John Torous

34.5k total citations · 19 hit papers
466 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

John Torous is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, General Health Professions and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Torous has authored 466 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 328 papers in Applied Psychology, 170 papers in General Health Professions and 159 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in John Torous's work include Digital Mental Health Interventions (325 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (148 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (147 papers). John Torous is often cited by papers focused on Digital Mental Health Interventions (325 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (148 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (147 papers). John Torous collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John Torous's co-authors include Joseph Firth, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Jennifer Nicholas, Hannah Wisniewski, Jukka‐Pekka Onnela, Mark Larsen, Jerome Sarris, Aditya Vaidyam, Steven Chan and Rebekah Carney and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Torous

428 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Hit Papers

The efficacy of smartphone‐based mental health interventi... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2019 2021 2018 2017 200 400 600
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 efficacy of smartphone‐based mental health interventions for depressive symptoms: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
    2017 664 citations Joseph Firth, John Torous et al. World Psychiatry profile →
  2. Chatbots and Conversational Agents in Mental Health: A Review of the Psychiatric Landscape
    2019 542 citations John Torous et al. profile →
  3. The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality
    2021 537 citations John Torous, Sandra Bucci et al. World Psychiatry profile →
  4. Clinical review of user engagement with mental health smartphone apps: evidence, theory and improvements
    2018 499 citations John Torous, Joseph Firth et al. profile →
  5. Can smartphone mental health interventions reduce symptoms of anxiety? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    2017 475 citations Joseph Firth, John Torous et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  6. New Tools for New Research in Psychiatry: A Scalable and Customizable Platform to Empower Data Driven Smartphone Research
    2016 442 citations John Torous et al. JMIR Mental Health profile →
  7. The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition
    2019 320 citations Joseph Firth, John Torous et al. World Psychiatry profile →
  8. Social Media and Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, and Opportunities for Research and Practice
    2020 318 citations John A. Naslund, Ameya Bondre et al. profile →
  9. Dropout rates in clinical trials of smartphone apps for depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2019 298 citations John Torous, Joseph Firth et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
  10. Relapse prediction in schizophrenia through digital phenotyping: a pilot study
    2018 240 citations John Torous, Matcheri S. Keshavan et al. profile →
  11. Using science to sell apps: Evaluation of mental health app store quality claims
    2019 214 citations John Torous, Louise Birrell et al. profile →
  12. Mobile phone-based interventions for mental health: A systematic meta-review of 14 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials
    2022 137 citations Simon B. Goldberg, Otto Simonsson et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  13. Digital mental health: challenges and next steps
    2023 77 citations Charlotte Blease, Joseph Firth et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  14. Current evidence on the efficacy of mental health smartphone apps for symptoms of depression and anxiety. A meta‐analysis of 176 randomized controlled trials
    2024 74 citations John Torous, Joseph Firth et al. World Psychiatry profile →
  15. Digital transformation of mental health services
    2023 71 citations John Torous et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  16. “It happened to be the perfect thing”: experiences of generative AI chatbots for mental health
    2024 36 citations John Torous et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  17. The evolving field of digital mental health: current evidence and implementation issues for smartphone apps, generative artificial intelligence, and virtual reality
    2025 22 citations John Torous, Simon B. Goldberg et al. World Psychiatry profile →
  18. Digital interventions in mental health: An overview and future perspectives
    2025 14 citations John Torous et al. profile →
  19. A scoping review of large language models for generative tasks in mental health care
    2025 13 citations John Torous et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Torous United States 62 10.1k 5.0k 4.6k 3.5k 3.4k 466 16.7k
David C. Mohr United States 84 8.3k 0.8× 5.2k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 5.8k 1.7× 3.4k 1.0× 322 25.4k
Heleen Riper Netherlands 63 10.2k 1.0× 5.8k 1.2× 3.3k 0.7× 5.4k 1.6× 3.2k 0.9× 271 16.4k
Harald Baumeister Germany 57 5.2k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 3.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 354 11.4k
Saul Shiffman United States 77 9.0k 0.9× 6.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.6× 4.7k 1.4× 1.5k 0.4× 289 24.1k
Per Carlbring Sweden 78 11.2k 1.1× 9.7k 1.9× 1.6k 0.3× 8.4k 2.4× 4.8k 1.4× 372 20.1k
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Netherlands 80 6.0k 0.6× 3.8k 0.8× 3.9k 0.8× 12.8k 3.7× 5.1k 1.5× 630 28.7k
Kathleen M Griffiths Australia 69 5.7k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 4.4k 1.0× 8.9k 2.6× 3.5k 1.0× 213 18.1k
Joshua M. Smyth United States 62 3.1k 0.3× 3.5k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 6.3k 1.8× 1.7k 0.5× 315 15.7k
Stephen M. Schueller United States 49 5.7k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 159 8.8k
Christopher W. Kahler United States 70 5.5k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 6.3k 1.8× 1.6k 0.5× 343 19.1k

