Anna MacKinnon

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Anna MacKinnon is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna MacKinnon has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 19 papers in Clinical Psychology and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Anna MacKinnon's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (22 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 papers). Anna MacKinnon is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (22 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 papers). Anna MacKinnon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Spain. Anna MacKinnon's co-authors include Lianne Tomfohr‐Madsen, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Catherine Lebel, Mercedes Bagshawe, Louise Wasylkiw, Nancy Feeley, Phyllis Zelkowitz, Suzanne Tough, Ian Gold and Barbara Hayton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychological Medicine and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Anna MacKinnon

39 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 673 citations Catherine Lebel, Anna MacKinnon et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna MacKinnon Canada	16	830	772	564	356	245	42	1.5k
Sharon Dekel United States	22	682 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	556 1.0×	320 0.9×	168 0.7×	53	2.0k
Nichole Fairbrother Canada	24	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	565 1.0×	439 1.2×	551 2.2×	56	2.2k
Brittain Mahaffey United States	20	508 0.6×	661 0.9×	444 0.8×	170 0.5×	115 0.5×	44	1.2k
Emily E. Cameron Canada	11	889 1.1×	590 0.8×	258 0.5×	230 0.6×	276 1.1×	27	1.4k
Cornelia Yin Ing Chee Singapore	15	1.0k 1.2×	664 0.9×	447 0.8×	339 1.0×	285 1.2×	39	1.4k
Rebecca P. Cameron United States	16	1.3k 1.5×	1.6k 2.0×	199 0.4×	292 0.8×	138 0.6×	33	2.1k
Leila Torgersen Norway	27	960 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	488 0.9×	60 0.2×	324 1.3×	59	1.9k
Carol Henshaw United Kingdom	21	1.5k 1.8×	946 1.2×	555 1.0×	436 1.2×	450 1.8×	36	1.9k
Natalène Séjourné France	17	354 0.4×	664 0.9×	197 0.3×	204 0.6×	153 0.6×	51	1.0k
June Andrews Horowitz United States	21	1.1k 1.4×	796 1.0×	424 0.8×	371 1.0×	313 1.3×	49	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna MacKinnon

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MacKinnon, Anna, et al.. (2025). Birthing parent adverse childhood experiences and risk of atopic diseases in 5-year-old children. Frontiers in Allergy. 5. 1483911–1483911.

Rioux, Charlie, et al.. (2025). Data From the MTurk Parent eHealth Preference Survey: Mental Health Symptoms, Psychosocial Correlates, Service Use, and Preferences. PubMed. 13(1). 2–2.

Rioux, Charlie, et al.. (2024). Parent Preferences for Peer Connection in Virtual Mental Health and Parenting Support Platforms. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 10(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Rioux, Charlie, et al.. (2024). Parent eHealth Preferences: Perceived Credibility and Personal Reactions to AbilitiCBT, BEAM, and Triple P Online. Collabra Psychology. 10(1).

MacKinnon, Anna, Elizabeth Keys, Joshua W. Madsen, et al.. (2024). Sleeping for Two: a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnancy. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 21(2). 365–376. 1 indexed citations

Lebel, Catherine, Lianne Tomfohr‐Madsen, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, et al.. (2023). Prenatal mental health data and birth outcomes in the pregnancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic dataset. Data in Brief. 49. 109366–109366. 3 indexed citations

Joyce, Kayla M., Charlie Rioux, Anna MacKinnon, et al.. (2023). The Building Emotional Awareness and Mental health (BEAM) program developed with a community partner for mothers of infants: protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 35–35. 2 indexed citations

MacKinnon, Anna, Rhonda C. Bell, Kristin M. von Ranson, et al.. (2023). Binge‐spectrum symptoms in their association with higher gestational weight gain. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 56(7). 1378–1390. 1 indexed citations

Rioux, Charlie, et al.. (2022). Parent Preferences for Peer Connection in eHealth Programs. Iproceedings. 8(1). e39278–e39278. 3 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Kristin, Ryan J. Giuliano, Jennifer L. P. Protudjer, et al.. (2022). Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled trial of the BEAM app-based program for mothers of children 18–36 months. Trials. 23(1). 741–741. 3 indexed citations

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MacKinnon, Anna, et al.. (2022). Promoting Mental Health in Parents of Young Children Using eHealth Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 25(3). 413–434. 23 indexed citations

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MacKinnon, Anna, Joshua W. Madsen, Elizabeth Keys, et al.. (2021). Sleeping for two: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in pregnant women. Trials. 22(1). 532–532. 5 indexed citations

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Giesbrecht, Gerald F., Mercedes Bagshawe, Anna MacKinnon, et al.. (2021). Protocol for the Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PdP) Study: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Mental Health Among Pregnant Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Developmental Outcomes in Their Children. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(4). e25407–e25407. 30 indexed citations

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MacKinnon, Anna, Joshua W. Madsen, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, et al.. (2021). Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Pregnancy on Psychological Distress and Gestational Age: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness. 12(5). 1173–1184. 19 indexed citations

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Lebel, Catherine, Anna MacKinnon, Mercedes Bagshawe, Lianne Tomfohr‐Madsen, & Gerald F. Giesbrecht. (2020). Elevated depression and anxiety symptoms among pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders. 277. 5–13. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Solomonova, Elizaveta, Anna MacKinnon, Ian Gold, et al.. (2020). Disordered sleep is related to delusional ideation and depression during the perinatal period. Sleep Health. 6(2). 179–184. 11 indexed citations

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MacKinnon, Anna, et al.. (2018). Maternal Attachment Style, Interpersonal Trauma History, and Childbirth-Related Post-traumatic Stress. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 2379–2379. 15 indexed citations

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MacKinnon, Anna, Mariam Naguib, Helena J. Barr, et al.. (2016). Delusional ideation during the perinatal period in a community sample. Schizophrenia Research. 179. 17–22. 7 indexed citations

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Morgan, Vera A., Assen Jablensky, Robert A. Baruch Bush, et al.. (2011). The Australian national survey of the epidemiology of psychosis: Aims and preliminary findings. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Grob, Alexander, et al.. (1991). Berner Fragebogen zum Wohlbefinden Jugendlicher (BFW). Diagnostica. 69 indexed citations

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