Veronika Engert

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Veronika Engert is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Veronika Engert has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 40 papers in Clinical Psychology and 27 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Veronika Engert's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (61 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (17 papers) and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (16 papers). Veronika Engert is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (61 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (17 papers) and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (16 papers). Veronika Engert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United Kingdom. Veronika Engert's co-authors include Jens C. Pruessner, Katarina Dedovic, Tania Singer, Annie Duchesne, Sonia Lupien, Julie Andrews, Simona I. Efanov, Najmeh Khalili‐Mahani, Roman Linz and Marita Pruessner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Veronika Engert

83 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Montreal Imaging Stress Task: using functional imagin... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Montreal Imaging Stress Task: using functional imaging to investigate the effects of perceiving and processing psychosocial stress in the human brain
    2005 509 citations Katarina Dedovic, Veronika Engert 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
Veronika Engert Germany 33 1.8k 1.1k 1.0k 1000 955 93 4.2k
Grant S. Shields United States 32 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 891 0.9× 955 1.0× 865 0.9× 102 4.0k
Katarina Dedovic Canada 23 1.7k 0.9× 764 0.7× 957 1.0× 821 0.8× 784 0.8× 31 3.3k
Marie‐France Marin Canada 31 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 891 0.9× 647 0.6× 704 0.7× 98 3.7k
Elbert Geuze Netherlands 39 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 574 0.6× 579 0.6× 126 4.9k
Alicia Salvador Spain 37 1.3k 0.7× 610 0.5× 588 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 190 4.2k
James L. Abelson United States 48 1.8k 1.0× 3.0k 2.6× 2.0k 2.0× 1.8k 1.8× 1.1k 1.1× 147 6.7k
Nicole C. Schommer Germany 11 3.1k 1.7× 920 0.8× 509 0.5× 784 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 13 4.4k
Zeev Kaplan Israel 42 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 1.2k 1.2× 658 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 125 6.3k
Iris‐Tatjana Kolassa Germany 39 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 810 0.8× 524 0.5× 147 5.2k
Omer Bonne Israel 39 1.1k 0.6× 1.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.5× 830 0.8× 451 0.5× 117 5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Veronika Engert

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All Works

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Kanske, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Little evidence for a role of facial mimicry in the transmission of stress from parents to adolescent children. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 78–78. 1 indexed citations
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Walter, Martin, et al.. (2024). Empathic stress is decreased by prior stressor experience and increased in a position of power. Hormones and Behavior. 165. 105617–105617. 1 indexed citations
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Schaefer, J., Veronika Engert, Sofie L. Valk, Tania Singer, & Lara Puhlmann. (2024). Mapping pathways to neuronal atrophy in healthy, mid-aged adults: From chronic stress to systemic inflammation to neurodegeneration?. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 38. 100781–100781. 4 indexed citations
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Puhlmann, Lara, Pascal Vrtička, Roman Linz, et al.. (2024). Serum BDNF Increase After 9-Month Contemplative Mental Training Is Associated With Decreased Cortisol Secretion and Increased Dentate Gyrus Volume: Evidence From a Randomized Clinical Trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5(2). 100414–100414. 2 indexed citations
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Felice, Sara De, Tara Chand, Ilona Croy, et al.. (2024). Relational neuroscience: Insights from hyperscanning research. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 169. 105979–105979. 9 indexed citations
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Kanske, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Witnessing their mother’s acute and prolonged stress affects executive functioning in children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 98–98.
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Rosendahl, Jenny, et al.. (2024). Neunormierung der deutschen Kurzform der Resilienzskala (RS-13). PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie. 74(09/10). 395–402. 1 indexed citations
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Kanske, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Attachment and inter-individual differences in empathy, compassion, and theory of mind abilities. Attachment & Human Development. 26(4). 350–365. 5 indexed citations
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Strauß, Bernhard, et al.. (2023). Visible wounds of invisible repression: A perspective on the importance of investigating the biological and psychological impact of political repression.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 16(8). 1242–1251. 6 indexed citations
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Engert, Veronika, et al.. (2022). Stability of resilience in times of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Personality and Mental Health. 17(1). 55–66. 9 indexed citations
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Puhlmann, Lara, Pascal Vrtička, Roman Linz, et al.. (2021). Contemplative Mental Training Reduces Hair Glucocorticoid Levels in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Psychosomatic Medicine. 83(8). 894–905. 18 indexed citations
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Vrtička, Pascal, et al.. (2019). Loving-Kindness Meditation -- A Queen of Hearts?: A Physio-Phenomenological Investigation on the Variety of Experience. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 26. 95–129. 4 indexed citations
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Engert, Veronika, Bethany E. Kok, Lara Puhlmann, et al.. (2018). Exploring the multidimensional complex systems structure of the stress response and its relation to health and sleep outcomes. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 73. 390–402. 40 indexed citations
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Steinbeis, Nikolaus, Veronika Engert, Roman Linz, & Tania Singer. (2015). The effects of stress and affiliation on social decision-making: Investigating the tend-and-befriend pattern. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 62. 138–148. 63 indexed citations
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Dedovic, Katarina, Veronika Engert, Annie Duchesne, et al.. (2010). Cortisol Awakening Response and Hippocampal Volume: Vulnerability for Major Depressive Disorder?. Biological Psychiatry. 68(9). 847–853. 67 indexed citations
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Dedovic, Katarina, et al.. (2009). The role of sex and gender socialization in stress reactivity.. Developmental Psychology. 45(1). 45–55. 123 indexed citations

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