James M. Bolton

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
220 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

James M. Bolton is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Bolton has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Clinical Psychology, 46 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 42 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in James M. Bolton's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (37 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers). James M. Bolton is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (37 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (23 papers). James M. Bolton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. James M. Bolton's co-authors include Jitender Sareen, Ruth Ann Marrie, Çharles N. Bernstein, Scott B. Patten, Lisa M. Lix, John D. Fisk, Carol Hitchon, Lesley A. Graff, John R. Walker and Renée El‐Gabalawy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

James M. Bolton

209 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Self-medication with alcohol or drugs for mood and anxiety disorders: A narrative review of the epidemiological literature

2018 259 citations Natalie Mota, James M. Bolton et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Bolton Canada	41	1.9k	918	856	836	651	220	5.8k
Tommi Härkänen Finland	39	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	614 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	889 1.4×	177	6.0k
Jeffrey F. Scherrer United States	47	2.1k 1.1×	660 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	365 0.4×	844 1.3×	229	6.9k
Renée El‐Gabalawy Canada	34	1.2k 0.6×	636 0.7×	527 0.6×	405 0.5×	579 0.9×	121	3.5k
Lena Brandt Sweden	44	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	1.3k 1.6×	436 0.5×	444 0.7×	136	7.3k
John Bostwick United States	57	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	947 1.1×	388 0.5×	444 0.7×	247	11.0k
Tatsuyuki Kakuma Japan	45	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	574 0.7×	315 0.4×	308 0.5×	233	6.8k
Michael E. Benros Denmark	42	3.3k 1.7×	1.9k 2.1×	769 0.9×	257 0.3×	877 1.3×	181	9.7k
Patricia L. Dobkin Canada	41	1.7k 0.9×	918 1.0×	720 0.8×	202 0.2×	1.1k 1.8×	115	4.9k
Cecilia Magnusson Sweden	52	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	521 0.6×	479 0.6×	428 0.7×	164	8.1k
Catarina Almqvist Sweden	57	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	232 0.3×	548 0.8×	296	11.0k

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Gawaziuk, Justin, Rae Spiwak, Dan Chateau, et al.. (2025). Workplace Injury and Mental Health Outcomes. JAMA Network Open. 8(2). e2459678–e2459678. 1 indexed citations

Spiwak, Rae, Justin Gawaziuk, Dan Chateau, et al.. (2025). Mental health in public safety personnel with workplace injuries requiring surgery: a longitudinal population-wide administrative data study in Manitoba, Canada. BMJ Open. 15(2). e084367–e084367. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, John W., Dallas Seitz, David Crockford, et al.. (2024). Quality indicators for schizophrenia care: A scoping review. Schizophrenia Research. 274. 406–416. 1 indexed citations

Friesen, Erik Loewen, et al.. (2024). Outcomes in Clinical Subgroups of Patients With Alcohol-Related Hospitalizations. JAMA Network Open. 7(1). e2353971–e2353971.

Bolton, James M., et al.. (2023). Increasing access to specialist care with group medical visits: summary of a pilot in a post-crisis psychiatric clinic. Frontiers in Health Services. 3. 1127725–1127725.

Kowalec, Kaarina, Amber Salter, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2022). Depressive symptom trajectories and polygenic risk scores in individuals with an immune-mediated inflammatory disease. General Hospital Psychiatry. 77. 21–28. 7 indexed citations

Hatala, Andrew R., Ian Scott, Julie M. Deleemans, et al.. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Survey Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Cancer Care of Adolescents and Young Adults. Current Oncology. 28(4). 3201–3213. 12 indexed citations

Sareen, Jitender, Shay‐Lee Bolton, Natalie Mota, et al.. (2021). Lifetime Prevalence and Comorbidity of Mental Disorders in the Two-wave 2002–2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey (CAFVMHS): Prévalence et Comorbidité de Durée de vie Des Troubles Mentaux Dans l’Enquête de Suivi Sur la Santé Mentale Auprès des Membres des Forces Armées Canadiennes et Des ex-Militaires (ESSMFACM) en Deux Cycles de 2002 à 2018. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 66(11). 951–960. 14 indexed citations

Leong, Christine, James M. Bolton, Heather J. Prior, et al.. (2021). Use of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder in Manitoba, Canada: A whole-population cohort study. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257025–e0257025. 7 indexed citations

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Olafson, Kendiss, Ruth Ann Marrie, James M. Bolton, et al.. (2021). The 5-year pre- and post-hospitalization treated prevalence of mental disorders and psychotropic medication use in critically ill patients: a Canadian population-based study. Intensive Care Medicine. 47(12). 1450–1461. 13 indexed citations

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Marrie, Ruth Ann, James M. Bolton, Scott B. Patten, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Substance Use Disorder in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 27(1). 58–64. 16 indexed citations

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Allen, Jennifer L., Matthew Gittins, James M. Bolton, et al.. (2020). PROgesterone Therapy for Endometrial Cancer Prevention in Obese Women (PROTEC) Trial: A Feasibility Study. Cancer Prevention Research. 14(2). 263–274. 12 indexed citations

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Ryan, Neil, R F McMahon, Simon Tobi, et al.. (2020). The proportion of endometrial tumours associated with Lynch syndrome (PETALS): A prospective cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine. 17(9). e1003263–e1003263. 61 indexed citations

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Bernstein, Çharles N., Lesley A. Graff, Scott B. Patten, et al.. (2019). Social phobia in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 128. 109890–109890. 10 indexed citations

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Sareen, Jitender, et al.. (2015). Correlates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts among Tertiary Care, Emergency Department Patients. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 60(6). 276–283. 25 indexed citations

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Sareen, Jitender, et al.. (2015). A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Recent Stressful Life Events as Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior in Major Depressive Disorder. Archives of Suicide Research. 19(2). 202–217. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, JianLi, et al.. (2014). A prediction algorithm for first onset of major depression in the general population: development and validation. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 68(5). 418–424. 38 indexed citations

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Bolton, James M., Jina Pagura, Murray W. Enns, Bridget F. Grant, & Jitender Sareen. (2010). A population-based longitudinal study of risk factors for suicide attempts in major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 44(13). 817–826. 139 indexed citations

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Lie‐Injo, Luan Eng, et al.. (1972). Phosphoglucomutase and Carbonic Anhydrase in West Malaysian Aborigines. Human Heredity. 22(1). 28–37. 16 indexed citations

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Eng, Lie‐Injo Luan, et al.. (1971). Unusual Albumin Variants in Indonesians and Malayan Aborigines. Human Heredity. 21(4). 376–383. 7 indexed citations

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