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Harald Walach publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harald Walach sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 365 publications — 93rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Harald Walach D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harald Walach sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Harald Walach is affiliated with the European University Viadrina in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Cognitive Neuroscience, Modeling and Simulation, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Health.

The scientist's work spans several key topics such as COVID-19 epidemiological studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Mental Health and Psychiatry, and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Harald Walach include:

  • "Inner Experience - Direct Access to Reality: A Complementarist Ontology and Dual Aspect Monism Support a Broader Epistemology" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "RETRACTED: The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations-We Should Rethink the Policy" (2021) published in Vaccines

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • Rainer J. Klement
  • Martin Loef
  • Katharina Gaertner
  • Stephan Baumgartner
  • Stefan Schmidt

Harald Walach has also contributed to various publication venues with repeated appearances in:

  • Complementary Medicine Research
  • Kompass Autoimmun
  • Kompass Pneumologie
  • Kompass Dermatologie
  • Journal of Scientific Exploration

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: a meta-analysis

    Paul Grossman;Ludger Niemann;Stefan Schmidt;Harald Walach

  • Measuring mindfulness—the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)

    Harald Walach;Nina Buchheld;Valentin Buttenmüller;Norman Kleinknecht

  • Mindfulness-based interventions in schools - A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Charlotte Zenner;Solveig Herrnleben-Kurz;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    L O Fjorback;M Arendt;E Ornbøl;P Fink

  • The combined effects of healthy lifestyle behaviors on all cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Assessment of Mindfulness: Review on State of the Art

    Sebastian Sauer;Harald Walach;Stefan Schmidt;Thilo Hinterberger

  • Treating fibromyalgia with mindfulness-based stress reduction: results from a 3-armed randomized controlled trial

    Stefan Schmidt;Paul Grossman;Barbara Schwarzer;Susanne Jena

  • Researching complementary and alternative treatments – the gatekeepers are not at home

    Vinjar Fønnebø;Sameline Grimsgaard;Harald Walach;Cheryl Ritenbaugh

  • Facets of mindfulness – Results of an online study investigating the Freiburg mindfulness inventory

    Niko Kohls;Sebastian Sauer;Harald Walach

  • Fruit, vegetables and prevention of cognitive decline or dementia: a systematic review of cohort studies.

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Does inorganic mercury play a role in Alzheimer's disease? A systematic review and an integrated molecular mechanism.

    Joachim Mutter;Annika Curth;Johannes Naumann;Richard C. Deth

  • Selenium and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review

    Martin Loef;Gerhard N. Schrauzer;Harald Walach

  • Mercury and autism: accelerating evidence?

    Joachim Mutter;Johannes Naumann;Rainer Schneider;Harald Walach

  • Distant intentionality and the feeling of being stared at: two meta-analyses.

    Stefan Schmidt;Rainer Schneider;Jessica Utts;Harald Walach

  • Midlife obesity and dementia: meta-analysis and adjusted forecast of dementia prevalence in the United States and China.

    Martin Loef;Harald Walach

  • Alzheimer disease: mercury as pathogenetic factor and apolipoprotein E as a moderator

    Joachim Mutter;Johannes Naumann;Catharina Sadaghiani;Rainer Schneider

  • Correlations between brain electrical activities of two spatially separated human subjects.

    Jir ˇ i Wackermann;Christian Seiter;Holger Keibel;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness therapy for somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes — Randomized trial with one-year follow-up

    Lone Overby Fjorback;Mikkel Arendt;Eva Ørnbøl;Harald Walach

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a method for personnel development: A pilot evaluation.

    Harald Walach;Eva Nord;Claudia Zier;Barbara Dietz-Waschkowski

  • Mindfulness-based coping with university life: a non-randomized wait-list-controlled pilot evaluation

    Siobhan Lynch;Siobhan Lynch;Marie-Louise Gander;Niko Kohls;Niko Kohls;Brigitte Kudielka

  • Does mindfulness meditation contribute to health? Outcome evaluation of a German sample.

    Marcus Majumdar;Paul Grossman;Barbara Dietz-Waschkowski;Susanne Kersig

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Schmidt
Stefan Schmidt University of Freiburg
Klaus Linde
Klaus Linde Technical University of Munich
Paul Grossman
Paul Grossman University Hospital of Basel
Paul Schnitzler
Paul Schnitzler University Hospital Heidelberg
Arndt Büssing
Arndt Büssing Witten/Herdecke University
Per Fink
Per Fink Aarhus University
Yu-Jie Fu
Yu-Jie Fu Northeast Forestry University
Stefan N. Willich
Stefan N. Willich Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst University of Exeter
Yuangang Zu
Yuangang Zu Northeast Forestry University

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