George Patton

191.7k total citations · 25 hit papers
503 papers, 36.9k citations indexed

About

George Patton is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, George Patton has authored 503 papers receiving a total of 36.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Clinical Psychology, 148 papers in General Health Professions and 127 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in George Patton's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (132 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (65 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (64 papers). George Patton is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (132 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (65 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (64 papers). George Patton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. George Patton's co-authors include Carolyn Coffey, Susan M. Sawyer, John B. Carlin, Louisa Degenhardt, Lyndal Bond, Peter Azzopardi, Glenn Bowes, Russell Viner, Michael T. Lynskey and Dakshitha Wickremarathne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

George Patton

489 papers receiving 35.2k citations

Hit Papers

The age of adolescence 1996 2026 2006 2016 2018 2012 2011 2009 2002 500 1000 1.5k
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. The age of adolescence
    2018 2.0k citations Susan M. Sawyer, George Patton et al. profile →
  2. Adolescence: a foundation for future health
    2012 1.7k citations Susan M. Sawyer, Rima Afifi et al. profile →
  3. Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic analysis
    2011 1.5k citations George Patton, Carolyn Coffey et al. profile →
  4. Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data
    2009 865 citations George Patton, Carolyn Coffey et al. profile →
  5. Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study
    2002 740 citations George Patton, Carolyn Coffey et al. profile →
  6. Social and School Connectedness in Early Secondary School as Predictors of Late Teenage Substance Use, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes
    2007 701 citations John B. Carlin, George Patton et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
  7. Does bullying cause emotional problems? A prospective study of young teenagers
    2001 676 citations John B. Carlin, George Patton et al. profile →
  8. The Mental Health of Young People in Australia: Key Findings from the Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
    2001 654 citations George Patton et al. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  9. Pubertal transitions in health
    2007 626 citations George Patton, Russell Viner profile →
  10. Prediction of psychosis. A step towards indicated prevention of schizophrenia.
    1998 584 citations George Patton et al. PubMed profile →
  11. Monitoring and Care of Young People at Incipient Risk of Psychosis
    1996 570 citations George Patton et al. profile →
  12. Prediction of psychosis
    1998 509 citations George Patton et al. profile →
  13. The natural history of self-harm from adolescence to young adulthood: a population-based cohort study
    2011 443 citations Paul Moran, Carolyn Coffey et al. profile →
  14. A heavy burden on young minds: the global burden of mental and substance use disorders in children and youth
    2014 434 citations George Patton, Louisa Degenhardt et al. profile →
  15. The increasing global health priority of substance use in young people
    2016 387 citations Louisa Degenhardt, Emily Stockings et al. profile →
  16. The prognosis of common mental disorders in adolescents: a 14-year prospective cohort study
    2014 382 citations George Patton, Carolyn Coffey et al. profile →
  17. Young adult sequelae of adolescent cannabis use: an integrative analysis
    2014 328 citations George Patton, Craig A. Olsson et al. profile →
  18. The global coverage of prevalence data for mental disorders in children and adolescents
    2016 302 citations George Patton, Vikram Patel et al. profile →
  19. Prevention, early intervention, harm reduction, and treatment of substance use in young people
    2016 289 citations Emily Stockings, Wayne Hall et al. profile →
  20. Assessment of Youth-Friendly Health Care: A Systematic Review of Indicators Drawn From Young People's Perspectives
    2013 274 citations George Patton, Lena Sanci et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
  21. Nutrition in adolescent growth and development
    2021 263 citations George Patton et al. profile →
  22. Adolescence and the next generation
    2018 226 citations George Patton, Craig A. Olsson et al. profile →
  23. Adolescent Well-Being: A Definition and Conceptual Framework
    2020 183 citations George Patton et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →
  24. Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990–2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study
    2022 147 citations George Patton et al. profile →
  25. Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development
    2021 144 citations George Patton et al. profile →