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All Works

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Blease, Charlotte, et al.. (2025). Generative Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care: Qualitative Study of UK General Practitioners’ Views. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e74428–e74428. 4 indexed citations
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Bondre, Ameya, Ritu Shrivastava, Deepak Tugnawat, et al.. (2025). Analyzing Trends in Suicidal Thoughts Among Patients With Psychosis in India: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment Data. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e67745–e67745.
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Cipriani, Maria Camilla, et al.. (2025). Evaluating clinical outcomes for anxiety and depression: A real-world comparison of the digital clinic and primary care. Journal of Affective Disorders. 377. 275–283. 3 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Julian, et al.. (2025). Integration of Psychiatric Advance Directives Into the Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Record: Exploring the Promise and Limitations. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e68549–e68549. 1 indexed citations
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Torous, John, et al.. (2024). Integrated Digital Mental Health Care: A Vision for Addressing Population Mental Health Needs. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 17. 359–365. 10 indexed citations
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Yassin, Walid, Cassandra Wannan, Kristina M. Holton, et al.. (2024). Biomarker discovery using machine learning in the psychosis spectrum. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100107–100107. 3 indexed citations
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Torous, John, et al.. (2024). Bridging the mental health gap: The scope, challenges, and future of digital psychiatry in India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 101. 104215–104215. 1 indexed citations
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Blease, Charlotte, et al.. (2024). Psychiatrists’ experiences and opinions of generative artificial intelligence in mental healthcare: An online mixed methods survey. Psychiatry Research. 333. 115724–115724. 44 indexed citations
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Macrynikola, Natalia, Dylan J. Jester, Matcheri S. Keshavan, et al.. (2024). Social determinants of mental health in major depressive disorder: Umbrella review of 26 meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Psychiatry Research. 335. 115854–115854. 18 indexed citations
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Bell, Imogen, Emily Eisner, Stephanie Allan, et al.. (2023). Methodological Characteristics and Feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies in Psychosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 50(2). 238–265. 15 indexed citations
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Thornton, Louise, Katrina E. Champion, Annie Wescott, et al.. (2021). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Diet, Alcohol Use, and Tobacco Use: Systematic Review. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(2). e27337–e27337. 9 indexed citations
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Saha, Koustuv, John Torous, Emre Kıcıman, & Munmun De Choudhury. (2021). Understanding Side Effects of Antidepressants: Large-scale Longitudinal Study on Social Media Data. JMIR Mental Health. 8(3). e26589–e26589. 31 indexed citations
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Blease, Charlotte, Anna Kharko, Maria Hägglund, et al.. (2021). The benefits and harms of open notes in mental health: A Delphi survey of international experts. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0258056–e0258056. 15 indexed citations
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Minen, Mia T., et al.. (2020). Characteristics of Neuropsychiatric Mobile Health Trials: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Studies Registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(8). e16180–e16180. 2 indexed citations
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Schueller, Stephen M. & John Torous. (2020). Scaling evidence-based treatments through digital mental health.. American Psychologist. 75(8). 1093–1104. 98 indexed citations
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Aledavood, Talayeh, et al.. (2019). Smartphone-Based Tracking of Sleep in Depression, Anxiety, and Psychotic Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports. 21(7). 49–49. 56 indexed citations
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Firth, Joseph, John Torous, Brendon Stubbs, et al.. (2019). The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition. World Psychiatry. 18(2). 119–129. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Torous, John, John Luo, & Steven Chan. (2018). Mental Health Apps: What to Tell Patients: An Evaluation Model Created Specifically for Such Apps Can Help Guide Your Discussions. Current psychiatry. 17(3). 21. 4 indexed citations

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