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Stephan Herpertz

Stephan Herpertz

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
12936
World Ranking
3405
National Ranking
155

Stephan Herpertz 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 Stephan Herpertz sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 259 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephan Herpertz 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 Stephan Herpertz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephan Herpertz is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their work spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a primary focus on clinical psychology and related subfields such as psychiatry, mental health, applied psychology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Stephan Herpertz has contributed to various publication venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Die Psychotherapie
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie

Recent publications include:

  • "Meta-analysis on the long-term effectiveness of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Problematic gaming behavior and the personality traits of video gamers: A cross-sectional survey," 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "How the unconscious mind controls body movements: Body schema distortion in anorexia nervosa," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "The Effects of Modifying Dysfunctional Appraisals in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using a Form of Cognitive Bias Modification: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in an Inpatient Setting," 2021, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • "Food Addiction and Its Relationship to Weight- and Addiction-Related Psychological Parameters in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers in their field. Regular coauthors include Jan Dieris-Hirche, Magdalena Pape, Christian Albus, Martina de Zwaan, and Frank Petrak, with collaboration counts ranging from 19 to 27 publications each.

Best Publications

  • Focal psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and optimised treatment as usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa (ANTOP study): randomised controlled trial

    Stephan Zipfel;Beate Wild;Gaby Groß;Hans-Christoph Friederich

  • Do psychosocial variables predict weight loss or mental health after obesity surgery? A systematic review.

    S. Herpertz;R. Kielmann;A.M. Wolf;J. Hebebrand

  • Does obesity surgery improve psychosocial functioning? A systematic review

    S Herpertz;R Kielmann;A M Wolf;M Langkafel

  • Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder.

    Silja Vocks;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Stephan Jeff Rustenbach

  • Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

    Falk Leichsenring;Simone Salzer;Manfred E. Beutel;Stephan Herpertz

  • Personality traits and obesity: a systematic review.

    G. Gerlach;S. Herpertz;S. Loeber;S. Loeber

  • Leptin suppresses semi-starvation induced hyperactivity in rats: implications for anorexia nervosa.

    C Exner;J Hebebrand;H Remschmidt;C Wewetzer

  • Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Variant I103 Is Negatively Associated with Obesity

    Frank Geller;Kathrin Reichwald;Astrid Dempfle;Thomas Illig

  • Meta-analysis of the efficacy of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder.

    Anja Hilbert;David Petroff;Stephan Herpertz;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • The influence of eating behavior and eating pathology on weight loss after gastric restriction operations.

    Ramona Burgmer;Katrin Grigutsch;Stefan Zipfel;Anna Maria Wolf

  • Structured Interview for Anorexic and Bulimic disorders for DSM-IV and ICD-10: updated (third) revision.

    Manfred M. Fichter;Stephan Herpertz;Norbert Quadflieg;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann

  • Multicenter evaluation of an interdisciplinary 52-week weight loss program for obesity with regard to body weight, comorbidities and quality of life—a prospective study

    S C Bischoff;A Damms-Machado;C Betz;S Herpertz

  • Low leptin levels predict amenorrhea in underweight and eating disordered females.

    W Köpp;W F Blum;S von Prittwitz;A Ziegler

  • Neural correlates of viewing photographs of one's own body and another woman's body in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: an fMRI study

    Silja Vocks;Martin Busch;Dietrich Grönemeyer;Dietmar Schulte

  • Comorbidity of Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Does diabetes control reflect disturbed eating behavior?

    Stephan Herpertz;Christian Albus;Ruth Wagener;Margit Kocnar

  • Hunger modulates behavioral disinhibition and attention allocation to food-associated cues in normal-weight controls.

    Sabine Loeber;Martin Grosshans;Stephan Herpertz;Falk Kiefer

  • S3-Leitlinie Diagnostik und Behandlung der Essstörungen

    Stephan Herpertz;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann;Manfred Fichter;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier

  • Health-related quality of life, depression and anxiety in thyroid cancer patients

    Sefik Tagay;Stephan Herpertz;Matthias Langkafel;Yesim Erim

  • Psychological Outcome 4 Years after Restrictive Bariatric Surgery

    Ramona Burgmer;Tanja Legenbauer;Astrid Müller;Martina de Zwaan

  • Effect of Internet-Based Guided Self-help vs Individual Face-to-Face Treatment on Full or Subsyndromal Binge Eating Disorder in Overweight or Obese Patients: The INTERBED Randomized Clinical Trial

    Martina de Zwaan;Martina de Zwaan;Stephan Herpertz;Stephan Zipfel;Jennifer Svaldi;Jennifer Svaldi

  • Elevated physical activity and low leptin levels co-occur in patients with anorexia nervosa.

    Kristian Holtkamp;Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann;Claudia Mika;Martina Heer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martina de Zwaan
Martina de Zwaan Hannover Medical School
Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Hans-Christoph Friederich
Hans-Christoph Friederich University Hospital Heidelberg
Silja Vocks
Silja Vocks Osnabrück University
Almut Zeeck
Almut Zeeck University of Freiburg
Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Johannes Hebebrand
Johannes Hebebrand University of Duisburg-Essen
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University
Manfred M. Fichter
Manfred M. Fichter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier University of Freiburg

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