Laila Asmal

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Laila Asmal is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Laila Asmal has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 29 papers in Clinical Psychology and 15 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Laila Asmal's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (60 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (17 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (15 papers). Laila Asmal is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (60 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (17 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (15 papers). Laila Asmal collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Laila Asmal's co-authors include Robin Emsley, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Brian H. Harvey, Sanja Kilian, Lebogang Phahladira, Soraya Seedat, Stéfan du Plessis, Freda Scheffler, Bonginkosi Chiliza and Hilmar Luckhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Laila Asmal

81 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The nature of relapse in schizophrenia

2013 343 citations Robin Emsley, Bonginkosi Chiliza et al. BMC Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laila Asmal South Africa	23	1.2k	491	315	224	193	87	1.7k
José M. Rubio United States	23	947 0.8×	409 0.8×	272 0.9×	181 0.8×	168 0.9×	64	1.7k
Bonginkosi Chiliza South Africa	21	933 0.8×	497 1.0×	288 0.9×	197 0.9×	147 0.8×	70	1.4k
Olesya Ajnakina United Kingdom	21	1.0k 0.9×	480 1.0×	341 1.1×	265 1.2×	170 0.9×	55	1.9k
Petter Andreas Ringen Norway	25	1.7k 1.5×	510 1.0×	239 0.8×	165 0.7×	211 1.1×	52	2.3k
Anna Kolliakou United Kingdom	20	820 0.7×	401 0.8×	205 0.7×	162 0.7×	142 0.7×	41	1.5k
Cathy Davies United Kingdom	19	1.3k 1.1×	608 1.2×	506 1.6×	376 1.7×	302 1.6×	41	2.1k
Judith Allardyce United Kingdom	24	1.3k 1.1×	597 1.2×	364 1.2×	365 1.6×	235 1.2×	44	1.9k
Nomi Werbeloff Israel	23	1.2k 1.0×	909 1.9×	296 0.9×	337 1.5×	278 1.4×	65	2.1k
Irene Bighelli Germany	24	1.1k 0.9×	540 1.1×	242 0.8×	178 0.8×	181 0.9×	64	1.8k
L Brambilla Italy	4	1.5k 1.3×	676 1.4×	419 1.3×	273 1.2×	220 1.1×	8	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tonge, Daniel, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, Laila Asmal, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Blood Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Brain and Behavior. 15(6). e70629–e70629.

Asmal, Laila, et al.. (2025). Psychopathology trajectories and relapse in first episode schizophrenia with assured long-acting injectable adherence over 24 months. Schizophrenia Research. 276. 8–14. 1 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, et al.. (2024). Relapse in schizophrenia: The role of factors other than non‐adherence to treatment. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 18(9). 710–719. 3 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, et al.. (2023). Sex, gender, and outcome in first-episode psychosis: The role of premorbid functioning. Psychiatry Research. 328. 115460–115460. 6 indexed citations

Plessis, Stéfan du, Ganesh B. Chand, Güray Erus, et al.. (2023). Two Neuroanatomical Signatures in Schizophrenia: Expression Strengths Over the First 2 Years of Treatment and Their Relationships to Neurodevelopmental Compromise and Antipsychotic Treatment. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 49(4). 1067–1077. 4 indexed citations

Scheffler, Freda, Lebogang Phahladira, Stefan S. du Plessis, et al.. (2022). The associations of cannabis and methamphetamine use with cognitive performance over the first 2 years of treatment in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 16(11). 1230–1239. 2 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, Laila Asmal, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2022). Sexual dysfunction in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 100080–100080. 2 indexed citations

Kilian, Sanja, Stefan S. du Plessis, Jean‐Paul Fouché, et al.. (2022). Differences in white matter microstructure in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders vs healthy volunteers and their association with cognition. Schizophrenia Research. 250. 196–202. 1 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, Laila Asmal, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2022). Sex and gender associations with indicators of neurodevelopmental compromise in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research. 243. 70–77. 5 indexed citations

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Asmal, Laila, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of depression among older adults in rural Tanzania. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 36(10). 1559–1566. 17 indexed citations

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Luckhoff, Hilmar, Laila Asmal, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2021). Gender role endorsement in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research. 299. 113867–113867. 8 indexed citations

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Luckhoff, Hilmar, Stefan S. du Plessis, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2020). Fronto-limbic white matter fractional anisotropy and body mass index in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients compared to healthy controls. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 305. 111173–111173. 4 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Laila Asmal, José M. Rubio, Christoph U. Correll, & John M. Kane. (2019). Predictors of psychosis breakthrough during 24 months of long-acting antipsychotic maintenance treatment in first episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 225. 55–62. 30 indexed citations

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Chiliza, Bonginkosi, et al.. (2019). Prolactin, flupenthixol decanoate and first episode schizophrenia – clinical and laboratory correlates. Metabolic Brain Disease. 34(6). 1679–1687. 7 indexed citations

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Luckhoff, Hilmar, Lebogang Phahladira, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2018). Weight gain and metabolic change as predictors of symptom improvement in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients treated over 12 months. Schizophrenia Research. 206. 171–176. 24 indexed citations

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Asmal, Laila, et al.. (2018). Validation of the Montreal cognitive assessment against the RBANS in a healthy South African cohort. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 24. 1304–1304. 19 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Laila Asmal, et al.. (2017). Neurological soft signs in first-episode schizophrenia: State- and trait-related relationships to psychopathology, cognition and antipsychotic medication effects. Schizophrenia Research. 188. 144–150. 27 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Laila Asmal, & Brian H. Harvey. (2013). The nature of relapse in schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry. 13(1). 50–50. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chiliza, Bonginkosi, Laila Asmal, & Robin Emsley. (2012). Early intervention in schizophrenia in developing countries: Focus on duration of untreated psychosis and remission as a treatment goal. International Review of Psychiatry. 24(5). 483–488. 24 indexed citations

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Asmal, Laila, Sumaya Mall, J. J. Kritzinger, et al.. (2011). Family therapy for schizophrenia: cultural challenges and implementation barriers in the South African context. African Journal of Psychiatry. 14(5). 367–71. 17 indexed citations

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