Marcelo O’Higgins

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Marcelo O’Higgins is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcelo O’Higgins has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Clinical Psychology, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Marcelo O’Higgins's work include COVID-19 and Mental Health (12 papers), Stress and Burnout Research (7 papers) and Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (6 papers). Marcelo O’Higgins is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 and Mental Health (12 papers), Stress and Burnout Research (7 papers) and Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (6 papers). Marcelo O’Higgins collaborates with scholars based in Paraguay, Italy and Brazil. Marcelo O’Higgins's co-authors include Júlio Torales, Antonio Ventriglio, João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia, Iván Barrios, Óscar García, Israel González, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Mohammad Jafferany, Gonzalo Haro and Ana Benito and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Affective Disorders and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Marcelo O’Higgins

46 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on gl... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on global mental health
    2020 2.0k citations Júlio Torales, Marcelo O’Higgins et al. International Journal of Social Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcelo O’Higgins Paraguay 12 1.6k 575 426 359 264 60 2.4k
Debanjan Banerjee India 22 1.6k 0.9× 568 1.0× 477 1.1× 403 1.1× 237 0.9× 85 2.5k
Deblina Roy India 6 1.7k 1.1× 430 0.7× 294 0.7× 477 1.3× 208 0.8× 18 2.4k
Cristina Mazza Italy 18 2.3k 1.4× 740 1.3× 381 0.9× 285 0.8× 379 1.4× 48 2.9k
Silvia Biondi Italy 8 1.4k 0.9× 489 0.9× 240 0.6× 235 0.7× 312 1.2× 16 1.8k
Júlio Torales Paraguay 20 2.1k 1.3× 896 1.6× 788 1.8× 374 1.0× 330 1.3× 253 3.7k
Manuel Muñoz Spain 23 1.5k 0.9× 852 1.5× 672 1.6× 226 0.6× 219 0.8× 108 2.6k
Mahua Jana Dubey India 9 1.3k 0.8× 265 0.5× 319 0.7× 297 0.8× 413 1.6× 19 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcelo O’Higgins

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Torales, Júlio, Iván Barrios, Marcelo O’Higgins, et al.. (2025). Mental Health, Emotional Regulation, and Psychosocial Work Factors Among Scientific Researchers: A Cross-Sectional Study from Paraguay. Brain Sciences. 15(1). 65–65.
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Torales, Júlio, Marcelo O’Higgins, Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Association between ambient temperature and emergency psychiatric consultations: A case-crossover study in a South American emergency setting (2021–2023). International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 71(6). 1181–1192.
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Torales, Júlio, Marcelo O’Higgins, Antonio Ventriglio, et al.. (2025). ChatGPT-4 in Psychiatric Discharge Summaries: Toward a More Comprehensible and Emotionally Sensitive Clinical Communication. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 57466135–57466135.
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Torales, Júlio, Marcelo O’Higgins, Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Ansiedad y depresión maternas y su impacto en la autoeficacia de la lactancia: un estudio de asociación. 17.
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Torales, Júlio, Marcelo O’Higgins, Andrew Molodynski, et al.. (2025). A National Epidemiologic Mixed-methods Study on Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use, Treatment Needs and Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment Among Medical Students. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 1630616126–1630616126. 1 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, Iván Barrios, Marcelo O’Higgins, et al.. (2024). The Questionnaire on the Use of Public Transportation and Well-Being (QUPTW): A national survey and validation in Paraguay. Journal of Transport & Health. 38. 101883–101883. 1 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, Marcelo O’Higgins, Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez, et al.. (2024). The impact of physical activity on the mental health of university students: An epidemiological study from Paraguay. Biomedical Human Kinetics. 16(1). 314–322. 1 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Marcelo, et al.. (2023). Violencia urbana y salud mental de adultos jóvenes de Paraguay. 56(3). 121–124.
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Torales, Júlio, et al.. (2022). The International Trauma Questionnaire: An assessment of the psychometric properties of its Spanish version. Electronic Journal of General Medicine. 19(6). em408–em408. 1 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, et al.. (2022). Validation of the Spanish version of the body vigilance scale. Electronic Journal of General Medicine. 19(4). em386–em386. 1 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, João Maurício Castaldelli-Maia, Antonio Ventriglio, et al.. (2021). Alopecia areata: A psychodermatological perspective. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 21(6). 2318–2323. 21 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Iván Barrios, et al.. (2021). Association between urban/rural background and the development of depressive spectrum disorders: an experience from telepsychiatry. INFM-OAR (INFN Catania). 13(2). 54–63. 3 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, Carlos Miguel Ríos-González, Marcelo O’Higgins, et al.. (2021). Anxiety in pandemic: epidemiological characteristics of anxiety disorders seen through telepsychiatry in a university hospital. 13(2). 18–28. 1 indexed citations
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Barrios, Iván, Mohammad Jafferany, Óscar F. García, et al.. (2021). The Spanish version of the Skin Picking Impact Scale (SPIS) and its Short form (SPIS-S). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 59–64. 1 indexed citations
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Torales, Júlio, Iván Barrios, Marcelo O’Higgins, et al.. (2021). Anxiety and depression in relation to news about COVID-19: A study in general Paraguayan population. 11(1). 67–73. 11 indexed citations
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Gentile, Alessandro, Júlio Torales, Marcelo O’Higgins, et al.. (2020). Phone-based outpatients’ follow-up in mental health centers during the COVID-19 quarantine. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 68(1). 129–133. 18 indexed citations
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O’Higgins, Marcelo, Óscar García, & Júlio Torales. (2020). EFECTO DE LA CUARENTENA POR LA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19 EN LA SALUD MENTAL. 1(2). 15–21. 1 indexed citations

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