David Gunnell

94.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
568 papers, 32.5k citations indexed

About

David Gunnell is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gunnell has authored 568 papers receiving a total of 32.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 309 papers in Clinical Psychology, 92 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 90 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in David Gunnell's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (261 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (69 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (68 papers). David Gunnell is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (261 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (69 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (68 papers). David Gunnell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Sri Lanka. David Gunnell's co-authors include Michael Eddleston, George Davey Smith, Keith Hawton, Richard M. Martin, Glyn Lewis, Chris Metcalfe, Shu‐Sen Chang, Jenny Donovan, Flemming Konradsen and T. J. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Gunnell

563 papers receiving 31.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review

2007 653 citations David Gunnell, Michael Eddleston et al. profile →
Suicide and suicide risk

2019 645 citations David Gunnell et al. profile →
Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new Medical Research Council guidance

2012 640 citations Cyrus Cooper, David Gunnell et al. profile →
Hospital Presenting Self-Harm and Risk of Fatal and Non-Fatal Repetition: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2014 411 citations Chris Metcalfe, David Gunnell et al. PLoS ONE profile →
The global burden of fatal self-poisoning with pesticides 2006-15: Systematic review

2017 338 citations Emma J. Mew, Prianka Padmanathan et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
Predictors of future suicide attempt among adolescents with suicidal thoughts or non-suicidal self-harm: a population-based birth cohort study

2019 333 citations David Gunnell et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population

2019 258 citations David Gunnell, Rachel Jenkins et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
Is teachers’ mental health and wellbeing associated with students’ mental health and wellbeing?

2018 239 citations David Gunnell, Rona Campbell et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
School-based interventions to prevent anxiety and depression in children and young people: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

2019 206 citations Deborah M Caldwell, Sarah R. Davies et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Gunnell United Kingdom	97	15.3k	5.5k	4.5k	4.4k	4.0k	568	32.5k
Alan M. Zaslavsky United States	89	15.1k 1.0×	6.1k 1.1×	12.1k 2.7×	4.1k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	386	41.4k
L. John Horwood New Zealand	103	18.3k 1.2×	5.3k 1.0×	6.5k 1.4×	3.8k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	434	35.9k
Theo Vos Australia	85	8.9k 0.6×	5.1k 0.9×	8.3k 1.8×	7.2k 1.6×	4.8k 1.2×	303	51.0k
Jordi Alonso Spain	105	14.3k 0.9×	8.2k 1.5×	10.8k 2.4×	6.3k 1.4×	4.0k 1.0×	465	54.4k
Richard A. Bryant Australia	111	30.9k 2.0×	5.7k 1.0×	6.0k 1.3×	2.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	841	46.6k
Matthew Hotopf United Kingdom	88	10.9k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	6.4k 1.4×	3.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	587	29.0k
David M. Fergusson New Zealand	114	25.8k 1.7×	6.7k 1.2×	8.7k 1.9×	5.0k 1.1×	5.2k 1.3×	483	45.9k
Jitender Sareen Canada	86	14.8k 1.0×	4.8k 0.9×	5.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	449	25.9k
George Patton Australia	96	15.4k 1.0×	5.0k 0.9×	9.0k 2.0×	6.9k 1.6×	2.3k 0.6×	503	36.9k
Karestan C. Koenen United States	83	16.3k 1.1×	3.2k 0.6×	3.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	488	28.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Gunnell

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Corcoran, Paul, David Gunnell, Brendan McElroy, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of a national clinical programme for the management of self-harm in hospital emergency departments: impact on patient outcomes and the provision of care. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 917–917. 5 indexed citations

Rajapakse, Thilini, et al.. (2023). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdowns on Self-Poisoning and Suicide in Sri Lanka: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 1833–1833. 10 indexed citations

Chang, Yi‐Han, et al.. (2022). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Calls to a National Suicide Prevention Hotline in Taiwan: An Analysis of Time Trend and Characteristics of Calls. Archives of Suicide Research. 27(4). 1245–1260. 3 indexed citations

