Emma Fergusson

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Emma Fergusson is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Fergusson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 5 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Emma Fergusson's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (5 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (3 papers). Emma Fergusson is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (5 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (3 papers). Emma Fergusson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Emma Fergusson's co-authors include Barbara Maughan, Jean Golding, Neil Millar, Brendan P. Bradley, Karin Mogg, Robert Howard, Christel Renoux, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Samy Suissa and Ju‐Young Shin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Emma Fergusson

17 papers receiving 1000 citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents
    2009 498 citations Emma Fergusson Child and Adolescent Mental 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
Emma Fergusson United Kingdom 9 565 344 207 205 178 19 1.0k
Julia E. Morgan United States 10 727 1.3× 194 0.6× 234 1.1× 195 1.0× 122 0.7× 19 1.4k
Heidemarie Blumenthal United States 22 926 1.6× 440 1.3× 226 1.1× 209 1.0× 84 0.5× 80 1.5k
Zhengzhi Feng China 20 521 0.9× 433 1.3× 202 1.0× 376 1.8× 117 0.7× 85 1.2k
René Carbonneau Canada 21 1.2k 2.1× 287 0.8× 289 1.4× 129 0.6× 290 1.6× 42 1.8k
Jackson A. Goodnight United States 17 538 1.0× 201 0.6× 261 1.3× 113 0.6× 144 0.8× 32 888
Mohammad H. Afzali Canada 18 443 0.8× 313 0.9× 134 0.6× 239 1.2× 195 1.1× 42 1.3k
Ilya Yaroslavsky United States 21 662 1.2× 414 1.2× 199 1.0× 111 0.5× 128 0.7× 34 1.1k
Lisa N. Legrand United States 15 580 1.0× 358 1.0× 98 0.5× 121 0.6× 137 0.8× 20 1.3k
David S. Herzberg United States 10 590 1.0× 209 0.6× 319 1.5× 80 0.4× 101 0.6× 12 859
Michelle M. Reising United States 13 620 1.1× 169 0.5× 159 0.8× 187 0.9× 362 2.0× 18 944

Countries citing papers authored by Emma Fergusson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Fergusson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Fergusson

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Decker, MB, et al.. (2025). Dietary and spatial overlap among jellyfish and small pelagic fish in the eastern Bering Sea during recent marine heatwave conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 754. 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma, et al.. (2025). Juvenile salmon body condition in Southeast Alaska is buffered during marine heatwaves. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 760. 135–149.
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Fergusson, Emma, et al.. (2023). Overmedicalization of young people’s distress is undermining and disempowering families. Nature Mental Health. 1(6). 381–382. 8 indexed citations
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Montastruc, François, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu, Emma Fergusson, et al.. (2022). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in youths. Journal of Affective Disorders. 318. 231–237. 3 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Hui Yin, et al.. (2021). Prescribing Trends of Antidepressants and Psychotropic Coprescription for Youths in UK Primary Care, 2000-2018. Journal of Affective Disorders. 287. 19–25. 11 indexed citations
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Bird, Jessica C., et al.. (2020). The assessment of paranoia in young people: Item and test properties of the Bird Checklist of Adolescent Paranoia. Schizophrenia Research. 220. 116–122. 7 indexed citations
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Bird, Jessica C., et al.. (2017). Cognitive, affective, and social factors maintaining paranoia in adolescents with mental health problems: A longitudinal study. Psychiatry Research. 257. 34–39. 38 indexed citations
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Renoux, Christel, Ju‐Young Shin, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Emma Fergusson, & Samy Suissa. (2016). Prescribing trends of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications in UK primary care, 1995–2015. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 82(3). 858–868. 75 indexed citations
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Clark, Tom, Ed Day, & Emma Fergusson. (2011). Core Clinical Cases in Psychiatry. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Tom, Ed Day, & Emma Fergusson. (2011). Core Clinical Cases in Psychiatry, 2nd Edition. 1 indexed citations
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Wertheimer, Alex C., et al.. (2009). Forecasting Pink Salmon Harvest in Southeast Alaska from Juvenile Salmon Abundance and Associated Environmental Parameters: 2008 Returns and 2009 Forecast. 4 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma. (2009). Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 14(1). 55–55. 498 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fergusson, Emma, Barbara Maughan, & Jean Golding. (2007). Which children receive grandparental care and what effect does it have?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 49(2). 161–169. 97 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma. (2007). If your Adolescent has Depression or Bipolar Disorder. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 12(2). 102–102. 4 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma & Robert Howard. (2000). Donepezil for the treatment of psychosis in dementia with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15(3). 280–281. 36 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma & Robert Howard. (2000). Donepezil for the treatment of psychosis in dementia with Lewy bodies. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15(3). 280–281. 1 indexed citations
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Fergusson, Emma, Jonathan Li, & Bruce Taylor. (1998). Grandmothers' role in preventing unnecessary accident and emergency attendances: cohort study. BMJ. 317(7174). 1685–1685. 5 indexed citations
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Burton, Matthew J., et al.. (1997). The prevalence of cataract in two villages of Northern Pakistan with different levels of ultraviolet radiation. Eye. 11(1). 95–101. 21 indexed citations
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Bradley, Brendan P., et al.. (1997). Attentional Biases for Emotional Faces. Cognition & Emotion. 11(1). 25–42. 222 indexed citations

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