Alan Stein

29.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
309 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Stein is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Stein has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Clinical Psychology, 132 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 93 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Alan Stein's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (114 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (103 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (50 papers). Alan Stein is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (114 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (103 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (50 papers). Alan Stein collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Alan Stein's co-authors include Paul Ramchandani, Lynne Murray, Mina Fazel, Rebecca M. Pearson, Jonathan Evans, Louise M. Howard, Elizabeth Rapa, Peter Cooper, Tamsen Rochat and Morten L. Kringelbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alan Stein

302 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetu... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2014 2011 2014 2005 2013 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child
    2014 1.5k citations Alan Stein, Rebecca M. Pearson et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors
    2011 931 citations Mina Fazel, Alan Stein et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period
    2014 850 citations Louise M. Howard, Emma Molyneaux et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Paternal depression in the postnatal period and child development: a prospective population study
    2005 627 citations Paul Ramchandani, Alan Stein et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Maternal Depression During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period
    2013 454 citations Rebecca M. Pearson, Jonathan Evans et al. profile →
  6. Association of Persistent and Severe Postnatal Depression With Child Outcomes
    2018 420 citations Elena Netsi, Rebecca M. Pearson et al. profile →
  7. Protecting the psychological health of children through effective communication about COVID-19
    2020 409 citations Alan Stein et al. profile →
  8. Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors
    2011 358 citations Mina Fazel, Alan Stein et al. The Lancet profile →
  9. Effects of the Global Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions
    2020 193 citations Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Linda Richter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Stein United Kingdom 72 11.0k 9.7k 4.8k 3.3k 2.5k 309 19.5k
Thomas G. O’Connor United States 79 12.5k 1.1× 7.6k 0.8× 4.7k 1.0× 4.6k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 297 22.7k
Jake M. Najman Australia 77 8.6k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 5.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 542 20.5k
Jon Heron United Kingdom 72 8.2k 0.7× 6.6k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 379 20.2k
Peter Cooper United Kingdom 76 12.9k 1.2× 8.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 284 20.5k
Lynne Murray United Kingdom 63 9.7k 0.9× 9.2k 0.9× 3.2k 0.7× 4.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 181 15.4k
Stephen L. Buka United States 72 6.1k 0.6× 3.3k 0.3× 3.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 1.0× 292 19.6k
Ezra Susser United States 72 5.5k 0.5× 3.0k 0.3× 5.4k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 356 22.6k
Frank C. Verhulst Netherlands 109 24.3k 2.2× 7.6k 0.8× 7.8k 1.6× 7.3k 2.2× 3.7k 1.5× 767 44.0k
Jane Fisher Australia 56 4.5k 0.4× 5.6k 0.6× 3.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 432 13.0k
Dieter Wolke United Kingdom 89 10.5k 1.0× 2.3k 0.2× 10.6k 2.2× 6.6k 2.0× 1.6k 0.7× 494 26.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Stein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Stein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hodgkin, Dominic, Jere R. Behrman, Alan Stein, et al.. (2024). Global development assistance for early childhood care and education in 134 low- and middle-income countries, 2007–2021. BMJ Global Health. 9(11). e015991–e015991.
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Cuartas, Jorge, Dana Charles McCoy, Jere R. Behrman, et al.. (2023). Family play, reading, and other stimulation and early childhood development in five low‐and‐middle‐income countries. Developmental Science. 26(6). e13404–e13404. 10 indexed citations
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Pozuelo, Julia R, Alan Stein, Michelle G. Craske, et al.. (2023). User-Centered Design of a Gamified Mental Health App for Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multicycle Usability Testing Study. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e51423–e51423. 10 indexed citations
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Porter, Catherine, Marta Favara, Alan Sánchez, et al.. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(4). e049653–e049653. 72 indexed citations
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O’Farrelly, Christine, Hilary Watt, Daphne Babalis, et al.. (2021). A video-feedback parenting intervention to prevent enduring behaviour problems in at-risk children aged 12–36 months: the Healthy Start, Happy Start RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 25(29). 1–84. 10 indexed citations
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Coll, Carolina V. N., Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Alan Stein, et al.. (2019). Efficacy of Regular Exercise During Pregnancy on the Prevention of Postpartum Depression. JAMA Network Open. 2(1). e186861–e186861. 60 indexed citations
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Coll, Carolina V. N., Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, Diego G. Bassani, et al.. (2016). Antenatal depressive symptoms among pregnant women: Evidence from a Southern Brazilian population-based cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 209. 140–146. 68 indexed citations
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Prenoveau, Jason M., Michelle G. Craske, Annukka Lehtonen, et al.. (2016). Maternal postnatal depression and anxiety and their association with child emotional negativity and behavior problems at two years.. Developmental Psychology. 53(1). 50–62. 73 indexed citations
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Pearson, Rebecca M., Marc H. Bornstein, Miguel Cordero, et al.. (2015). Maternal perinatal mental health and offspring academic achievement at age 16: the mediating role of childhood executive function. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 57(4). 491–501. 94 indexed citations
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Creswell, Cathy, Stephen Gerry, Rachel Gitau, et al.. (2015). Treatment of childhood anxiety disorder in the context of maternal anxiety disorder: a randomised controlled trial and economic analysis. Health Technology Assessment. 19(38). 1–184. 21 indexed citations
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Howard, Louise M., Emma Molyneaux, Cindy‐Lee Dennis, et al.. (2014). Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period. The Lancet. 384(9956). 1775–1788. 850 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rochat, Tamsen, et al.. (2014). Maternal HIV disclosure to young HIV-uninfected children. AIDS. 28(Supplement 3). S331–S341. 23 indexed citations
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Parsons, Christine E., Katherine S. Young, Morten Joensson, et al.. (2013). Ready for action: a role for the human midbrain in responding to infant vocalizations. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 9(7). 977–984. 35 indexed citations
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Clark, Samuel J., Kathleen Kahn, Brian Houle, et al.. (2013). Young Children's Probability of Dying Before and After Their Mother's Death: A Rural South African Population-Based Surveillance Study. PLoS Medicine. 10(3). e1001409–e1001409. 43 indexed citations
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Arteche, Adriane Xavier, Jutta Joormann, Allison G. Harvey, et al.. (2011). The effects of postnatal maternal depression and anxiety on the processing of infant faces. Journal of Affective Disorders. 133(1-2). 197–203. 103 indexed citations
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Counsell, Nicholas, et al.. (2010). Modelling psychiatric measures using Skew-Normal distributions.. The European Journal of Psychiatry. 2 indexed citations
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Boekel, M.A.J.S. van, Alan Stein, & A.H.C. van Bruggen. (2004). Bayesian Statistics and Quality Modelling in the Agro-Food Production Chain: Proceedings of the Frontis workshop on Bayesian Statistics and quality modelling in the agro-food production chain, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1-14 May 2003. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 6 indexed citations
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Patel, Priti R., et al.. (2002). The Children of Mothers with Eating Disorders. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 5(1). 1–19. 104 indexed citations

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