Michael Witthöft

19.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
232 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Witthöft is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Witthöft has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 98 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 85 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Witthöft's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (154 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (82 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (55 papers). Michael Witthöft is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (154 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (82 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (55 papers). Michael Witthöft collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Hungary. Michael Witthöft's co-authors include Wolfgang Hiller, Maria Kleinstäuber, Michael J. Lambert, Harm van Marwijk, Andrés Steffanowski, Stefanie M. Jungmann, Josef Bailer, Fred Rist, Omer Van den Bergh and Richard J. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael Witthöft

217 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2020 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults
    2014 2.3k citations Maria Kleinstäuber, Michael Witthöft et al. profile →
  2. Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the current COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety?
    2020 452 citations Stefanie M. Jungmann, Michael Witthöft profile →
  3. Symptoms and the body: Taking the inferential leap
    2017 343 citations Omer Van den Bergh, Michael Witthöft et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Witthöft Germany 37 3.2k 1.9k 1.7k 965 935 232 7.4k
Judith G.M. Rosmalen Netherlands 49 2.6k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 666 0.7× 630 0.7× 220 8.2k
Mark A. Lumley United States 56 3.8k 1.2× 2.8k 1.5× 1.7k 1.0× 480 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 226 9.3k
Rona Moss‐Morris United Kingdom 58 4.0k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 782 0.5× 533 0.6× 774 0.8× 288 14.1k
Paola Rucci Italy 53 2.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.8× 2.0k 1.2× 231 0.2× 583 0.6× 301 8.7k
Rachel Churchill United Kingdom 47 2.0k 0.6× 3.7k 1.9× 1.9k 1.1× 238 0.2× 865 0.9× 158 10.2k
Pascal Auquier France 54 2.7k 0.9× 3.0k 1.6× 711 0.4× 463 0.5× 534 0.6× 436 11.3k
Mary Clarke Ireland 44 2.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 440 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 363 0.4× 183 9.0k
Trudie Chalder United Kingdom 64 9.3k 2.9× 2.9k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 824 0.9× 835 0.9× 364 16.2k
Gábor S. Ungvári China 58 4.9k 1.5× 4.0k 2.1× 2.9k 1.7× 384 0.4× 1.6k 1.7× 557 13.9k
Janet B. W. Williams United States 24 1.7k 0.5× 2.9k 1.5× 1.2k 0.7× 351 0.4× 648 0.7× 48 7.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Witthöft

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All Works

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Bräscher, Anne‐Kathrin, et al.. (2025). Owners of a conspiratorial heart? Investigating the longitudinal relationship between loneliness and conspiracy beliefs. British Journal of Social Psychology. 64(2). e12865–e12865.
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Schreiber, Michael, et al.. (2024). German language adaptation of the Cluster Headache Quality of Life Scale (CH-QoL). BMC Neurology. 24(1). 433–433.
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2023). Somatic Symptom Disorder and Health Anxiety. Neurologic Clinics. 41(4). 745–758. 9 indexed citations
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Hennemann, Severin, Maria Kleinstäuber, Harald Baumeister, et al.. (2022). Internet-based CBT for somatic symptom distress (iSOMA) in emerging adults: A randomized controlled trial.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 90(4). 353–365. 22 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2022). Early adverse effects of behavioural preventive strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: An online general population survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). e7205–e7205. 1 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2022). The emotion regulation process in somatic symptom disorders and related conditions - A systematic narrative review. Clinical Psychology Review. 97. 102196–102196. 24 indexed citations
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Quesque, François, Michael Witthöft, George A. Michael, et al.. (2021). Interoception and Social Cognition in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Common Inference Disturbance? An Exploratory Study. Pain Management. 12(4). 471–485. 8 indexed citations
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Jungmann, Stefanie M. & Michael Witthöft. (2020). Mythen der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Fragebogens zur standardisierten Erfassung. Verhaltenstherapie. 31(2). 109–118. 1 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2020). Die Prognose psychotherapeutischer Behandlungsergebnisse im naturalistischen Setting durch Belastungsindikatoren zu Behandlungsbeginn. Verhaltenstherapie. 31(3). 207–216. 1 indexed citations
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Caroli, Anna, et al.. (2020). Types of Triggers in Migraine – Factor Structure of the Headache Triggers Sensitivity and Avoidance Questionnaire and Development of a New Short Form ( HTSAQ‐SF ). Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 60(9). 1920–1929. 8 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2018). Überzeugungen von Therapeuten in Bezug auf Exposition: Entwicklung einer deutschen Version der Therapist Beliefs about Exposure Scale. Verhaltenstherapie. 28(3). 147–156. 1 indexed citations
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Hennemann, Severin, Harald Baumeister, Eileen Bendig, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 8(12). e024929–e024929. 10 indexed citations
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Bergh, Omer Van den, Richard G. Brown, Sibylle Petersen, & Michael Witthöft. (2017). Idiopathic environmental illnesses: A comprehensive model. Clinical Psychological Science. 1 indexed citations
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Kleinstäuber, Maria, et al.. (2016). Emotional interference and attentional processing in premenstrual syndrome. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 54. 77–87. 22 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2016). The effects of social pressure and emotional expression on the cone of gaze in patients with social anxiety disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 55. 16–24. 9 indexed citations
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Gerlach, Alexander L., et al.. (2014). Health anxiety – An indicator of higher interoceptive sensitivity?. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 45(2). 303–309. 56 indexed citations
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Bleichhardt, Gaby, et al.. (2012). Specificity and modifiability of cognitive biases in hypochondriasis.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 81(3). 558–565. 33 indexed citations
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Witthöft, Michael, et al.. (2012). The Latent Structure of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Its Relation to Functional Somatic Syndromes. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 20(2). 172–183. 81 indexed citations

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