William Berger

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

William Berger is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Berger has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William Berger's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (35 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (13 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (11 papers). William Berger is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (35 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (13 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (11 papers). William Berger collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Czechia. William Berger's co-authors include Ivan Figueira, Mauro V. Mendlowicz, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Carla Marques‐Portella, Charles R. Marmar, Mariana Pires Luz, Thomas C. Neylan, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Gustavo Kinrys and Jair de Jesus Mari and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

William Berger

47 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Rescuers at risk: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of the worldwide current prevalence and correlates of PTSD in rescue workers

2011 512 citations William Berger, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho et al. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Berger Brazil	18	1.3k	308	195	173	162	53	1.8k
Carla Marques‐Portella Brazil	17	962 0.7×	208 0.7×	177 0.9×	129 0.7×	150 0.9×	22	1.4k
Rose T. Zimering United States	18	1.8k 1.4×	388 1.3×	129 0.7×	207 1.2×	222 1.4×	27	2.5k
Clare Henn‐Haase United States	27	1.6k 1.2×	341 1.1×	509 2.6×	270 1.6×	150 0.9×	36	2.5k
Michelle F. Dennis United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	286 0.9×	302 1.5×	136 0.8×	349 2.2×	77	2.4k
Jeffrey Knight United States	17	993 0.8×	255 0.8×	46 0.2×	132 0.8×	148 0.9×	32	1.7k
Sara Freedman Israel	21	2.1k 1.6×	264 0.9×	324 1.7×	241 1.4×	218 1.3×	46	2.8k
Rachel M. Guthrie Australia	18	1.9k 1.4×	181 0.6×	243 1.2×	181 1.0×	179 1.1×	21	2.4k
Francheska Perepletchikova United States	15	1.2k 0.9×	376 1.2×	84 0.4×	340 2.0×	224 1.4×	19	1.9k
Melissa E. Milanak United States	11	1.3k 1.0×	198 0.6×	205 1.1×	220 1.3×	131 0.8×	23	1.8k
Mira Brancu United States	20	753 0.6×	199 0.6×	97 0.5×	132 0.8×	62 0.4×	39	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Berger

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Vilete, Liliane Maria Pereira, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Mariana Pires Luz, et al.. (2024). The role of childhood cumulative trauma in the risk of lifetime PTSD: An epidemiological study. Psychiatry Research. 336. 115887–115887. 11 indexed citations

Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire, Mauro V. Mendlowicz, William Berger, et al.. (2022). STUCK IN A MOMENT: TONIC IMMOBILITY PREDICTS POOR QUALITY OF LIFE IN TREATED PTSD PATIENTS. Psychiatria Danubina. 34(3). 447–454. 2 indexed citations

Luz, Mariana Pires, et al.. (2021). The Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria: A Bibliometric Survey of the one hundred most cited articles in the last 15 years. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 70(4). 302–310.

Gonçalves, Raquel, Isabel A. David, Liana Wernersbach Pinto, et al.. (2021). Tonic Immobility is Associated with PTSD Symptoms in Traumatized Adolescents. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 14. 1359–1369. 8 indexed citations

Volchan, Eliane, Jaime Vila, José Luís Mata, et al.. (2019). Tonic Immobility in PTSD: Exacerbation of Emotional Cardiac Defense Response. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 1213–1213. 11 indexed citations

Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire, William Berger, Mariana Pires Luz, et al.. (2018). Early scars are forever: Childhood abuse in patients with adult-onset PTSD is associated with increased prevalence and severity of psychiatric comorbidity. Psychiatry Research. 267. 1–6. 22 indexed citations

Fontenelle, Leonardo F., William Berger, Mariana Pires Luz, et al.. (2018). Pre-traumatic vs post-traumatic OCD in PTSD patients: Are differences in comorbidity rates and functional health status related to childhood abuse?. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 87. 25–31. 5 indexed citations

Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire, Liliane Maria Pereira Vilete, Mariana Pires Luz, et al.. (2017). Sexual trauma is more strongly associated with tonic immobility than other types of trauma – A population based study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 215. 71–76. 37 indexed citations

Volchan, Eliane, Vanessa Rocha-Rego, José M. Oliveira, et al.. (2017). Immobility reactions under threat: A contribution to human defensive cascade and PTSD. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 76(Pt A). 29–38. 54 indexed citations

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Luz, Mariana Pires, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, William Berger, et al.. (2015). Conditional risk for posttraumatic stress disorder in an epidemiological study of a Brazilian urban population. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 72. 51–57. 44 indexed citations

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Berger, William, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Carla Marques‐Portella, et al.. (2013). Comorbid depressive symptoms in treatment-seeking PTSD outpatients affect multiple domains of quality of life. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 55(1). 56–63. 21 indexed citations

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Volchan, Eliane, Gabriela Guerra Leal Souza, Vanessa Rocha-Rego, et al.. (2011). Is there tonic immobility in humans? Biological evidence from victims of traumatic stress. Biological Psychology. 88(1). 13–19. 75 indexed citations

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Mendlowicz, Mauro V., Ana Glória Godoi Vasconcelos, William Berger, et al.. (2011). Confirmatory factor analysis of posttraumatic stress symptoms in Brazilian primary care patients: An examination of seven alternative models. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 25(7). 950–963. 19 indexed citations

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Berger, William, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Ivan Figueira, et al.. (2011). Rescuers at risk: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of the worldwide current prevalence and correlates of PTSD in rescue workers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47(6). 1001–1011. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berger, William, Maryann Lenoci, Thomas J. Metzler, et al.. (2010). Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor predicts responses to escitalopram in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 34(7). 1279–1284. 41 indexed citations

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Fiszman, Adriana, Carla Marques‐Portella, Mauro V. Mendlowicz, et al.. (2009). The impact of tonic immobility reaction on the prognosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 44(4). 224–228. 62 indexed citations

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Berger, William, Mauro V. Mendlowicz, Carla Marques‐Portella, et al.. (2008). Pharmacologic alternatives to antidepressants in posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 33(2). 169–180. 243 indexed citations

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Rocha-Rego, Vanessa, Adriana Fiszman, Liana Catarina Lima Portugal, et al.. (2008). Is tonic immobility the core sign among conventional peritraumatic signs and symptoms listed for PTSD?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 115(1-2). 269–273. 69 indexed citations

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Maia, Deborah B., Charles R. Marmar, Thomas J. Metzler, et al.. (2006). Post-traumatic stress symptoms in an elite unit of Brazilian police officers: Prevalence and impact on psychosocial functioning and on physical and mental health. Journal of Affective Disorders. 97(1-3). 241–245. 141 indexed citations

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Haddad, Sofiane, et al.. (1989). Degraded voltage protection at nuclear plant safety buses. 51. 1 indexed citations

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