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Erik Andersson

Erik Andersson

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Sweden
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
9449
World Ranking
5035
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Erik Andersson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and specializes primarily in psychology, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their publication record reflects strong contributions to areas such as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and mental health topics related to anxiety, depression, and cognitive processes. Other notable research topics include eating disorders and behaviors, digital mental health interventions, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Erik Andersson has published numerous papers in frequent venues such as:

  • Internet Interventions
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Behavior Therapy

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors including:

  • Christian Rück
  • David Mataix-Cols
  • Eva Serlachius
  • Kristina Aspvall
  • Brjánn Ljótsson

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Effect of Internet vs Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Health Anxiety, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Brief Online Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Dysfunctional Worry Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomised Controlled Trial, 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • Effect of Internet-Based vs Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Internet-delivered acceptance and commitment therapy as microlearning for chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up, 2021, European Journal of Pain
  • Effect of an Internet-Delivered Stepped-Care Program vs In-Person Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children and Adolescents, 2021, JAMA

Best Publications

  • A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation

    Dagmar Haase;Neele Larondelle;Erik Andersson;Martina Artmann

  • Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century

    Thomas Elmqvist;Erik Andersson;Erik Andersson;Niki Frantzeskaki;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson

  • Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere : Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services

    Erik Andersson;Stephan Barthel;Sara Borgström;Johan Colding

  • Urban Ecosystem Services

    Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Åsa Gren;David N. Barton;Johannes Langemeyer

  • Resilience of and through urban ecosystem services

    Timon McPhearson;Erik Andersson;Thomas Elmqvist;Niki Frantzeskaki

  • Greening cities – To be socially inclusive?: About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities

    Dagmar Haase;Dagmar Haase;Sigrun Kabisch;Annegret Haase;Erik Andersson

  • Scale-Crossing Brokers and Network Governance of Urban Ecosystem Services : The Case of Stockholm

    Henrik Ernstson;Stephan Barthel;Erik Andersson;Sara T. Borgström

  • Measuring social-ecological dynamics behind the generation of ecosystem services.

    Erik Andersson;Stephan Barthel;Karin Ahrné

  • Urban Landscapes and Sustainable Cities

    Erik Andersson

  • Svenska Akademiens grammatik

    Ulf Teleman;Staffan Hellberg;Erik Andersson

  • Cultural ecosystem services as a gateway for improving urban sustainability

    Erik Andersson;Maria Tengö;Timon McPhearson;Peleg Kremer

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy vs. Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Non-inferiority Trial

    Erik Hedman;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson;Brjánn Ljótsson;Erik Andersson

  • Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder: a randomized controlled trial

    Erik Andersson;Jesper Enander;Per Andrén;Erik Hedman

  • Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure: fostering the diversity and dynamics of citizen contributions through mosaic governance

    Arjen E. Buijs;Thomas J. M. Mattijssen;Alexander P. N. Van der Jagt;Bianca Ambrose-Oji

  • Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe: Outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project

    Stephan Pauleit;Stephan Pauleit;Bianca Ambrose-Oji;Erik Andersson;Barbara Anton

  • Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research

    Peleg Kremer;Zoé Hamstead;Dagmar Haase;Timon McPhearson

  • Mapping bundles of ecosystem services reveals distinct types of multifunctionality within a Swedish landscape

    Cibele Queiroz;Megan Meacham;Kristina Richter;Albert V. Norström

  • Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development : A Theoretical Review and Approach

    Magnus Boström;Erik Andersson;Monika Berg;Karin M Gustafsson

  • Internet-Delivered Exposure-Based Treatment vs. Stress Management for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Trial

    Brjánn Ljótsson;Erik Hedman;Erik Andersson;Hugo Hesser

  • Internet-versus group-administered cognitive behaviour therapy for panic disorder in a psychiatric setting: a randomised trial

    Jan Bergström;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson;Brjánn Ljótsson;Christian Rück

  • D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data.

    David Mataix-Cols;Lorena Fernández de la Cruz;Benedetta Monzani;David Rosenfield

  • Internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy for severe health anxiety: randomised controlled trial

    Erik Hedman;Gerhard Andersson;Erik Andersson;Brjánn Ljótsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Brjánn Ljótsson
Brjánn Ljótsson Karolinska Institute
Christian Rück
Christian Rück Karolinska Institute
Dagmar Haase
Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
David Mataix-Cols
David Mataix-Cols Karolinska Institute
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Erik Hedman
Erik Hedman Karolinska Institute
Mats Lekander
Mats Lekander Karolinska Institute
Eva Serlachius
Eva Serlachius Karolinska Institute
Nils Lindefors
Nils Lindefors Karolinska Institute
Stephan Barthel
Stephan Barthel Stockholm Resilience Centre

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