Philipp Frank

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Philipp Frank is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychiatry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philipp Frank has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Clinical Psychology, 7 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Philipp Frank's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (5 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (4 papers). Philipp Frank is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (5 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (4 papers). Philipp Frank collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and United States. Philipp Frank's co-authors include Andrew Steptoe, Mika Kivimäki, Markus Jokela, G. David Batty, Eleonora Iob, Jaana Pentti, Dorina Cadar, Jussi Vahtera, Daisy Fancourt and Jenni Ervasti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, American Journal of Psychiatry and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Philipp Frank

30 papers receiving 897 citations

Hit Papers

Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multi... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity:an observational multicohort study
    2022 300 citations Mika Kivimäki, Timo Strandberg et al. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu) profile →
  2. Obesity and psychological distress
    2023 60 citations Andrew Steptoe, Philipp Frank Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philipp Frank United Kingdom 13 222 189 168 120 118 33 903
Jennifer Glaus Switzerland 20 410 1.8× 163 0.9× 147 0.9× 330 2.8× 104 0.9× 48 1.4k
M A Mannan Bangladesh 11 227 1.0× 147 0.8× 435 2.6× 48 0.4× 109 0.9× 19 1.1k
Sandi Shrager United States 20 156 0.7× 116 0.6× 159 0.9× 55 0.5× 147 1.2× 29 1.4k
Kyungeh An United States 19 134 0.6× 102 0.5× 87 0.5× 65 0.5× 64 0.5× 58 1.1k
Varuni De Silva Sri Lanka 21 355 1.6× 187 1.0× 106 0.6× 61 0.5× 88 0.7× 58 1.3k
Marieke J. H. J. Dekker Netherlands 15 193 0.9× 86 0.5× 157 0.9× 61 0.5× 27 0.2× 24 1.1k
Misty A.W. Hawkins United States 19 306 1.4× 169 0.9× 200 1.2× 21 0.2× 59 0.5× 71 1.0k
Mrudula Utukuri United Kingdom 7 193 0.9× 283 1.5× 145 0.9× 45 0.4× 160 1.4× 7 863
Radboud M. Marijnissen Netherlands 17 134 0.6× 146 0.8× 88 0.5× 64 0.5× 48 0.4× 49 658
Rebecca Din‐Dzietham United States 13 125 0.6× 128 0.7× 399 2.4× 44 0.4× 89 0.8× 18 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Philipp Frank

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philipp Frank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philipp Frank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philipp Frank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philipp Frank 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 Philipp Frank. Philipp Frank is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Boucly, Athénaïs, Shanshan Song, Dennis Wang, et al.. (2025). Clustering Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Using the Plasma Proteome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(8). 1492–1503. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Philipp, Archana Singh‐Manoux, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2025). Specific midlife depressive symptoms and long-term dementia risk: a 23-year UK prospective cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 13(2). 100–111.
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Kivimäki, Mika, Jaana Pentti, Philipp Frank, et al.. (2025). Social disadvantage accelerates aging. Nature Medicine. 31(5). 1635–1643. 6 indexed citations
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Frank, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Systemic inflammation, lifestyle behaviours and dementia: A 10‐year follow‐up investigation. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S8). 1 indexed citations
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Basten, Maartje, Kuan‐Yu Pan, Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn, et al.. (2024). Estimating additive interaction in 2-stage individual participant data meta-analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(6). 1661–1667. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Philipp, G. David Batty, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2024). Impact of physical and sexual abuse on risk of hospitalisations for physical and mental illnesses: insights from two large prospective cohort studies. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 40. 100883–100883. 2 indexed citations
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Kivimäki, Mika, Philipp Frank, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2024). Obesity and risk of diseases associated with hallmarks of cellular ageing: a multicohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 5(7). e454–e463. 18 indexed citations
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Fisher, Abigail, et al.. (2024). Depressive Symptoms, Socioeconomic Position, and Mortality in Older People Living With and Beyond Cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine. 86(6). 523–530. 2 indexed citations
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Batty, G. David, Mika Kivimäki, Ylva B. Almquist, et al.. (2024). Cardiovascular disease in adults with a history of out-of-home care during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 43. 100984–100984.
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Frank, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Systemic inflammation, lifestyle behaviours and dementia: A 10-year follow-up investigation. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 38. 100776–100776. 6 indexed citations
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Batty, G. David, Mika Kivimäki, Philipp Frank, Catharine R. Galé, & Liam Wright. (2023). Systemic inflammation and subsequent risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Prospective cohort study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 114. 46–51. 8 indexed citations
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Kivimäki, Mika & Philipp Frank. (2023). Tackling socioeconomic disparities in multimorbidity. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 32. 100689–100689. 1 indexed citations
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Nyberg, Solja T., Marko Elovainio, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2023). Predicting long-term sickness absence with employee questionnaires and administrative records: a prospective cohort study of hospital employees. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 49(8). 610–620. 1 indexed citations
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Batty, G. David, Philipp Frank, Urho M. Kujala, et al.. (2023). Dementia in former amateur and professional contact sports participants: population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 61. 102056–102056. 11 indexed citations
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Steptoe, Andrew & Philipp Frank. (2023). Obesity and psychological distress. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1888). 20220225–20220225. 60 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kivimäki, Mika, Timo Strandberg, Jaana Pentti, et al.. (2022). Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity:an observational multicohort study. University of Oulu Repository (University of Oulu). 300 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frank, Philipp, Markus Jokela, G. David Batty, et al.. (2022). Overweight, obesity, and individual symptoms of depression: A multicohort study with replication in UK Biobank. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 105. 192–200. 55 indexed citations
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Lindbohm, Joni V., Pyry N. Sipilä, Nina Mars, et al.. (2021). Association between change in cardiovascular risk scores and future cardiovascular disease: analyses of data from the Whitehall II longitudinal, prospective cohort study. The Lancet Digital Health. 3(7). e434–e444. 17 indexed citations
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Frank, Philipp, Olesya Ajnakina, Andrew Steptoe, & Dorina Cadar. (2020). Genetic susceptibility, inflammation and specific types of depressive symptoms: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 140–140. 13 indexed citations
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