Peers

George Patton
Comparison fields: 5 of 203
  • Clinical Psychology 15.4k
  • General Health Professions 9.0k
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6.9k
  • Social Psychology 5.0k
  • Epidemiology 4.9k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study
2025 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Claire A. Wilson, (unknown), Sareh Dashti, Raquel Catalão, Rohan Borschmann, Stephanie Brown, Louise M. Howard, Jessica A. Kerr, (unknown), Paul Moran, George Patton, Craig A. Olsson, Elizabeth Spry
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Effectiveness of ATMAN psychological intervention in reducing self-harm in young people in India: a mixed method case series
2025 ·Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health ·Shilpa Aggarwal, Michael Berk, Nilesh Shah, (unknown), Dimple Kondal, George Patton, Vikram Patel
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Progressing “Positive Epidemiology”: A Cross-national Analysis of Adolescents’ Positive Mental Health and Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2024 ·Epidemiology ·Meredith O’Connor, Craig A. Olsson, Katherine Lange, (unknown), Margarita Moreno‐Betancur, Lisa Mundy, Russell Viner, Sharon Goldfeld, George Patton, Susan M. Sawyer, Steven Hope
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Improving primary to secondary school transitions: A systematic review of school-based interventions to prepare and support student social-emotional and educational outcomes
2023 ·Educational Research Review ·Ruth Beatson, Jon Quach, Louise Canterford, (unknown), Charlotte Louise Bagnall, (unknown), Elissa Phillips, George Patton, Craig A. Olsson, Jemimah Ride, Lisa McKay‐Brown, (unknown), Lisa Mundy
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Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study
2023 ·The Lancet Public Health ·(unknown), Jesse T Young, Kate Francis, Melissa Willoughby, Lindsay A Pearce, Alan Clough, Matthew J. Spittal, Alex Brown, Rohan Borschmann, Susan M. Sawyer, George Patton, Stuart A. Kinner
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Characteristics of Puberty in a Population-Based Sample of Danish Adolescents
2023 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·(unknown), Cecilia Høst Ramlau‐Hansen, Linn Håkonsen Arendt, George Patton, Susan M. Sawyer, S. Ghazaleh Dashti, Andreas Ernst, Jørn Olsen, Nis Brix
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Intervention targets for reducing mortality between mid-adolescence and mid-adulthood: a protocol for a machine-learning facilitated systematic umbrella review
2023 ·BMJ Open ·Jessica A. Kerr, (unknown), Meredith O’Connor, (unknown), Rohan Borschmann, S. Ghazaleh Dashti, Elizabeth Spry, Jessica A. Heerde, Holger Möller, Rebecca Ivers, Joseph M. Boden, James G. Scott, Romola S. Bucks, Rebecca Glauert, Stuart A. Kinner, Craig A. Olsson, George Patton
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The well-being of children at familial risk of severe mental illness: an overlooked yet crucial prevention and early intervention opportunity
2023 ·Nature Mental Health ·Anne Duffy, Sarah Goodday, Hanna Christiansen, George Patton, Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup, Martin Preisig, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Myrna M. Weissman, Giovanni de Girolamo
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Acculturation and risk of traffic crashes in young Asian-born Australian drivers
2022 ·Injury Prevention ·Soufiane Boufous, Holger Möller, George Patton, Mark Woodward, Mark Stevenson, Teresa Senserrick, (unknown), Patricia Cullen, (unknown), Kris Rogers, Huei-Yang Chen, Rebecca Ivers
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The Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS): Study design of a preconception cohort from parent adolescence to offspring childhood
2020 ·Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology ·Elizabeth Spry, Craig A. Olsson, Stephen Hearps, (unknown), John B. Carlin, Louise M. Howard, Margarita Moreno‐Betancur, Helena Romaniuk, Lex W. Doyle, Stephanie Brown, Rohan Borschmann, Yvette Alway, Carolyn Coffey, George Patton
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Maternal healthcare coverage for first pregnancies in adolescent girls: a systematic comparison with adult mothers in household surveys across 105 countries, 2000–2019
2020 ·BMJ Global Health ·Zhihui Li, George Patton, (unknown), S. V. Subramanian, Chunling Lu
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A longitudinal analysis of puberty‐related cortical development
2020 ·NeuroImage ·Nandita Vijayakumar, George J. Youssef, Nicholas B. Allen, Vicki Anderson, Daryl Efron, Philip Hazell, Lisa Mundy, Jan M. Nicholson, George Patton, Marc L. Seal, Julian G. Simmons, Sarah Whittle, Timothy J. Silk
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Mental Health and Substance Use in Young Men in Emerging Adulthood
2019 ·Behavioral Medicine ·Dianne Currier, George Patton, Lena Sanci, (unknown), Matthew J. Spittal, Dallas R. English, Allison Milner, Jane Pirkis
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Positive Youth Development Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Conceptual Framework and Systematic Review of Efficacy
2019 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·Richard F. Catalano, Martie L. Skinner, (unknown), Chisina Kapungu, Nicola Reavley, George Patton, (unknown), Daniel Plaut, (unknown), (unknown), Susan M. Sawyer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Suzanne Petroni
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Longitudinal patterns of amphetamine use from adolescence to adulthood: A latent class analysis of a 20-year prospective study of Australians
2018 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·Gary Chan, Peter Butterworth, Denise Becker, Louisa Degenhardt, Emily Stockings, Wayne Hall, George Patton
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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guideline for the management of deliberate self-harm
2016 ·Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ·Gregory Carter, Andrew Page, Matthew Large, Sarah Hetrick, Allison Milner, (unknown), (unknown), Brian Draper, Philip Hazell, Sarah Fortune, Jane S. Burns, George Patton, Mark Lawrence, (unknown), Jo Robinson, Helen Christensen
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Depression, immune function, and early adrenarche in children
2015 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·(unknown), Michelle L. Byrne, Sarah Whittle, Julian G. Simmons, Craig A. Olsson, Lisa Mundy, George Patton, Nicholas B. Allen
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Incidence and Course of Adolescent Deliberate Self-Harm in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State
2015 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·Jessica A. Heerde, John W. Toumbourou, Sheryl A. Hemphill, Todd I. Herrenkohl, George Patton, Richard F. Catalano
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Adolescent Health 1 Adolescence: a foundation for future health
2012 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Susan M. Sawyer, Rima Afifi, (unknown), Sarah‐Jayne Blakemore, Bruce Dick, Alex Ezeh, George Patton
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R U OK 2 TXT 4 RESEARCH?--feasibility of text message communication in primary care research.
2006 ·PubMed ·Dagmar M. Haller, Lena Sanci, Susan M. Sawyer, Carolyn Coffey, George Patton
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