Winfried Rief

51.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
656 papers, 25.9k citations indexed

About

Winfried Rief is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Winfried Rief has authored 656 papers receiving a total of 25.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 224 papers in Clinical Psychology and 149 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Winfried Rief's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (161 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (110 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (102 papers). Winfried Rief is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (161 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (110 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (102 papers). Winfried Rief collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Winfried Rief's co-authors include Alexandra Martin, Elmar Bräehler, Wolfgang Hiller, Julia Anna Glombiewski, Elmar Brähler, Tania M. Lincoln, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Antje Klaiberg, Antonia Barke and Manfred M. Fichter and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Winfried Rief

628 papers receiving 24.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Validity of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire Mood Scale (PHQ-9) in the general population

2005 1.1k citations Alexandra Martin, Winfried Rief et al. profile →
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic primary pain

2018 810 citations Michael K. Nicholas, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen et al. Pain profile →
Do we need a third mechanistic descriptor for chronic pain states?

2016 530 citations Milton Cohen, Winfried Rief et al. Pain profile →
The placebo response in medicine: minimize, maximize or personalize?

2013 479 citations Winfried Rief et al. profile →
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic postsurgical or posttraumatic pain

2018 466 citations Antonia Barke, Beatrice Korwisi et al. Pain profile →
A meta-analysis of heart rate variability in major depression

2019 284 citations Marcel Wilhelm, Stefan Salzmann et al. profile →
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain

2018 255 citations Serge Perrot, Milton Cohen et al. Pain profile →
Frequency of Adverse Events in the Placebo Arms of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

2022 94 citations Marcel Wilhelm, Winfried Rief et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The influence of expectations on shame, rumination and cognitive flexibility: an experimental investigation on affect-regulatory characteristics of deceptive placebos 2025 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·(unknown), Winfried Rief	1
2	Enduring effects of psychotherapy, antidepressants and their combination for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·Ulrich Voderholzer, Barbara B. Barton, (unknown), (unknown), Winfried Rief, Marcel Wilhelm, Elisabeth Schramm	2
3	Competence-based trainings for psychological treatments – A transtheoretical perspective 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Winfried Rief, Marcel Wilhelm, Gaby Bleichhardt, Bernhard Strauß, Lisbeth Frostholm, Pia von Blanckenburg	3
4	Somatic Symptom Disorder and Health Anxiety 2023 ·Neurologic Clinics ·(unknown), Michael Witthöft, Winfried Rief	9
5	Does partial blockade of dopamine D2 receptors with Amisulpride cause anhedonia? An experimental study in healthy volunteers 2023 ·Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Max Berg, Marcel Riehle, Winfried Rief, Tania M. Lincoln	4
6	Learning from other patients – A feasibility study to establish an ecologically valid paradigm to modify negative expectations in depression through authentic psychotherapeutic treatment reports 2023 ·(unknown), Winfried Rief, Tobias Κube	2
7	Preoperative optimization of cardiac valve patients’ expectations: Study protocol of the randomized controlled ValvEx-trial 2023 ·Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Ardawan Rastan, Terézia B. Andrási, (unknown), Andreas Böning, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Inés Genovese, (unknown), Winfried Rief, Stefan Salzmann	6
8	Therapist's warmth and competence increased positive outcome expectations and alliance in an analogue experiment 2023 ·Psychotherapy Research ·(unknown), Winfried Rief	4
9	Do we need a novel framework for classifying psychopathology? A discussion paper 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Winfried Rief, Stefan G. Hofmann, Max Berg, Miriam K. Forbes, Diego A. Pizzagalli, Johannes Zimmermann, Eiko I. Fried, Geoffrey M. Reed	17
10	Clinical psychology and the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods survey among members of the European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPT) 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Julia Asbrand, (unknown), Josefien Breedvelt, Jenny Guidi, Colette R. Hirsch, Andreas Maercker, Céline Douilliez, Gerhard Andersson, Martin Debbané, Roman Cieślak, Winfried Rief, Claudi Bockting	1
11	Deceptive and non-deceptive placebos to reduce sadness: A five-armed experimental study 2022 ·Journal of Affective Disorders Reports ·(unknown), Winfried Rief, Julia A. Glombiewski, (unknown), Tobias Κube	12
12	Same name, same content? Evaluation of DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 prolonged grief criteria. 2022 ·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ·(unknown), Rita Rosner, Anna Vogel, Anette Kersting, Winfried Rief, Regina Steil, Hannah Comteße	16
13	Chronic pain in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases: users' questions answered 2021 ·Pain ·Beatrice Korwisi, Antonia Barke, Winfried Rief, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Maria Kleinstäuber	13
14	Unemployment and mental health in the German population: the role of subjective social status 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Michael G. Neubert, Philipp Süssenbach, Winfried Rief, Frank Euteneuer	1
15	Overcoming Barriers and Limitations – Why This New Journal Is Needed 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Winfried Rief, Cornelia Weise	1
16	The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic primary pain breakdown → 2018 ·Pain ·Michael K. Nicholas, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Winfried Rief, Antonia Barke, Qasim Aziz, Rafael Benoliel, Milton Cohen, Stefan Evers, Maria Adele Giamberardino, Andreas Göebel, Beatrice Korwisi, Serge Perrot, Peter Svensson, Shuu‐Jiun Wang, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, (unknown)	810
17	Persistent Physical Symptoms as Perceptual Dysregulation: A Neuropsychobehavioral Model and Its Clinical Implications 2018 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Peter Henningsen, Harald Gündel, Willem J. Kop, Bernd Löwe, Alexandra Martin, Winfried Rief, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, Andreas Schröder, Christina M. van der Feltz‐Cornelis, Omer Van den Bergh	174
18	MAOA gene hypomethylation in panic disorder—reversibility of an epigenetic risk pattern by psychotherapy 2016 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Christiane Ziegler, Jan Richter, Marina Mahr, Agnieszka Gajewska, Miriam A. Schiele, (unknown), Brigitte Schmidt, Klaus‐Peter Lesch, Thomas Lang�, Sylvia Helbig‐Lang, Paul Pauli, Tilo Kircher, Andreas Reif, Winfried Rief, Anna N. Vossbeck‐Elsebusch, Volker Arolt, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Alfons O. Hamm, (unknown), Katharina Domschke	122
19	Blunted exercise-induced mobilization of monocytes in somatization syndromes and major depression 2014 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Frank Euteneuer, Markus Schwarz, Ralf Schmidmaier, (unknown), Sabine Riemer, (unknown), (unknown), Philipp Süssenbach, K. Dannehl, Winfried Rief	8
20	Assessment of somatoform disorders and comorbidity pattern with the CIDI-findings in psychosomatic inpatients 1993 ·International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research ·Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Cecilia A. Essau, Winfried Rief, Manfred M. Fichter	19

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