Ellen Townsend

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Ellen Townsend is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Townsend has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Clinical Psychology, 39 papers in Social Psychology and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ellen Townsend's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (92 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (38 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers). Ellen Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (92 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (38 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers). Ellen Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Ellen Townsend's co-authors include Keith Hawton, Camilla Haw, Kelly Houston, Philip Hazell, Kees van Heeringen, Ella Arensman, David Gunnell, Katrina Witt, Tatiana Taylor Salisbury and Kapil Sayal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Townsend

134 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

Is Camouflaging Autistic Traits Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours? Expanding the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide in an Undergraduate Student Sample

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen Townsend United Kingdom	37	3.7k	1.4k	1.1k	621	546	138	5.2k
Vladimir Carli Sweden	42	4.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.5k 2.5×	256 0.5×	147	7.2k
David B. Goldston United States	45	4.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	864 0.8×	611 1.0×	201 0.4×	158	6.1k
Holly C. Wilcox United States	45	5.1k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	808 0.7×	876 1.4×	448 0.8×	180	6.8k
Jeffrey A. Ciesla United States	36	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	465 0.4×	372 0.6×	197 0.4×	79	4.4k
Eve K. Mościcki United States	32	4.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	723 0.7×	985 1.6×	293 0.5×	60	6.6k
Jie Zhang China	36	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	591 0.5×	989 1.6×	160 0.3×	257	4.7k
Dorian A. Lamis United States	42	3.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	876 0.8×	584 0.9×	83 0.2×	164	4.8k
Eric B. Elbogen United States	34	3.5k 1.0×	655 0.5×	951 0.9×	807 1.3×	216 0.4×	142	4.8k
Amy M. Bohnert United States	39	1.9k 0.5×	890 0.7×	430 0.4×	490 0.8×	313 0.6×	154	4.7k
Philippe Mortier Spain	31	4.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	523 0.5×	499 0.8×	152 0.3×	78	5.4k

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Andrews, Jacob A, Chris Hollis, Kareem Khan, et al.. (2025). Debate: What guidance is needed by academics who collaborate with digital companies to improve youth mental health?. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 30(3). 313–316. 1 indexed citations

Dingwall, Robert, et al.. (2024). The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 31(2). e2972–e2972. 1 indexed citations

Goodwin, Jane, Sally O’Keeffe, Nawaraj Bhattarai, et al.. (2024). Adapting Safety Plans for Autistic Adults with Involvement from the Autism Community. Autism in Adulthood. 7(3). 293–302. 6 indexed citations

Williams, Adrian J., Seonaid Cleare, Rohan Borschmann, et al.. (2024). Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 14(1). e079801–e079801. 1 indexed citations

Mughal, Faraz, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, Ellen Townsend, et al.. (2024). How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 74(749). e832–e838.

Townsend, Ellen, et al.. (2024). Friendship and self-harm: a retrospective qualitative study of young adults' experiences of supporting a friend who self-harmed during adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 6 indexed citations

Kostyrka‐Allchorne, Katarzyna, Mariya Stoilova, Aja Louise Murray, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Interplay of Online Risk and Resilience in Adolescence (DIORA): a protocol for a 12-month prospective observational study testing the associations among digital activity, affective and cognitive reactions and depression symptoms in a community sample of UK adolescents. BMJ Open. 14(9). e085061–e085061. 1 indexed citations

Lockwood, Joanna, et al.. (2024). Cultivating participatory processes in self‐harm app development: A case‐study and working methodology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). e12295–e12295. 2 indexed citations

Sonuga‐Barke, E., Mariya Stoilova, Katarzyna Kostyrka‐Allchorne, et al.. (2024). Pathways between digital activity and depressed mood in adolescence: outlining a developmental model integrating risk, reactivity, resilience and reciprocity. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 58. 101411–101411. 6 indexed citations

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Lockwood, Joanna, et al.. (2023). A comparison of temporal pathways to self-harm in young people compared to adults: A pilot test of the Card Sort Task for Self-harm online using Indicator Wave Analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 938003–938003. 2 indexed citations

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Ness, Jennifer, Samantha Kelly, Keith Waters, et al.. (2023). The characteristics, life problems and clinical management of older adults who self‐harm: Findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 38(3). e5895–e5895. 6 indexed citations

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Rodgers, Jacqui, Jane Goodwin, Emma Nielsen, et al.. (2023). Adapted suicide safety plans to address self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide behaviours in autistic adults: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 31–31. 14 indexed citations

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Clements, Caroline, Keith Hawton, Galit Geulayov, et al.. (2023). Self-harm in university students: A comparative analysis of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Journal of Affective Disorders. 335. 67–74. 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Adrian J., et al.. (2022). The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation on Self-harm among Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Minority (LGBTQ+) Individuals. Archives of Suicide Research. 27(2). 165–178. 9 indexed citations

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Williams, Adrian J., Jon Arcelus, Ellen Townsend, & Maria Michail. (2019). Examining risk factors for self-harm and suicide in LGBTQ+ young people: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 9(11). e031541–e031541. 8 indexed citations

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Witt, Katrina, Tatiana Taylor Salisbury, Ella Arensman, et al.. (2018). Treatment as usual (TAU) as a control condition in trials of cognitive behavioural-based psychotherapy for self-harm: Impact of content and quality on outcomes in a systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 235. 434–447. 25 indexed citations

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Clements, Caroline, Pauline Turnbull, Keith Hawton, et al.. (2016). Rates of self-harm presenting to general hospitals: a comparison of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England and Hospital Episode Statistics. BMJ Open. 6(2). e009749–e009749. 80 indexed citations

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Geulayov, Galit, Navneet Kapur, Pauline Turnbull, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology and trends in non-fatal self-harm in three centres in England, 2000–2012: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. BMJ Open. 6(4). e010538–e010538. 133 indexed citations

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Spence, Alexa & Ellen Townsend. (2006). Examining Consumer Behavior Toward Genetically Modified (GM) Food in Britain. Risk Analysis. 26(3). 657–670. 77 indexed citations

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Haw, Camilla, Keith Hawton, Kelly Houston, & Ellen Townsend. (2003). Correlates of Relative Lethality and Suicidal Intent among Deliberate Self‐Harm Patients. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 33(4). 353–364. 86 indexed citations

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