Rainer Thomasius

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Thomasius is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Thomasius has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Clinical Psychology, 55 papers in Education and 52 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Rainer Thomasius's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (75 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (49 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (38 papers). Rainer Thomasius is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (75 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (49 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (38 papers). Rainer Thomasius collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. Rainer Thomasius's co-authors include Lutz Wartberg, Kerstin Paschke, Peter‐Michael Sack, Levente Kriston, Kay Uwe Petersen, Maria Isabella Austermann, Ralph Buchert, Nicolas Arnaud, Sonja Bröning and B. Nebeling and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Thomasius

165 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Internet gaming disorder and problematic social media use in a representative sample of German adolescents: Prevalence estimates, comorbid depressive symptoms and related psychosocial aspects

2019 187 citations Lutz Wartberg, Levente Kriston et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Thomasius Germany	33	1.3k	1.2k	878	598	579	184	3.3k
Lutz Wartberg Germany	25	599 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	851 1.0×	302 0.5×	210 0.4×	76	1.9k
Sharon Dawe Australia	40	2.6k 1.9×	524 0.4×	182 0.2×	166 0.3×	411 0.7×	124	5.3k
Cüneyt Evren Türkiye	31	1.9k 1.4×	892 0.7×	478 0.5×	68 0.1×	182 0.3×	196	3.4k
Nancy M. Petry United States	23	1.2k 0.9×	712 0.6×	393 0.4×	50 0.1×	231 0.4×	41	4.2k
Alice Huber United States	22	717 0.5×	242 0.2×	145 0.2×	171 0.3×	362 0.6×	38	2.5k
Tieqiao Liu China	32	848 0.6×	866 0.7×	426 0.5×	24 0.0×	257 0.4×	120	3.2k
Maggie Schauer Germany	37	3.0k 2.2×	692 0.6×	247 0.3×	176 0.3×	69 0.1×	97	4.1k
Nicola C. Newton Australia	34	1.9k 1.4×	550 0.5×	557 0.6×	39 0.1×	264 0.5×	211	4.3k
Matthew J. Gullo Australia	25	996 0.7×	362 0.3×	137 0.2×	47 0.1×	164 0.3×	90	2.6k
Elisa M. Trucco United States	24	907 0.7×	213 0.2×	163 0.2×	80 0.1×	152 0.3×	87	1.9k

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Warburton, Wayne, et al.. (2025). Sleep Quality as a Mediator of Internet Gaming Disorder and Executive Dysfunction in Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e68571–e68571. 1 indexed citations

Rumpf, Hans‐Jürgen, Anil Batra, Eva Hoch, et al.. (2025). Guidelines on Internet Use Disorders: Introduction and Methodology. SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice. 71(2). 73–78. 4 indexed citations

Moessner, Markus, Nicolas Arnaud, Harald Baumeister, et al.. (2025). An online vignette experiment on stigma and help-seeking attitudes towards five mental health problems in adolescents and emerging adults. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 29956–29956.

Moessner, Markus, Nicolas Arnaud, Harald Baumeister, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Video-Based Microinterventions on Attitudes Toward Mental Health and Help Seeking in Youth: Web-Based Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e54478–e54478. 2 indexed citations

Cavelti, Marialuisa, Markus Moessner, Stéphanie Bauer, et al.. (2024). An examination of sociodemographic and clinical factors influencing help-seeking attitudes and behaviors among adolescents with mental health problems. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 34(4). 1391–1402. 3 indexed citations

Morgenstern, Matthis, et al.. (2024). Mobile App Intervention to Reduce Substance Use, Gambling, and Digital Media Use in Vocational School Students: Exploratory Analysis of the Intervention Arm of a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 12. e51307–e51307. 2 indexed citations

Paschke, Kerstin, et al.. (2023). Res@t: Resource-Strengthening Training for Adolescents with Problematic Digital-Media Use and their Parents. SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice. 69(2). 75–85. 7 indexed citations

Arnaud, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of substance use disorders and associations with mindfulness, impulsive personality traits and psychopathological symptoms in a representative sample of adolescents in Germany. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 33(2). 451–465. 12 indexed citations

Baldus, Christiane, Tobias H. Elgán, Veerle Soyez, et al.. (2023). Risky Sexual Behaviour and Sexual Victimization among Young People with Risky Substance Use in Europe—Perspectives from Belgium, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(21). 7002–7002.

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Paschke, Kerstin, Ann-Kathrin Napp, & Rainer Thomasius. (2023). Parents Rate Problematic Video Streaming in Adolescents: Conceptualization and External Assessment of a New Clinical Phenomenon Based on the ICD-11 Criteria of Gaming Disorder. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 1010–1010. 8 indexed citations

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Batra, Anil, Falk Kiefer, Stefan Andreas, et al.. (2022). S3 Guideline “Smoking and Tobacco Dependence: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment” – Short Version. European Addiction Research. 28(5). 382–400. 9 indexed citations

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Paschke, Kerstin, Nicolas Arnaud, Maria Isabella Austermann, & Rainer Thomasius. (2021). Risk factors for prospective increase in psychological stress during COVID-19 lockdown in a representative sample of adolescents and their parents. BJPsych Open. 7(3). e94–e94. 36 indexed citations

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Paschke, Kerstin, et al.. (2020). Phosphatidylethanol Reliably and Objectively Quantifies Alcohol Consumption in Adolescents and Young Adults. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 44(11). 2177–2186. 13 indexed citations

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Thomasius, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Kognitiv-verhaltenstherapeutisches Gruppenprogramm für Jugendliche mit abhängigem Computer- oder Internetgebrauch. Hogrefe eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Arnaud, Nicolas, et al.. (2016). Effectiveness of a Web-Based Screening and Fully Automated Brief Motivational Intervention for Adolescent Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(5). e103–e103. 37 indexed citations

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Zohsel, Katrin, Christiane Baldus, Martin H. Schmidt, et al.. (2016). Predicting later problematic cannabis use from psychopathological symptoms during childhood and adolescence: Results of a 25-year longitudinal study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 163. 251–255. 8 indexed citations

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Diestelkamp, Silke, Levente Kriston, Nicolas Arnaud, et al.. (2015). Drinking patterns of alcohol intoxicated adolescents in the emergency department: A latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors. 50. 51–59. 16 indexed citations

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Bröning, Sonja, Karol L. Kumpfer, Peter‐Michael Sack, et al.. (2012). Selective prevention programs for children from substance-affected families: a comprehensive systematic review. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 7(1). 23–23. 68 indexed citations

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Buchert, Ralph, Rainer Thomasius, Florian Wilke, et al.. (2004). A Voxel-Based PET Investigation of the Long-Term Effects of “Ecstasy” Consumption on Brain Serotonin Transporters. American Journal of Psychiatry. 161(7). 1181–1189. 119 indexed citations

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Thomasius, Rainer. (1996). Familiendiagnostik bei Drogenabhängigkeit : eine Querschnittstudie zur Detailanalyse von Familien mit opiatabhängigen Jungerwachsenen. Springer eBooks.

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