Dévora Kestel

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 294 citations indexed

About

Dévora Kestel is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Dévora Kestel has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 294 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Dévora Kestel's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (3 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). Dévora Kestel is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (3 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). Dévora Kestel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Dévora Kestel's co-authors include Rifat Atun, Daniel Vigo, Graham Thornicroft, Krishna Pendakur, Nino Berdzuli, André Ilbawi, Carina Ferreira‐Borges, Vladimir Poznyak, Bente Mikkelsen and Benjamin O. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Lancet Public Health and International Journal of Mental Health Systems.

In The Last Decade

Dévora Kestel

9 papers receiving 284 citations

Hit Papers

Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alc... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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. Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption
    2023 115 citations Benjamin O. Anderson, Nino Berdzuli et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dévora Kestel United States 7 86 77 72 48 41 10 294
Urvita Bhatia United Kingdom 12 114 1.3× 136 1.8× 113 1.6× 148 3.1× 62 1.5× 33 355
Sinclair Carr Canada 9 53 0.6× 87 1.1× 82 1.1× 151 3.1× 34 0.8× 14 362
Janet K. Spittlehouse New Zealand 10 58 0.7× 113 1.5× 26 0.4× 31 0.6× 59 1.4× 17 335
Gabriela Arantes Wagner Brazil 11 36 0.4× 62 0.8× 97 1.3× 118 2.5× 66 1.6× 46 375
Benjamin O. Ladd United States 10 62 0.7× 121 1.6× 84 1.2× 164 3.4× 40 1.0× 35 359
Neliana Buzi Figlie Brazil 10 27 0.3× 102 1.3× 112 1.6× 105 2.2× 46 1.1× 33 316
Laurent Malet France 11 54 0.6× 117 1.5× 95 1.3× 150 3.1× 30 0.7× 20 383
Anne E. Seraphine United States 9 29 0.3× 86 1.1× 108 1.5× 36 0.8× 50 1.2× 12 361
Jo‐Anne Puddephatt United Kingdom 8 26 0.3× 78 1.0× 117 1.6× 93 1.9× 49 1.2× 12 298
Lucy J. Allbaugh United States 11 46 0.5× 151 2.0× 30 0.4× 39 0.8× 107 2.6× 26 339

Countries citing papers authored by Dévora Kestel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dévora Kestel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Dévora Kestel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Dévora Kestel. The network helps show where Dévora Kestel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dévora Kestel

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Ager, Alastair, Sabrina Hermosilla, Alison Schafer, & Dévora Kestel. (2024). A process study of early achievements and challenges in countries engaged with the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 18(1). 31–31.
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Ren, Minghui, Mariângela Simão, Bente Mikkelsen, Dévora Kestel, & Diane Wu. (2023). Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases, including mental health conditions. The Lancet. 401(10393). 2023–2025. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Benjamin O., Nino Berdzuli, André Ilbawi, et al.. (2023). Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption. The Lancet Public Health. 8(1). e6–e7. 115 indexed citations breakdown →
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Seeher, Katrin, et al.. (2022). Inequitable Access to Dementia Diagnosis and Care in Low-Resource Settings – A Global Perspective. Clinical Gerontologist. 46(2). 133–137. 10 indexed citations
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Fleischmann, Alexandra, et al.. (2021). Suicide worldwide in 2019. Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University). 1 indexed citations
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Saxena, Shekhar, Dévora Kestel, Charlene Sunkel, et al.. (2019). Countdown Global Mental Health 2030. The Lancet. 393(10174). 858–859. 17 indexed citations
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Vigo, Daniel, Dévora Kestel, Krishna Pendakur, Graham Thornicroft, & Rifat Atun. (2018). Disease burden and government spending on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders, and self-harm: cross-sectional, ecological study of health system response in the Americas. The Lancet Public Health. 4(2). e89–e96. 116 indexed citations
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Gerstner, Rebekka, et al.. (2018). Epidemiología del suicidio en adolescentes y jóvenes en Ecuador. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 42. e100–e100. 13 indexed citations
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Kestel, Dévora, et al.. (2012). Mental Health Policy and Service System Development in the English-speaking Caribbean. West Indian Medical Journal. 61(5). 475–482. 14 indexed citations

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