Maya Semrau

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Maya Semrau is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Maya Semrau has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Social Psychology, 32 papers in Clinical Psychology and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Maya Semrau's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (33 papers), Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (20 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (12 papers). Maya Semrau is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (33 papers), Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (20 papers) and Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (12 papers). Maya Semrau collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ethiopia and Switzerland. Maya Semrau's co-authors include Graham Thornicroft, Sara Evans‐Lacko, Julian Eaton, Atalay Alem, Charlotte Hanlon, Christina Ntulo, Sudipto Chatterjee, Ricardo Araya, Florence Baingana and Layla McCay and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Maya Semrau

60 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries

2011 449 citations Julian Eaton, Layla McCay et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maya Semrau United Kingdom	25	1.1k	1.0k	850	275	229	64	2.1k
Julian Eaton United Kingdom	26	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	737 0.9×	307 1.1×	244 1.1×	93	2.5k
Fred Kigozi Uganda	28	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	842 1.0×	234 0.9×	240 1.0×	55	2.1k
Joshua Ssebunnya Uganda	19	953 0.9×	823 0.8×	622 0.7×	184 0.7×	163 0.7×	39	1.6k
Nadja van Ginneken United Kingdom	14	896 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	852 1.0×	159 0.6×	175 0.8×	23	1.9k
Victoria Mutiso Kenya	25	871 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	607 0.7×	336 1.2×	199 0.9×	138	2.0k
Jibril Abdulmalik Nigeria	26	787 0.7×	849 0.8×	560 0.7×	151 0.5×	174 0.8×	69	1.7k
Sujit D. Rathod United Kingdom	24	791 0.7×	721 0.7×	667 0.8×	173 0.6×	338 1.5×	58	1.9k
Sulochana Pednekar India	12	807 0.7×	742 0.7×	552 0.6×	205 0.7×	271 1.2×	17	1.6k
Jodi Morris United States	19	903 0.8×	946 0.9×	695 0.8×	281 1.0×	159 0.7×	26	2.0k
Mirja Koschorke United Kingdom	19	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	774 0.9×	452 1.6×	249 1.1×	25	2.3k

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Mackenzie, Charles D., et al.. (2025). A new guide for basic psychological support for persons affected by neglected tropical diseases: A peer support tool suitable for persons with a diagnosis of leprosy and lymphatic filariasis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0011945–e0011945. 1 indexed citations

Majeed, Tazeen, Gareth Hopkin, Katie Wang, et al.. (2024). Anti-stigma interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. EClinicalMedicine. 72. 102612–102612. 6 indexed citations

Dellar, Rachael, Oumer Ali, Mersha Kinfe, et al.. (2021). Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals towards people living with lymphoedema caused by lymphatic filariasis, podoconiosis and leprosy in northern Ethiopia. International Health. 14(5). 530–536. 12 indexed citations

Burns, Alistair, António Lobo, Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert, et al.. (2021). COVID‐19 and dementia: experience from six European countries. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 36(6). 943–949. 15 indexed citations

Ali, Oumer, Mersha Kinfe, Maya Semrau, et al.. (2021). A qualitative study on the implementation of a holistic care package for control and management of lymphoedema: experience from a pilot intervention in northern Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 1065–1065. 4 indexed citations

Semrau, Maya, Oumer Ali, Kebede Deribe, et al.. (2020). EnDPoINT: protocol for an implementation research study to integrate a holistic package of physical health, mental health and psychosocial care for podoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis and leprosy into routine health services in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 10(10). e037675–e037675. 17 indexed citations

Eaton, Julian, et al.. (2020). Core components of mental health stigma reduction interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 29. e164–e164. 43 indexed citations

Evans‐Lacko, Sara, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of capacity-building strategies for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, policymakers and planners, and researchers. BJPsych Open. 5(5). e124–e124. 24 indexed citations

Evans‐Lacko, Sara, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of capacity-building strategies for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, policymakers and planners, and researchers. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 2 indexed citations

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Thornicroft, Graham & Maya Semrau. (2019). Health system strengthening for mental health in low- and middle-income countries: introduction to the Emerald programme. BJPsych Open. 5(5). e66–e66. 22 indexed citations

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Semrau, Maya & Norman Sartorius. (2019). What is new within staging of care for people with dementia? The IDEAL schedule and other recent work. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 32(4). 366–371. 1 indexed citations

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Semrau, Maya, Atalay Alem, José Luís Ayuso‐Mateos, et al.. (2019). Strengthening mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: recommendations from the Emerald programme. BJPsych Open. 5(5). e73–e73. 27 indexed citations

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López‐Antón, Raúl, Juan Ramón Barrada, