Helen Simmons

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Helen Simmons is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Simmons has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Clinical Psychology, 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 1 paper in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Helen Simmons's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (6 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers). Helen Simmons is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (6 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers). Helen Simmons collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and India. Helen Simmons's co-authors include Robert Goodman, Tamsin Ford, H. Meltzer, Rebecca Gatward, Howard Meltzer, Éric Fombonne, Isobel Heyman, Lloyd K. Sines, Jeremy S. Stern and Mary M. Robertson and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Helen Simmons

9 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample

2000 1.4k citations Robert Goodman, Tamsin Ford et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helen Simmons United Kingdom	6	1.4k	461	455	359	225	10	2.0k
Enrico Mezzacappa United States	20	1.0k 0.7×	367 0.8×	414 0.9×	372 1.0×	158 0.7×	28	1.9k
Brian Graetz Australia	21	1.4k 1.0×	334 0.7×	419 0.9×	754 2.1×	251 1.1×	31	2.2k
Christa Winkler Metzke Switzerland	29	1.5k 1.1×	217 0.5×	389 0.9×	433 1.2×	174 0.8×	59	2.0k
David A. Langer United States	21	1.4k 1.0×	503 1.1×	368 0.8×	337 0.9×	101 0.4×	44	2.0k
Isabel A. Bordin Brazil	25	1.3k 0.9×	291 0.6×	262 0.6×	377 1.1×	206 0.9×	63	2.0k
Ulrike Petermann Germany	20	1.0k 0.7×	202 0.4×	400 0.9×	421 1.2×	200 0.9×	126	1.6k
Shoba Srinath India	18	1.6k 1.2×	342 0.7×	457 1.0×	538 1.5×	209 0.9×	59	2.6k
Lourdes Ezpeleta Spain	30	2.1k 1.5×	318 0.7×	416 0.9×	639 1.8×	159 0.7×	111	2.5k
Jacqueline Bruce United States	25	1.5k 1.0×	258 0.6×	477 1.0×	160 0.4×	254 1.1×	40	2.1k
Ilja L. Bongers Netherlands	17	1.5k 1.1×	229 0.5×	514 1.1×	307 0.9×	185 0.8×	42	2.1k

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10 of 10 papers shown

Simmons, Helen. (2020). Surveillance of Modern Motherhood. 3 indexed citations

Stern, Jeremy S., et al.. (2017). 11 Forensic issues in adult attendees to a specialist tourette syndrome service. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 88(8). A31.3–A32. 1 indexed citations

Stern, Jeremy S., et al.. (2017). 13 Underprovision of behavioural therapies for tourette syndrome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 88(8). A32.2–A32. 1 indexed citations

Farag, Mena, Jeremy S. Stern, Helen Simmons, & Mary M. Robertson. (2015). Serial pharmacological prescribing practices for tic management in Tourette syndrome. Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental. 30(6). 435–441. 17 indexed citations

Stern, Jeremy S., et al.. (2013). TIC ATTACKS IN TOURETTE SYNDROME. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 84(11). e2.77–e2. 3 indexed citations

Channon, Shelley, et al.. (2011). Emotional processing and executive functioning in children and adults with Tourette's syndrome. Child Neuropsychology. 18(3). 281–298. 19 indexed citations

Heyman, Isobel, Éric Fombonne, Helen Simmons, et al.. (2001). Prevalence of obsessive–compulsive disorder in the British nationwide survey of child mental health. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 179(4). 324–329. 275 indexed citations

Fombonne, Éric, Helen Simmons, Tamsin Ford, Howard Meltzer, & Robert Goodman. (2001). Prevalence of Pervasive Developmental Disorders in the British Nationwide Survey of Child Mental Health. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 40(7). 820–827. 157 indexed citations

Goodman, Robert, Tamsin Ford, Helen Simmons, Rebecca Gatward, & H. Meltzer. (2000). Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 177(6). 534–539. 1415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sines, Lloyd K. & Helen Simmons. (1959). The shipley-hartford scale and the doppelt short form as estimators of wais IQ in a state hospital population. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 15(4). 452–453. 63 indexed citations

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