2026 Silvia Schneider: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	51	5240	4861	246	242	285	9966

Overview

Silvia Schneider is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical and experimental areas. Their research output includes nearly 200 publications primarily in psychology and its subfields.

Their major subfields of study include:

Clinical Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
General Health Professions
Education

Key topics covered in Silvia Schneider's work include:

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Mental Health Research Topics
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Early Childhood Education and Development
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services

Some of their recent papers are:

"Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
"Die COVID-19-Pandemie als Herausforderung für die psychische Gesundheit" (2020), published in Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
"Bullying History and Mental Health In University Students: The Mediator Roles of Social Support, Personal Resilience, and Self-Efficacy" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
"Change of Threat Expectancy as Mechanism of Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Evidence From 8,484 Exposure Exercises of 605 Patients" (2022), published in Clinical Psychological Science
"Mental Health in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021), published in European Psychologist

Silvia Schneider has worked frequently with several co-authors, including:

Jürgen Margraf
Hanna Christiansen
Tobias Teismann
Tina In-Albon
Ulrike Lueken

Their publications appear recurrently in the following venues:

PLoS ONE
Kindheit und Entwicklung
Frontiers in Psychology
Verhaltenstherapie
PsycTESTS Dataset

In addition to journal articles, Silvia Schneider has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Universitätsbibliothek der Ruhr-Universität Bochum eBooks: Mini-DIPS Open Access Arabisch: Diagnostisches Kurzinterview bei psychischen Störungen. Übersetzung des Mini-DIPS Open Access (2023).

Best Publications

Is ADHD Diagnosed in Accord with Diagnostic Criteria? Overdiagnosis and Influence of Client Gender on Diagnosis.

Katrin Bruchmüller;Juergen Margraf;Silvia Schneider

533
Citations
Psychotherapy of childhood anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis.

Tina In-Albon;Silvia Schneider

518
Citations
Associations between problems with crying, sleeping and/or feeding in infancy and long-term behavioural outcomes in childhood: a meta-analysis

Mirja Helen Hemmi;Dieter Wolke;Silvia Schneider

435
Citations
Panik : Angstanfälle und ihre Behandlung

J. Margraf;S. Schneider

400
Citations
Dips: Diagnostisches Interview Bei Psychischen Storungen

Jürgen Margraf;Silvia Schneider;Anke Ehlers

282
Citations
Strukturierte klinische Interviews zur Erfassung psychischer Störungen über die Lebensspanne

Jürgen Margraf;Jan Christopher Cwik;Verena Pflug;Silvia Schneider

252
Citations
Childhood Separation Anxiety and the Risk of Subsequent Psychopathology: Results from a Community Study

Tanja M. Brückl;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Michael Höfler;Hildegard Pfister

225
Citations
Overdiagnosis of mental disorders in children and adolescents (in developed countries)

Eva Charlotte Merten;Jan Christopher Cwik;Jürgen Margraf;Silvia Schneider

210
Citations
Methodological Recommendations for Trials of Psychological Interventions.

Jenny Guidi;Eva Lotta Brakemeier;Claudi L.H. Bockting;Fiammetta Cosci

207
Citations
Lifestyle choices and mental health: a representative population survey.

Julia Velten;Kristen L Lavallee;Kristen L Lavallee;Saskia Scholten;Andrea Hans Meyer

196
Citations
The Separation Anxiety Hypothesis of Panic Disorder Revisited: A Meta-Analysis

Joe Kossowsky;Monique C. Pfaltz;Silvia Schneider;Jan Taeymans

185
Citations
Education and mental health: Do psychosocial resources matter?

Helen Niemeyer;Angela Bieda;Johannes Michalak;Silvia Schneider

160
Citations
Clinical Predictors of Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: The Genes for Treatment (GxT) Study

Jennifer L. Hudson;Robert Keers;Susanna Roberts;Jonathan R.I. Coleman

159
Citations
Agoraphobie und Panikstörung

Silvia Schneider;Jürgen Margraf

157
Citations
Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants

Sabine Seehagen;Carolin Konrad;Jane S. Herbert;Silvia Schneider

151
Citations
A Genome-Wide Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis Reveals a Genetic Predictor of Differential Response to Psychological Treatments for Child Anxiety Disorders.

Robert Keers;Robert Keers;Jonathan Coleman;Kathryn Jane Lester;Kathryn Jane Lester;Susanna Louise Roberts

145
Citations
Metacognitive therapy versus exposure and response prevention for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. A case series with randomized allocation

Michael Simons;Silvia Schneider;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

144
Citations
Disorder-specific cognitive-behavioral therapy for separation anxiety disorder in young children: a randomized waiting-list-controlled trial.

Silvia Schneider;Judith Blatter-Meunier;Chantal Herren;Carmen Adornetto

134
Citations
Diagnostisches Interview bei psychischen Störungen (DIPS)

S. Schneider;J. Margraf;D.H. Barlow;P.A. DiNardo

125
Citations
Vigilance and avoidance of threat in the eye movements of children with separation anxiety disorder.

Tina In-Albon;Joe Kossowsky;Silvia Schneider

118
Citations
Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors.

Jürgen Margraf;Julia Brailovskaia;Silvia Schneider

106
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Margraf Ruhr University Bochum

Kathryn J. Lester University of Sussex

Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg

Robert Keers Queen Mary University of London

Thalia C. Eley King's College London

Martin Hautzinger University of Tübingen

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen TU Dresden

Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University

Johannes Michalak Witten/Herdecke University

Peter J. Cooper University of Reading

External Links

Personal website of Silvia Schneider

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