Cosima Locher

2.2k total citations
73 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Cosima Locher is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cosima Locher has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 18 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Cosima Locher's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (39 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (15 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (15 papers). Cosima Locher is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (39 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (15 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (15 papers). Cosima Locher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Cosima Locher's co-authors include Jens Gaab, Joe Kossowsky, Helen Koechlin, Irving Kirsch, Charlotte Blease, Charlotte Blease, Christoph Werner, Andrea H. Meyer, Sean R. Zion and Daniel S. Pine and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Cosima Locher

67 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cosima Locher Switzerland 20 508 391 338 171 164 73 1.3k
Ali Ghaleiha Iran 24 363 0.7× 543 1.4× 460 1.4× 224 1.3× 63 0.4× 109 1.7k
Suzanne G. Helfer United States 17 761 1.5× 434 1.1× 164 0.5× 106 0.6× 84 0.5× 28 1.2k
Mohammad Haghighi Iran 26 265 0.5× 455 1.2× 676 2.0× 218 1.3× 66 0.4× 86 1.8k
Bettina K. Doering Germany 24 508 1.0× 440 1.1× 652 1.9× 151 0.9× 45 0.3× 84 1.8k
Sarah S. Nicholls United States 9 599 1.2× 328 0.8× 213 0.6× 219 1.3× 67 0.4× 10 1.0k
Laura Fusar‐Poli Italy 23 785 1.5× 501 1.3× 475 1.4× 117 0.7× 71 0.4× 81 1.9k
Julia Anna Glombiewski Germany 24 669 1.3× 597 1.5× 542 1.6× 680 4.0× 117 0.7× 71 2.2k
Guy Sapirstein United States 7 566 1.1× 164 0.4× 281 0.8× 203 1.2× 69 0.4× 9 873
Alison Watson United Kingdom 15 512 1.0× 233 0.6× 226 0.7× 71 0.4× 44 0.3× 41 979
Kyung Joon Min South Korea 20 381 0.8× 449 1.1× 278 0.8× 192 1.1× 50 0.3× 79 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cosima Locher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cosima Locher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cosima Locher 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 Cosima Locher. Cosima Locher 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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Blease, Charlotte, Anna Kharko, Brian McMillan, et al.. (2025). General practitioners’ adoption of generative artificial intelligence in clinical practice in the UK: An updated online survey. Digital Health. 11. 610037999–610037999.
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Kharko, Anna, Jens Gaab, Cosima Locher, et al.. (2025). General practitioners’ opinions of generative artificial intelligence in the UK: An online survey. Digital Health. 11. 610004575–610004575. 2 indexed citations
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Blease, Charlotte, Cosima Locher, Jens Gaab, Maria Hägglund, & Kenneth D. Mandl. (2024). Generative artificial intelligence in primary care: an online survey of UK general practitioners. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 31(1). e101102–e101102. 56 indexed citations
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Bagge, Niels, et al.. (2023). Imaginary pills and open-label placebos can reduce test anxiety by means of placebo mechanisms. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2624–2624. 12 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2023). Body reprogramming for fibromyalgia and central sensitivity syndrome: A preliminary evaluation. SAGE Open Medicine. 11. 3922058023–3922058023. 2 indexed citations
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Gerger, Heike, et al.. (2023). Lay Perspectives on Empathy in Patient-Physician Communication: An Online Experimental Study. Health Communication. 39(6). 1246–1255. 7 indexed citations
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Gaab, Jens, et al.. (2023). The roles of expectation, comparator, administration route, and population in open-label placebo effects: a network meta-analysis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11827–11827. 19 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2023). If only they knew! A non‐inferiority randomized controlled trial comparing deceptive and open‐label placebo in healthy individuals. European Journal of Pain. 28(3). 491–501. 5 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2023). Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy for Pediatric Chronic Pain: Case Series of an Open Pilot Study to Test Initial Feasibility and Potential Efficacy. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 16. 1799–1811. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Joel, Ziv Ben‐Zion, Or Duek, et al.. (2022). Mapping the availability of translated versions of posttraumatic stress disorder screening questionnaires for adults: A scoping review. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(2). 2143019–2143019. 4 indexed citations
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Blease, Charlotte, Anna Kharko, Maria Hägglund, et al.. (2021). The benefits and harms of open notes in mental health: A Delphi survey of international experts. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258056–e0258056. 15 indexed citations
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Hill, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Body Reprogramming: Reframing the Fibromyalgia narrative and providing an integrative therapeutic model. Health Psychology Open. 7(2). 4019508454–4019508454. 5 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Michael H., et al.. (2020). Putting the ‘Art’ Into the ‘Art of Medicine’: The Under-Explored Role of Artifacts in Placebo Studies. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1354–1354. 15 indexed citations
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Blease, Charlotte, John M. Kelley, Gillian Proctor, et al.. (2020). Attitudes About Informed Consent: An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of UK Psychotherapy Trainees. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11. 183–183. 9 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2020). Placebos Are Part of the Solution, Not the Problem. An Exemplification of the Case of Antidepressants in Pediatric Chronic Pain Conditions. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10. 998–998. 5 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, Markus Messerli, Jens Gaab, & Heike Gerger. (2019). Long-Term Effects of Psychological Interventions to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in HIV-Infected Persons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 33(3). 131–144. 18 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, Helen Koechlin, Jens Gaab, & Heike Gerger. (2019). The Other Side of the Coin: Nocebo Effects and Psychotherapy. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10. 555–555. 12 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2018). Open-label placebo response – Does optimism matter? A secondary-analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 116. 25–30. 21 indexed citations
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Locher, Cosima, Jens Gaab, & Charlotte Blease. (2018). When a Placebo Is Not a Placebo: Problems and Solutions to the Gold Standard in Psychotherapy Research. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2317–2317. 32 indexed citations
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Gaab, Jens, Charlotte Blease, Cosima Locher, & Heike Gerger. (2015). Go open: A plea for transparency in psychotherapy.. Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice. 3(2). 175–198. 49 indexed citations

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