Gavin Mercer

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gavin Mercer is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin Mercer has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 3 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Gavin Mercer's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (4 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (1 paper). Gavin Mercer is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (4 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (1 paper). Gavin Mercer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Gavin Mercer's co-authors include Chris Frith, Rhiannon Corcoran, Patrick Keown, Jan Scott, John Eagles, A. Boshier, Peter Gallagher, Allan H. Young, David G. C. Owens and Eve C. Johnstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Research.

In The Last Decade

Gavin Mercer

7 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Schizophrenia, symptomatology and social inference: Investigating “theory of mind” in people with schizophrenia

1995 970 citations Rhiannon Corcoran, Gavin Mercer et al. Schizophrenia Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gavin Mercer United Kingdom	6	657	443	375	317	279	7	1.1k
Lindsay S. Schenkel United States	17	792 1.2×	510 1.2×	364 1.0×	188 0.6×	162 0.6×	28	1.2k
M. F. Green United States	22	1.0k 1.5×	379 0.9×	601 1.6×	387 1.2×	406 1.5×	24	1.5k
Baybars Veznedaroğlu Türkiye	13	638 1.0×	368 0.8×	228 0.6×	315 1.0×	210 0.8×	20	940
Winnie W. Leung Hong Kong	13	676 1.0×	213 0.5×	386 1.0×	230 0.7×	195 0.7×	16	935
Michael C. Zinser United States	15	1.0k 1.5×	694 1.6×	364 1.0×	337 1.1×	580 2.1×	18	1.8k
A. Scerbo United States	9	454 0.7×	512 1.2×	262 0.7×	178 0.6×	244 0.9×	11	1.0k
Kimmy S. Kee United States	15	1.2k 1.9×	617 1.4×	576 1.5×	401 1.3×	568 2.0×	20	1.6k
M. F. Green United States	11	1.3k 1.9×	559 1.3×	695 1.9×	483 1.5×	468 1.7×	13	1.9k
Susan S. Hogarty United States	16	1.1k 1.6×	388 0.9×	627 1.7×	332 1.0×	278 1.0×	20	1.3k
Abram Sterne United Kingdom	13	341 0.5×	318 0.7×	179 0.5×	123 0.4×	273 1.0×	19	824

Countries citing papers authored by Gavin Mercer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gavin Mercer

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Keown, Patrick, Gavin Mercer, & Jan Scott. (2008). Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics, involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983, and number of psychiatric beds in England 1996-2006. BMJ. 337(oct09 2). a1837–a1837. 60 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Peter, et al.. (2001). Acute tryptophan depletion in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine. 31(1). 75–84. 41 indexed citations

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Eagles, John, et al.. (2000). Seasonality of eating pathology on the eating attitudes test in a nonclinical population. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 27(3). 335–340. 9 indexed citations

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Owens, David G. C., et al.. (1997). The use of videotaped assessment in relation to a study of enhanced management in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 11(4). 357–360. 3 indexed citations

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Mercer, Gavin, et al.. (1997). A study of enhanced management in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 11(4). 349–356. 5 indexed citations

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Eagles, John, et al.. (1996). Seasonal affective disorder among psychiatric nurses in Aberdeen. Journal of Affective Disorders. 37(2-3). 129–135. 27 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Rhiannon, Gavin Mercer, & Chris Frith. (1995). Schizophrenia, symptomatology and social inference: Investigating “theory of mind” in people with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 17(1). 5–13. 970 indexed citations breakdown →

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