Rob Kok

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Rob Kok is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rob Kok has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 30 papers in Pharmacology and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rob Kok's work include Treatment of Major Depression (28 papers), Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (26 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (15 papers). Rob Kok is often cited by papers focused on Treatment of Major Depression (28 papers), Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (26 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (15 papers). Rob Kok collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United States. Rob Kok's co-authors include Charles F. Reynolds, Thea J. Heeren, Hannie C. Comijs, Willem A. Nolen, Max L. Stek, Yvo M. Smulders, J.M. Hegeman, Cornelis Jakobs, Harm‐Pieter Spaans and Desirée E.C. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Rob Kok

124 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Management of Depression in Older Adults 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Management of Depression in Older Adults
    2017 569 citations Rob Kok 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
Rob Kok Netherlands 37 1.1k 769 749 410 398 134 4.3k
Sandra Kalmijn Netherlands 40 1.1k 1.0× 353 0.5× 819 1.1× 370 0.9× 1.9k 4.9× 65 7.0k
Stefan Bleich Germany 51 1.0k 0.9× 578 0.8× 2.1k 2.8× 788 1.9× 1.0k 2.5× 329 7.8k
Bu B. Yeap Australia 52 879 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 1.5k 2.0× 210 0.5× 1.3k 3.3× 299 8.8k
Yue‐Cune Chang Taiwan 39 1.1k 1.0× 263 0.3× 693 0.9× 76 0.2× 346 0.9× 165 5.0k
Umberto Senin Italy 48 1.1k 1.0× 521 0.7× 2.2k 3.0× 519 1.3× 2.4k 5.9× 165 8.3k
Michal Schnaider Beeri United States 42 2.1k 1.8× 240 0.3× 705 0.9× 138 0.3× 2.2k 5.6× 237 6.1k
Jae H. Kang United States 46 830 0.7× 242 0.3× 709 0.9× 333 0.8× 1.6k 4.0× 184 6.3k
Hannu Alho Finland 47 486 0.4× 514 0.7× 2.6k 3.5× 203 0.5× 915 2.3× 225 8.1k
Hiroshi Shimokata Japan 46 900 0.8× 258 0.3× 974 1.3× 296 0.7× 2.7k 6.9× 314 8.3k
Yechiel Friedlander Israel 45 260 0.2× 269 0.3× 1.0k 1.4× 413 1.0× 781 2.0× 207 7.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Kok

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rob Kok

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

All Works

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Blanken, Tessa F., et al.. (2024). Prediction of electroconvulsive therapy outcome: A network analysis approach. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 151(4). 521–528. 2 indexed citations
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Spaans, Harm‐Pieter, et al.. (2020). ECT nonremitters: prognosis and treatment after 12 unilateral electroconvulsive therapy sessions for major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 272. 501–507. 7 indexed citations
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Schans, Jurjen van der, Eelko Hak, Maarten J. Postma, et al.. (2019). Effects of Pharmacogenetic Screening for CYP2D6 Among Elderly Starting Therapy With Nortriptyline or Venlafaxine. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 39(6). 583–590. 15 indexed citations
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Sienaert, Pascal, Hannie C. Comijs, François‐Laurent De Winter, et al.. (2018). [ResPECT - a decade of Flemish-Dutch ECT research].. PubMed. 59(10). 626–631. 2 indexed citations
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Schaakxs, Roxanne, Hannie C. Comijs, Femke Lamers, et al.. (2018). Associations between age and the course of major depressive disorder: a 2-year longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 5(7). 581–590. 110 indexed citations
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Spaans, Harm‐Pieter, Rob Kok, Filip Bouckaert, et al.. (2017). Vascular risk factors in older patients with depression: outcome of electroconvulsive therapy versus medication. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(2). 371–378. 6 indexed citations
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Hoving, Jan L., Rob Kok, Sarah M. Ketelaar, et al.. (2016). Improved quality and more attractive work by applying EBM in disability evaluations: a qualitative survey. BMC Medical Education. 16(1). 77–77. 8 indexed citations
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Kok, Rob, et al.. (2015). A search strategy to identify studies on the prognosis of work disability: a diagnostic test framework. BMJ Open. 5(5). e006315–e006315. 10 indexed citations
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Spaans, Harm‐Pieter, King H. Kho, Esmée Verwijk, Rob Kok, & Max L. Stek. (2013). Efficacy of ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy for depression: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 150(3). 720–726. 36 indexed citations
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Berg, Julia F. van den, Rob Kok, Harm van Marwijk, et al.. (2013). Correlates of Alcohol Abstinence and At-Risk Alcohol Consumption in Older Adults with Depression: the NESDO Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 22(9). 866–874. 23 indexed citations
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Verwijk, Esmée, Hannie C. Comijs, Rob Kok, et al.. (2012). Neurocognitive effects after brief pulse and ultrabrief pulse unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: A review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 140(3). 233–243. 84 indexed citations
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Kok, Rob, et al.. (2011). Integrating evidence in disability evaluation by social insurance physicians. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 37(6). 494–501. 15 indexed citations
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Yi, Xia, Katarzyna Siudeja, Anil Rana, et al.. (2008). Stwl Modifies Chromatin Compaction and Is Required to Maintain DNA Integrity in the Presence of Perturbed DNA Replication. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(3). 983–994. 21 indexed citations
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Janssen, Joost, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Hugo G. Schnack, et al.. (2007). Cerebral volume measurements and subcortical white matter lesions and short‐term treatment response in late life depression. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 22(5). 468–474. 43 indexed citations
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Kok, Rob, Willem A. Nolen, & Thea J. Heeren. (2007). Venlafaxine versus nortriptyline in the treatment of elderly depressed inpatients: a randomised, double‐blind, controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 22(12). 1247–1254. 31 indexed citations
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Janssen, Joost, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, F.E. de Leeuw, et al.. (2007). Hippocampal volume and subcortical white matter lesions in late life depression: comparison of early and late onset depression. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 78(6). 638–640. 91 indexed citations
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Kulik, Wim, Rob Kok, K. de Meer, & C. Jakobs. (2000). Determination of isotopic enrichments of [1-13C]homocysteine, [1-13C]methionine and [2H3-methyl-1-13C]methionine in human plasma by gas chromatography–negative chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 738(1). 99–105. 8 indexed citations
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Kok, Rob, Thea J. Heeren, Chris Hooijer, Marc Dinkgreve, & Harry G.M. Rooijmans. (1995). The prevalence of depression in elderly medical inpatients. Journal of Affective Disorders. 33(2). 77–82. 21 indexed citations
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