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Winfried Rief 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 Winfried Rief sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 701 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Winfried Rief 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 Winfried Rief sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Winfried Rief is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, pain management and the placebo effect, mental health research topics, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, psychotherapy techniques and applications, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and mental health and psychiatry.

Some of the recent papers by Winfried Rief include:

  • Fear of Adverse Effects and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Recommendations of the Treatment Expectation Expert Group, 2021, JAMA Health Forum
  • Functional Somatic Disorders: Discussion Paper for a New Common Classification for Research and Clinical Use, 2020, BMC Medicine (authored by Christopher Burton but relevant to the research area)
  • Frequency of Adverse Events in the Placebo Arms of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, 2022, JAMA Network Open (authored by Julia W. Haas but related to the field)
  • Are Comparisons of Mental Disorders Between Chinese and German Students Possible? An Examination of Measurement Invariance for the PHQ-15, PHQ-9 and GAD-7, 2020, BMC Psychiatry (authored by Yan Zhou but connected to research context)
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Considerations on the Organization of an Allergy Clinic-An EAACI/ARIA Position Paper, 2020, Allergy (authored by Oliver Pfaar but relevant in interdisciplinary fields)

Winfried Rief frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Marcel Wilhelm
  • Tobias Κube
  • Stefan Salzmann
  • Tilo Kircher
  • Pia von Blanckenburg

The researcher has published extensively in several key journals, such as:

  • Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • Pain
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Verhaltenstherapie

Across these venues and topics, the body of work demonstrates contributions to understanding and advancing clinical approaches to mental health, pain management, and psychosomatic medicine, incorporating both experimental and applied perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke;Qasim Aziz

  • Validity of the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire Mood Scale (PHQ-9) in the general population.

    Alexandra Martin;Winfried Rief;Antje Klaiberg;Elmar Braehler

  • The placebo response in medicine: minimize, maximize or personalize?

    Paul Enck;Ulrike Bingel;Manfred Schedlowski;Winfried Rief

  • Correlates and Long-Term Consequences of Poor Insight in Patients With Schizophrenia. A Systematic Review

    Tania M. Lincoln;Eva Lüllmann;Winfried Rief

  • The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder: a population-based survey

    Winfried Rief;Ulrike Buhlmann;Sabine Wilhelm;Ada Borkenhagen

  • Implications of Placebo and Nocebo Effects for Clinical Practice: Expert Consensus.

    Andrea W M Evers;Luana Colloca;Charlotte Blease;Marco Annoni

  • Updates on the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder: A population-based survey

    Ulrike Buhlmann;Heide Glaesmer;Ricarda Mewes;Jeanne M. Fama

  • Explaining medically unexplained symptoms-models and mechanisms.

    Winfried Rief;Elizabeth Broadbent

  • Somatization Symptoms and Hypochondriacal Features in the General Population

    Winfried Rief;Aike Hessel;Elmar Braehler

  • Psychological treatments for fibromyalgia: A meta-analysis

    Julia A. Glombiewski;Alice T. Sawyer;Jana Gutermann;Jana Gutermann;Katharina Koenig;Katharina Koenig

  • Treatment of internet addiction: a meta-analysis.

    Alexander Winkler;Beate Dörsing;Winfried Rief;Yuhui Shen

  • Psychometric properties and population-based norms of the Life Orientation Test Revised (LOT-R)

    Heide Glaesmer;Winfried Rief;Alexandra Martin;Ricarda Mewes

  • Cognitive aspects of hypochondriasis and the somatization syndrome.

    Winfried Rief;Wolfgang Hiller;Juergen Margraf

  • Biofeedback Treatment for Headache Disorders: A Comprehensive Efficacy Review

    Yvonne Nestoriuc;Yvonne Nestoriuc;Alexandra Martin;Winfried Rief;Frank Andrasik

  • A meta-analysis of heart rate variability in major depression.

    Celine Koch;Marcel Wilhelm;Stefan Salzmann;Winfried Rief

  • Psychobiological perspectives on somatoform disorders.

    Winfried Rief;Winfried Rief;Arthur J. Barsky

  • Meta-analysis of the placebo response in antidepressant trials

    Winfried Rief;Yvonne Nestoriuc;Sarah Weiss;Eva Welzel

  • Neuro-Bio-Behavioral Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Responses: Implications for Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice

    Manfred Schedlowski;Paul Enck;Winfried Rief;Ulrike Bingel

  • Somatization in the population: from mild bodily misperceptions to disabling symptoms

    Wolfgang Hiller;Winfried Rief;Elmar Brähler

  • Psychobiological Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Effects: Pathways to Improve Treatments and Reduce Side Effects.

    Keith J. Petrie;Winfried Rief

  • Meta-analysis of biofeedback for tension-type headache: efficacy, specificity, and treatment moderators.

    Yvonne Nestoriuc;Winfried Rief;Alexandra Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred M. Fichter
Manfred M. Fichter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Cornelia Exner
Cornelia Exner Leipzig University
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University
Tania M. Lincoln
Tania M. Lincoln Universität Hamburg
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Johannes Hebebrand
Johannes Hebebrand University of Duisburg-Essen
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University
Peter Henningsen
Peter Henningsen Technical University of Munich

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