Mareike Ernst

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mareike Ernst is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mareike Ernst has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Clinical Psychology, 25 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Mareike Ernst's work include Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (19 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (14 papers) and Family Support in Illness (14 papers). Mareike Ernst is often cited by papers focused on Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (19 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (14 papers) and Family Support in Illness (14 papers). Mareike Ernst collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Mareike Ernst's co-authors include Manfred E. Beutel, Elmar Brähler, Antonia M. Werner, Ana N. Tibubos, Anthony D. Ong, Sara J. Czaja, Christopher Mikton, Tony Rosen, Daniel Niederer and Philipp S. Wild and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Psychologist and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mareike Ernst

83 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

2022 317 citations Mareike Ernst, Daniel Niederer et al. American Psychologist profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mareike Ernst Germany	20	664	337	292	252	238	98	1.3k
Wai Kai Hou Hong Kong	24	921 1.4×	247 0.7×	433 1.5×	282 1.1×	305 1.3×	80	1.6k
Claudia Trudel‐Fitzgerald United States	23	369 0.6×	349 1.0×	502 1.7×	325 1.3×	170 0.7×	59	1.6k
Anao Zhang United States	18	509 0.8×	106 0.3×	291 1.0×	176 0.7×	235 1.0×	89	1.1k
Kristin Reynolds Canada	15	649 1.0×	196 0.6×	307 1.1×	327 1.3×	210 0.9×	81	1.4k
Teletia R. Taylor United States	14	301 0.5×	158 0.5×	191 0.7×	218 0.9×	306 1.3×	33	1.4k
Emily P. Taylor United Kingdom	13	572 0.9×	94 0.3×	170 0.6×	206 0.8×	160 0.7×	36	1.2k
Inese Gobiņa Latvia	20	501 0.8×	200 0.6×	326 1.1×	361 1.4×	401 1.7×	51	1.8k
Marianne Hrabok Canada	19	779 1.2×	95 0.3×	239 0.8×	311 1.2×	208 0.9×	45	1.3k
Cornelia Albani Germany	21	797 1.2×	129 0.4×	490 1.7×	326 1.3×	221 0.9×	83	1.8k
Margrit Löbner Germany	19	318 0.5×	142 0.4×	176 0.6×	277 1.1×	158 0.7×	82	1.1k

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Schmalbach, Bjarne, et al.. (2025). Psychometric comparison of two short versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) in a representative sample of the German population. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1479701–1479701. 2 indexed citations

Wiltink, Jörg, et al.. (2025). Practitioners’ perspective: a mixed-methods study on dealing with suicidality from the perspective of oncological healthcare professionals. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 151(2). 54–54. 2 indexed citations

Fischbeck, Sabine, Ana N. Tibubos, Jörg Wiltink, et al.. (2025). The interplay of coping styles and optimism/pessimism in shaping mental health in long-term survivors of malignant melanoma: a register-based cohort study. BMC Psychology. 13(1). 376–376. 1 indexed citations

Brähler, Elmar, Jörg Wiltink, Rüdiger Zwerenz, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of current suicidal thoughts and lifetime suicide attempts in individuals with cancer and other chronic diseases in Germany: Evidence for differential associations from a representative community cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders. 367. 193–201. 1 indexed citations

Ernst, Mareike, et al.. (2024). Ambulatory assessment of suicidal ambivalence: The temporal variability of the wish to live and the wish to die and their relevance in the concurrent and prospective prediction of suicidal desire. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 54(5). 831–843. 2 indexed citations

Otten, Daniëlle, Mareike Ernst, Alexander K. Schuster, et al.. (2024). Recalled Maternal Rearing Behaviour of Individuals Born Preterm and Their Mothers: The Impact of Intimate Mother–Child Contact. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(6). 1822–1822. 2 indexed citations

Kruse, Johannes, Elmar Brähler, Cedric Sachser, et al.. (2024). Suicidal ideation in patients with diabetes and childhood abuse – The mediating role of personality functioning: Results of a German representative population-based study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 210. 111635–111635.

Ernst, Mareike, Seonaid Cleare, Kathryn A. Robb, et al.. (2024). To what extent are psychological variables considered in the study of risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals with cancer? A systematic review of 70 years of research. Clinical Psychology Review. 109. 102413–102413. 6 indexed citations

Ernst, Mareike. (2024). Einsamkeit – Modelle, Ursachen, Interventionen. 2 indexed citations

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Kampling, Hanna, David Riedl, Tobias Nolte, et al.. (2023). Associations between adverse childhood experiences and conspiracy endorsement – the mediating role of epistemic trust and personality functioning: A representative study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 169. 111275–111275. 1 indexed citations

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Wicke, Felix, Nora Hettich, Mareike Ernst, et al.. (2023). Self-rated physical health predicts mortality in aging persons beyond objective health risks. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19531–19531. 16 indexed citations

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Ernst, Mareike, Daniel Niederer, Antonia M. Werner, et al.. (2022). Loneliness Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 21 indexed citations

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Wicke, Felix, Mareike Ernst, Daniëlle Otten, et al.. (2022). The association of depression and all-cause mortality: Explanatory factors and the influence of gender. Journal of Affective Disorders. 303. 315–322. 17 indexed citations

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Wicke, Felix, Peter Schmidt, Mareike Ernst, et al.. (2022). Depression predicts equivalized income five years later, but not vice versa: Results from the prospective Gutenberg Health Study. Social Science & Medicine. 313. 115395–115395.

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Ernst, Mareike, Daniel Niederer, Antonia M. Werner, et al.. (2022). Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.. American Psychologist. 77(5). 660–677. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tibubos, Ana N., Antonia M. Werner, Elmar Brähler, et al.. (2022). Self-Criticism in the General Population: Development and Psychometric Properties of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire Self-Criticism 4 (DEQ-SC4). Journal of Personality Assessment. 105(1). 74–86. 2 indexed citations

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Ernst, Mareike, Ana N. Tibubos, Thomas Kubiak, Rory C. O’Connor, & Manfred E. Beutel. (2022). Study Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study: TempRes “Temporal Variability of Risk and Resilience Factors for Suicidal Ideation”. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 877283–877283. 4 indexed citations

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Klein, Eva M., Markus Zenger, Ana N. Tibubos, et al.. (2021). Loneliness and its relation to mental health in the general population: Validation and norm values of a brief measure. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 4. 100120–100120. 40 indexed citations

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Tibubos, Ana N., Daniëlle Otten, Mareike Ernst, & Manfred E. Beutel. (2021). A systematic review on sex- and gender-sensitive research in public mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 2 indexed citations

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Leuzinger‐Bohleber, Marianne, Martin Hautzinger, Martin Fiedler, et al.. (2018). Outcome of Psychoanalytic and Cognitive-Behavioural Long-Term Therapy with Chronically Depressed Patients: A Controlled Trial with Preferential and Randomized Allocation. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 64(1). 47–58. 54 indexed citations

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