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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 43 7072 6595 337 331 236 19391

Michael Witthöft publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Witthöft between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Witthöft published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 12.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2022. 64 of the 333 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2022. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 37 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 36 publications
2000 2025

333 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael Witthöft: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 2
2005 1
2006 3
2007 4
2008 6
2009 5
2010 4
2011 7
2012 14
2013 16
2014 8
2015 13
2016 12
2017 18
2018 22
2019 15
2020 22
2021 31
2022 37
2023 28
2024 28
2025 36
Total 333
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Michael Witthöft publications per year - data summary

  • Michael Witthöft, a Psychology scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, has 333 publications recorded across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2000 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 37 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2000 and 2005, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 26 years in the span carry no publications at all (2001, 2002 and 2003).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.5 per year counting only the 23 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 160 publications, 48% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2000-2008: 17 publications (1.9 per year); 2009-2017: 97 publications (10.8 per year); 2018-2025: 219 publications (27.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Michael Witthöft 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 Michael Witthöft sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 236 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226 236
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Michael Witthöft publication distribution in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 69 ranges running from 31–40 to 705+ publications.
  • Michael Witthöft, a Psychology scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, records 236 publications - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Michael Witthöft, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 151–160 publications range, and Michael Witthöft ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 101–110 publications, holding 736 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 72% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 705 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Michael Witthöft 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 Michael Witthöft sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617 43
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Michael Witthöft D-index placement in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 30–31 to 144+ D-Index.
  • Michael Witthöft, a Psychology scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, records 43 D-Index - the 38th percentile of the discipline.
  • 38% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Michael Witthöft, and about 62% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48–49 D-Index range, and Michael Witthöft ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32–33 D-Index, holding 702 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 58–59 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Michael Witthöft is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and medicine, with particular expertise in psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and philosophy.

Their scholarly work has centered on several key topics, including:

  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequent publication venues for Witthöft include:

  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Psychological Medicine

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Stefanie M. Jungmann
  • Anne-Kathrin Bräscher
  • Omer Van den Bergh
  • Ferenc Köteles
  • Severin Hennemann

Michael Witthöft has contributed to multiple recent studies, including:

  • "Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the current COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety?" (2020) published in Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • "Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance" (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Management der frühen rheumatoiden Arthritis" (2020) in Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
  • "The European Training Network ETUDE (Encompassing Training in fUnctional Disorders across Europe): a new research and training program of the EURONET-SOMA network recruiting 15 early stage researchers" (2020) in Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • "Proprioception but not cardiac interoception is related to the rubber hand illusion" (2020) in Cortex

Best Publications

  • Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults.

    Maria Kleinstäuber;Michael Witthöft;Andrés Steffanowski;Harm van Marwijk

  • Symptoms and the body: Taking the inferential leap

    Omer Van den Bergh;Michael Witthöft;Sibylle Petersen;Richard J. Brown

  • Efficacy of short-term psychotherapy for multiple medically unexplained physical symptoms: a meta-analysis.

    Maria Kleinstäuber;Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Psychological approaches to origins and treatments of somatoform disorders.

    Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Are media warnings about the adverse health effects of modern life self-fulfilling? An experimental study on idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF)

    Michael Witthöft;Michael Witthöft;G. James Rubin

  • Health anxiety and hypochondriasis in the light of DSM-5

    Josef Bailer;Tobias Kerstner;Michael Witthöft;Carsten Diener

  • Is interoceptive awareness really altered in somatoform disorders? Testing competing theories with two paradigms of heartbeat perception.

    Manuela Schaefer;Boris Egloff;Michael Witthöft

  • Der Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)

    Noelle Loch;Wolfgang Hiller;Michael Witthöft

  • Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology across Cultures: A Comparison between Six European Countries

    Sebastian Potthoff;Sebastian Potthoff;Nadia Garnefski;Monika Miklósi;Alessandro Ubbiali

  • Improving heartbeat perception in patients with medically unexplained symptoms reduces symptom distress

    Manuela Schaefer;Boris Egloff;Alexander L. Gerlach;Michael Witthöft

  • Evidence for overlap between idiopathic environmental intolerance and somatoform disorders.

    Josef Bailer;Michael Witthöft;Christine Paul;Christiane Bayerl

  • Methods matter: Testing competing models for designing short-scale Big-Five assessments

    Gabriel Olaru;Michael Witthöft;Oliver Wilhelm

  • Cognitive-Behavioral and Pharmacological Interventions for Premenstrual Syndrome or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

    Maria Kleinstäuber;Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Emotion regulation in patients with somatic symptom and related disorders: A systematic review.

    Zeynep Emine Okur Güney;Zeynep Emine Okur Güney;Heribert Sattel;Michael Witthöft;Peter Henningsen

  • The Latent Structure of Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Its Relation to Functional Somatic Syndromes

    Michael Witthöft;Michael Witthöft;Wolfgang Hiller;Noelle Loch;Fabian Jasper

  • Syndrome stability and psychological predictors of symptom severity in idiopathic environmental intolerance and somatoform disorders.

    Josef Bailer;Michael Witthöft;Christiane Bayerl;Fred Rist

  • Selective attention, memory bias, and symptom perception in idiopathic environmental intolerance and somatoform disorders.

    Michael Witthöft;Alexander L. Gerlach;Josef Bailer

  • Psychological predictors of short- and medium term outcome in individuals with idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) and individuals with somatoform disorders.

    Josef Bailer;Michael Witthöft;Fred Rist

  • Health anxiety--an indicator of higher interoceptive sensitivity?

    Susann Krautwurst;Alexander L. Gerlach;Lara Gomille;Wolfgang Hiller

  • Modern health worries and idiopathic environmental intolerance

    Josef Bailer;Michael Witthöft;Fred Rist

  • Emotional and behavioral consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in)tolerance

    Karoline S. Sauer;Stefanie M. Jungmann;Michael Witthöft

  • Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance: A Comprehensive Model:

    Omer Van den Bergh;Richard J. Brown;Sibylle Petersen;Sibylle Petersen;Michael Witthöft

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Hiller
Wolfgang Hiller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Alexander L. Gerlach
Alexander L. Gerlach University of Cologne
Daniela Mier
Daniela Mier University of Konstanz
Boris Egloff
Boris Egloff Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Claus Vögele
Claus Vögele University of Luxembourg
Steven Nordin
Steven Nordin Umeå University
Stefan Sütterlin
Stefan Sütterlin Østfold University College
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
Paul Martin
Paul Martin University of Bristol

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