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Elmar Brähler

Active 1991–2025

211
Papers
36,019
Citations
96
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Citations

Citations per year for Elmar Brähler1991: 1 citations1999: 3 citations2000: 3 citations2001: 2 citations2002: 3 citations2003: 3 citations2004: 5 citations2005: 11 citations2006: 7 citations2007: 17 citations2008: 24 citations2009: 21 citations2010: 51 citations2011: 57 citations2012: 75 citations2013: 106 citations2014: 133 citations2015: 156 citations2016: 186 citations2017: 201 citations2018: 194 citations2019: 892 citations2020: 1,208 citations2021: 1,298 citations2022: 974 citations2023: 606 citations2024: 1,116 citations2025: 410 citations2026: 17 citations1992–1998: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorGermany: 1,939 citing papers, 17.8% of this breakdownUnited States: 1,822 citing papers, 16.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 936 citing papers, 8.6% of this breakdownChina: 516 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownCanada: 437 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownAustralia: 432 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 416 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 326 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownItaly: 313 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownSpain: 261 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSweden: 237 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownAustria: 182 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
0%17.8%Other 28.2%

Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine43.5%
  • Psychology29.9%
  • Health Professions9.8%
  • Social Sciences6.4%
  • Neuroscience4.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.8%
  • Other4.3%

Topics

  • Cancer survivorship and care4.5%
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health3.4%
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout2%
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments1.9%
  • Health disparities and outcomes1.8%
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research1.6%
  • Other84.8%

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  1. Validation and Standardization of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) in the General Population

    Authors: Bernd Löwe, Oliver Decker, Stefanie Müller, Elmar Brähler, Dieter Schellberg, Wolfgang Herzog, Philipp Yorck Herzberg - Medical Care 2008 cited by 4,597

  2. A 4-item measure of depression and anxiety: Validation and standardization of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in the general population

    Authors: Bernd Löwe, Inka Wahl, Matthias Rose, Carsten Spitzer, Heide Glaesmer, Katja Wingenfeld, Antonius Schneider, Elmar Brähler - Journal of Affective Disorders 2009 cited by 2,508

  3. One in two cancer patients is significantly distressed: Prevalence and indicators of distress

    Authors: Anja Mehnert, Tim J. Hartung, Michael Friedrich, Sigrun Vehling, Elmar Brähler, Martin Härter, Monika Keller, Holger Schulz, Karl Wegscheider, Joachim Weis, Uwe Koch, Hermann Faller - Psycho-Oncology 2017 cited by 627

  4. Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

    Authors: Rüya‐Daniela Kocalevent, Lorenz Berg, Manfred E. Beutel, Andréas Hinz, Markus Zenger, Martin Härter, Urs M. Nater, Elmar Brähler - BMC Psychology 2018 cited by 797

  5. Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

    Authors: Mareike Ernst, Daniel Niederer, Antonia M. Werner, Sara J. Czaja, Christopher Mikton, Anthony D. Ong, Tony Rosen, Elmar Brähler, Manfred E. Beutel - American Psychologist 2022 cited by 547

  6. The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

    Authors: Eva M. Klein, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Leonard Reinecke, Kai W. Müller, Gabriele Schmutzer, Klaus Wölfling, Manfred E. Beutel - BMC Psychiatry 2016 cited by 732

  7. Loneliness in the general population: prevalence, determinants and relations to mental health

    Authors: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Elmar Brähler, Iris Reiner, Claus Jünger, Matthias Michal, Jörg Wiltink, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Münzel, Karl J. Lackner, Ana N. Tibubos - BMC Psychiatry 2017 cited by 1,258

  8. The Somatic Symptom Scale–8 (SSS-8)

    Authors: Benjamin Gierk, Sebastian Kohlmann, Kurt Kroenke, Lena Spangenberg, Markus Zenger, Elmar Brähler, Bernd Löwe - JAMA Internal Medicine 2013 cited by 729

  9. Standardization of the depression screener Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population

    Authors: Rüya‐Daniela Kocalevent, Andreas Hinz, Elmar Brähler - General Hospital Psychiatry 2013 cited by 763

  10. Sleep quality in the general population: psychometric properties of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, derived from a German community sample of 9284 people

    Authors: Andreas Hinz, Heide Glaesmer, Elmar Brähler, Markus Löffler, Christoph Engel, Cornelia Enzenbach, Ulrich Hegerl, Christian Sander - Sleep Medicine 2016 cited by 473

  11. The risk of being depressed is significantly higher in cancer patients than in the general population: Prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms across major cancer types

    Authors: Tim J. Hartung, Elmar Brähler, Hermann Faller, Martin Härter, Andreas Hinz, Christoffer Johansen, Monika Keller, Uwe Koch, Holger Schulz, Joachim Weis, Anja Mehnert - European Journal of Cancer 2016 cited by 340

