression. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 28(3). 210–216. 15 indexed citations
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Baethge, Christopher, Paola Salvatore, & Ross J. Baldessarini. (2003). "On Cyclic Insanity" by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum, MD: A Translation and Commentary. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 11(2). 78–90. 12 indexed citations

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