| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Psychological determinants of the cortisol stress response: the role of anticipatory cognitive appraisal | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2005 | 400 |
| 2 | Low vagal tone is associated with impaired post stress recovery of cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune markers | European Journal of Applied Physiology | 2010 | 208 |
| 3 | Positive Couple Interactions and Daily Cortisol: On the Stress-Protecting Role of Intimacy | Psychosomatic Medicine | 2008 | 200 |
| 4 | Enduring psychobiological effects of childhood adversity | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2013 | 185 |
| 5 | Persistent effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management on cortisol responses to acute stress in healthy subjects—A randomized controlled trial | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2006 | 140 |
| 6 | Transmitting biological effects of stress in utero: Implications for mother and offspring | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2013 | 109 |
| 7 | Psychoneuroendocrine effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management in a naturalistic setting—a randomized controlled trial | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2006 | 92 |
| 8 | Do illness perceptions predict pain‐related disability and mood in chronic orofacial pain patients? A 6‐month follow‐up study | European Journal of Pain | 2010 | 78 |
| 9 | Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis functioning in anxiety disorders. A systematic review | Depression and Anxiety | 2018 | 70 |
| 10 | Mood and autonomic responses to repeated exposure to the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G) | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2014 | 67 |
| 11 | Effects of Music Listening on Pre-treatment Anxiety and Stress Levels in a Dental Hygiene Recall Population | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | 2015 | 46 |
| 12 | Listening to music and physiological and psychological functioning: The mediating role of emotion regulation and stress reactivity | Psychology and Health | 2012 | 42 |
| 13 | Occupational role stress is associated with higher cortisol reactivity to acute stress. | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | 2013 | 39 |
| 14 | Assessment of perimenopausal depression: A review | Journal of Affective Disorders | 2019 | 37 |
| 15 | Enhanced negative feedback sensitivity of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal axis in chronic myogenous facial pain⋆ | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 36 |
| 16 | The rate of change in declining steroid hormones: a new parameter of healthy aging in men? | Oncotarget | 2016 | 34 |
| 17 | Prevalence, Overlap, and Predictors of Functional Somatic Syndromes in a Student Sample | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | 2013 | 31 |
| 18 | Medium throughput bisulfite sequencing for accurate detection of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine | BMC Genomics | 2017 | 29 |
| 19 | Aerobic Fitness Level Affects Cardiovascular and Salivary Alpha Amylase Responses to Acute Psychosocial Stress | Sports Medicine - Open | 2016 | 27 |
| 20 | Effects of stress on women’s preference for male facial masculinity and their endocrine correlates | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2017 | 27 |
| 21 | Neuroendocrinology of a Male-Specific Pattern for Depression Linked to Alcohol Use Disorder and Suicidal Behavior | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 2016 | 27 |
| 22 | Norepinephrine and epinephrine responses to physiological and pharmacological stimulation in chronic fatigue syndrome | Biological Psychology | 2013 | 26 |
| 23 | Co-variation of fatigue and psychobiological stress in couples’ everyday life | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2018 | 21 |
| 24 | Biopsychosocial predictors of depressive symptoms in the perimenopause—findings from the Swiss Perimenopause Study | Menopause | 2021 | 21 |
| 25 | Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting—The beneficial effects of Tai Chi Qigong and self-defense Kung-Fu training on psychological and endocrine health in middle aged and older men | Complementary Therapies in Medicine | 2018 | 20 |
| 26 | DNA Methylation in Healthy Older Adults With a History of Childhood Adversity—Findings From the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 2019 | 20 |
| 27 | Steroid profiling in nails using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry | Steroids | 2018 | 19 |
| 28 | Emotional Support, Depressive Symptoms, and Age-Related Alterations in Male Body Composition: Cross-Sectional Findings from the Men's Health 40+ Study | Frontiers in Psychology | 2017 | 16 |
| 29 | Higher testosterone levels are associated with unfaithful behavior in men | Biological Psychology | 2019 | 15 |
| 30 | Rasch scalability of the somatosensory amplification scale: A mixture distribution approach | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 2013 | 14 |
| 31 | Thyroid Functioning and Fatigue in Women With Functional Somatic Syndromes – Role of Early Life Adversity | Frontiers in Physiology | 2018 | 14 |
| 32 | Male depression risk, psychological distress, and psychotherapy uptake: Validation of the German version of the male depression risk scale | Journal of Affective Disorders Reports | 2021 | 12 |
| 33 | The influence of income and testosterone on the validity of facial width-to-height ratio as a biomarker for dominance | PLoS ONE | 2018 | 11 |
| 34 | Oxytocin and positive couple interaction affect the perception of wound pain in everyday life | Molecular Pain | 2020 | 11 |
| 35 | Employing open/hidden administration in psychotherapy research: A randomized-controlled trial of expressive writing | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 10 |
| 36 | Do Implicit Motives Influence Perceived Chronic Stress and Vital Exhaustion? | Frontiers in Psychology | 2018 | 9 |
| 37 | Prothrombotic response to norepinephrine infusion, mimicking norepinephrine stress-reactivity effects, is partly mediated by α-adrenergic mechanisms | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2019 | 9 |
| 38 | Psychobiological indicators of the subjectively experienced health status - findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study | BMC Women's Health | 2020 | 9 |
| 39 | The Swiss Perimenopause Study – study protocol of a longitudinal prospective study in perimenopausal women | Women's Midlife Health | 2020 | 8 |
| 40 | “Appreciate the Little Things”: A Qualitative Survey of Men’s Coping Strategies and Mental Health Impacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Journal of Men's Health | 2022 | 8 |
| 41 | Emotions and Steroid Secretion in Aging Men: A Multi—Study Report | Frontiers in Psychology | 2017 | 7 |
| 42 | Psychobiological impact of speaking a second language in healthy young men | Stress | 2019 | 7 |
| 43 | Symptoms assessed in studies on perimenopausal depression: A narrative review | Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare | 2020 | 7 |
| 44 | Differential ESR1 Promoter Methylation in the Peripheral Blood—Findings from the Women 40+ Healthy Aging Study | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2020 | 7 |
| 45 | The hypothalamus in anxiety disorders | Handbook of Clinical Neurology / Edited By P J Vinken and G W Bruyn | 2021 | 7 |
| 46 | Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor promoter in children: Links with parents as teachers, early life stress, and behavior problems | Development and Psychopathology | 2022 | 7 |
| 47 | Attributional styles and stress-related atherogenic plasma lipid reactivity in essential hypertension | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 2014 | 6 |
| 48 | The effect of perceived appearance judgements on psychological and biological stress processes across adulthood | Stress and Health | 2019 | 6 |
| 49 | The Influence of Workload and Work Flexibility on Work-Life Conflict and the Role of Emotional Exhaustion | Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 6 |
| 50 | Psychosocial factors promoting resilience during the menopausal transition | Archives of Women's Mental Health | 2021 | 6 |
