Alan Shafer

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Shafer is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Shafer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 6 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Alan Shafer's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers). Alan Shafer is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers). Alan Shafer collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Alan Shafer's co-authors include Federico Dazzi, Doros Platika, Joseph A. Cioffi, H. Ralph Snodgrass, Adel A. Mikhail, Marco Lauriola, Joseph Ventura, M. Lynn Crismon, Nick C. Patel and Mustafa M. Husain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Gene and Psychological Assessment.

In The Last Decade

Alan Shafer

17 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Novel B219/OB receptor isoforms: Possible role of leptin in hematopoiesis and reproduction

1996 537 citations Joseph A. Cioffi, Alan Shafer et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Shafer United States	10	469	356	296	280	219	18	1.0k
M. Fichter Germany	13	356 0.8×	80 0.2×	74 0.3×	269 1.0×	131 0.6×	26	877
Zeynep Yılmaz United States	20	164 0.3×	370 1.0×	38 0.1×	86 0.3×	128 0.6×	63	1.5k
Nikolaus Barth Germany	12	295 0.6×	86 0.2×	45 0.2×	153 0.5×	132 0.6×	21	603
Christine Foulon France	11	340 0.7×	87 0.2×	43 0.1×	169 0.6×	170 0.8×	15	755
Santiago Vila Spain	12	98 0.2×	99 0.3×	38 0.1×	59 0.2×	73 0.3×	29	380
Yoshikatsu Nakai Japan	17	141 0.3×	156 0.4×	37 0.1×	64 0.2×	101 0.5×	32	886
Kyoko Tanaka Japan	15	31 0.1×	108 0.3×	139 0.5×	192 0.7×	49 0.2×	46	1.0k
Nicholas Meyer United Kingdom	16	187 0.4×	247 0.7×	61 0.2×	6 0.0×	81 0.4×	31	801
Graham W. Redgrave United States	18	97 0.2×	295 0.8×	21 0.1×	59 0.2×	74 0.3×	38	963
Isabella Soreca United States	16	119 0.3×	800 2.2×	125 0.4×	7 0.0×	142 0.6×	29	1.2k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Dazzi, Federico & Alan Shafer. (2024). Meta-analysis of the factor structure of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS). Schizophrenia Research. 274. 464–472.

Shafer, Alan & Federico Dazzi. (2021). Meta-analytic exploration of the joint factors of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded (BPRS-E) and the positive and negative symptoms scales (PANSS). Journal of Psychiatric Research. 138. 519–527. 11 indexed citations

Shafer, Alan & Federico Dazzi. (2019). Meta-analysis of the positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) factor structure. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 115. 113–120. 133 indexed citations

Shafer, Alan. (2019). Hospitalization Patterns over 30 Years Across a Statewide System of Public Mental Health Hospitals: Readmission Predictors, Optimal Follow-Up Period, Readmission Clusters and Individuals with Statistically Significant High Healthcare Utilization. Psychiatric Quarterly. 90(2). 263–273. 9 indexed citations

Shafer, Alan. (2019). Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization in Texas 1999 to 2010.. PubMed. 115(5). e1–e1. 2 indexed citations

Reynolds, Robert J., et al.. (2018). Mortality Rates and Excess Death Rates for the Seriously Mentally Ill. PubMed. 47(4). 212–219. 1 indexed citations

Shafer, Alan, et al.. (2018). The Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP) Adult Consumer Satisfaction Survey Factor Structure and Relation to External Criteria. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 45(4). 565–578. 4 indexed citations

Shafer, Alan, Federico Dazzi, & Joseph Ventura. (2017). Factor structure of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded (BPRS-E) in a large hospitalized sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 93. 79–86. 36 indexed citations

Dennis, Paul A., et al.. (2016). Electroconvulsive Therapy and All-Cause Mortality in Texas, 1998–2013. Journal of Ect. 33(1). 22–25. 18 indexed citations

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Dazzi, Federico, Alan Shafer, & Marco Lauriola. (2016). Meta-analysis of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded (BPRS-E) structure and arguments for a new version. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 81. 140–151. 58 indexed citations

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King, Brian A., et al.. (2010). Shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in Texas.. PubMed. 106(3). e1–e1. 1 indexed citations

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Shafer, Alan, et al.. (2007). Voluntary readmission among schizophrenic patients in the Texas state psychiatric hospital system.. PubMed. 103(9). 54–9. 7 indexed citations

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Patel, Nick C., et al.. (2006). Ethnic variation in symptoms and response to risperidone in youths with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 41(5). 341–346. 9 indexed citations

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Patel, Nick C., M. Lynn Crismon, & Alan Shafer. (2006). Diagnoses and Antipsychotic Treatment Among Youths in a Public Mental Health System. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 40(2). 205–211. 18 indexed citations

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Shafer, Alan. (2005). Meta-analysis of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale factor structure.. Psychological Assessment. 17(3). 324–335. 191 indexed citations

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Shafer, Alan, et al.. (2005). Weight changes in teens on psychotropic medication combinations at Austin State Hospital.. PubMed. 101(3). 62–70. 5 indexed citations

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Sturtz, Franck, Susan Wittmer, Alan Shafer, et al.. (1998). Tetracycline-regulatable expression vectors tightly regulate in vitro gene expression of secreted proteins. Gene. 221(2). 279–285. 6 indexed citations

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Cioffi, Joseph A., et al.. (1996). Novel B219/OB receptor isoforms: Possible role of leptin in hematopoiesis and reproduction. Nature Medicine. 2(5). 585–589. 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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