2026 Ioana A. Cristea: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4087	3774	43	41	135	9807

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

753
Citations
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

639
Citations
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

618
Citations
Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is the Current Gold Standard of Psychotherapy.

Daniel David;Ioana Cristea;Stefan G. Hofmann

577
Citations
Digital interventions for the treatment of depression: A meta-analytic review.

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489
Citations
Assessing scientists for hiring, promotion, and tenure.

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

430
Citations
Pre-post effect sizes should be avoided in meta-analyses.

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

397
Citations
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

320
Citations
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Mental Health Problems: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.

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

318
Citations
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

266
Citations
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

259
Citations
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

233
Citations
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

228
Citations
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

218
Citations
The Effectiveness of Cognitive Bias Modification Interventions for Substance Addictions: A Meta-Analysis

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

213
Citations
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

170
Citations
Beyond emotions: A meta-analysis of neural response within face processing system in social anxiety

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

162
Citations
PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS: A METAANALYSIS.

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

156
Citations
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

153
Citations
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

139
Citations
Component studies of psychological treatments of adult depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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

133
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Daniel David Babeș-Bolyai University

Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Pietro Pietrini IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University

Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

Marcus J.H. Huibers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto

Anne D. Simons University of Notre Dame

Dorothy V. M. Bishop University of Oxford

External Links

Personal website of Ioana A. Cristea Google Scholar page

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