Kim Hellemans

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Kim Hellemans is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kim Hellemans has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kim Hellemans's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (7 papers). Kim Hellemans is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (11 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (8 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (7 papers). Kim Hellemans collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Kim Hellemans's co-authors include Joanne Weinberg, Pamela Verma, Joanna H. Śliwowska, Mary C. Olmstead, Ni Lan, Matthew N. Hill, Boris B. Gorzalka, Wayne Yu, Robyn J. McQuaid and Alfonso Abizaid and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kim Hellemans

32 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Gender Differences in Stress and Mental Health Among University Students

2021 268 citations Frances Sherratt, Alfonso Abizaid et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry profile →
Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2022 198 citations Holly Shannon, Katie Bush et al. JMIR Mental Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kim Hellemans Canada	19	729	559	475	384	380	36	2.3k
Erika Comasco Sweden	32	408 0.6×	624 1.1×	716 1.5×	276 0.7×	768 2.0×	116	3.1k
Claudia Fahlke Sweden	31	247 0.3×	722 1.3×	511 1.1×	1.0k 2.6×	455 1.2×	105	2.7k
Renaud Massart Canada	20	459 0.6×	259 0.5×	193 0.4×	384 1.0×	198 0.5×	34	1.8k
Susannah E. Murphy United Kingdom	27	251 0.3×	278 0.5×	282 0.6×	283 0.7×	625 1.6×	72	2.3k
Ricardo Marcos Pautassi Argentina	30	563 0.8×	511 0.9×	472 1.0×	988 2.6×	201 0.5×	167	2.4k
Lourdes Fañanás Spain	41	522 0.7×	581 1.0×	359 0.8×	928 2.4×	1.3k 3.4×	192	5.4k
Patrick F. Sullivan United States	8	163 0.2×	327 0.6×	345 0.7×	241 0.6×	1.0k 2.7×	20	3.1k
Michael C. Neale United States	18	273 0.4×	513 0.9×	609 1.3×	466 1.2×	1.6k 4.2×	25	4.4k
Iouri Makotkine United States	24	393 0.5×	979 1.8×	277 0.6×	128 0.3×	874 2.3×	39	2.4k
Bernd Lenz Germany	28	327 0.4×	168 0.3×	219 0.5×	387 1.0×	246 0.6×	124	2.5k

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McQuaid, Robyn J., et al.. (2025). Mental health, substance use, and stigmatization: A comparison of Canadian university students who abstain from or consume alcohol. 8. 100172–100172.

Shannon, Holly, et al.. (2025). Beyond problematic social media use and the brain: A public health and policy perspective. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1550(1). 14–22. 1 indexed citations

Shannon, Holly, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal Problematic Social Media Use in Students and Its Association with Negative Mental Health Outcomes. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 17. 1551–1560. 7 indexed citations

Kaminsky, Zachary, Robyn J. McQuaid, Kim Hellemans, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning–Based Suicide Risk Prediction Model for Suicidal Trajectory on Social Media Following Suicidal Mentions: Independent Algorithm Validation. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e49927–e49927. 1 indexed citations

Shannon, Holly, et al.. (2024). Lonely and scrolling during the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding the problematic social media use and mental health link among university students. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15. 1247807–1247807. 8 indexed citations

Shannon, Holly, Katie Bush, Paul J. Villeneuve, Kim Hellemans, & Synthia Guimond. (2022). Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JMIR Mental Health. 9(4). e33450–e33450. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

Wet, Nicole De, et al.. (2022). Partnership in fostering socially just pedagogies. International Journal for Students as Partners. 6(1). 1–9. 6 indexed citations

Patterson, Zachary R., et al.. (2021). The Influence of COVID-19 on Stress, Substance Use, and Mental Health Among Postsecondary Students. Emerging Adulthood. 9(5). 516–530. 40 indexed citations

Sherratt, Frances, Alfonso Abizaid, Robert L. Gabrys, et al.. (2021). Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Gender Differences in Stress and Mental Health Among University Students. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 650759–650759. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hellemans, Kim, et al.. (2019). Cannabis Use, Anxiety, and Perceptions of Risk among Canadian Undergraduates: The Moderating Role of Gender. The Canadian Journal of Addiction. 10(3). 22–29. 18 indexed citations

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Marmolejo‐Ramos, Fernando, et al.. (2015). Event-related potential signatures of perceived and imagined emotional and food real-life photos. Neuroscience Bulletin. 31(3). 317–330. 18 indexed citations

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Raineki, Charlis, Kim Hellemans, Tamara S. Bodnar, et al.. (2014). Neurocircuitry Underlying Stress and Emotional Regulation in Animals Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol and Subjected to Chronic Mild Stress in Adulthood. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 5. 5–5. 24 indexed citations

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Verma, Pamela, Kim Hellemans, Fiona Choi, Wayne Yu, & Joanne Weinberg. (2009). Circadian phase and sex effects on depressive/anxiety-like behaviors and HPA axis responses to acute stress. Physiology & Behavior. 99(3). 276–285. 105 indexed citations

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Weinberg, Joanne, Joanna H. Śliwowska, Ni Lan, & Kim Hellemans. (2008). Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Foetal Programming, the Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis and Sex Differences in Outcome. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 20(4). 470–488. 260 indexed citations

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Hellemans, Kim, Anthony Dickinson, & Barry J. Everitt. (2006). Motivational control of heroin seeking by conditioned stimuli associated with withdrawal and heroin taking by rats.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 120(1). 103–114. 31 indexed citations

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Olmstead, Mary C., Kim Hellemans, & Tracie A. Paine. (2005). Alcohol-induced impulsivity in rats: an effect of cue salience?. Psychopharmacology. 184(2). 221–228. 37 indexed citations

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Hellemans, Kim, José N. Nóbrega, & Mary C. Olmstead. (2004). Early environmental experience alters baseline and ethanol-induced cognitive impulsivity: relationship to forebrain 5-HT1A receptor binding. Behavioural Brain Research. 159(2). 207–220. 61 indexed citations

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Hellemans, Kim, et al.. (2004). Adolescent enrichment partially reverses the social isolation syndrome. Developmental Brain Research. 150(2). 103–115. 152 indexed citations

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Hellemans, Kim, Yavin Shaham, & Mary C. Olmstead. (2002). Effects of acute and prolonged opiate abstinence on extinction behaviour in rats.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 56(4). 241–252. 10 indexed citations

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Abbott, Frances V. & Kim Hellemans. (2000). Phenacetin, acetaminophen and dipyrone: analgesic and rewarding effects. Behavioural Brain Research. 112(1-2). 177–186. 55 indexed citations

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