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Hans-Christoph Friederich

Hans-Christoph Friederich

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
58
Citations
12452
World Ranking
3883
National Ranking
174

Hans-Christoph Friederich 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 Hans-Christoph Friederich sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 264 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Christoph Friederich 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 Hans-Christoph Friederich sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans-Christoph Friederich is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry, and mental health. The scientist's work emphasizes several main topics, including eating disorders and behaviors, migration, health and trauma, psychiatric care and mental health services, mental health treatment and access, psychotherapy techniques and applications, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and cancer survivorship and care.

Their recent papers demonstrate a broad engagement with clinical and mental health issues:

  • Brain Structure in Acutely Underweight and Partially Weight-Restored Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa: A Coordinated Analysis by the ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group (2022), published in Biological Psychiatry
  • Patients' Perspective on Mental Health Specialist Video Consultations in Primary Care: Qualitative Preimplementation Study of Anticipated Benefits and Barriers (2020), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Neuroimaging of hypothalamic mechanisms related to glucose metabolism in anorexia nervosa and obesity (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Climate Change Related Depression, Anxiety and Stress Symptoms Perceived by Medical Students (2022), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Time to make a change: A call for more experimental research on key mechanisms in anorexia nervosa (2020), published in European Eating Disorders Review

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Friederich include:

  • Christoph Nikendei (76 co-authored works)
  • Mechthild Hartmann (34 co-authored works)
  • Beate Wild (29 co-authored works)
  • Till Johannes Bugaj (25 co-authored works)
  • Markus W. Haun (24 co-authored works)

The publication venues where Friederich has frequently contributed are:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry (19 publications)
  • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie (6 publications)
  • Research Square (6 publications)
  • European Eating Disorders Review (5 publications)
  • BMJ Open (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer

    Markus W. Haun;Stephanie Estel;Gerta Rücker;Hans Christoph Friederich

  • Focal psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and optimised treatment as usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa (ANTOP study): randomised controlled trial

    Stephan Zipfel;Beate Wild;Gaby Groß;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • When do we need to care about the caregiver? Supportive care needs, anxiety, and depression among informal caregivers of patients with cancer and cancer survivors

    Halina Sklenarova;Arne Krümpelmann;Markus W. Haun;Hans Christoph Friederich

  • Difficulties in emotion regulation across the spectrum of eating disorders

    Timo Brockmeyer;Mandy Skunde;Mudan Wu;Esther Bresslein

  • Functional Neuroanatomy of Body Shape Perception in Healthy and Eating-Disordered Women

    Rudolf Uher;Tara Murphy;Hans-Christoph Friederich;Tim Dalgleish

  • Neural Correlates of Impaired Cognitive-Behavioral Flexibility in Anorexia Nervosa

    Arne Zastrow;Stefan Kaiser;Christoph Stippich;Stephan Walther

  • Differential Neural Responses to Food Images in Women with Bulimia versus Anorexia Nervosa

    Samantha J. Brooks;Owen G. O′Daly;Rudolf Uher;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • Set-shifting ability across the spectrum of eating disorders and in overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    M. Wu;Timo Brockmeyer;M. Hartmann;M. Skunde

  • Neural reward processing is modulated by approach- and avoidance-related personality traits

    Joe J. Simon;Stephan Walther;Christian J. Fiebach;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • Psychotherapeutic Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

    Almut Zeeck;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann;Hans Christoph Friederich;Timo Brockmeyer

  • Acupuncture treatment in irritable bowel syndrome

    Antonius Schneider;Paul Enck;Konrad Streitberger;Caroline Weiland

  • Intra-individual reaction time variability in schizophrenia, depression and borderline personality disorder.

    Stefan Kaiser;Alexander Roth;Alexander Roth;Mirjam Rentrop;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • Inhibitory control in bulimic-type eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mudan Wu;Mechthild Hartmann;Mandy Skunde;Wolfgang Herzog

  • Quantitative Sensory Testing Profiles in Chronic Back Pain Are Distinct From Those in Fibromyalgia

    Klaus Blumenstiel;Andreas Gerhardt;Roman Rolke;Christiane Bieber

  • Attentional Processing of Food Pictures in Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa—An Eye-Tracking Study

    Katrin E. Giel;Hans-Christoph Friederich;Martin Teufel;Martin Hautzinger

  • Starvation and emotion regulation in anorexia nervosa

    Timo Brockmeyer;Timo Brockmeyer;Martin Grosse Holtforth;Hinrich Bents;Annette Kämmerer

  • Sustained Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction Intervention in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: Design and first results of a randomized controlled trial (the Heidelberger Diabetes and Stress-Study)

    Mechthild Hartmann;Stefan Kopf;Claudia Kircher;Verena Faude-Lang

  • Advances in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: a review of established and emerging interventions.

    T. Brockmeyer;H.-C. Friederich;U. Schmidt

  • Differential motivational responses to food and pleasurable cues in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a startle reflex paradigm

    Hans-Christoph Friederich;Veena Kumari;Rudolf Uher;Marianthy Riga

  • Neural correlates of body dissatisfaction in anorexia nervosa.

    Hans-Christoph Friederich;Samantha Brooks;Rudolf Uher;Iain C. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Stephan Herpertz
Stephan Herpertz Ruhr University Bochum
Martina de Zwaan
Martina de Zwaan Hannover Medical School
Katrin Elisabeth Giel
Katrin Elisabeth Giel University of Tübingen
Matthias Weisbrod
Matthias Weisbrod Heidelberg University
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Martin Bendszus
Martin Bendszus University Hospital Heidelberg
Almut Zeeck
Almut Zeeck University of Freiburg
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Martin Grosse Holtforth
Martin Grosse Holtforth University of Bern

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