T. Esch

17.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

T. Esch is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Esch has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Clinical Psychology, 27 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in T. Esch's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (24 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (18 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers). T. Esch is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (24 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (18 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers). T. Esch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Czechia. T. Esch's co-authors include George B. Stefano, Gregory L. Fricchione, Herbert Benson, Hannes Taubenböck, Maren M. Michaelsen, Achim Roth, Stefan Dech, Michael Wiesner, Andreas Felbier and Andreas Michalsen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

T. Esch

105 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Monitoring urbanization in mega cities from space
    2011 363 citations T. Esch et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
T. Esch 907 542 510 427 379 117 3.6k
Michael A. Young 1.2k 1.3× 670 1.2× 257 0.5× 222 0.5× 131 0.3× 108 4.4k
Sat Bir S. Khalsa 2.1k 2.3× 795 1.5× 341 0.7× 817 1.9× 490 1.3× 110 6.0k
Nele Jacobs 1.8k 2.0× 1.1k 2.1× 342 0.7× 200 0.5× 141 0.4× 154 4.9k
Elizabeth L. Ogburn 786 0.9× 449 0.8× 764 1.5× 200 0.5× 241 0.6× 46 4.3k
Jong‐Min Woo 752 0.8× 439 0.8× 512 1.0× 212 0.5× 68 0.2× 125 3.2k
María Paz Loayza Hidalgo 471 0.5× 419 0.8× 366 0.7× 570 1.3× 103 0.3× 123 4.6k
Evert Thiery 1.1k 1.3× 540 1.0× 128 0.3× 220 0.5× 154 0.4× 125 4.2k
Florian Lederbogen 416 0.5× 450 0.8× 221 0.4× 345 0.8× 83 0.2× 92 3.2k
Steven H. Aggen 2.6k 2.9× 530 1.0× 274 0.5× 241 0.6× 121 0.3× 136 5.8k
Hartej Gill 4.0k 4.4× 1.1k 2.1× 854 1.7× 351 0.8× 363 1.0× 115 9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by T. Esch

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Esch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by T. Esch. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by T. Esch. The network helps show where T. Esch may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Esch

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

All Works

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Neumann, Claudia, et al.. (2025). (Digital) Mind-Body Intervention to Promote Health and Subjective Well-Being of Residents in Nursing Homes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Das Gesundheitswesen. 87(S 03). S324–S333. 1 indexed citations
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Michaelsen, Maren M., et al.. (2024). Implementation of mindfulness at work considering digital support: A qualitative study with a systems theory approach. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. 41(1). 1–26.
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Esch, T., et al.. (2024). Combining app-based behavioral therapy with electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a study protocol for a single-arm mixed-methods pilot trial. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 19(1). 52–52. 1 indexed citations
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Michaelsen, Maren M., et al.. (2024). Gesundheitsförderung, Stresserleben und Arbeitszufriedenheit bei Pflegeauszubildenden. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung.
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Esch, T., George B. Stefano, & Maren M. Michaelsen. (2024). The foundations of mind‐body medicine: Love, good relationships, and happiness modulate stress and promote health. Stress and Health. 40(4). e3387–e3387. 8 indexed citations
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Weissenberger, Simon, T. Esch, Martin Anders, et al.. (2023). Dysfunctional mitochondrial processes contribute to energy perturbations in the brain and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 1095923–1095923. 29 indexed citations
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Michaelsen, Maren M. & T. Esch. (2023). Understanding health behavior change by motivation and reward mechanisms: a review of the literature. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1151918–1151918. 35 indexed citations
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Stefano, George B., Simon Weissenberger, T. Esch, et al.. (2023). Independent and sensory human mitochondrial functions reflecting symbiotic evolution. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 11 indexed citations
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Esch, T., et al.. (2022). Effects of a Yoga-Based Stress Intervention Program on the Blood Pressure of Young Police Officers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 28(3). 234–240. 3 indexed citations
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Michaelsen, Maren M., et al.. (2021). Bodily Experience in Depression: Using Focusing as a New Interview Technique. Psychopathology. 54(3). 150–158. 5 indexed citations
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Seifert, Georg, Michael Jeitler, Rainer Stange, et al.. (2020). The Relevance of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Review of the Literature. Frontiers in Medicine. 7. 587749–587749. 28 indexed citations
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Hargreaves, Dougal, Felix Greaves, Charlotta Levay, et al.. (2015). Comparison of Health Care Experience and Access Between Young and Older Adults in 11 High-Income Countries. Journal of Adolescent Health. 57(4). 413–420. 51 indexed citations
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Esch, T., Gregory L. Fricchione, Stefanie Joos, & Michael Teut. (2013). Self-Care, Stress Management, and Primary Care: From Salutogenesis and Health Promotion to Mind-Body Medicine. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Esch, T. & George B. Stefano. (2010). Endogenous reward mechanisms and their importance in stress reduction, exercise and the brain. Archives of Medical Science. 3(3). 447–455. 49 indexed citations
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Esch, T., et al.. (2009). Die Bedeutung achtsamkeitsbasierter Interventionen in der medizinischen und psychotherapeutischen Versorgung. PubMed. 16(5). 296–303. 7 indexed citations
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Esch, T.. (2003). Stress, Anpassung und Selbstorganisation: Gleichgewichtsprozesse sichern Gesundheit und Überleben. Complementary Medicine Research. 10(6). 330–341. 25 indexed citations
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Esch, T.. (2002). Gesund im Stress: Der Wandel des Stresskonzeptes und seine Bedeutung für Prävention, Gesundheit und Lebensstil. Das Gesundheitswesen. 64(2). 73–81. 52 indexed citations

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