Kai Karos

1.2k total citations
23 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Kai Karos is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Karos has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Clinical Psychology, 9 papers in Pharmacology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kai Karos's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (9 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (8 papers) and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (5 papers). Kai Karos is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (9 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (8 papers) and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (5 papers). Kai Karos collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Kai Karos's co-authors include Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Ann Meulders, Jessica M. Alleva, Anita Jansen, Gerard van Breukelen, Carolien Martijn, David P. Bernstein, Amanda C de C Williams, Flavia P. Kapos and Claire E. Ashton‐James and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and Journal of Pain.

In The Last Decade

Kai Karos

21 papers receiving 783 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kai Karos 421 227 168 165 102 23 804
Linda M. Dougherty 154 0.4× 161 0.7× 131 0.8× 205 1.2× 139 1.4× 24 687
C. Gagnon 238 0.6× 205 0.9× 180 1.1× 150 0.9× 264 2.6× 31 936
Murray P. Abrams 348 0.8× 146 0.6× 159 0.9× 109 0.7× 111 1.1× 12 799
Katelynn E. Boerner 131 0.3× 164 0.7× 167 1.0× 90 0.5× 44 0.4× 44 715
Yanda R. van Rood 453 1.1× 49 0.2× 344 2.0× 102 0.6× 192 1.9× 39 1.1k
Laura Dreessen 928 2.2× 114 0.5× 235 1.4× 170 1.0× 126 1.2× 17 1.3k
Piet J. M. Portegijs 243 0.6× 258 1.1× 264 1.6× 86 0.5× 67 0.7× 17 762
Julia Kasl‐Godley 251 0.6× 100 0.4× 264 1.6× 132 0.8× 106 1.0× 11 737
Lucia Sideli 364 0.9× 168 0.7× 315 1.9× 85 0.5× 91 0.9× 62 774
Alison M. Radcliffe 171 0.4× 286 1.3× 260 1.5× 177 1.1× 130 1.3× 9 766

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Karos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Karos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Karos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Karos 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 Kai Karos. Kai Karos 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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Karos, Kai, et al.. (2025). The effect of online social support on experimental pain. Journal of Pain. 31. 105392–105392.
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Kapos, Flavia P., Kenneth D. Craig, Steven R. Anderson, et al.. (2024). Social Determinants and Consequences of Pain: Toward Multilevel, Intersectional, and Life Course Perspectives. Journal of Pain. 25(10). 104608–104608. 26 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Claire E. Ashton‐James, Joanna McParland, & Adam T. Hirsh. (2024). COVID-19 and chronic pain: Implications and lessons learned. Current Opinion in Psychology. 62. 101985–101985.
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Alleva, Jessica M., et al.. (2021). “What can her body do?” Reducing weight stigma by appreciating another person’s body functionality. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251507–e0251507. 12 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai. (2021). Discrimination as one of the social plights facing people with pain. Pain. 163(2). e149–e150. 3 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, et al.. (2020). Freeze-like responses to pain in humans and its modulation by social context. PeerJ. 8. e10094–e10094. 2 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Joanna McParland, Samantha Bunzli, et al.. (2020). The social threats of COVID-19 for people with chronic pain. Pain. 161(10). 2229–2235. 99 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Ann Meulders, Liesbet Goubert, & Johan W.S. Vlaeyen. (2019). Hide Your Pain: Social Threat Increases Pain Reports and Aggression, but Reduces Facial Pain Expression and Empathy. Journal of Pain. 21(3-4). 334–346. 19 indexed citations
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D’Agostini, Martina, Kai Karos, Hanne Kindermans, & Linda M.G. Vancleef. (2019). Effects of (in)validation and plain versus technical language on the experience of experimentally induced pain: A computer controlled simulation paradigm. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 67. 101473–101473. 2 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Jessica M. Alleva, & Madelon L. Peters. (2018). Pain, Please: An Investigation of Sampling Bias in Pain Research. Journal of Pain. 19(7). 787–796. 15 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai. (2018). Hide your pain? The effects of social threat on pain reports, pain expression and pain-related fear. 1 indexed citations
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Vervoort, Tine, Kai Karos, Zina Trost, & Kenneth M. Prkachin. (2018). Social and Interpersonal Dynamics in Pain. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 15 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai. (2017). Hell is other people: On the importance of social context in pain research. Lirias (KU Leuven). 19(1). 290–296. 8 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Ann Meulders, Liesbet Goubert, & Johan W.S. Vlaeyen. (2017). The Influence of Social Threat on Pain, Aggression, and Empathy in Women. Journal of Pain. 19(3). 291–300. 16 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, et al.. (2017). Fear of pain changes movement: Motor behaviour following the acquisition of pain‐related fear. European Journal of Pain. 21(8). 1432–1442. 39 indexed citations
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Alleva, Jessica M., Carolien Martijn, Gerard van Breukelen, Anita Jansen, & Kai Karos. (2015). Expand Your Horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality. Body Image. 15. 81–89. 221 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Ann Meulders, & Johan W.S. Vlaeyen. (2014). Threatening Social Context Facilitates Pain-Related Fear Learning. Journal of Pain. 16(3). 214–225. 33 indexed citations
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Claes, Nathalie, Kai Karos, Ann Meulders, Geert Crombez, & Johan W.S. Vlaeyen. (2014). Competing Goals Attenuate Avoidance Behavior in the Context of Pain. Journal of Pain. 15(11). 1120–1129. 62 indexed citations
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Karos, Kai, Nils Georg Niederstrasser, Latifa Abidi, David P. Bernstein, & Klaus Bader. (2014). Factor Structure, Reliability, and Known Groups Validity of the German Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Short-Form) in Swiss Patients and Nonpatients. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 23(4). 418–430. 57 indexed citations
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Bernstein, David P., et al.. (2012). Schema Therapy for Forensic Patients with Personality Disorders: Design and Preliminary Findings of a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial in the Netherlands. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 11(4). 312–324. 67 indexed citations

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