Michael Rufer

5.4k total citations
128 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Rufer is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Rufer has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Clinical Psychology, 48 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 46 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Rufer's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (41 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (39 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (31 papers). Michael Rufer is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (41 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (39 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (31 papers). Michael Rufer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Michael Rufer's co-authors include Steffi Weidt, Steffen Moritz, Susanne Fricke, Iver Hand, Uwe Herwig, Annette Beatrix Brühl, Lutz Jäncke, Aba Delsignore, Helmut Peter and Martin Kloss and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Michael Rufer

120 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Rufer 1.9k 1.4k 1.3k 933 384 128 3.8k
Nils Inge Landrø 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 267 0.7× 157 4.2k
Oliver Tüscher 2.5k 1.3× 763 0.6× 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 630 1.6× 167 5.2k
Stewart A. Shankman 2.3k 1.2× 2.8k 2.0× 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 654 1.7× 192 5.6k
Antoine Pélissolo 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 902 0.7× 814 0.9× 300 0.8× 139 4.0k
Doreen M. Olvet 998 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 2.7k 2.2× 963 1.0× 529 1.4× 64 4.5k
Wouter Hulstijn 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 2.9k 2.3× 1.7k 1.8× 399 1.0× 159 5.7k
Andrew J. Gerber 2.4k 1.2× 687 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 620 0.7× 1.1k 2.8× 51 4.0k
Sahib S. Khalsa 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 2.3k 2.5× 671 1.7× 131 5.0k
Anthony C. Ruocco 1.6k 0.8× 575 0.4× 700 0.6× 902 1.0× 340 0.9× 95 2.9k
Katharina Kircanski 2.4k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 539 1.4× 108 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Rufer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Rufer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Rufer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Rufer 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 Michael Rufer. Michael Rufer 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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Rufer, Michael, et al.. (2024). Gratitude and Religiosity in Psychiatric Inpatients with Depression. Depression Research and Treatment. 2024. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Seifritz, Erich, et al.. (2024). “Our similarities are different” The relationship between alexithymia and depression. Psychiatry Research. 340. 116099–116099. 7 indexed citations
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Rauen, Katrin, Stefan Vetter, Ewelina Biskup, et al.. (2020). Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With or Without Face-to-Face Psychotherapy: A 12-Weeks Clinical Trial of Patients With Depression. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2. 4–4. 7 indexed citations
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Naef, Rahel, et al.. (2019). Hospital-based bereavement care provision: A cross-sectional survey with health professionals. Palliative Medicine. 34(4). 547–552. 19 indexed citations
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Oe, Misari, Frank H. Wilhelm, Michael Rufer, et al.. (2018). Does trait anxiety influence effects of oxytocin on eye-blink startle reactivity? A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190809–e0190809. 7 indexed citations
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Herwig, Uwe, J. Gary Lutz, Sigrid Scherpiet, et al.. (2018). Training emotion regulation through real-time fMRI neurofeedback of amygdala activity. NeuroImage. 184. 687–696. 81 indexed citations
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Suslow, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Predicting symptoms in major depression after inpatient treatment: The role of alexithymia. European Psychiatry. 33. 1 indexed citations
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Günther, Vivien, Michael Rufer, Anette Kersting, & Thomas Suslow. (2016). Predicting symptoms in major depression after inpatient treatment: the role of alexithymia. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 70(5). 392–398. 40 indexed citations
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Weidt, Steffi, Richard Klaghofer, Annette Beatrix Bruehl, et al.. (2015). Internet-Based Self-Help for Trichotillomania: A Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Decoupling and Progressive Muscle Relaxation. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 84(6). 359–367. 27 indexed citations
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Weidt, Steffi, Gwyneth Zai, Natalie Drabe, et al.. (2015). Affective regulation in trichotillomania before and after self-help interventions. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 75. 7–13. 5 indexed citations
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Opialla, Sarah, J. Gary Lutz, Sigrid Scherpiet, et al.. (2014). Neural circuits of emotion regulation: a comparison of mindfulness-based and cognitive reappraisal strategies. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 265(1). 45–55. 78 indexed citations
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Keck, Martin E., Guido Bondolfi, Josef Hättenschwiler, et al.. (2013). Die Behandlung der Angsterkrankungen. Teil 2: Zwangsstörungen und posttraumatische Belastungsstörung. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 13(17). 337–344. 1 indexed citations
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Mueller‐Pfeiffer, Christoph, et al.. (2012). Global functioning and disability in dissociative disorders. Psychiatry Research. 200(2-3). 475–481. 51 indexed citations
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Delsignore, Aba, et al.. (2012). Life satisfaction in patients with social anxiety disorder: Impact of cognitive-behavioral group therapy. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 3(2). 9–14. 3 indexed citations
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Baur, Volker, Jürgen Hänggi, Michael Rufer, et al.. (2011). White matter alterations in social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 45(10). 1366–1372. 72 indexed citations
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Mueller‐Pfeiffer, Christoph, et al.. (2010). The Validity and Reliability of the German Version of the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20). Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 11(3). 337–357. 30 indexed citations
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Rufer, Michael & Josef Jenewein. (2009). Alexithymie und Psychotherapie. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 8(1). 34–46. 3 indexed citations
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Fricke, Susanne, et al.. (2006). Ambulante verhaltenstherapeutische Gruppentherapie bei Zwangsstörungen – ein effektiver Behandlungsansatz?. Verhaltenstherapie. 16(3). 173–182. 5 indexed citations
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Schlief, Reinhard, et al.. (1990). Contrast echocardiographic examination of left heart chambers after intravenous injection of a new saccharide based contrast agent in humans. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 15(2). A196–A196.

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