Keith Hawton

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Keith Hawton is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Emergency Medicine and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Hawton has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Clinical Psychology, 25 papers in Emergency Medicine and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Keith Hawton's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (47 papers), Poisoning and overdose treatments (23 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (15 papers). Keith Hawton is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (47 papers), Poisoning and overdose treatments (23 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (15 papers). Keith Hawton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Keith Hawton's co-authors include Kate Saunders, Camilla Haw, Carolina Casañas i Comabella, Louise Harriss, R. Weatherall, Sue Simkin, Navneet Kapur, Michael J Goldacre, Helen Bergen and Valerie Seagroatt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Keith Hawton

68 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Risk factors for suicide in individuals with depression: A systematic review

2013 1.0k citations Keith Hawton, Carolina Casañas i Comabella et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →
Suicide following deliberate self-harm: long-term follow-up of patients who presented to a general hospital

2003 536 citations Keith Hawton et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →
Preventing suicide: a public health approach to a global problem

2024 28 citations Rakhi Dandona, Morton M. Silverman et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Hawton United Kingdom	38	4.5k	1.6k	1.3k	1.1k	911	69	6.1k
Keith Hawton United Kingdom	51	6.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	104	8.6k
Paul Corcoran Ireland	37	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	627 0.6×	801 0.9×	254	6.4k
Alan L. Berman United States	36	5.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	502 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	117	6.2k
Armin Schmidtke Germany	34	3.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	679 0.6×	763 0.8×	105	4.7k
Morton M. Silverman United States	29	4.6k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	978 0.7×	387 0.3×	790 0.9×	81	5.6k
Glenn W. Currier United States	32	4.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.6×	903 0.8×	401 0.4×	84	6.7k
Sue Simkin United Kingdom	36	3.4k 0.8×	903 0.6×	986 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	692 0.8×	75	5.1k
A.J.F.M. Kerkhof Netherlands	43	4.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	819 0.6×	410 0.4×	976 1.1×	192	5.8k
Camilla Haw United Kingdom	34	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	431 0.4×	441 0.5×	95	5.2k
Ella Arensman Ireland	49	7.1k 1.6×	3.0k 1.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	215	8.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Nilsson, Sandra Feodor, Thomas Munk Laursen, Annette Erlangsen, et al.. (2025). Homelessness, psychiatric disorders, and risks of suicide and self-harm: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Public Health. 10(7). e559–e567. 2 indexed citations

Mavranezouli, Ifigeneia, Ferruccio Pelone, Rachel Connolly, et al.. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of psychological and psychosocial interventions for adults, children and young people who have self-harmed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27(1). e301220–e301220. 1 indexed citations

Taylor, Peter, Keith Hawton, Rob Poole, et al.. (2024). Financial Stress Amongst People Who Self-Harm in Sri Lanka. Archives of Suicide Research. 29(3). 700–717.

Dandona, Rakhi, et al.. (2024). Preventing suicide: a public health approach to a global problem. The Lancet Public Health. 9(10). e787–e795. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Hawton, Keith, Carolina Casañas i Comabella, Camilla Haw, & Kate Saunders. (2013). Risk factors for suicide in individuals with depression: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 147(1-3). 17–28. 1045 indexed citations breakdown →

Saunders, Kate, Fiona Brand, Karen Lascelles, & Keith Hawton. (2013). The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale: an evaluation of its clinical utility in self-harm patients. Emergency Medicine Journal. 31(10). 796–798. 29 indexed citations

Petersen, Liselotte, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Per Kragh Andersen, Preben Bo Mortensen, & Keith Hawton. (2013). Genetic and Familial Environmental Effects on Suicide – An Adoption Study of Siblings. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77973–e77973. 10 indexed citations

Bergen, Helen, et al.. (2012). Premature death after self-harm: a multicentre cohort study (vol 380, pg 1568, 2012). The Lancet. 380. 1558–1558. 1 indexed citations

Hawton, Keith, Helen Bergen, Sue Simkin, et al.. (2012). Six-Year Follow-Up of Impact of Co-proxamol Withdrawal in England and Wales on Prescribing and Deaths: Time-Series Study. PLoS Medicine. 9(5). e1001213–e1001213. 59 indexed citations

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Rivlin, Adrienne, Seena Fazel, Lisa Marzano, & Keith Hawton. (2012). Studying survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts as a proxy for completed suicide in prisons. Forensic Science International. 220(1-3). 19–26. 31 indexed citations

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Murphy, Elizabeth, Navneet Kapur, Roger T. Webb, et al.. (2011). Risk factors for repetition and suicide following self-harm in older adults: multicentre cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 200(5). 399–404. 87 indexed citations

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Bergen, Helen, Keith Hawton, Keith Waters, Jayne Cooper, & Navneet Kapur. (2010). Psychosocial assessment and repetition of self-harm: The significance of single and multiple repeat episode analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders. 127(1-3). 257–265. 65 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith, Louise Harriss, & Karen Rodham. (2009). How adolescents who cut themselves differ from those who take overdoses. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 19(6). 513–523. 42 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith & Louise Harriss. (2006). Deliberate self‐harm in people aged 60 years and over: characteristics and outcome of a 20‐year cohort. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 21(6). 572–581. 94 indexed citations

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Bergen, Helen & Keith Hawton. (2006). Variations in time of hospital presentation for deliberate self-harm and their implications for clinical services. Journal of Affective Disorders. 98(3). 227–237. 20 indexed citations

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Harwood, Daniel, Keith Hawton, Tony Hope, & Robin Jacoby. (2002). The grief experiences and needs of bereaved relatives and friends of older people dying through suicide: a descriptive and case-control study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 72(2). 185–194. 97 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith. (2002). United Kingdom Legislation on Pack Sizes of Analgesics: Background, Rationale, and Effects on Suicide and Deliberate Self‐Harm. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 32(3). 223–229. 63 indexed citations

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Deeks, Jonathan J, Keith Hawton, S. Simkin, et al.. (1999). Effects of a drug overdose in a television drama on knowledge of specific dangers of self poisoning: population based surveys. BMJ. 318(7189). 978–979. 13 indexed citations

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Clements, Alison, Michael Sharpe, Sue Simkin, Jo Borrill, & Keith Hawton. (1997). Chronic fatigue syndrome: A qualitative investigation of patients' beliefs about the illness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 42(6). 615–624. 67 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith, et al.. (1979). Management of attempted suicide in Oxford.. BMJ. 2(6197). 1040–1042. 37 indexed citations

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