Eric Vermetten

26.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
290 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Vermetten is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Vermetten has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Clinical Psychology, 64 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eric Vermetten's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (114 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (64 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (37 papers). Eric Vermetten is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (114 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (64 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (37 papers). Eric Vermetten collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Canada. Eric Vermetten's co-authors include J. Douglas Bremner, Elbert Geuze, Meena Vythilingam, Christian Schmahl, Dennis S. Charney, David Spiegel, Ruth A. Lanius, Lawrence H. Staib, H.G.M. Westenberg and Bernet M. Elzinga and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Eric Vermetten

269 papers receiving 15.8k citations

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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.

Magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement of hippocampal volume in posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse—a preliminary report

1997 877 citations Eric Vermetten et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →
Emotion Modulation in PTSD: Clinical and Neurobiological Evidence for a Dissociative Subtype

2010 745 citations Ruth A. Lanius, Eric Vermetten et al. profile →
Childhood Trauma Associated With Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Women With Major Depression

2002 608 citations Eric Vermetten et al. profile →
Post-traumatic stress disorder

2015 567 citations Eric Vermetten, Ruth A. Lanius et al. profile →
MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2003 512 citations Eric Vermetten et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eric Vermetten	8.1k	4.5k	3.5k	3.0k	1.8k	290	16.4k
Charles R. Marmar	14.5k 1.8×	2.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	288	22.9k
Thomas C. Neylan	6.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.8k 1.5×	321	14.2k
Bernet M. Elzinga	5.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	176	11.8k
Martin H. Teicher	10.4k 1.3×	4.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	228	21.5k
Natasha B. Lasko	6.2k 0.8×	4.1k 0.9×	5.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.3×	2.3k 1.2×	94	12.7k
Lisa M. Shin	6.6k 0.8×	4.7k 1.1×	9.8k 2.8×	1.9k 0.6×	4.3k 2.3×	121	19.1k
Tanja Jovanović	5.3k 0.6×	4.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	741 0.2×	1.6k 0.9×	287	12.0k
Joseph Zohar	7.5k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	371	16.4k
Lawrence H. Price	7.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	295	18.9k
Arieh Y. Shalev	9.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	199	13.9k

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Meshkat, Shakila, Richard J. Zeifman, Yanbo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin: A Systematic Review. Pharmaceutics. 17(4). 411–411.

Meshkat, Shakila, Richard J. Zeifman, Jennifer Swainson, et al.. (2025). Psychedelics and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(5). 1416–1416. 2 indexed citations

Vermeiren, Robert, et al.. (2025). Clinicians' Experiences of Providing Compulsory Care for Youth With Anorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 59(2). 346–361.

Lutterveld, Remko van, et al.. (2025). Delayed onset of depressive symptoms in deployed Dutch military personnel: Identifying distinct psychological, biochemical, and genetic pre-deployment profiles. Journal of Affective Disorders. 382. 210–214. 1 indexed citations

Visse, Merel, et al.. (2024). Differentiating social environments of high-risk professionals and specialised nurses: a qualitative empirical study on social embeddedness. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2306792–2306792. 2 indexed citations

Saito, Taku, Erik J. Giltay, Toshinori Chiba, et al.. (2024). Self-compassion as a protective factor against post-traumatic stress symptoms induced by adverse childhood experiences: A cross-sectional study among Japan air self-defense force new recruits. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 180. 204–212.

Giltay, Erik J., Taku Saito, Toshinori Chiba, et al.. (2024). Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Japanese Peacekeepers Deployed in South Sudan. JAMA Network Open. 7(7). e2424388–e2424388.

Frankova, Iryna, et al.. (2024). A digital self-help tool to promote mental well-being for Ukrainians affected by war - Assessing predictors of stress. Neuroscience Applied. 3. 104089–104089. 6 indexed citations

Visse, Merel, et al.. (2024). The Role of Group Formation and Interpersonal Connections in Support: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Structures in Emergency Services Organizations and Hospital-Based Emergency Settings. SAGE Open. 14(4).

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Bright, Katherine, Matthew Brown, Lisa Burback, et al.. (2024). Current and Future Implementation of Digitally Delivered Psychotherapies: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Investigation of Client, Clinician, and Community Partner Perspectives. Healthcare. 12(19). 1971–1971. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Chelsea, Lorraine Smith‐MacDonald, Matthew Brown, et al.. (2022). The Redesign and Validation of Multimodal Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation Hardware and Software: Mixed Methods, Modified Delphi–Based Validation Study. JMIR Human Factors. 9(3). e33682–e33682. 4 indexed citations

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Saito, Taku, Masanori Nagamine, Nic J. van der Wee, et al.. (2022). Risk and resilience in trajectories of post-traumatic stress symptoms among first responders after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: 7-year prospective cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 221(5). 668–675. 6 indexed citations

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Vermetten, Eric, et al.. (2022). Comorbidity and Association of Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatic Complaints in COVID-19 Georgian Patientsat the Beginning of Pandemic. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18(3). 236–247. 1 indexed citations

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Delahaij, Roos, et al.. (2021). The Relationship between Resilience Resources and Long-Term Deployment-Related PTSD Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study in Dutch Veterans. Military Behavioral Health. 9(3). 267–274. 7 indexed citations

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Bisson, Jonathan I., Robert William Martin Van Deursen, Ben Hannigan, et al.. (2020). Randomized controlled trial of multi‐modular motion‐assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation (3MDR) for male military veterans with treatment‐resistant post‐traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 142(2). 141–151. 27 indexed citations

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Jones, Chelsea, Lorraine Smith‐MacDonald, Antonio Miguel Cruz, et al.. (2020). Virtual Reality–Based Treatment for Military Members and Veterans With Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Protocol for a Multimodular Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(10). e20620–e20620. 13 indexed citations

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Endenburg, Nienke, et al.. (2018). The study of service dogs for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: a scoping literature review. European journal of psychotraumatology. 9(sup3). 1503523–1503523. 22 indexed citations

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Geloven, Nan van, et al.. (2017). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Somatic Complaints in a Deployed Cohort of Georgian Military Personnel: Mediating Effect of Depression and Anxiety. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 30(6). 626–634. 10 indexed citations

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Brand, Bethany L., Ruth A. Lanius, Eric Vermetten, Richard J. Loewenstein, & David Spiegel. (2012). Where Are We Going? An Update on Assessment, Treatment, and Neurobiological Research in Dissociative Disorders as We Move Toward the DSM-5. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 13(1). 9–31. 64 indexed citations

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Zuiden, Mirjam van, Elbert Geuze, Hanneke L.D.M. Willemen, et al.. (2011). Glucocorticoid Receptor Pathway Components Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Development: A Prospective Study. Biological Psychiatry. 71(4). 309–316. 148 indexed citations

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