David Osborn

18.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
270 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

David Osborn is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, David Osborn has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 91 papers in Clinical Psychology and 65 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in David Osborn's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (101 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (36 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (33 papers). David Osborn is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (101 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (36 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (33 papers). David Osborn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Osborn's co-authors include Michael King, Irwin Nazareth, Joseph Hayes, Kate Walters, Alexandra Pitman, Helen Killaspy, Joanna Semlyen, Sharon See Tai, Irene Petersen and Louise Marston and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Osborn

257 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

  1. A systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people
    2008 1.6k citations David Osborn et al. BMC Psychiatry profile →
  2. Air Pollution (Particulate Matter) Exposure and Associations with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Psychosis and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2019 425 citations James B. Kirkbride, David Osborn et al. profile →
  3. Effects of suicide bereavement on mental health and suicide risk
    2014 350 citations Alexandra Pitman, David Osborn et al. profile →
  4. Mortality gap for people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: UK-based cohort study 2000–2014
    2017 291 citations Joseph Hayes, Louise Marston et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Osborn 3.7k 3.2k 2.8k 1.8k 1.4k 270 10.9k
Fiona Charlson 3.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.4× 1.6k 1.2× 64 12.6k
Steve Kisely 5.3k 1.5× 4.5k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 2.9k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 512 14.2k
Gemma Vilagut 5.8k 1.6× 1.5k 0.5× 3.4k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 163 12.7k
Steven G. Heeringa 4.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 153 11.6k
Norbert Schmitz 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 986 0.7× 324 10.0k
Bedirhan Üstün 2.6k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 910 0.7× 42 8.7k
José Luís Ayuso‐Mateos 4.3k 1.2× 4.8k 1.5× 3.1k 1.1× 2.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 321 15.7k
Arnstein Mykletun 3.5k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 4.9k 2.8× 1.9k 1.4× 223 15.9k
Ronan E. O’Carroll 3.0k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 265 11.2k
Ramin Mojtabai 5.7k 1.6× 3.8k 1.2× 4.2k 1.5× 3.0k 1.7× 2.3k 1.7× 328 15.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Osborn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Osborn

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All Works

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Ellins, Elizabeth A., Richard Summers, Ann John, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular risk assessment in male and female patients with and without depression: an electronic health record evaluation in Wales. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
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Burchill, Ella, Jonathan Rogers, David Osborn, et al.. (2025). Temporal relationship between severe mental illness and neurological conditions in a UK primary care cohort. BMJ Mental Health. 28(1). e301923–e301923.
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Launders, Naomi, Caroline Jackson, Joseph Hayes, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of people with severe mental illness excluded from incentivised physical health checks in the UK: electronic healthcare record study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 228(4). 340–347.
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Osborn, David, et al.. (2024). The Association Between Outdoor Ambient Temperature and Depression and Mania: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. BJPsych Open. 10(S1). S28–S29. 1 indexed citations
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Bazo‐Alvarez, Juan Carlos, Christina Avgerinou, Danielle Nimmons, et al.. (2024). Defining Mental Health Conditions Within Primary Care Data: A Validation Study With a Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Approach. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 31(1). e14256–e14256. 2 indexed citations
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Plackett, Ruth, Clara Mukuria, Mark Clowes, et al.. (2024). Measures of social connectedness in adult populations: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3384–3384. 1 indexed citations
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Avgerinou, Christina, Kate Walters, Juan Carlos Bazo‐Alvarez, et al.. (2024). 2022 Association between severe mental illness and risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures: analysis of UK primary care data. Age and Ageing. 53(Supplement_1).
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Hayes, Joseph, Fehmi Ben Abdesslem, Sandra Eloranta, David Osborn, & Magnus Boman. (2024). Predicting maintenance lithium response for bipolar disorder from electronic health records—a retrospective study. PeerJ. 12. e17841–e17841. 1 indexed citations
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Richards‐Belle, Alvin, et al.. (2023). Associations of antidepressants and antipsychotics with lipid parameters: Do CYP2C19 / CYP2D6 genes play a role? A UK population-based study. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 37(4). 396–407. 10 indexed citations
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Ikhtabi, Sarah, Alexandra Pitman, Kirsten Barnicot, et al.. (2023). Crisis and acute mental health care for people who have been given a diagnosis of a ‘personality disorder’: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 720–720. 5 indexed citations
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Dykxhoorn, Jennifer, David Osborn, Kate Walters, et al.. (2023). Temporal patterns in the recorded annual incidence of common mental disorders over two decades in the United Kingdom: a primary care cohort study. Psychological Medicine. 54(4). 663–674. 27 indexed citations
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Ng, V, Le Gao, Esther W. Chan, et al.. (2022). Association between the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder and risk of traumatic injuries: a self-controlled case series study. Psychological Medicine. 53(11). 5185–5193. 2 indexed citations
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Launders, Naomi, et al.. (2022). The incidence rate of planned and emergency physical health hospital admissions in people diagnosed with severe mental illness: a cohort study. Psychological Medicine. 53(12). 5603–5614. 3 indexed citations
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Launders, Naomi, et al.. (2022). Incidence and associations of hospital delirium diagnoses in 85,979 people with severe mental illness: A data linkage study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 147(5). 516–526. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Justin, Johan H. Thygesen, Nomi Werbeloff, Joseph Hayes, & David Osborn. (2022). Antipsychotic polypharmacy and adverse drug reactions among adults in a London mental health service, 2008–2018. Psychological Medicine. 53(9). 4220–4227.
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Osborn, David, Danielle Lamb, Alastair Canaway, et al.. (2021). Acute day units in non-residential settings for people in mental health crisis: the AD-CARE mixed-methods study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(18). 1–122. 2 indexed citations
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Dregan, Alex, Ann McNeill, Fiona Gaughran, et al.. (2020). Potential gains in life expectancy from reducing amenable mortality among people diagnosed with serious mental illness in the United Kingdom. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230674–e0230674. 30 indexed citations
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Sterbis, Joseph R., Chunling Gao, Bungo Furusato, et al.. (2008). Higher Expression of the Androgen-Regulated Gene PSA/HK3 mRNA in Prostate Cancer Tissues Predicts Biochemical Recurrence-Free Survival. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(3). 758–763. 18 indexed citations

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