Per Bech

35.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
467 papers, 25.7k citations indexed

About

Per Bech is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Bech has authored 467 papers receiving a total of 25.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 152 papers in Pharmacology and 125 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Per Bech's work include Treatment of Major Depression (129 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (94 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (62 papers). Per Bech is often cited by papers focused on Treatment of Major Depression (129 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (94 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (62 papers). Per Bech collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Sweden. Per Bech's co-authors include Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Ole J. Rafaelsen, L. Olsen, K. Elgen, U. G. Ahlfors, S. J. Dencker, Ole Christian Lingjærde, T. G. Bolwig, Klaus Martiny and Erik Lykke Mortensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Per Bech

457 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

The WHO-5 Well-Being In... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2015 1987 2001 2003 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature
    2015 2.9k citations Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Per Bech et al. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics profile →
  2. The UKU side effect rating scale: A new comprehensive rating scale for psychotropic drugs and a cross‐sectional study of side effects in neuroleptic‐treated patients
    1987 1.4k citations Per Bech et al. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica profile →
  3. The sensitivity and specificity of the Major Depression Inventory, using the Present State Examination as the index of diagnostic validity
    2001 791 citations Per Bech, L. Olsen et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  4. Measuring well‐being rather than the absence of distress symptoms: a comparison of the SF‐36 Mental Health subscale and the WHO‐Five well‐being scale
    2003 787 citations Per Bech et al. profile →
  5. Translating Health Status Questionnaires and Evaluating Their Quality
    1998 759 citations Per Bech et al. profile →
  6. The Factor Structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 Countries
    1998 553 citations Per Bech et al. profile →
  7. The Relation between Work-related Psychosocial Factors and the Development of Depression
    2008 373 citations Per Bech 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
Per Bech Denmark 76 7.8k 6.4k 5.2k 5.0k 3.9k 467 25.7k
John Geddes United Kingdom 82 15.5k 2.0× 8.3k 1.3× 5.2k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 384 36.6k
Toshi A. Furukawa Japan 80 7.3k 0.9× 8.4k 1.3× 6.2k 1.2× 7.0k 1.4× 3.4k 0.9× 703 32.5k
Koen Demyttenaere Belgium 71 5.3k 0.7× 8.1k 1.3× 3.0k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 330 20.5k
Peter Roy‐Byrne United States 79 5.1k 0.7× 8.2k 1.3× 2.2k 0.4× 5.5k 1.1× 2.9k 0.7× 399 21.0k
Patricia R. Houck United States 76 8.5k 1.1× 7.1k 1.1× 3.2k 0.6× 5.8k 1.2× 2.0k 0.5× 267 22.2k
Mary Amanda Dew United States 84 5.7k 0.7× 4.7k 0.7× 2.8k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 3.3k 0.8× 483 25.5k
Karl Rickels United States 60 4.8k 0.6× 6.7k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 5.9k 1.2× 2.0k 0.5× 423 19.9k
Winfried Rief Germany 79 9.7k 1.2× 7.8k 1.2× 3.3k 0.6× 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 656 25.9k
Scott B. Patten Canada 84 8.9k 1.1× 6.7k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 5.7k 1.5× 762 31.9k
Kathleen M. Carroll United States 86 3.9k 0.5× 7.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 4.0k 1.0× 364 23.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Bech

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jensen, Bente R., et al.. (2018). Effects of transcranial pulsed electromagnetic field stimulation on quality of life in Parkinson's disease. European Journal of Neurology. 25(7). 963–963. 10 indexed citations
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Timmerby, Nina, Stephen F. Austin, Per Bech, & Cláudio Csillag. (2017). Psykoedukation af pårørende ved affektive lidelser. Ugeskrift for Læger. 179(19).
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Østergaard, Søren Dinesen, et al.. (2015). The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 84(3). 167–176. 2887 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bech, Per, Eugene S. Paykel, Lester Sireling, & Jenny Yiend. (2014). Rating scales in general practice depression: Psychometric analyses of the Clinical Interview for Depression and the Hamilton Rating Scale. Journal of Affective Disorders. 171. 68–73. 21 indexed citations
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Tran, Marie Thi Dao, Sine Skovbjerg, Lars Arendt‐Nielsen, et al.. (2013). Two of three patients with multiple chemical sensitivity had less symptoms and secondary hyperalgesia after transcranially applied pulsed electromagnetic fields. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 5(2). 104–109. 1 indexed citations
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Henje, Eva, Per Bech, Göran Högberg, Jan‐Olov Larsson, & Eva Serlachius. (2012). Screening for depressed mood in an adolescent psychiatric context by brief self-assessment scales – testing psychometric validity of WHO-5 and BDI-6 indices by latent trait analyses. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 10(1). 149–149. 87 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, Kurt Bjerregaard Stage, J. K. Larsen, Per Vestergaard, & L. F. Gram. (2012). The predictive validity of atypical neurovegetative depressive symptoms identified by the first principal component in the DUAG trial of moclobemide versus clomipramine. Journal of Affective Disorders. 140(3). 253–259. 6 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, P Boyer, Krishna Padmanabhan, et al.. (2010). HAM-D17and HAM-D6Sensitivity to Change in Relation to Desvenlafaxine Dose and Baseline Depression Severity in Major Depressive Disorder. Pharmacopsychiatry. 43(7). 271–276. 28 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, et al.. (2005). Work-related stressors, depression and quality of life in Danish managers. European Psychiatry. 20(S3). S318–S325. 20 indexed citations
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Licht, Rasmus Wentzer, S Qvitzau, Peter Allerup, & Per Bech. (2005). Validation of the Bech–Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale and the Hamilton Depression Scale in patients with major depression; is the total score a valid measure of illness severity?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 111(2). 144–149. 94 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, P. Tanghøj, P. Cialdella, Henning Friis Andersen, & Anders G. Pedersen. (2004). Escitalopram dose–response revisited: an alternative psychometric approach to evaluate clinical effects of escitalopram compared to citalopram and placebo in patients with major depression. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 7(3). 283–290. 61 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, et al.. (2003). Association between clinically depressed subgroups, type of treatment and patient retention in the LIDO study. Psychological Medicine. 33(6). 1051–1059. 23 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, P. Tanghøj, Henning Friis Andersen, & K. Fredricson Overø. (2002). Citalopram dose-response revisited using an alternative psychometric approach to evaluate clinical effects of four fixed citalopram doses compared to placebo in patients with major depression. Psychopharmacology. 163(1). 20–25. 73 indexed citations
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Olsen, L., et al.. (2001). Reliability and validity of the Danish version of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 55(2). 119–122. 8 indexed citations
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Bech, Per, et al.. (2001). [Discovering depression].. PubMed. 163(14). 1980–2. 6 indexed citations
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Bech, Per. (1999). Health‐related quality of life measurements in the assessment of pain clinic results. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 43(9). 893–896. 65 indexed citations
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Langemark, Michael, et al.. (1987). Discomfort or Disability in Patients with Chronic Pain Syndrome. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 48(1-4). 60–62. 13 indexed citations
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Gershon, Elliot S., J. Mendlewicz, Markus Gastpar, et al.. (1980). A collaborative study of genetic linkage of bipolar manic‐depressive illness and red/green colorblindness : A PROJECT OF THE BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 61(4). 319–338. 30 indexed citations

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