John, Ann, Amanda Marchant, Keith Hawton, et al.. (2021). Understanding suicide clusters through exploring self-harm: Semi-structured interviews with individuals presenting with near-fatal self-harm during a suicide cluster. Social Science & Medicine. 292. 114566–114566. 9 indexed citations

Chang, Shu‐Sen, et al.. (2021). The early impact of paraquat ban on suicide in Taiwan. Clinical Toxicology. 60(1). 131–135. 23 indexed citations

Jones, Daniel, Robyn E. Wootton, Dipender Gill, et al.. (2021). Mental Health as a Mediator of the Association Between Educational Inequality and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(17). e019340–e019340. 11 indexed citations

Caldwell, Deborah M, Sarah R. Davies, Sarah Hetrick, et al.. (2019). School-based interventions to prevent anxiety and depression in children and young people: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(12). 1011–1020. 206 indexed citations breakdown →

Mew, Emma J., Prianka Padmanathan, Flemming Konradsen, et al.. (2017). The global burden of fatal self-poisoning with pesticides 2006-15: Systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 219. 93–104. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

John, Ann, et al.. (2015). Suicide information database-Cymru. BMJ Open. 4(11). 23 indexed citations

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Bjerkeset, Ottar, et al.. (2014). Risk factors for suicidal thoughts in adolescence-a prospective cohort study: the Young-HUNT study. BMJ Open. 4(8). e005867–e005867. 66 indexed citations

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Cooper, J, Sarah Steeg, Olive Bennewith, et al.. (2013). Are hospital services for self-harm getting better? An observational study examining management, service provision and temporal trends in England. BMJ Open. 3(11). e003444–e003444. 100 indexed citations

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Alfred, Tamuno, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, Rachel Cooper, et al.. (2012). A Multi-Cohort Study of Polymorphisms in the GH/IGF Axis and Physical Capability: The HALCyon Programme. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29883–e29883. 9 indexed citations

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Rowlands, Mari‐Anne, Jeff M.P. Holly, David Gunnell, et al.. (2011). Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factors and IGF-Binding Proteins in PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer: The Large Case–Control Study ProtecT. Cancer Research. 72(2). 503–515. 42 indexed citations

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Wilks, Martin F., John A. Tomenson, Ravindra Fernando, et al.. (2011). Formulation changes and time trends in outcome following paraquat ingestion in Sri Lanka. Clinical Toxicology. 49(1). 21–28. 26 indexed citations

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Martin, Richard M., Benedict W. Wheeler, Chris Metcalfe, & David Gunnell. (2010). What was the immediate impact on population health of the recent fall in hormone replacement therapy prescribing in England? Ecological study. Journal of Public Health. 32(4). 555–564. 12 indexed citations

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Gunnell, David, Roger Harbord, Nicola Singleton, Rachel Jenkins, & Glyn Lewis. (2008). Is low IQ associated with an increased risk of developing suicidal thoughts?. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 44(1). 34–38. 17 indexed citations

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Scazufca, Márcia, Paulo Rossi Menezes, Ricardo Araya, et al.. (2008). Risk factors across the life course and dementia in a Brazilian population: results from the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH). International Journal of Epidemiology. 37(4). 879–890. 65 indexed citations

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Oliver, Isabel, et al.. (2005). Help-seeking behaviour in men and women with common mental health problems: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of Psychology. 186. 297–301. 8 indexed citations

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Richards, Suzanne H, et al.. (2000). Inter-rater reliability of the Barthel ADL Index: how does a researcher compare to a nurse?. Clinical Rehabilitation. 14(1). 72–78. 44 indexed citations

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Gunnell, David. (1994). Reporting suicide The effect of media coverage on patterns of self harm. BMJ. 308(6941). 1446–1447. 17 indexed citations

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