Stephan Zipfel

28.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
497 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Stephan Zipfel is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Zipfel has authored 497 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 248 papers in Clinical Psychology, 135 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 98 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Stephan Zipfel's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (181 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (68 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (59 papers). Stephan Zipfel is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (181 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (68 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (59 papers). Stephan Zipfel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stephan Zipfel's co-authors include Katrin Elisabeth Giel, Wolfgang Herzog, Paul Enck, Martin Teufel, Bernd Löwe, Kathrin Schag, Florian Junne, Kerstin Gräfe, Peter Henningsen and Anne Herrmann‐Werner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Zipfel

468 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

Irritable bowel syndrome 2004 2026 2011 2018 2016 2004 2015 2007 2014 200 400 600
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. Irritable bowel syndrome
    2016 687 citations Paul Enck, Stephan Zipfel et al. profile →
  2. Screening psychischer Störungen mit dem “Gesundheitsfragebogen für Patienten (PHQ-D)“
    2004 593 citations Stephan Zipfel, Wolfgang Herzog et al. profile →
  3. Anorexia nervosa: aetiology, assessment, and treatment
    2015 487 citations Stephan Zipfel, Katrin Elisabeth Giel et al. profile →
  4. Management of functional somatic syndromes
    2007 484 citations Stephan Zipfel, Wolfgang Herzog et al. profile →
  5. Emotion regulation model in binge eating disorder and obesity - a systematic review
    2014 384 citations Stephan Zipfel, Katrin Elisabeth Giel et al. profile →
  6. Binge eating disorder
    2022 139 citations Katrin Elisabeth Giel, Fernando Fernández‐Aranda et al. profile →
  7. The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management
    2025 13 citations Ulrike Schmidt, Angélica Medeiros Claudino et al. World Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephan Zipfel Germany 61 7.5k 3.2k 2.8k 1.7k 1.5k 497 15.3k
Wolfgang Herzog Germany 57 8.1k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 964 0.6× 330 16.6k
Patrick J. McGrath Canada 78 5.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 4.4k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 471 22.9k
Melissa Wake Australia 71 4.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.7× 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 382 16.6k
Sarah Hetrick Australia 56 7.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 2.8k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 589 0.4× 229 13.6k
Sonja A. Swanson United States 38 7.6k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 975 0.6× 558 0.4× 87 12.3k
Geir Selbæk Norway 47 3.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 5.7k 2.0× 4.0k 2.3× 1.9k 1.3× 290 17.9k
Jake M. Najman Australia 77 8.6k 1.1× 5.5k 1.7× 2.0k 0.7× 3.8k 2.2× 1.3k 0.9× 542 20.5k
Ulrich John Germany 66 3.4k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 2.8k 1.6× 2.9k 1.9× 535 16.5k
Kristian Tambs Norway 59 5.0k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 670 0.4× 250 13.7k
Louise Sharpe Australia 60 3.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 2.5k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 722 0.5× 309 12.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Zipfel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Zipfel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Ulrike, Angélica Medeiros Claudino, Fernando Fernández‐Aranda, et al.. (2025). The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management. World Psychiatry. 24(1). 4–31. 13 indexed citations breakdown →
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Niessner, Claudia, et al.. (2024). Publisher Correction: Impact of physical activity on caloric and macronutrient intake in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations
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Schäffeler, Norbert, Alexander Bäuerle, Caterina Schug, et al.. (2024). How do mindfulness‐based interventions promote coping and self‐efficacy in patients with cancer: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative data. Psycho-Oncology. 33(5). e6350–e6350. 5 indexed citations
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Mazurak, Nazar, et al.. (2023). Mirror Therapy in Patients with Somatoform Pain Disorders—A Pilot Study. Behavioral Sciences. 13(5). 432–432. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Mitho, Harald Abele, Sara Y. Brucker, et al.. (2023). Using an Electronic Mindfulness-based Intervention (eMBI) to improve maternal mental health during pregnancy: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Psychiatry Research. 330. 115599–115599. 11 indexed citations
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Weimer, Katja, et al.. (2022). Is the Pandemic Wearing Us Out? A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Fatigue in Adult Twins without Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(23). 7067–7067. 1 indexed citations
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Renovanz, Mirjam, et al.. (2022). Resilience as a Factor Influencing Psychological Distress Experience in Patients with Neuro-Oncological Disease. Current Oncology. 29(12). 9875–9883. 2 indexed citations
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Graf, Johanna, et al.. (2022). Resilienz und Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung hängen mit der Wahrnehmung der COVID-19-Symptomatik, der psychischen Gesundheit und dem Umgang mit einer akuten COVID-19-Infektion zusammen. PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie. 73(03/04). 139–147. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Mitho, Lina Maria Matthies, Thomas M. Deutsch, et al.. (2020). Effects of a Brief Electronic Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Relieving Prenatal Depression and Anxiety in Hospitalized High-Risk Pregnant Women: Exploratory Pilot Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(8). e17593–e17593. 36 indexed citations
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Loda, Teresa, Rebecca Erschens, Christoph Nikendei, Stephan Zipfel, & Anne Herrmann‐Werner. (2020). Qualitative analysis of cognitive and social congruence in peer-assisted learning – The perspectives of medical students, student tutors and lecturers. Medical Education Online. 25(1). 1801306–1801306. 26 indexed citations
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Herrmann‐Werner, Anne, Hermann Weber, Teresa Loda, et al.. (2019). “But Dr Google said…” – Training medical students how to communicate with E-patients. Medical Teacher. 41(12). 1434–1440. 19 indexed citations
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Mack, Isabelle, Caterina Gawrilow, Katja Weimer, et al.. (2019). The Kids Obesity Prevention Program: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Serious Game for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(4). e15725–e15725. 28 indexed citations
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Teufel, Martin, et al.. (2018). Perception of music-induced emotions in patients with somatoform disorders compared to healthy controls. Psychology of Music. 47(4). 483–503. 1 indexed citations
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Junne, Florian, Katrin Ziser, Norbert Schäffeler, et al.. (2017). Demands and Needs for Psycho-Oncological eHealth Interventions in Women With Cancer: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Cancer. 3(2). e19–e19. 15 indexed citations
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Kraus, Bernd, Jana Jünger, Markus Schrauth, et al.. (2006). Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Schulungsprogramms für Studenten im Praktischen Jahr in der Inneren Medizin [Development and evaluation of a training scheme for final year students in internal medicine]. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Möhrle, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Moderne Prüfung mit historischen Mitteln: „Objective Structured Clinical Examination“ (OSCE) an Moulagen. Der Hautarzt. 57(6). 528–531. 1 indexed citations

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