Lea Vella

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lea Vella is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lea Vella has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 9 papers in Clinical Psychology and 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lea Vella's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (17 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (6 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (6 papers). Lea Vella is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (17 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (6 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (6 papers). Lea Vella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Lea Vella's co-authors include Elizabeth W. Twamley, David C. Mohr, Stacey L. Hart, Cynthia Burton, Laura Julián, Robert K. Heaton, David L. Penn, Gauri N. Savla, Casey C. Armstrong and Thomas L. Patterson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Lea Vella

36 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Deficits in Domains of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence

2012 516 citations Gauri N. Savla, Lea Vella et al. Schizophrenia Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lea Vella United States	25	1.4k	908	676	497	416	36	2.9k
Eric Leibing Germany	27	755 0.5×	2.3k 2.5×	1.0k 1.5×	503 1.0×	415 1.0×	66	3.6k
Cynthia Price United States	24	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	697 1.4×	234 0.6×	72	3.7k
Harald J. Freyberger Germany	34	930 0.7×	2.0k 2.2×	377 0.6×	436 0.9×	290 0.7×	160	3.3k
Charlotte Ulrikka Rask Denmark	26	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	196 0.3×	131 0.3×	174 0.4×	163	2.4k
Maurice Corcos France	32	1.6k 1.1×	2.6k 2.8×	591 0.9×	423 0.9×	231 0.6×	221	3.5k
Lachlan A. McWilliams Canada	28	832 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	597 0.9×	620 1.2×	41 0.1×	66	3.3k
Ferdinand Keller Germany	22	922 0.7×	1.9k 2.1×	714 1.1×	450 0.9×	87 0.2×	115	3.3k
John Stokes United States	16	868 0.6×	3.9k 4.3×	511 0.8×	661 1.3×	76 0.2×	37	5.3k
E.G. Schouten Netherlands	33	463 0.3×	1.7k 1.9×	915 1.4×	639 1.3×	98 0.2×	63	3.3k
Hilary M. C. Warwick United Kingdom	20	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	327 0.7×	526 1.3×	31	3.0k

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Patten, Ryan Van, Lea Vella, Zanjbeel Mahmood, et al.. (2020). Accuracy of case managers in estimating intelligence quotients and functional status of people experiencing homelessness.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 90(5). 586–589. 3 indexed citations

Seal, Karen H., Brian Borsari, Beth E. Cohen, et al.. (2018). Optimizing pain treatment interventions (OPTI): A pilot randomized controlled trial of collaborative care to improve chronic pain management and opioid safety—Rationale, methods, and lessons learned. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 77. 76–85. 9 indexed citations

Burton, Cynthia, Lea Vella, & Elizabeth W. Twamley. (2018). Prospective memory, level of disability, and return to work in severe mental illness. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 33(3). 594–605. 11 indexed citations

Vella, Lea, Thomas L. Patterson, Philip D. Harvey, et al.. (2017). Exploratory analysis of normative performance on the UCSD Performance‐Based Skills Assessment‐Brief. Psychiatry Research. 256. 150–155. 15 indexed citations

Depp, Colin A., Lea Vella, Henry J. Orff, & Elizabeth W. Twamley. (2015). A Quantitative Review of Cognitive Functioning in Homeless Adults. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 203(2). 126–131. 45 indexed citations

Burton, Cynthia, Lea Vella, John R. Kelsoe, Robert M. Bilder, & Elizabeth W. Twamley. (2015). Catechol-O-methyltransferase genotype and response to Compensatory Cognitive Training in outpatients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Genetics. 25(3). 131–134. 6 indexed citations

Harvey, Philip D., Tenko Raykov, Elizabeth W. Twamley, et al.. (2013). Factor Structure of Neurocognition and Functional Capacity in Schizophrenia: A Multidimensional Examination of Temporal Stability. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 19(6). 656–663. 25 indexed citations

Burton, Cynthia, Lea Vella, Philip D. Harvey, et al.. (2013). Factor structure of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 146(1-3). 244–248. 63 indexed citations

Savla, Gauri N., Lea Vella, Casey C. Armstrong, David L. Penn, & Elizabeth W. Twamley. (2012). Deficits in Domains of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Evidence. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 39(5). 979–992. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Twamley, Elizabeth W., Lea Vella, Cynthia Burton, Robert K. Heaton, & Dilip V. Jeste. (2012). Compensatory Cognitive Training for Psychosis. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 73(9). 1212–1219. 119 indexed citations

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Twamley, Elizabeth W., Cynthia Burton, & Lea Vella. (2011). Compensatory Cognitive Training for Psychosis: Who Benefits? Who Stays in Treatment?. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 37(suppl 2). S55–S62. 75 indexed citations

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Twamley, Elizabeth W., Lea Vella, Cynthia Burton, et al.. (2011). The efficacy of supported employment for middle-aged and older people with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 135(1-3). 100–104. 50 indexed citations

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Bousman, Chad, Elizabeth W. Twamley, Lea Vella, et al.. (2010). Homelessness and Neuropsychological Impairment. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 198(11). 790–794. 13 indexed citations

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Beckner, Victoria, et al.. (2009). Telephone-administered psychotherapy for depression in MS patients: moderating role of social support. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 33(1). 47–59. 31 indexed citations

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Julián, Laura, Lea Vella, Timothy Vollmer, Olympia Hadjimichael, & David C. Mohr. (2008). Employment in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology. 255(9). 1354–1360. 247 indexed citations

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Hart, Stacey L., Lea Vella, & David C. Mohr. (2008). Relationships among depressive symptoms, benefit-finding, optimism, and positive affect in multiple sclerosis patients after psychotherapy for depression.. Health Psychology. 27(2). 230–238. 103 indexed citations

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Mohr, David C., Stacey L. Hart, & Lea Vella. (2007). Reduction in disability in a randomized controlled trial of telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy.. Health Psychology. 26(5). 554–563. 59 indexed citations

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Beckner, Victoria, et al.. (2007). Alliance in two telephone-administered treatments: Relationship with depression and health outcomes.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 75(3). 508–512. 29 indexed citations

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Mohr, David C., et al.. (2006). Barriers to psychotherapy among depressed and nondepressed primary care patients. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 32(3). 254–258. 215 indexed citations

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Mohr, David C., et al.. (2005). Telephone-Administered Psychotherapy for Depression. Archives of General Psychiatry. 62(9). 1007–1007. 224 indexed citations

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