Lay San Too

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lay San Too is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Lay San Too has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Clinical Psychology, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Lay San Too's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (31 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (13 papers). Lay San Too is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (31 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (13 papers). Lay San Too collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Lay San Too's co-authors include Matthew J. Spittal, Jane Pirkis, Peter Butterworth, Nicola Reavley, Allison Milner, Lyndal Bugeja, Anna Ross, Amy J. Morgan, Anthony F. Jorm and Lennart Reifels and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Epidemiology and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Lay San Too

53 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Interventions to reduce stigma towards people with severe mental illness: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2018 220 citations Lay San Too et al. profile →
The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies

2019 202 citations Lay San Too, Matthew J. Spittal et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lay San Too Australia	16	780	417	376	209	190	56	1.2k
Hristo Hinkov Bulgaria	6	542 0.7×	372 0.9×	362 1.0×	220 1.1×	212 1.1×	12	1.2k
Victoria K. Ngo United States	19	682 0.9×	533 1.3×	520 1.4×	134 0.6×	276 1.5×	58	1.5k
Nawaraj Upadhaya Nepal	20	878 1.1×	586 1.4×	527 1.4×	163 0.8×	149 0.8×	45	1.5k
Vita Poštuvan Slovenia	18	853 1.1×	548 1.3×	229 0.6×	125 0.6×	234 1.2×	43	1.2k
Stefan Cvetkovski Australia	19	754 1.0×	599 1.4×	500 1.3×	156 0.7×	123 0.6×	25	1.4k
Hashim Moomal South Africa	13	758 1.0×	522 1.3×	506 1.3×	239 1.1×	311 1.6×	14	1.4k
Joanne Corrigall South Africa	10	458 0.6×	440 1.1×	534 1.4×	335 1.6×	125 0.7×	16	1.2k
Jafar Bolhari Iran	16	830 1.1×	456 1.1×	161 0.4×	258 1.2×	231 1.2×	94	1.2k
Deborah Gould United States	7	551 0.7×	213 0.5×	308 0.8×	175 0.8×	215 1.1×	11	1.1k
Jordan M. Braciszewski United States	15	789 1.0×	187 0.4×	427 1.1×	263 1.3×	269 1.4×	60	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Read, Gemma J. M., Anjum Naweed, Julie A. Cox, et al.. (2025). Rail suicide: A systematic review using systems thinking. Safety Science. 187. 106856–106856.

Too, Lay San, Sangsoo Shin, Yamna Taouk, et al.. (2025). Impact of interventions at frequently used suicide locations on occurrence of suicides at other sites: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine. 55. e168–e168.

Shin, Sangsoo, Jane Pirkis, Matthew J. Spittal, Lay San Too, & Angela Clapperton. (2024). Change in incidents of suicidal acts after intervention on a bridge in South Korea. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 60(3). 685–691. 3 indexed citations

Shin, Sangsoo, Jane Pirkis, Angela Clapperton, Matthew J. Spittal, & Lay San Too. (2024). Effectiveness of partial restriction of access to means in jumping suicide: lessons from four bridges in three countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 33. e38–e38. 2 indexed citations

Leach, Liana, Allison Milner, Lay San Too, & Peter Butterworth. (2022). Poor psychosocial job conditions increase sickness absence: evidence from the PATH Through Life Mid-Aged Cohort. BMJ Open. 12(9). e059572–e059572. 2 indexed citations

Too, Lay San, Nicole T. M. Hill, Jo Robinson, et al.. (2021). A Pilot Case-Control Study of the Social Media Activity Following Cluster and Non-Cluster Suicides in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(1). 343–343. 1 indexed citations

Pirkis, Jane, et al.. (2020). Calls to helplines in Australia following media reports of Robin Williams’ suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 50(6). 1115–1120. 3 indexed citations

Hill, Nicole T. M., Lay San Too, Matthew J. Spittal, & Jo Robinson. (2020). Understanding the characteristics and mechanisms underlying suicide clusters in Australian youth: a comparison of cluster detection methods. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 29. e151–e151. 15 indexed citations

Bowe, Steven J., et al.. (2020). Psychosocial job characteristics and mental health: Do associations differ by migrant status in an Australian working population sample?. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0242906–e0242906. 7 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San & Matthew J. Spittal. (2020). Suicide Clusters Among Top 10 High-Risk Occupations. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 208(12). 942–946. 4 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San, Liana Leach, & Peter Butterworth. (2019). Is the association between poor job control and common mental disorder explained by general perceptions of control? Findings from an Australian longitudinal cohort. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 46(3). 311–320. 17 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San, Matthew J. Spittal, Lyndal Bugeja, et al.. (2019). The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies. Journal of Affective Disorders. 259. 302–313. 202 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ryan, Anna, Lay San Too, & Marie Bismark. (2018). Complaints about chiropractors, osteopaths, and physiotherapists: a retrospective cohort study of health, performance, and conduct concerns. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 26(1). 12–12. 16 indexed citations

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Colucci, Erminia, Lay San Too, & Harry Minas. (2017). A suicide research agenda for people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. Death Studies. 41(8). 502–511. 16 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San, Lyndal Bugeja, Allison Milner, Rod McClure, & Matthew J. Spittal. (2017). Predictors of using trains as a suicide method: Findings from Victoria, Australia. Psychiatry Research. 253. 233–239. 5 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San, Jane Pirkis, Allison Milner, & Matthew J. Spittal. (2016). Clusters of suicides and suicide attempts: detection, proximity and correlates. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 26(5). 491–500. 21 indexed citations

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Too, Lay San, Matthew J. Spittal, Lyndal Bugeja, Rod McClure, & Allison Milner. (2016). Individual and community factors for railway suicide: a matched case–control study in Victoria, Australia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51(6). 849–856. 7 indexed citations

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Minas, Harry, et al.. (2013). Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 7(1). 23–23. 92 indexed citations

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Svetičič, Jerneja, Lay San Too, & Diego De Leo. (2012). Suicides by persons reported as missing prior to death: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2(2). e000607–e000607. 14 indexed citations

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Thomas, Susan, et al.. (2011). Trials of large group teaching in Malaysian private universities: a cross sectional study of teaching medicine and other disciplines. BMC Research Notes. 4(1). 337–337. 9 indexed citations

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