Irving Kirsch

30.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
314 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Irving Kirsch is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and General Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irving Kirsch has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 245 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 71 papers in Clinical Psychology and 60 papers in General Psychology. Recurrent topics in Irving Kirsch's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (227 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (60 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (37 papers). Irving Kirsch is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (227 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (60 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (37 papers). Irving Kirsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Irving Kirsch's co-authors include Ted J. Kaptchuk, Steven Jay Lynn, Guy H. Montgomery, Alan Scoboria, Thomas J. Moore, Guy Sapirstein, Tania B. Huedo–Medina, Blair T. Johnson, Brett J. Deacon and Randy L. Gollub and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Irving Kirsch

306 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration

2008 1.5k citations Irving Kirsch, Alan Scoboria et al. profile →
Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

2008 833 citations Ted J. Kaptchuk, John M. Kelley et al. profile →
Response expectancy as a determinant of experience and behavior.

1985 608 citations Irving Kirsch profile →
Response expectancy as a determinant of experience and behavior.

1985 602 citations Irving Kirsch profile →
Placebos without Deception: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

2010 583 citations Ted J. Kaptchuk, John M. Kelley et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Open-label placebo treatment in chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial

2016 290 citations Cláudia Carvalho, Ted J. Kaptchuk et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irving Kirsch United States	76	12.9k	5.1k	4.0k	3.3k	3.3k	314	20.3k
Winfried Rief Germany	79	5.5k 0.4×	9.7k 1.9×	7.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.4×	3.3k 1.0×	656	25.9k
Herbert Benson United States	60	2.4k 0.2×	1.8k 0.3×	5.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	752 0.2×	168	13.2k
Michael E. Thase United States	90	6.0k 0.5×	8.0k 1.6×	8.5k 2.1×	377 0.1×	11.4k 3.5×	563	30.9k
Steven D. Hollon United States	79	3.1k 0.2×	4.5k 0.9×	15.7k 3.9×	338 0.1×	5.2k 1.6×	295	28.2k
Zindel V. Segal Canada	70	5.6k 0.4×	4.1k 0.8×	22.8k 5.6×	624 0.2×	2.4k 0.7×	197	31.3k
Philip Spinhoven Netherlands	84	3.6k 0.3×	6.6k 1.3×	14.1k 3.5×	269 0.1×	2.0k 0.6×	439	26.2k
Martin Ingvar Sweden	73	8.6k 0.7×	4.2k 0.8×	978 0.2×	704 0.2×	2.2k 0.7×	295	17.4k
Michelle G. Craske United States	99	8.0k 0.6×	4.3k 0.9×	19.1k 4.7×	321 0.1×	1.3k 0.4×	618	36.8k
Harold A. Sackeïm United States	89	8.2k 0.6×	15.4k 3.0×	3.5k 0.9×	171 0.1×	12.7k 3.9×	343	31.8k
Gary Brown United Kingdom	32	3.5k 0.3×	4.7k 0.9×	12.1k 3.0×	228 0.1×	1.2k 0.4×	76	23.1k

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David, Daniel, et al.. (2024). A randomized trial investigating the impact of response expectancy on the counting blessings intervention: the role of optimism as a moderator. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1399425–1399425.

David, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Reciprocal relationships between positive expectancies and positive emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-lagged panel study. Psychology and Health. 39(13). 1990–2012. 1 indexed citations

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

Ellingsen, Dan‐Mikael, Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, et al.. (2023). Brain-to-brain mechanisms underlying pain empathy and social modulation of pain in the patient-clinician interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(26). e2212910120–e2212910120. 23 indexed citations

Ellingsen, Dan‐Mikael, Andrea Duggento, Kylie Isenburg, et al.. (2022). Patient–clinician brain concordance underlies causal dynamics in nonverbal communication and negative affective expressivity. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 44–44. 17 indexed citations

Κube, Tobias, et al.. (2021). Providing open-label placebos remotely—A randomized controlled trial in allergic rhinitis. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248367–e0248367. 16 indexed citations

Ellingsen, Dan‐Mikael, Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, et al.. (2020). Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction. Science Advances. 6(43). 60 indexed citations

Ballou, Sarah, Ted J. Kaptchuk, William Hirsch, et al.. (2017). Open-label versus double-blind placebo treatment in irritable bowel syndrome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 234–234. 48 indexed citations

Moncrieff, Joanna & Irving Kirsch. (2015). Empirically derived criteria cast doubt on the clinical significance of antidepressant-placebo differences. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 43. 60–62. 93 indexed citations

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Hall, Kathryn, Christopher P. Nelson, Roger B. Davis, et al.. (2014). Catechol-O-methyltransferase Associated Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Modified by Treatment with Vitamin E. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 20(5). A3–A3. 1 indexed citations

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Spielmans, Glen I. & Irving Kirsch. (2013). Drug Approval and Drug Effectiveness. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 10(1). 741–766. 15 indexed citations

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Kelley, John M., Anthony Lembo, J. Stuart Ablon, et al.. (2009). Patient and Practitioner Influences on the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71(7). 789–797. 145 indexed citations

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Johnson, Blair T. & Irving Kirsch. (2008). Do Antidepressants Work? Statistical Significance Versus Clinical Benefits. Significance. 5(2). 54–58. 3 indexed citations

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Kong, Jian, Randy L. Gollub, Ginger Polich, et al.. (2008). A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study on the Neural Mechanisms of Hyperalgesic Nocebo Effect. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(49). 13354–13362. 204 indexed citations

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Scoboria, Alan, Giuliana Mazzoni, & Irving Kirsch. (2006). Effects of Misleading Questions and Hypnotic Memory Suggestion on Memory Reports: A Signal-Detection Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 54(3). 340–359. 11 indexed citations

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Kong, Jian, Randy L. Gollub, Ilana S. Rosman, et al.. (2006). Brain Activity Associated with Expectancy-Enhanced Placebo Analgesia as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(2). 381–388. 295 indexed citations

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Scoboria, Alan, Giuliana Mazzoni, Irving Kirsch, & Leonard S. Milling. (2002). Immediate and persisting effects of misleading questions and hypnosis on memory reports.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 8(1). 26–32. 4 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Irving. (1999). Hypnosis and Placebos: Response Expectancy as a Mediator of Suggestion Effects. Anales de Psicología. 15(1). 99–110. 37 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Irving, et al.. (1992). Interpretive sets, expectancy, fantasy proneness, and dissociation as predictors of hypnotic response.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 63(5). 847–856. 61 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Irving, et al.. (1984). The role of expectancy in eliciting hypnotic responses as a function of type of induction.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 52(4). 708–709. 26 indexed citations

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