Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen

102.2k total citations · 30 hit papers
807 papers, 67.4k citations indexed

About

Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen has authored 807 papers receiving a total of 67.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 379 papers in Clinical Psychology, 246 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 160 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (248 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (200 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (118 papers). Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (248 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (200 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (118 papers). Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen's co-authors include Ronald C. Kessler, Roselind Lieb, Michael Höfler, Hildegard Pfister, Frank Jacobi, Katja Beesdo‐Baum, Jim van Os, Murray B. Stein, Axel Perkonigg and Jes Olesen and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen

788 papers receiving 64.2k citations

Hit Papers

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen Germany 130 31.6k 20.2k 14.2k 13.0k 8.2k 807 67.4k
Kathleen R. Merikangas United States 105 31.4k 1.0× 14.3k 0.7× 17.2k 1.2× 11.4k 0.9× 7.8k 1.0× 419 68.4k
Kenneth S. Kendler United States 127 27.4k 0.9× 15.9k 0.8× 12.8k 0.9× 8.6k 0.7× 5.2k 0.6× 1.2k 67.3k
Ellen E. Walters United States 46 28.9k 0.9× 12.4k 0.6× 12.2k 0.9× 15.2k 1.2× 5.7k 0.7× 68 59.9k
Janet B. W. Williams United States 54 40.8k 1.3× 16.5k 0.8× 16.3k 1.2× 17.0k 1.3× 10.0k 1.2× 118 89.7k
Pim Cuijpers Netherlands 145 35.6k 1.1× 25.3k 1.2× 10.1k 0.7× 18.5k 1.4× 8.8k 1.1× 1.1k 82.3k
Myrna M. Weissman United States 120 29.2k 0.9× 9.9k 0.5× 11.9k 0.8× 11.6k 0.9× 9.9k 1.2× 637 53.7k
Aaron T. Beck United States 97 57.6k 1.8× 33.1k 1.6× 22.1k 1.6× 20.8k 1.6× 8.3k 1.0× 363 108.0k
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 138 17.3k 0.5× 12.9k 0.6× 10.5k 0.7× 8.0k 0.6× 7.7k 0.9× 989 74.1k
Charles F. Reynolds United States 112 17.5k 0.6× 29.1k 1.4× 16.4k 1.2× 8.6k 0.7× 7.9k 1.0× 907 76.7k
Robert A. Steer United States 66 28.7k 0.9× 15.8k 0.8× 10.2k 0.7× 9.1k 0.7× 4.5k 0.5× 218 51.4k

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All Works

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Harrison, John, Bernhard T. Baune, Michael W. Best, et al.. (2018). Stability, reliability, and validity of the THINC‐it screening tool for cognitive impairment in depression: A psychometric exploration in healthy volunteers. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 27(3). e1736–e1736. 27 indexed citations
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Asselmann, Eva, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Roselind Lieb, & Katja Beesdo‐Baum. (2017). A 10-year prospective-longitudinal study of daily hassles and incident psychopathology among adolescents and young adults: interactions with gender, perceived coping efficacy, and negative life events. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 52(11). 1353–1362. 36 indexed citations
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Asselmann, Eva, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Roselind Lieb, Axel Perkonigg, & Katja Beesdo‐Baum. (2017). Incident mental disorders in the aftermath of traumatic events: A prospective-longitudinal community study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 227. 82–89. 29 indexed citations
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Craske, Michelle G., Murray B. Stein, Thalia C. Eley, et al.. (2017). Anxiety disorders. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 3(1). 17024–17024. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hartung, Tim J., Michael Friedrich, Christoffer Johansen, et al.. (2017). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the 9‐item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‐9) as screening instruments for depression in patients with cancer. Cancer. 123(21). 4236–4243. 102 indexed citations
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McIntyre, Roger S., Michael W. Best, Christopher R. Bowie, et al.. (2017). The THINC-Integrated Tool (THINC-it) Screening Assessment for Cognitive Dysfunction. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 78(7). 873–881. 102 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Christiane, Jan Richter, Marina Mahr, et al.. (2016). MAOA gene hypomethylation in panic disorder—reversibility of an epigenetic risk pattern by psychotherapy. Translational Psychiatry. 6(4). e773–e773. 122 indexed citations
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Goldberg, David, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Petra Zimmermann, Hildegard Pfister, & Katja Beesdo‐Baum. (2013). Anxious and non-anxious forms of major depression: familial, personality and symptom characteristics. Psychological Medicine. 44(6). 1223–1234. 55 indexed citations
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Kessler, Ronald C., Joseph R. Calabrese, Michael J. Gruber, et al.. (2012). Composite International Diagnostic Interview screening scales for DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders. Psychological Medicine. 43(8). 1625–1637. 166 indexed citations
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Os, Jim van, Nil Kaymaz, Tineke Lataster, et al.. (2011). THE CASE OF THE MISSING EVIDENCE: DO PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCES PREDICT CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN UNSELECTED POPULATION-BASED SAMPLES? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS, ENRICHED WITH NEW RESULTS. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 1 indexed citations
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Kuepper, Rebecca, Jim van Os, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Roselind Lieb, & Cécile Henquet. (2009). Cannabis use and true incidence of psychotic symptoms in a population-based sample. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 35. 88–89.
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Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike, et al.. (2008). Mental health in children and adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 17(S1). 1–1. 16 indexed citations
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Os, Jim van, J. Spauwen, Lydia Krabbendam, Roselind Lieb, & Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen. (2006). Impact of psychological trauma on the trajectory of psychosis proneness. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 114. 17–18. 2 indexed citations
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Andlin‐Sobocki, P & Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen. (2005). Cost of affective disorders in Europe. European Journal of Neurology. 12(s1). 34–38. 45 indexed citations
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Friis, Robert H., Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Hildegard Pfister, & Roselind Lieb. (2002). Life events and changes in the course of depression in young adults. European Psychiatry. 17(5). 241–253. 92 indexed citations
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Wïttchen, Hans‐Ulrich, et al.. (1999). Disability and quality of life in pure and comorbid social phobia – Findings from a controlled study. European Psychiatry. 14(3). 118–131. 265 indexed citations
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Judd, Lewis L., et al.. (1998). Comorbidity as a fundamental feature of generalized anxiety disorders: results from the National Comorbidity Study (NCS). Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 98(s393). 6–11. 178 indexed citations
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Wïttchen, Hans‐Ulrich. (1996). What is comorbidity. Fact or artefact? (Editorial). The British Journal of Psychiatry. 168. 7–8. 33 indexed citations
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Wïttchen, Hans‐Ulrich, Cecilia A. Essau, Winfried Rief, & Manfred M. Fichter. (1993). Assessment of somatoform disorders and comorbidity pattern with the CIDI-findings in psychosomatic inpatients. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. 3. 87–100. 19 indexed citations
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Hand, Iver, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, & Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften. (1988). Panic and phobias II : treatments and variables affecting course and outcome. Springer eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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