Eva Fries

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Eva Fries is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eva Fries has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Eva Fries's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (3 papers). Eva Fries is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (3 papers). Eva Fries collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Eva Fries's co-authors include Dirk H. Hellhammer, Clemens Kirschbaum, Lucia Dettenborn, Judith Hesse, Arthur A. Stone, Dirk Hagemann, Wolff Schlotz, Katharina Zinke, Matthias Kliegel and Burkhard Brocke and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Psychoneuroendocrinology and International Journal of Psychophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Eva Fries

9 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A new view on hypocortisolism 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2008 250 500 750
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. A new view on hypocortisolism
    2005 971 citations Eva Fries, Judith Hesse et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
  2. The cortisol awakening response (CAR): Facts and future directions
    2008 951 citations Eva Fries, Lucia Dettenborn et al. International Journal of Psychophysiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eva Fries Germany 9 1.7k 756 543 409 377 9 2.7k
Lucia Dettenborn Germany 22 2.1k 1.2× 718 0.9× 451 0.8× 412 1.0× 357 0.9× 28 3.5k
Phil Evans United Kingdom 30 2.0k 1.2× 748 1.0× 688 1.3× 338 0.8× 629 1.7× 67 3.6k
Nina Alexander Germany 30 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 515 0.9× 362 0.9× 437 1.2× 68 3.3k
Ilona S. Federenko Germany 15 2.3k 1.3× 699 0.9× 764 1.4× 255 0.6× 563 1.5× 17 3.4k
Angelika Buske-Kirschbaum Germany 28 2.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 794 1.5× 557 1.4× 536 1.4× 45 4.7k
Jutta M. Wolf United States 27 2.4k 1.4× 954 1.3× 842 1.6× 380 0.9× 641 1.7× 52 4.3k
Nadine Skoluda Germany 20 1.1k 0.7× 520 0.7× 444 0.8× 349 0.9× 260 0.7× 65 2.3k
Andrew Papadopoulos United Kingdom 31 1.5k 0.9× 671 0.9× 434 0.8× 788 1.9× 221 0.6× 47 2.9k
Marita Pruessner Canada 21 1.2k 0.7× 605 0.8× 495 0.9× 694 1.7× 433 1.1× 31 2.5k
Michael Kellner Germany 30 1.1k 0.6× 856 1.1× 418 0.8× 296 0.7× 499 1.3× 122 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Eva Fries

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eva Fries

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eva Fries

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Zinke, Katharina, Eva Fries, Mareike Altgassen, et al.. (2010). Visuospatial Short-Term Memory Explains Deficits in Tower Task Planning in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Neuropsychology. 16(3). 229–241. 33 indexed citations
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Zinke, Katharina, Eva Fries, Matthias Kliegel, Clemens Kirschbaum, & Lucia Dettenborn. (2010). Children with high-functioning autism show a normal cortisol awakening response (CAR). Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35(10). 1578–1582. 47 indexed citations
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Mueller‐Alcazar, Anett, Burkhard Brocke, Eva Fries, Klaus‐Peter Lesch, & Clemens Kirschbaum. (2009). The role of the serotonin transporter polymorphism for the endocrine stress response in newborns. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35(2). 289–296. 72 indexed citations
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Fries, Eva, Lucia Dettenborn, & Clemens Kirschbaum. (2008). The cortisol awakening response (CAR): Facts and future directions. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 72(1). 67–73. 951 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fries, Eva & Dirk H. Hellhammer. (2006). Attenuation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis responsivity to the Trier Social Stress Test by the benzodiazepine alprazolam. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 31(10). 1278–1288. 69 indexed citations
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Hellhammer, Dirk H., et al.. (2006). Several daily measurements are necessary to reliably assess the cortisol rise after awakening: State- and trait components. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32(1). 80–86. 473 indexed citations
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Fries, Eva, Judith Hesse, & Dirk H. Hellhammer. (2005). A new view on hypocortisolism. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 30(10). 1010–1016. 971 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fries, Eva, et al.. (2004). Preliminary Evidence of Altered Sensitivity to Benzodiazepines as a Function of Maternal Care in the Rat. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1032(1). 320–323. 12 indexed citations
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