Alison Breen

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alison Breen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Breen has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Clinical Psychology, 2 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alison Breen's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (1 paper) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (1 paper). Alison Breen is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (1 paper) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (1 paper). Alison Breen collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Alison Breen's co-authors include Joanne Corrigall, Leslie Swartz, John A. Joska, Alan J. Flisher, Ritsuko Kakuma, Crick Lund, Vikram Patel, Karen Daniels, Mark Tomlinson and Melanie A. Katzman and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Child Abuse & Neglect and Quality of Life Research.

In The Last Decade

Alison Breen

8 papers receiving 993 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

2010 862 citations Crick Lund, Alison Breen et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Breen South Africa	6	440	412	378	277	158	8	1.0k
Sophie Plagerson South Africa	12	294 0.7×	376 0.9×	306 0.8×	192 0.7×	103 0.7×	32	944
Soonhee Roh United States	21	430 1.0×	334 0.8×	303 0.8×	456 1.6×	129 0.8×	64	1.1k
Corey McAuliffe Canada	10	463 1.1×	291 0.7×	156 0.4×	115 0.4×	130 0.8×	23	923
Rosalie A. Torres Stone United States	18	505 1.1×	387 0.9×	290 0.8×	252 0.9×	98 0.6×	32	1.3k
Hau Nguyen Australia	12	451 1.0×	262 0.6×	175 0.5×	232 0.8×	136 0.9×	29	857
Eve S. Puffer United States	23	664 1.5×	547 1.3×	204 0.5×	243 0.9×	104 0.7×	93	1.5k
Rozina Karmaliani Pakistan	18	375 0.9×	265 0.6×	174 0.5×	295 1.1×	261 1.7×	74	1.2k
Nuworza Kugbey Ghana	19	331 0.8×	317 0.8×	195 0.5×	98 0.4×	157 1.0×	55	1.0k
Chesmal Siriwardhana United Kingdom	18	632 1.4×	421 1.0×	143 0.4×	122 0.4×	87 0.6×	37	1.0k
Noreen Mokuau United States	20	258 0.6×	447 1.1×	104 0.3×	244 0.9×	282 1.8×	55	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alison Breen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Breen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alison Breen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alison Breen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alison Breen. Alison Breen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Breen, Alison, Pınar Avşar, Zena Moore, et al.. (2022). What is the impact of home non-invasive ventilation on the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A systematic review. Quality of Life Research. 32(7). 1843–1857. 2 indexed citations

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Breen, Alison, Karen Daniels, & Mark Tomlinson. (2018). Adolescent's views on youth gang involvement in a South African Township. Children and Youth Services Review. 98. 171–177. 4 indexed citations

3.

Breen, Alison, Karen Daniels, & Mark Tomlinson. (2015). Children's experiences of corporal punishment: A qualitative study in an urban township of South Africa. Child Abuse & Neglect. 48. 131–139. 61 indexed citations

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Lund, Crick, Alison Breen, Alan J. Flisher, et al.. (2010). Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine. 71(3). 517–528. 862 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lund, Crick, Alison Breen, AJ Flisher, et al.. (2008). Mental health and poverty: A systematic review of the research in low- and middle-income countries. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 9 indexed citations

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Breen, Alison, Leslie Swartz, Alan J. Flisher, et al.. (2007). Experience of mental disorder in the context of basic service reforms: The impact on caregiving environments in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 17(5). 327–334. 24 indexed citations

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Yuan, Sarah Y., Jerome W. Breslin, Katherine D. Watson, et al.. (2007). A role for endothelial-derived matrix metalloproteinase-2 in breast cancer cell transmigration across the endothelial-basement membrane barrier. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 24(7). 495–502. 39 indexed citations

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Grange, Daniel Le, Johann Louw, Alison Breen, & Melanie A. Katzman. (2004). The Meaning of ?Self-Starvation? in Impoverished Black Adolescents in South Africa. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 28(4). 439–461. 37 indexed citations

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