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Birgit Mayer 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 Birgit Mayer sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 78 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Birgit Mayer 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 Birgit Mayer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Birgit Mayer is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with particular focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Applied Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The main research topics covered by Birgit Mayer include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Mayer has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "The Effectiveness of a Nonguided Mindfulness App on Perceived Stress in a Nonclinical Dutch Population: Randomized Controlled Trial" (2021, JMIR Mental Health)
  • "The effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in comparison to exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial" (2023, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
  • "A Single-Session Combined Cognitive Bias Modification Training Targeting Attention and Interpretation Biases in Aggression" (2021, Behaviour Change)
  • "CBM-I training and its effect on interpretations of intent, facial expressions, attention and aggressive behavior" (2021, Europe's Journal of Psychology)
  • "ROOM to grow, a Mobile Wellbeing Intervention for University Students: Overview of the Design Process and Outcomes (Preprint)" (2024, JMIR Formative Research)

Frequent co-authors of Birgit Mayer include:

  • Ingmar H. A. Franken
  • Nouran AlMoghrabi
  • Jorg Huijding
  • Leonieke W. Kranenburg
  • Jamie Gillis

The venues where Mayer's research has been published reflect a diverse set of journals engaged in mental health and psychological research:

  • JMIR Mental Health
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Behaviour Change
  • Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • JMIR Formative Research

Best Publications

  • Mediating effects of rumination and worry on the links between neuroticism, anxiety and depression

    Peter Muris;Jeffrey Roelofs;Eric Rassin;Ingmar Franken

  • The revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED-R): Factor structure in normal children

    Peter Muris;Harald Merckelbach;Henk Schmidt;Birgit Mayer

  • How serious are common childhood fears

    Peter Muris;Harald Merckelbach;Birgit Mayer;Elske Prins

  • Biological, psychological, and sociocultural correlates of body change strategies and eating problems in adolescent boys and girls.

    Peter Muris;Cor Meesters;Willemien van de Blom;Birgit Mayer

  • Mental illness stigma and disclosure: Consequences of coming out of the closet

    Arjan E. R. Bos;Daphne Kanner;Peter Muris;Birgit Janssen

  • The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and traditional childhood anxiety measures

    P Muris;H Merckelbach;B Mayer;A van Brakel

  • Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and aggression in non-clinical children: relationships with self-report and performance-based measures of attention and effortful control.

    Peter Muris;Els van der Pennen;Rianne Sigmond;Birgit Mayer

  • Self-reported attachment style, anxiety, and depression in children.

    Peter Muris;Birgit Mayer;Cor Meesters

  • The revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED‐R): Treatment sensitivity in an early intervention trial for childhood anxiety disorders

    Peter Muris;Birgit Mayer;Emilie Bartelds;Sandy Tierney

  • Mom told me scary things about this animal: Parents installing fear beliefs in their children via the verbal information pathway

    Peter Muris;Lisanne van Zwol;Jorg Huijding;Birgit Mayer

  • Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing versus exposure in vivo. A single-session crossover study of spider-phobic children.

    P Muris;H Merckelbach;H Van Haaften;B Mayer

  • “Danger is lurking everywhere”. The relation between anxiety and threat perception abnormalities in normal children

    Peter Muris;Jaimie Luermans;Harald Merckelbach;Birgit Mayer

  • A space odyssey: experimental manipulation of threat perception and anxiety-related interpretation bias in children.

    Peter Muris;Jorg Huijding;Birgit Mayer;Marjolein Hameetman

  • Predictors of Change Following Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Children with Anxiety Problems: A Preliminary Investigation on Negative Automatic Thoughts and Anxiety Control.

    Peter Muris;Birgit Mayer;Madelon den Adel;Tamara Roos

  • The Koala Fear Questionnaire: a standardized self-report scale for assessing fears and fearfulness in pre-school and primary school children.

    Peter Muris;Cor Meesters;Birgit Mayer;Nicole Bogie

  • Psychopathology symptoms in a sample of female cosmetic surgery patients

    Sandra Mulkens;Arjan E.R. Bos;Richard Uleman;Peter Muris;Peter Muris

  • A dirty animal is a scary animal! Effects of disgust-related information on fear beliefs in children.

    Peter Muris;Birgit Mayer;Jorg Huijding;Tjeerd Konings

  • Ground control to Major Tom: experimental manipulation of anxiety-related interpretation bias by means of the "space odyssey" paradigm and effects on avoidance tendencies in children.

    Peter Muris;Jorg Huijding;Birgit Mayer;Daniëlle Remmerswaal

  • Attentional control and psychopathological symptoms in children

    Peter Muris;Birgit Mayer;Céline van Lint;Saskia Hofman

  • The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Relationship with anxiety and depression in normal children

    Peter Muris;Harald Merckelbach;Anneke van Brakel;Birgit Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Harald Merckelbach
Harald Merckelbach Maastricht University
Arjan E. R. Bos
Arjan E. R. Bos The Open University
Cor Meesters
Cor Meesters Maastricht University
Peter J. de Jong
Peter J. de Jong University of Groningen
Ingmar H.A. Franken
Ingmar H.A. Franken Erasmus University Rotterdam
Henk G. Schmidt
Henk G. Schmidt Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bunmi O. Olatunji
Bunmi O. Olatunji Vanderbilt University
Eric Rassin
Eric Rassin Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis
Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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