Louise Arseneault

42.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
235 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Louise Arseneault is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Louise Arseneault has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Clinical Psychology, 50 papers in Social Psychology and 46 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Louise Arseneault's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (103 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (50 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (33 papers). Louise Arseneault is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (103 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (50 papers) and Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (33 papers). Louise Arseneault collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Louise Arseneault's co-authors include Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Andrea Danese, Mary Cannon, Helen L. Fisher, Renate Houts, Lucy Bowes, Barbara Maughan, Robin Murray and Richie Poulton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Louise Arseneault

222 papers receiving 22.8k 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.

  1. A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
    2011 3.2k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Louise Arseneault et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study
    2002 956 citations Louise Arseneault, Mary Cannon et al. profile →
  3. Moderation of the Effect of Adolescent-Onset Cannabis Use on Adult Psychosis by a Functional Polymorphism in the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Gene: Longitudinal Evidence of a Gene X Environment Interaction
    2005 873 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  4. Bullying victimization in youths and mental health problems: ‘Much ado about nothing’?
    2009 784 citations Louise Arseneault et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  5. Causal association between cannabis and psychosis: examination of the evidence
    2004 641 citations Louise Arseneault, Mary Cannon et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  6. Maternal Expressed Emotion Predicts Children's Antisocial Behavior Problems: Using Monozygotic-Twin Differences to Identify Environmental Effects on Behavioral Development.
    2004 628 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  7. Adult Health Outcomes of Childhood Bullying Victimization: Evidence From a Five-Decade Longitudinal British Birth Cohort
    2014 549 citations Ryu Takizawa, Louise Arseneault et al. profile →
  8. Mental Disorders and Violence in a Total Birth Cohort
    2000 535 citations Louise Arseneault, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  9. Childhood Trauma and Children's Emerging Psychotic Symptoms: A Genetically Sensitive Longitudinal Cohort Study
    2010 430 citations Louise Arseneault, Mary Cannon et al. profile →
  10. Social isolation, loneliness and depression in young adulthood: a behavioural genetic analysis
    2016 382 citations Timothy Matthews, Andrea Danese et al. profile →
  11. Evaluation of the Persistence, Remission, and Emergence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood
    2016 308 citations Jessica Agnew‐Blais, Guilherme V. Polanczyk et al. profile →
  12. Annual Research Review: The persistent and pervasive impact of being bullied in childhood and adolescence: implications for policy and practice
    2017 301 citations Louise Arseneault Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →
  13. The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales
    2019 286 citations Stephanie J. Lewis, Louise Arseneault et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
  14. Measuring childhood maltreatment to predict early-adult psychopathology: Comparison of prospective informant-reports and retrospective self-reports
    2017 263 citations Joanne B. Newbury, Louise Arseneault et al. profile →
  15. Lonely young adults in modern Britain: findings from an epidemiological cohort study
    2018 250 citations Timothy Matthews, Andrea Danese et al. Psychological Medicine profile →
  16. Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
    2021 137 citations Jessie R. Baldwin, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Louise Arseneault United Kingdom 80 12.6k 6.4k 4.5k 3.5k 2.8k 235 23.8k
Nancy A. Sampson United States 69 15.9k 1.3× 5.5k 0.9× 4.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 199 25.3k
John R. Seeley United States 93 20.4k 1.6× 6.1k 1.0× 5.0k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 330 29.9k
Wilma Vollebergh Netherlands 65 8.1k 0.6× 3.8k 0.6× 3.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 313 17.0k
Howard Meltzer United Kingdom 76 13.2k 1.0× 5.1k 0.8× 5.4k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 172 23.1k
HonaLee Harrington United States 47 9.6k 0.8× 2.8k 0.4× 4.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 80 19.0k
Matt McGue United States 89 12.2k 1.0× 3.2k 0.5× 3.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 3.0k 1.1× 507 28.4k
Gregory E. Miller United States 79 8.0k 0.6× 5.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 309 30.5k
L. John Horwood New Zealand 103 18.3k 1.5× 5.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 4.4k 1.6× 434 35.9k
Constance Hammen United States 89 17.2k 1.4× 7.5k 1.2× 3.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 230 25.7k
Mária Kovács United States 69 16.3k 1.3× 4.8k 0.8× 5.1k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 195 24.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Louise Arseneault

