Rainer Schaefert

3.3k total citations
83 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rainer Schaefert is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Schaefert has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 23 papers in General Health Professions and 22 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Schaefert's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (36 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (17 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (14 papers). Rainer Schaefert is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (36 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (17 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (14 papers). Rainer Schaefert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and China. Rainer Schaefert's co-authors include Wolfgang Herzog, Winfried Häuser, Peter Henningsen, Joachim Szécsényi, Claudia Kaufmann, Alexander Konnopka, Hans‐Helmut König, Constanze Hausteiner‐Wiehle, Nina Sauer and Petra Klose and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, PLoS ONE and Psychosomatic Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Schaefert

77 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Schaefert Germany 25 825 415 370 347 246 83 1.9k
Tim olde Hartman Netherlands 28 1.2k 1.5× 653 1.6× 589 1.6× 466 1.3× 308 1.3× 160 2.9k
Kurt Fritzsche Germany 25 611 0.7× 608 1.5× 421 1.1× 235 0.7× 375 1.5× 147 2.1k
Lisbeth Frostholm Denmark 25 1.1k 1.3× 421 1.0× 610 1.6× 344 1.0× 124 0.5× 121 2.1k
Kaj Sparle Christensen Denmark 23 891 1.1× 688 1.7× 689 1.9× 281 0.8× 242 1.0× 98 2.4k
Marta Buszewicz United Kingdom 29 702 0.9× 686 1.7× 652 1.8× 249 0.7× 332 1.3× 77 2.3k
Meike Shedden‐Mora Germany 22 524 0.6× 190 0.5× 300 0.8× 215 0.6× 84 0.3× 58 1.5k
Stefan Büchi Switzerland 28 398 0.5× 610 1.5× 604 1.6× 79 0.2× 329 1.3× 56 2.4k
Juhani Julkunen Finland 25 557 0.7× 426 1.0× 629 1.7× 112 0.3× 148 0.6× 47 2.3k
Marianne Engberg Denmark 20 592 0.7× 364 0.9× 454 1.2× 290 0.8× 234 1.0× 48 1.6k
Marianne Rosendal Denmark 24 1.1k 1.3× 358 0.9× 301 0.8× 534 1.5× 63 0.3× 59 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Schaefert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Schaefert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Schaefert

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

All Works

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Schnepper, Rebekka, et al.. (2025). Basel Long COVID Cohort Study (BALCoS): protocol of a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 15(7). e093981–e093981.
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Navarini, Alexander A., et al.. (2025). The Relationship Between Chronic Pruritus, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Skin Picking—A Case Series and Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(5). 1774–1774.
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Meffert, Cornelia, Viviane Hess, Christoph Rochlitz, et al.. (2023). Group-based body psychotherapy improves appreciation of body awareness in post-treatment cancer patients: A non-randomized clinical trial. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 956493–956493. 2 indexed citations
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Fink, Günther, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Rainer Schaefert, et al.. (2023). Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0285395–e0285395. 3 indexed citations
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Meinlschmidt, Gunther, et al.. (2022). Depressive symptoms, but not anxiety, predict subsequent diagnosis of Coronavirus disease 19: a national cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 31. e16–e16. 2 indexed citations
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Becker, Christoph, Martina Gamp, Philipp Schüetz, et al.. (2021). Effect of Bedside Compared With Outside the Room Patient Case Presentation on Patients' Knowledge About Their Medical Care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 174(9). 1282–1292. 17 indexed citations
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Vincent, Alessia, Katharina Beck, Christoph Becker, et al.. (2021). Psychological burden in patients with COVID-19 and their relatives 90 days after hospitalization: A prospective observational cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 147. 110526–110526. 21 indexed citations
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Meinlschmidt, Gunther, Denis Berdajs, Sebastian Groß, et al.. (2020). Perceived Need for Psychosocial Support After Aortic Dissection: Cross-Sectional Survey. PubMed. 12(3). e15447–e15447. 5 indexed citations
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Schaefert, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Risk of depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Digestive Diseases. 19(8). 456–467. 26 indexed citations
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Tondorf, Theresa, Sacha I. Rothschild, Michael Koller, et al.. (2018). Focusing on cancer patients' intentions to use psychooncological support: A longitudinal, mixed‐methods study. Psycho-Oncology. 27(6). 1656–1663. 49 indexed citations
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Berens, Sabrina, Jonas Tesarz, Annika Gauss, et al.. (2017). Pilot-RCT of an integrative group therapy for patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome (ISRCTN02977330). Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 105. 72–79. 16 indexed citations
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Wei, Jing, Rainer Leonhart, Kurt Fritzsche, et al.. (2017). Operationalization of diagnostic criteria of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 17(1). 361–361. 16 indexed citations
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Hausteiner‐Wiehle, Constanze & Rainer Schaefert. (2014). Therapeutische Beziehung und Gesprächsführung: Über den Umgang mit Patienten mit funktionellen Schmerzsyndromen. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 47(2). 165–175. 1 indexed citations
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Fritzsche, Kurt, Rainer Leonhart, Xudong Zhao, et al.. (2014). Dysfunctional illness perception and illness behaviour associated with high somatic symptom severity and low quality of life in general hospital outpatients in China. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 77(3). 187–195. 17 indexed citations
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Zenger, Markus, Rainer Schaefert, Christina M. van der Feltz‐Cornelis, Elmar Brähler, & Winfried Häuser. (2014). Validation of the Patient-Doctor-Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9) in a Representative Cross-Sectional German Population Survey. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91964–e91964. 43 indexed citations
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Brettschneider, Christian, Hans‐Helmut König, Wolfgang Herzog, et al.. (2013). Validity and responsiveness of the EQ-5D in assessing and valuing health status in patients with somatoform disorders. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 11(1). 3–3. 74 indexed citations

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