  12. Four-Week Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer Across Major Tumor Entities

    Authors: Anja Mehnert, Elmar Brähler, Hermann Faller, Martin Härter, Monika Keller, Holger Schulz, Karl Wegscheider, Joachim Weis, Anna Boehncke, Bianca Hund, Katrin Reuter, Matthias Richard, Susanne Sehner, Sabine Sommerfeldt, Carina Szalai, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen, Uwe Koch - Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014 cited by 638

  13. Teststatistische Prüfung und Normierung der deutschen Versionen des EUROHIS-QOL Lebensqualität-Index und des WHO-5 Wohlbefindens-Index

    Authors: Elmar Brähler, Holger Mühlan, Cornelia Albani, Silke Schmidt - Diagnostica 2007 cited by 456

  14. Normative values for the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in the general German population

    Authors: Andreas Hinz, Elmar Brähler - Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2011 cited by 413

  15. Assessment of depression severity with the PHQ-9 in cancer patients and in the general population

    Authors: Andreas Hinz, Anja Mehnert, Rüya‐Daniela Kocalevent, Elmar Brähler, Thomas Forkmann, Susanne Singer, Thomas Schulte - BMC Psychiatry 2016 cited by 277

  16. Similarities and Differences of Mental Health in Women and Men: A Systematic Review of Findings in Three Large German Cohorts

    Authors: Daniëlle Otten, Ana N. Tibubos, Georg Schomerus, Elmar Brähler, Harald Binder, Johannes Kruse, Karl‐Heinz Ladwig, Philipp S. Wild, Hans J. Grabe, Manfred E. Beutel - Frontiers in Public Health 2021 cited by 190

  17. Update of the standardization of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in the general population

    Authors: Felix Wicke, Lina Krakau, Bernd Löwe, Manfred E. Beutel, Elmar Brähler - Journal of Affective Disorders 2022 cited by 147

  18. Standardization of depression measurement: a common metric was developed for 11 self-report depression measures

    Authors: Inka Wahl, Bernd Löwe, Jakob Bue Bjørner, Felix Fischer, Gernot Langs, Ulrich Voderholzer, Stephen A. Aita, Niels Bergemann, Elmar Brähler, Matthias Rose - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2013 cited by 191

  19. The LIFE-Adult-Study: objectives and design of a population-based cohort study with 10,000 deeply phenotyped adults in Germany

    Authors: Markus Loeffler, Christoph Engel, Peter Ahnert, Dorothee Alfermann, Katrin Arélin, Ronny Baber, Frank Beutner, Hans Binder, Elmar Brähler, Ralph Burkhardt, Uta Ceglarek, Cornelia Enzenbach, Michael Fuchs, Heide Glaesmer, Friederike Girlich, Andreas Hagendorff, Madlen Häntzsch, Ulrich Hegerl, Sylvia Henger, Tilman Hensch, Andreas Hinz, Volker Holzendorf, Daniela Husser, Anette Kersting, Alexander Kiel, Toralf Kirsten, Jürgen Kratzsch, Knut Krohn, Tobias Luck, Susanne Melzer, Jeffrey Netto, Matthias Nüchter, Matthias Raschpichler, Franziska G. Rauscher, Steffi G. Riedel‐Heller, Christian Sander, Markus Scholz, Peter Schönknecht, Matthias L. Schroeter, Jan‐Christoph Simon, Ronald Speer, Julia Stäker, Robert Stein, Yve Stöbel‐Richter, Michael Stümvoll, Attila Tárnok, Andrej Teren, Daniel Teupser, Francisca S. Then, Anke Tönjes, Regina Treudler, Arno Villringer, Alexander Weissgerber, Peter Wiedemann, Silke Zachariae, Kerstin Wirkner, Joachim Thiery - BMC Public Health 2015 cited by 374

  20. Depression, anxiety and health status across different BMI classes: A representative study in Germany

    Authors: Benedict Herhaus, Anette Kersting, Elmar Brähler, Katja Petrowski - Journal of Affective Disorders 2020 cited by 105

  21. Der Childhood Trauma Screener (CTS) - Entwicklung und Validierung von Schwellenwerten zur Klassifikation

    Authors: Heide Glaesmer, Andrea Schulz, Winfried Häuser, Harald J. Freyberger, Elmar Brähler, Hans J. Grabe - Psychiatrische Praxis 2013 cited by 146

  22. Psychometric evaluation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener GAD-7, based on a large German general population sample

    Authors: Andreas Hinz, Annette M. Klein, Elmar Brähler, Heide Glaesmer, Tobias Luck, Steffi G. Riedel‐Heller, Kerstin Wirkner, Anja Hilbert - Journal of Affective Disorders 2016 cited by 454

  23. Prevalence of mental health conditions in cancer patients in acute care—a meta-analysis

    Authors: Susanne Singer, Jayati Das‐Munshi, Elmar Brähler - Annals of Oncology 2009 cited by 391

  24. A brief form of the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (F-SozU) was developed, validated, and standardized

    Authors: Sören Kliem, Thomas Mößle, Florian Rehbein, Deborah F. Hellmann, Markus Zenger, Elmar Brähler - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2014 cited by 270