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Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

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Citations
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World Ranking
606
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Medicine

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Psychology

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Hans-Ulrich Wittchen 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-Ulrich Wittchen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 1,079 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen 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-Ulrich Wittchen sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 177 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work has focused on a wide range of topics, notably:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen has authored publications in prominent journals with multiple contributions to:

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Some recent papers include the following:

  • The clinical characterization of the adult patient with depression aimed at personalization of management, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • The Relationship Between Paternal and Maternal Depression During the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Maternal personality, social support, and changes in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective-longitudinal study, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Quality of life, level of functioning, and its relationship with mental and physical disorders in the elderly: results from the MentDis_ICF65+ study, 2020, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
  • Change of Threat Expectancy as Mechanism of Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Evidence From 8,484 Exposure Exercises of 605 Patients, 2022, Clinical Psychological Science

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Alfons O. Hamm
  • Andreas Ströhle
  • Tilo Kircher
  • Jan Richter
  • Ulrike Lueken

Best Publications

  • Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey

    Ronald C. Kessler;Katherine A. McGonagle;Shanyang Zhao;Christopher B. Nelson

  • The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    H.U. Wittchen;F. Jacobi;J. Rehm;J. Rehm;Anders Gustavsson

  • SKID. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV. Achse I und II. Handanweisung

    H.-U. Wittchen;M. Zaudig;T. Fydrich

  • Twelve‐month and lifetime prevalence and lifetime morbid risk of anxiety and mood disorders in the United States.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Maria Petukhova;Nancy A. Sampson;Alan M. Zaslavsky

  • Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder

    M. M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;C. Faravelli

  • The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An Epidemiologic Instrument Suitable for Use in Conjunction With Different Diagnostic Systems and in Different Cultures

    Lee N. Robins;John Wing;Hans Ulrich Wittchen;John E. Helzer

  • Reliability and validity studies of the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI): A critical review

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • Perzentile für den Body-mass-Index für das Kindes- und Jugendalter unter Heranziehung verschiedener deutscher Stichproben

    Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild;M. Wabitsch;D. Kunze;F. Geller

  • The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview short-form (CIDI-SF)

    Ronald C. Kessler;Gavin Andrews;Daniel Mroczek;Bedirhan Ustun

  • Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe—a critical review and appraisal of 27 studies

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Frank Jacobi

  • Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

    Anders Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;Frank Jacobi;Christer Allgulander

  • The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). II. Multisite test-retest reliability.

    Janet B. W. Williams;Miriam Gibbon;Michael B. First;Robert L. Spitzer

  • The economic cost of brain disorders in Europe

    J Olesen;A Gustavsson;Mikael Svensson;H-U Wittchen

  • Prevalence, co-morbidity and correlates of mental disorders in the general population: results from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey (GHS).

    Frank Jacobi;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;C. Hölting;M. Höfler

  • The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys

    Laura Andrade;Jorge J. Caraveo-Anduaga;Patricia A. Berglund;Rob V. Bijl

  • Agoraphobia, Simple Phobia, and Social Phobia in the National Comorbidity Survey

    William J. Magee;William W. Eaton;Hans Ulrich Wittchen;Katherine A. McGonagle

  • Traumatic events and post-traumatic stress disorder in the community: prevalence, risk factors and comorbidity.

    A. Perkonigg;R. C. Kessler;S. Storz;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

  • DSM-III-R generalized anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey

    Hans Ulrich Wittchen;Shanyang Zhao;Ronald C. Kessler;William W. Eaton

  • Prevalence of mental disorders and psychosocial impairments in adolescents and young adults.

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Christopher B. Nelson;Gabriele Lachner

  • SKID I. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV. Achse I: Psychische Störungen. Interviewheft und Beurteilungsheft. Eine deutschsprachige, erweiterte Bearb. d. amerikanischen Originalversion des SKID I

    H.-U. Wittchen;U. Wunderlich;S. Gruschwitz;M. Zaudig

Frequent Co-Authors

Roselind Lieb
Roselind Lieb University of Basel
Tilo Kircher
Tilo Kircher Philipp University of Marburg
Ronald C. Kessler
Ronald C. Kessler Harvard University
Andreas Ströhle
Andreas Ströhle Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andrew T. Gloster
Andrew T. Gloster University of Lucerne
Frank Jacobi
Frank Jacobi Psychologische Hochschule Berlin
Alexander L. Gerlach
Alexander L. Gerlach University of Cologne
Alfons O. Hamm
Alfons O. Hamm University of Greifswald

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