Awais Aftab

1.3k total citations
65 papers, 765 citations indexed

About

Awais Aftab is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Philosophy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Awais Aftab has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 765 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 27 papers in Philosophy and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Awais Aftab's work include Mental Health and Psychiatry (27 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Awais Aftab is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Psychiatry (27 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Awais Aftab collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and New Zealand. Awais Aftab's co-authors include Asim A. Shah, Jennifer B. Dwyer, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, William M. McDonald, Ned H. Kalin, Alik S. Widge, Charles B. Nemeroff, Carolyn I. Rodríguez, Linda L. Carpenter and Ali Madeeh Hashmi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Awais Aftab

61 papers receiving 748 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Awais Aftab United States 15 250 155 124 111 109 65 765
S. O. W. Jensen Denmark 14 363 1.5× 176 1.1× 87 0.7× 101 0.9× 80 0.7× 15 850
Poonam Gardner-Sood United Kingdom 19 514 2.1× 185 1.2× 114 0.9× 164 1.5× 109 1.0× 35 864
Heidi J. Wehring United States 21 484 1.9× 121 0.8× 52 0.4× 146 1.3× 170 1.6× 49 1.2k
Giovanni Croatto Italy 11 587 2.3× 220 1.4× 100 0.8× 216 1.9× 97 0.9× 11 981
Alexandre González-Rodríguez Spain 19 531 2.1× 311 2.0× 147 1.2× 118 1.1× 121 1.1× 114 1.0k
Else‐Marie Løberg Norway 20 654 2.6× 198 1.3× 69 0.6× 167 1.5× 68 0.6× 72 1.2k
Theresa Wimberley Denmark 20 641 2.6× 297 1.9× 81 0.7× 100 0.9× 105 1.0× 44 1.5k
Michele Hill United States 15 425 1.7× 353 2.3× 126 1.0× 86 0.8× 145 1.3× 30 893
Anne Emilie Stürup Denmark 8 577 2.3× 162 1.0× 139 1.1× 99 0.9× 158 1.4× 12 929
José Antonio Monreal Spain 17 349 1.4× 241 1.6× 44 0.4× 163 1.5× 104 1.0× 84 917

Countries citing papers authored by Awais Aftab

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Fields of papers citing papers by Awais Aftab

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Awais Aftab

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Awais Aftab. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Awais Aftab 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 Awais Aftab. Awais Aftab is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gauld, Christophe, Awais Aftab, Marc Auriacombe, et al.. (2025). Conceptual competences in philosophy of psychiatry: A cross-sectional survey. L Encéphale. 52(1). 47–55. 1 indexed citations
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Jerotić, Stefan, et al.. (2024). A Comparative Study on Mental Disorder Conceptualization: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis. Community Mental Health Journal. 60(4). 813–825. 1 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais, John Z. Sadler, Brent M. Kious, & G. Scott Waterman. (2024). Conceptual competence in psychiatric training: building a culture of conceptual inquiry. BJPsych Bulletin. 49(2). 126–131. 3 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais. (2023). What Should Clinicians Know About Palliative Psychopharmacology?. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 25(9). E710–717. 4 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais. (2023). Epistemic justice is an essential component of good psychiatric care. Psychological Medicine. 53(16). 7978–7979. 5 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais. (2022). Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science. Psychiatry. 85(1). 107–110. 5 indexed citations
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Weleff, Jeremy, et al.. (2022). The State of the Catatonia Literature: Employing Bibliometric Analysis of Articles From 1965–2020 to Identify Current Research Gaps. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 64(1). 13–27. 12 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais & Kristopher Nielsen. (2021). From Engel to Enactivism: Contextualizing the Biopsychosocial Model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Dwyer, Jennifer B., Awais Aftab, Rajiv Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2020). Hormonal Treatments for Major Depressive Disorder: State of the Art. American Journal of Psychiatry. 177(8). 686–705. 165 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais, David E. Kemp, Stephen J. Ganocy, et al.. (2018). Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pioglitazone for bipolar depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 245. 957–964. 31 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais & Keming Gao. (2017). The preclinical discovery and development of brexpiprazole for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 12(10). 1067–1081. 10 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais & Asim A. Shah. (2017). Behavioral Emergencies. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 40(3). 435–448. 13 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais & Asim A. Shah. (2017). Behavioral Emergencies. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 40(3). 449–462. 13 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais, et al.. (2016). Measuring Perceived Educational Impact of a Resident-Led Research Newsletter. Academic Psychiatry. 41(3). 373–376. 2 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais, et al.. (2016). Flibanserin and its discontents. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 20(2). 243–247. 10 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais. (2015). Venlafaxine Discontinuation Syndrome: Prevention and Management. Current psychiatry. 14(11). 64. 2 indexed citations
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Shah, Asim A., Awais Aftab, & John Coverdale. (2014). QTc Prolongation with Antipsychotics. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 20(3). 196–206. 52 indexed citations
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Hashmi, Ali Madeeh, et al.. (2013). Gender discrimination among medical students in Pakistan: A cross sectional survey. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 29(2). 449–53. 22 indexed citations
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Aftab, Awais, et al.. (2010). Physical and psychological effects of the new legal high 'Ivory Wave': a case report.. 3(4). 4 indexed citations

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