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Louise Arseneault

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matthews, Timothy, Louise Arseneault, Bridget T. Bryan, et al.. (2025). Social media use, online experiences, and loneliness among young adults: A cohort study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1548(1). 194–205.
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Willoughby, Emily A., Carlo Maj, Rafael Ahlskog, et al.. (2025). Within- and between-family genetic effects on educational achievement vary across countries and ages. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(4). 2029–2037.
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Arseneault, Louise, et al.. (2025). Exploring the world for longitudinal datasets: data resources for transformative mental health research. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(4).
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Russell, Abigail Emma, Laura D Howe, Annie Herbert, et al.. (2024). The relationship between type, timing and duration of exposure to adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self‐harm and depression: findings from three UK prospective population‐based cohorts. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(10). 1369–1387. 10 indexed citations
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Bryan, Bridget T., Katherine Thompson, Sidra Goldman‐Mellor, et al.. (2024). The socioeconomic consequences of loneliness: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of young adults. Social Science & Medicine. 345. 116697–116697. 11 indexed citations
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Bryan, Bridget T., Gavin Andrews, Katherine Thompson, et al.. (2023). Loneliness in the workplace: a mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational Medicine. 73(9). 557–567. 25 indexed citations
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Newbury, Joanne B., Louise Arseneault, Terrie E. Moffitt, et al.. (2023). Socioenvironmental Adversity and Adolescent Psychotic Experiences: Exploring Potential Mechanisms in a UK Longitudinal Cohort. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 49(4). 1042–1054. 5 indexed citations
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Matthews, Timothy, Bridget T. Bryan, Andrea Danese, et al.. (2022). Using a Loneliness Measure to Screen for Risk of Mental Health Problems: A Replication in Two Nationally Representative Cohorts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(3). 1641–1641. 20 indexed citations
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Howard, David M., Oliver Pain, Ryan Arathimos, et al.. (2021). Methylome-wide association study of early life stressors and adult mental health. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(4). 651–664. 7 indexed citations
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Lewis, Stephanie J., Karestan C. Koenen, Antony Ambler, et al.. (2021). Unravelling the contribution of complex trauma to psychopathology and cognitive deficits: a cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 219(2). 448–455. 43 indexed citations
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Agnew‐Blais, Jessica, Andrea Danese, Helen L. Fisher, et al.. (2020). Associations between ADHD and emotional problems from childhood to young adulthood: a longitudinal genetically sensitive study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 61(11). 1234–1242. 28 indexed citations
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Lewis, Stephanie J., Louise Arseneault, Avshalom Caspi, et al.. (2019). The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(3). 247–256. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Susanna, Matthew Suderman, Stanley Zammit, et al.. (2019). Longitudinal investigation of DNA methylation changes preceding adolescent psychotic experiences. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 69–69. 12 indexed citations
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Belsky, Daniel W., Benjamin W. Domingue, Robbee Wedow, et al.. (2018). Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). E7275–E7284. 201 indexed citations
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Hannon, Eilís, Olivia Knox, Karen Sugden, et al.. (2018). Characterizing genetic and environmental influences on variable DNA methylation using monozygotic and dizygotic twins. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007544–e1007544. 117 indexed citations
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Roberts, Susanna, Louise Arseneault, Benjamin Barratt, et al.. (2018). Exploration of NO2 and PM2.5 air pollution and mental health problems using high-resolution data in London-based children from a UK longitudinal cohort study. Psychiatry Research. 272. 8–17. 189 indexed citations
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Jaffee, Sara R., Ryu Takizawa, & Louise Arseneault. (2017). Buffering effects of safe, supportive, and nurturing relationships among women with childhood histories of maltreatment. Psychological Medicine. 47(15). 2628–2639. 31 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Jonathan D., Matthew A. Scult, Avshalom Caspi, et al.. (2017). Is low cognitive functioning a predictor or consequence of major depressive disorder? A test in two longitudinal birth cohorts. Development and Psychopathology. 37(5). 2251–2265. 21 indexed citations
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Caye, Arthur, James M. Swanson, Anita Thapar, et al.. (2016). Life Span Studies of ADHD—Conceptual Challenges and Predictors of Persistence and Outcome. Current Psychiatry Reports. 18(12). 111–111. 105 indexed citations
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Arseneault, Louise, Mary Cannon, John Witton, & Robin Murray. (2004). Asociación causal entre Cannabis y psicosis: examen de la evidencia. Psiquiatría Biológica. 11(4). 134–143. 2 indexed citations

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