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Alexander L. Gerlach

Alexander L. Gerlach

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
8452
World Ranking
5485
National Ranking
256

Alexander L. Gerlach publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander L. Gerlach sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 236 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Alexander L. Gerlach D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander L. Gerlach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander L. Gerlach is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and oncology. Their work addresses several main topics, including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, mental health research, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, cancer survivorship and care, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, and mental health and psychiatry.

The scientist has published extensively, with a notable presence in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Clinical Psychology in Europe, Psychosomatic Medicine, PsycTESTS Dataset, and PLoS ONE.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Interoceptive accuracy and bias in somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, and functional syndromes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) published in PLoS ONE
  • Behavioural and functional evidence revealing the role of RBFOX1 variation in multiple psychiatric disorders and traits (2022) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Integrated, cross-sectoral psycho-oncology (isPO): a new form of care for newly diagnosed cancer patients in Germany (2022) published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Cardiac interoception: A novel signal detection approach and relations to somatic symptom distress (2021) published in Psychological Assessment
  • Embodied feelings-A meta-analysis on the relation of emotion intensity perception and interoceptive accuracy (2022) published in Physiology & Behavior

Alexander L. Gerlach has collaborated frequently with several researchers including A. Pohl, Thomas Langé, Jan Christopher Cwik, Michael Witthöft, and Tilo Kircher. Cooperation with these colleagues has spanned multiple projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Interoceptive sensitivity in anxiety and anxiety disorders: an overview and integration of neurobiological findings.

    Katharina Domschke;Stephan Stevens;Bettina Pfleiderer;Alexander L. Gerlach

  • The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

    Helmut Appel;Alexander L Gerlach;Jan Crusius

  • Social Comparison, Envy, and Depression on Facebook: A Study Looking at the Effects of High Comparison Standards on Depressed Individuals

    Helmut Appel;Jan Crusius;Alexander L. Gerlach

  • Psychological Treatment for Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Role of Therapist-Guided Exposure In Situ in CBT

    Andrew T. Gloster;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Franziska Einsle;Thomas Lang

  • What does the facial dot-probe task tell us about attentional processes in social anxiety? A systematic review.

    Trisha Bantin;Stephan Stevens;Stephan Stevens;Alexander L. Gerlach;Christiane Hermann

  • Neuropeptide S receptor gene -- converging evidence for a role in panic disorder.

    Katharina Domschke;Andreas Reif;Heike Weber;Jan Richter

  • Oxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation: Converging Multilevel Evidence for a Role in Social Anxiety

    Christiane Ziegler;Udo Dannlowski;David Bräuer;Stephan Stevens

  • Effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on neural correlates of fear conditioning in panic disorder.

    Tilo Kircher;Volker Arolt;Andreas Jansen;Martin Pyka

  • Heartbeat perception in social anxiety before and during speech anticipation.

    Stephan Stevens;Alexander L. Gerlach;Barbara Cludius;Anna Silkens

  • Internet-delivered attention modification training as a treatment for social phobia: a randomized controlled trial.

    Karolin Neubauer;Maxie von Auer;Maxie von Auer;Eileen Murray;Franz Petermann

  • Speech disturbances and gaze behavior during public speaking in subtypes of social phobia.

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Alexander L. Gerlach;Alexander L. Gerlach;Amy Wender;Amy Wender;Walton T. Roth;Walton T. Roth

  • Slow recovery from voluntary hyperventilation in panic disorder.

    Frank H. Wilhelm;Alexander L. Gerlach;Walton T. Roth

  • Genome-wide association study of panic disorder reveals genetic overlap with neuroticism and depression.

    Andreas J. Forstner;Swapnil Awasthi;Christiane Wolf;Eduard Maron;Eduard Maron

  • Improving heartbeat perception in patients with medically unexplained symptoms reduces symptom distress

    Manuela Schaefer;Boris Egloff;Alexander L. Gerlach;Michael Witthöft

  • Blushing and physiological arousability in social phobia.

    Alexander L. Gerlach;Frank H. Wilhelm;Karin Gruber;Walton T. Roth

  • Die Bedeutung von Unsicherheitsintoleranz für die Generalisierte Angststörung Modellüberlegungen und Entwicklung einer deutschen Version der Unsicherheitsintoleranz-Skala

    Alexander L. Gerlach;Tanja Andor;Julia Patzelt

  • Studies on a German (Münster) version of the temperament auto-questionnaire TEMPS-A: construction and validation of the briefTEMPS-M

    Andreas Erfurth;Alexander L. Gerlach;Inga Hellweg;Ines Boenigk

  • Deutsche S3-Leitlinie Behandlung von Angststörungen

    Borwin Bandelow;Jörg Wiltink;Georg W. Alpers;Cord Benecke

  • MAOA and mechanisms of panic disorder revisited: from bench to molecular psychotherapy

    Andreas Reif;Jan Richter;Benjamin Straube;Michael Höfler

  • Mechanism of action in CBT (MAC): methods of a multi-center randomized controlled trial in 369 patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia

    Andrew T. Gloster;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Franziska Einsle;Michael Höfler

  • Embarrassment and social phobia: the role of parasympathetic activation

    Alexander L. Gerlach;Frank H. Wilhelm;Walton T. Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Tilo Kircher
Tilo Kircher Philipp University of Marburg
Jürgen Deckert
Jürgen Deckert University of Würzburg
Georg W. Alpers
Georg W. Alpers University of Mannheim
Andreas Ströhle
Andreas Ströhle Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Alfons O. Hamm
Alfons O. Hamm University of Greifswald
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Andrew T. Gloster
Andrew T. Gloster University of Lucerne
Thomas Fydrich
Thomas Fydrich Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg

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