Jan Scott

30.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
416 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Jan Scott is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Scott has authored 416 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 129 papers in Clinical Psychology and 124 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jan Scott's work include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (199 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (122 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (71 papers). Jan Scott is often cited by papers focused on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (199 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (122 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (71 papers). Jan Scott collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Australia. Jan Scott's co-authors include Marie Pope, Eduard Vieta, Francesc Colom, Ravi Lingam, I. Nicol Ferrier, Bruno Étain, Eugene S. Paykel, Peter Haddad, Ian B. Hickie and Hazel Hayhurst and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jan Scott

402 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The HCL-32: Towards a self-assessment tool for hypomanic symptoms in outpatients

2005 521 citations Jan Scott et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

2015 481 citations Jan Scott et al. profile →
Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A revision of the 2005 guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

2014 429 citations Jan Scott et al. profile →
Nonadherence with antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: challenges and management strategies

2014 413 citations Jan Scott et al. profile →
Circadian rhythm sleep–wake disturbances and depression in young people: implications for prevention and early intervention

2021 150 citations Jacob J. Crouse, Joanne S. Carpenter et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Scott United Kingdom	76	11.5k	6.7k	5.7k	2.4k	2.4k	416	20.0k
Andrew C. Leon United States	68	9.3k 0.8×	7.7k 1.1×	5.3k 0.9×	3.9k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	236	22.6k
Robert M. A. Hirschfeld United States	67	12.2k 1.1×	7.2k 1.1×	3.8k 0.7×	3.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	209	20.6k
William Coryell United States	76	11.0k 1.0×	7.8k 1.2×	4.7k 0.8×	4.4k 1.8×	1.5k 0.6×	345	21.1k
Jean Endicott United States	71	14.6k 1.3×	10.8k 1.6×	4.7k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	223	28.4k
Gin S. Malhi Australia	79	14.6k 1.3×	6.2k 0.9×	3.5k 0.6×	3.4k 1.4×	4.8k 2.0×	579	27.6k
Jules Angst Switzerland	91	16.7k 1.5×	10.9k 1.6×	7.1k 1.2×	5.5k 2.2×	3.1k 1.3×	544	30.9k
Willem A. Nolen Netherlands	82	14.1k 1.2×	5.7k 0.8×	3.1k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	336	21.5k
Michael W. Otto United States	85	7.9k 0.7×	12.5k 1.8×	10.6k 1.9×	2.3k 1.0×	4.6k 1.9×	459	28.4k
Mary Cannon Ireland	61	8.3k 0.7×	6.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.3×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	264	16.1k
Patricia R. Houck United States	76	8.5k 0.7×	7.1k 1.1×	5.8k 1.0×	3.2k 1.3×	4.2k 1.7×	267	22.2k

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Hickie, Ian B., Jan Scott, Jacob J. Crouse, et al.. (2025). Towards improved specificity in mental health syndromes: projection-based clustering of depressive phenotypes. Journal of Affective Disorders. 391. 119912–119912.

Carpenter, Joanne S., Jacob J. Crouse, Shin Park, et al.. (2025). Actigraphy-derived circadian rhythms, sleep-wake patterns, and physical activity across clinical stages and pathophysiological subgroups in young people presenting for mental health care. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 186. 396–406. 2 indexed citations

Scott, Jan, et al.. (2024). Are circadian rhythms more favorable with lithium than with other mood stabilizers? An exploratory actigraphy study in euthymic bipolar disorder type 1. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 135. 152531–152531. 1 indexed citations

Iorfino, Frank, Román Marchant, Jacob J. Crouse, et al.. (2024). A prognostic model for predicting functional impairment in youth mental health services. European Psychiatry. 67(1). e87–e87. 1 indexed citations

Morgan, Catharine, Darren M. Ashcroft, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, et al.. (2023). Identifying prior signals of bipolar disorder using primary care electronic health records: a nested case–control study. British Journal of General Practice. 74(740). e165–e173. 2 indexed citations

Scott, Jan, Stian Lydersen, Øystein Vedaa, et al.. (2023). Digital cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia in individuals with self‐reported insomnia and chronic fatigue: A secondary analysis of a large scale randomized controlled trial. Journal of Sleep Research. 32(5). e13888–e13888. 2 indexed citations

Marie‐Claire, Cynthia, Cindie Courtin, Frank Bellivier, Jan Scott, & Bruno Étain. (2022). Methylomic Biomarkers of Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder: A Proof of Transferability Study. Pharmaceuticals. 15(2). 133–133. 5 indexed citations

Crouse, Jacob J., Nicholas Ho, Jan Scott, et al.. (2022). Dynamic networks of psychological symptoms, impairment, substance use, and social support: The evolution of psychopathology among emerging adults. European Psychiatry. 65(1). e32–e32. 5 indexed citations

Kallestad, Håvard, Øystein Vedaa, Knut Langsrud, et al.. (2021). Digital cognitive–behavioural therapy for insomnia compared with digital patient education about insomnia in individuals referred to secondary mental health services in Norway: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11(6). e050661–e050661. 5 indexed citations

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Kallestad, Håvard, Jan Scott, Øystein Vedaa, et al.. (2021). Mode of delivery of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial of digital and face-to-face therapy. SLEEP. 44(12). 32 indexed citations

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Vedaa, Øystein, Melanie Rae Simpson, Knut Langsrud, et al.. (2021). The effect of sleep–wake intraindividual variability in digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: a mediation analysis of a large-scale RCT. SLEEP. 44(10). 8 indexed citations

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Crouse, Jacob J., Kate M. Chitty, Django White, et al.. (2020). Modelling change in neurocognition, symptoms and functioning in young people with emerging mental disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 131. 22–30. 2 indexed citations

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Scott, Jan, Bruno Étain, Mirko Manchia, et al.. (2019). An examination of the quality and performance of the Alda scale for classifying lithium response phenotypes. Bipolar Disorders. 22(3). 255–265. 24 indexed citations

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Krane‐Gartiser, Karoline, Jan Scott, Pierre A. Geoffroy, et al.. (2019). Which actigraphic variables optimally characterize the sleep‐wake cycle of individuals with bipolar disorders?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 139(3). 269–279. 13 indexed citations

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Scott, Jan, Knut Langsrud, Stian Lydersen, et al.. (2019). A pragmatic effectiveness randomized controlled trial of the duration of psychiatric hospitalization in a trans-diagnostic sample of patients with acute mental illness admitted to a ward with either blue-depleted evening lighting or normal lighting conditions. Trials. 20(1). 472–472. 5 indexed citations

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Grierson, Ashlee B., Jan Scott, Joanne S. Carpenter, et al.. (2017). A pilot study of a brief intervention program (RECHARGE) to reduce sleep-wake and circadian rhythm disturbances in youth being treated for depression. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Hickie, Ian B., Jan Scott, Daniel F. Hermens, et al.. (2013). Clinical classification in mental health at the cross-roads: which direction next?. BMC Medicine. 11(1). 125–125. 56 indexed citations

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Peters, Emmanuelle, Steffen Moritz, Kathryn Greenwood, et al.. (2013). Cognitive Biases Questionnaire for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 40(2). 300–313. 75 indexed citations

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Barton, Karen, Elsie M. Burrows, L. M. Reid, et al.. (2005). University of Dundee, Dundee, 12 April 2005. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 64(1a). 26A–28A. 1 indexed citations

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Scott, Jan, et al.. (1999). The impact of training in problem-based interviewing on the detection and management of psychological problems presenting in primary care.. PubMed. 49(443). 441–5. 17 indexed citations

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