Lennart Reifels

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lennart Reifels is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lennart Reifels has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Clinical Psychology, 22 papers in General Health Professions and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lennart Reifels's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (19 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (15 papers). Lennart Reifels is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (19 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (15 papers). Lennart Reifels collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Lennart Reifels's co-authors include Jane Pirkis, Grant Blashki, John Wiseman, Susie Burke, Katie Hayes, Matthew J. Spittal, Lay San Too, Lyndal Bugeja, Peter Butterworth and Marisa Schlichthorst and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Lennart Reifels

62 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Climate change and mental health: risks, impacts and priority actions

2018 403 citations Grant Blashki, Lennart Reifels et al. International Journal of Mental Health Systems profile →
The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies

2019 202 citations Matthew J. Spittal, Lennart Reifels et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lennart Reifels Australia	15	706	390	302	298	295	70	1.4k
Tonya Cross Hansel United States	18	1.1k 1.5×	258 0.7×	363 1.2×	282 0.9×	125 0.4×	63	1.6k
Hikmet Jamil United States	26	1.1k 1.5×	476 1.2×	510 1.7×	169 0.6×	131 0.4×	90	1.8k
Jura Augustinavicius United States	18	501 0.7×	383 1.0×	234 0.8×	339 1.1×	259 0.9×	40	1.4k
Lukoye Atwoli United States	24	711 1.0×	620 1.6×	277 0.9×	184 0.6×	197 0.7×	133	2.0k
Betty S. Lai United States	28	1.5k 2.1×	273 0.7×	493 1.6×	301 1.0×	114 0.4×	85	2.3k
Marleen Wong United States	24	2.2k 3.1×	784 2.0×	497 1.6×	320 1.1×	203 0.7×	48	2.9k
Caitlin Fraser Australia	18	580 0.8×	507 1.3×	229 0.8×	397 1.3×	78 0.3×	22	1.4k
Ulrike Kluge Germany	17	798 1.1×	605 1.6×	431 1.4×	272 0.9×	144 0.5×	60	1.4k
Alessandro Massazza United Kingdom	13	359 0.5×	242 0.6×	321 1.1×	133 0.4×	268 0.9×	36	1.0k
Marianne Hrabok Canada	19	779 1.1×	311 0.8×	208 0.7×	239 0.8×	81 0.3×	45	1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lennart Reifels

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Batchelor, Rachel, Victoria Ross, Karolina Krysińska, et al.. (2025). Strategies and evaluation underpinning the implementation of suicide prevention training: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 889–889.

Kõlves, Kairi, et al.. (2025). From rising temperature to eco-emotions: exploring the impact of climate change on suicidality. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 55. 101491–101491.

Leppold, Claire, et al.. (2024). Recovery work in cascading and compounding disasters: A qualitative study of community recovery workers in Australia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 116. 105152–105152. 2 indexed citations

Reifels, Lennart, Karolina Krysińska, & Karl Andriessen. (2024). Suicide prevention during disasters and public health emergencies: a systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health. 12.

Reifels, Lennart, et al.. (2022). Exploring current responses to the climate crisis in MHPSS interventions in humanitarian settings. Intervention. 20(1). 1–1.

Krysińska, Karolina, et al.. (2021). Ethical concerns in suicide research: thematic analysis of the views of human research ethics committees in Australia. BMC Medical Ethics. 22(1). 41–41. 7 indexed citations

Schlichthorst, Marisa, et al.. (2020). Lived experience peer support programs for suicide prevention: a systematic scoping review. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 14(1). 65–65. 65 indexed citations

Gray, Brandon, Fahmy Hanna, & Lennart Reifels. (2020). The Integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Mapping and Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(6). 1900–1900. 28 indexed citations

Andriessen, Karl, et al.. (2019). Dealing with Ethical Concerns in Suicide Research: A Survey of Australian Researchers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(7). 1094–1094. 13 indexed citations

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Andriessen, Karl, Karolina Krysińska, Nicole T. M. Hill, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of interventions for people bereaved through suicide: a systematic review of controlled studies of grief, psychosocial and suicide-related outcomes. BMC Psychiatry. 19(1). 49–49. 110 indexed citations

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Andriessen, Karl, et al.. (2019). Ethical Concerns in Suicide Research: Results of an International Researcher Survey. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 14(4). 383–394. 13 indexed citations

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Dückers, Michel, Lennart Reifels, Derek de Beurs, & Chris R. Brewin. (2019). The vulnerability paradox in global mental health and its applicability to suicide. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 215(4). 588–593. 30 indexed citations

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Reifels, Lennart, Matthew J. Spittal, Michel Dückers, Katherine L. Mills, & Jane Pirkis. (2018). Suicidality Risk and (Repeat) Disaster Exposure: Findings From a Nationally Representative Population Survey. Psychiatry. 81(2). 158–172. 23 indexed citations

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Reifels, Lennart, Maria Ftanou, Karolina Krysińska, et al.. (2018). Research Priorities in Suicide Prevention: Review of Australian Research from 2010–2017 Highlights Continued Need for Intervention Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(4). 807–807. 16 indexed citations

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Reifels, Lennart, Angela Nicholas, Justine Fletcher, et al.. (2018). Enhanced primary mental healthcare for Indigenous Australians: service implementation strategies and perspectives of providers. Global Health Research and Policy. 3(1). 16–16. 8 indexed citations

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Schlichthorst, Marisa, Kylie King, Matthew J. Spittal, et al.. (2018). Using a television documentary to prevent suicide in men and boys. Australasian Psychiatry. 26(2). 160–165. 13 indexed citations

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Bassilios, Bridget, Angela Nicholas, Lennart Reifels, et al.. (2016). Achievements of the Australian Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program: summarising (almost) a decade of key evaluation data. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 10(1). 61–61. 11 indexed citations

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Bassilios, Bridget, Angela Nicholas, Maria Ftanou, et al.. (2016). Implementing a Primary Mental Health Service for Children: Administrator and Provider Perspectives. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 26(2). 497–510. 3 indexed citations

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Reifels, Lennart, Bridget Bassilios, Kylie King, et al.. (2013). Innovations in primary mental healthcare. Australian Health Review. 37(3). 312–317. 14 indexed citations

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King, Kylie, Bridget Bassilios, Lennart Reifels, et al.. (2013). Suicide prevention: Evaluation of a pilot intervention in a primary care context. Journal of Mental Health. 22(5). 439–448. 9 indexed citations

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