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Christine M. Freitag

Christine M. Freitag

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
86
Citations
41621
World Ranking
1114
National Ranking
41

Christine M. Freitag 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 Christine M. Freitag sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 374 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christine M. Freitag 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 Christine M. Freitag sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christine M. Freitag is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology and neuroscience, focusing particularly on neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Within these areas, Freitag has contributed broadly to several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics cover:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Freitag has contributed to a range of academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Autism Research

Recent scientific papers by Freitag include:

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism (2020, Cell)
  • Rare coding variation provides insight into the genetic architecture and phenotypic context of autism (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups (2020, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure (2020, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Maturation of the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Children and Adolescents (2021, Journal of the American Heart Association)

Freitag frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Kerstin Konrad
  • Gregor Kohls
  • Graeme Fairchild
  • Stéphane A. De Brito
  • Christina Stadler

Best Publications

  • Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

    Silvia De Rubeis;Xin-Xin He;Arthur P Goldberg;Christopher S. Poultney

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Ditte Demontis;Ditte Demontis;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Joanna Martin;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Convergence of Genes and Cellular Pathways Dysregulated in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

  • The genetics of autistic disorders and its clinical relevance: a review of the literature

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  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia

    Richard J.L. Anney;Richard J.L. Anney;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Verneri Anttila;Jakob Grove;Jakob Grove

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Sarah E. Medland;Sarah E. Medland;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Philip Asherson

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S Breen;Michael S Breen

  • Genetic and Functional Analyses of SHANK2 Mutations Suggest a Multiple Hit Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Claire S. Leblond;Jutta Heinrich;Richard Delorme;Christian Proepper

  • Molecular genetics of adult ADHD: converging evidence from genome-wide association and extended pedigree linkage studies

    Klaus-Peter Lesch;Nina Timmesfeld;Tobias J. Renner;Rebecca Halperin

  • Conduct disorder

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  • Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Josephine Elia;Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Nagahide Takahashi

  • Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders.

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Dalila Pinto;Joana Almeida

  • A genomewide screen for autism: strong evidence for linkage to chromosomes 2q, 7q and 16p

    Le, Couteur, A;TP Kelly;T Berney;HR McConachie

  • Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Elsa Delaby;Daniele Merico;Mafalda Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerstin Konrad
Kerstin Konrad RWTH Aachen University
Michael Siniatchkin
Michael Siniatchkin Kiel University
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University
Sven Bölte
Sven Bölte Karolinska Institute
Barbara Franke
Barbara Franke Radboud University
Fritz Poustka
Fritz Poustka Goethe University Frankfurt
Graeme Fairchild
Graeme Fairchild University of Bath
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Stéphane A. De Brito
Stéphane A. De Brito University of Birmingham

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