Olga Klimecki

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Olga Klimecki is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olga Klimecki has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Clinical Psychology, 20 papers in Social Psychology and 18 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Olga Klimecki's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (23 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (13 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (8 papers). Olga Klimecki is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (23 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (13 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (8 papers). Olga Klimecki collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Olga Klimecki's co-authors include Tania Singer, Susanne Leiberg, Matthieu Ricard, Claus Lamm, Michael Schönenberg, Aiste Jusyte, Sarah V. Mayer, Natalie L. Marchant, David Sander and Gaël Chételat and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Olga Klimecki

44 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Empathy and compassion

2014 646 citations Olga Klimecki et al. profile →
Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training

2013 430 citations Olga Klimecki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olga Klimecki Germany	16	1.2k	972	589	540	480	48	2.5k
Emiliana Simon-Thomas United States	10	976 0.8×	930 1.0×	436 0.7×	449 0.8×	224 0.5×	17	2.2k
Matthias Schwannauer United Kingdom	27	1.1k 0.9×	625 0.6×	393 0.7×	494 0.9×	936 1.9×	106	2.4k
Darby Saxbe United States	31	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	347 0.6×	804 1.5×	196 0.4×	87	2.9k
Matthieu Ricard Germany	14	1.3k 1.1×	839 0.9×	699 1.2×	552 1.0×	243 0.5×	45	2.2k
Jonathan W. Roberti United States	19	1.7k 1.5×	784 0.8×	538 0.9×	634 1.2×	256 0.5×	29	3.0k
Claudio Sica Italy	28	2.2k 1.8×	568 0.6×	461 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	325 0.7×	103	3.0k
Louise McHugh Ireland	30	1.8k 1.5×	554 0.6×	897 1.5×	561 1.0×	503 1.0×	133	3.0k
Anne Harrington United States	19	1.6k 1.3×	699 0.7×	871 1.5×	592 1.1×	385 0.8×	53	3.1k
Arielle Baskin–Sommers United States	33	2.3k 1.9×	880 0.9×	929 1.6×	659 1.2×	330 0.7×	125	3.6k
Johanna M. Jarcho United States	30	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 2.3×	1000 1.9×	429 0.9×	74	3.8k

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Wirth, Miranka, et al.. (2025). REMINDer randomized controlled study: Feasibility and impact of an online multimodal mind–body intervention in older adults. 1(3).

Palix, Cassandre, Francesca Felisatti, Anne Chocat, et al.. (2025). Allostatic load, a measure of cumulative physiological stress, impairs brain structure but not β-accumulation in older adults: an exploratory study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 17. 1508677–1508677. 2 indexed citations

White, Silke, Steven Hass, Anne Chocat, et al.. (2024). Circulating Stress Hormones, Brain Health, and Cognition in Healthy Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Findings and Sex Differences in Age-Well. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 100431–100431.

Demnitz‐King, Harriet, Éric Frison, Marion Delarue, et al.. (2024). The evolution of subjective cognition after meditation training in older people: a secondary analysis of the three-arm age-well randomized controlled trial. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 32(2). 252–269.

Whitfield, Tim, Marco Schlosser, Antoine Lutz, et al.. (2024). Impact of mindfulness‐based and health self‐management interventions on mindfulness, self‐compassion, and physical activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the SCD‐Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(1). e12558–e12558. 6 indexed citations

Whitfield, Tim, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Valentin Ourry, et al.. (2024). Worry and ruminative brooding: associations with cognitive and physical health in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1332398–1332398. 1 indexed citations

Demnitz‐King, Harriet, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Meditation-Based Interventions on Patients with Fatigue Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Psychologica Belgica. 63(1). 64–81. 7 indexed citations

Schlosser, Marco, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Tim Whitfield, et al.. (2023). Association Between Meditative Capacities and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Older Adults Naïve to Meditation Practice. Mindfulness. 14(3). 695–707. 2 indexed citations

Schlosser, Marco, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Thorsten Barnhofer, et al.. (2023). Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention and a health self-management programme on psychological well-being in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: Secondary analyses from the SCD-Well randomised clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295175–e0295175. 4 indexed citations

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Berkovich‐Ohana, Aviva, et al.. (2023). Situational assessment of empathy and compassion: Predicting prosociality using a video-based task. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0289465–e0289465. 1 indexed citations

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Schlosser, Marco, Olga Klimecki, Fabienne Collette, et al.. (2023). An 18-month meditation training selectively improves psychological well-being in older adults: A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0294753–e0294753. 1 indexed citations

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Demnitz‐King, Harriet, Julie Gonneaud, Olga Klimecki, et al.. (2022). Association of Self-reflection With Cognition and Brain Health in Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults. Neurology. 99(13). e1422–e1431. 9 indexed citations

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Böckler, Anne, et al.. (2022). Empathy and correct mental state inferences both promote prosociality. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16979–16979. 13 indexed citations

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Sander, David, et al.. (2022). Back to the future: A way to increase prosocial behavior. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0272340–e0272340. 3 indexed citations

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Vuilleumier, Patrik, et al.. (2021). Whole blood serotonin levels in healthy elderly are negatively associated with the functional activity of emotion-related brain regions. Biological Psychology. 160. 108051–108051. 5 indexed citations

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Whitfield, Tim, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Marco Schlosser, et al.. (2021). The effect of a mindfulness‐based versus health self‐management intervention on cognitive performance in older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD): The SCD‐Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 17(S6). 3 indexed citations

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Klimecki, Olga, Natalie L. Marchant, Antoine Lutz, et al.. (2019). The impact of meditation on healthy ageing — the current state of knowledge and a roadmap to future directions. Current Opinion in Psychology. 28. 223–228. 28 indexed citations

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Lutz, Antoine, Olga Klimecki, Fabienne Collette, et al.. (2018). The Age‐Well observational study on expert meditators in the Medit‐Ageing European project. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 4(1). 756–764. 7 indexed citations

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Klimecki, Olga, David Sander, & Patrik Vuilleumier. (2018). Distinct Brain Areas involved in Anger versus Punishment during Social Interactions. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10556–10556. 27 indexed citations

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Klimecki, Olga, Sarah V. Mayer, Aiste Jusyte, Jonathan Scheeff, & Michael Schönenberg. (2016). Empathy promotes altruistic behavior in economic interactions. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31961–31961. 101 indexed citations

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