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Ioana A. Cristea

Ioana A. Cristea

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
44
Citations
9807
World Ranking
4086
National Ranking
43

Ioana A. Cristea 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 Ioana A. Cristea sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 135 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ioana A. Cristea 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 Ioana A. Cristea sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ioana A. Cristea is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to the fields of clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, applied psychology, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

Their scholarly work centers on topics related to mental health research, treatment of major depression, digital mental health interventions, and meta-analysis and systematic reviews. Additional areas of study include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, mental health treatment and access, and psychedelics and drug studies.

Recent notable publications by Ioana A. Cristea include:

  • "Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review." (2021) Psychological Bulletin
  • "Psychotherapies for depression: a network meta-analysis covering efficacy, acceptability and long-term outcomes of all main treatment types" (2021) World Psychiatry
  • "The efficacy of mindfulness meditation apps in enhancing users' well-being and mental health related outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" (2020) Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions in anxiety and depressive disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis" (2020) The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for mental health problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Frequent collaborators in Ioana A. Cristea's research include Florian Naudet, Pim Cuijpers, Clara Miguel, Eirini Karyotaki, and John P. A. Ioannidis.

Their work is published in a variety of academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • European Psychiatry

Ioana A. Cristea's research integrates meta-analytical methods with clinical practice insights, particularly targeting the efficacy and acceptability of interventions for depression and related mental health conditions.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of Psychotherapies for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Ioana A. Cristea;Claudio Gentili;Carmen D. Cotet;Daniela Palomba

  • Efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions in anxiety and depression: meta-analysis

    Ioana A Cristea;Ioana A Cristea;Robin N Kok;Robin N Kok;Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers

  • How effective are cognitive behavior therapies for major depression and anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic update of the evidence

    Pim Cuijpers;Ioana A. Cristea;Eirini Karyotaki;Mirjam Reijnders

  • Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is the Current Gold Standard of Psychotherapy.

    Daniel David;Ioana Cristea;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review.

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  • Assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure.

    David Moher;David Moher;Florian Naudet;Florian Naudet;Ioana A. Cristea;Ioana A. Cristea;Frank Miedema

  • Pre-post effect sizes should be avoided in meta-analyses.

    P Cuijpers;E Weitz;I A Cristea;J Twisk

  • Psychotherapies for depression: a network meta-analysis covering efficacy, acceptability and long-term outcomes of all main treatment types.

    Pim Cuijpers;Soledad Quero;Hisashi Noma;Marketa Ciharova

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Mental Health Problems: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Tara Donker;Myrna M. Weissman;Paula Ravitz

  • The effectiveness of virtual reality based interventions for symptoms of anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis.

    Liviu A. Fodor;Carmen D. Coteț;Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Ștefan Szamoskozi

  • The efficacy of mindfulness meditation apps in enhancing users' well-being and mental health related outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Éva Gál;Simona Ștefan;Ioana A. Cristea

  • Efficacy of cognitive bias modification interventions in anxiety and depressive disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

    Liviu A Fodor;Raluca Georgescu;Pim Cuijpers;Ştefan Szamoskozi

  • Baseline Depression Severity as Moderator of Depression Outcomes Between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Pharmacotherapy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.

    Erica S. Weitz;Steven D. Hollon;Jos Twisk;Annemieke van Straten

  • Data sharing and reanalysis of randomized controlled trials in leading biomedical journals with a full data sharing policy: survey of studies published in The BMJ and PLOS Medicine .

    Florian Naudet;Charlotte Sakarovitch;Perrine Janiaud;Ioana Cristea;Ioana Cristea

  • The Effectiveness of Cognitive Bias Modification Interventions for Substance Addictions: A Meta-Analysis

    Ioana A. Cristea;Ioana A. Cristea;Robin N. Kok;Pim Cuijpers

  • The effects of cognitive behavior therapy for adult depression on dysfunctional thinking: A meta-analysis

    Ioana A. Cristea;Ioana A. Cristea;Marcus J.H. Huibers;Daniel David;Steven D. Hollon

  • Beyond emotions: A meta-analysis of neural response within face processing system in social anxiety

    Claudio Gentili;Ioana Alina Cristea;Mike Angstadt;Heide Klumpp

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: A METAANALYSIS.

    Pim Cuijpers;Ioana A. Cristea;Ioana A. Cristea;David D. Ebert;Hans M. Koot

  • Practitioner Review: Cognitive bias modification for mental health problems in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

    Ioana A. Cristea;Ioana A. Cristea;Cristina Mogoașe;Daniel David;Daniel David;Pim Cuijpers

  • Gender as predictor and moderator of outcome in cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression: an "individual patient data" meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Erica Weitz;Jos Twisk;Christine Kuehner

  • Component studies of psychological treatments of adult depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Ioana A Cristea;Eirini Karyotaki;Mirjam Reijnders

Frequent Co-Authors

Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel David
Daniel David Babeș-Bolyai University
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pietro Pietrini
Pietro Pietrini IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Steven D. Hollon
Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University
Emiliano Ricciardi
Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Gaetano Valenza
Gaetano Valenza University of Pisa
Marcus J.H. Huibers
Marcus J.H. Huibers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jos W. R. Twisk
Jos W. R. Twisk Amsterdam UMC

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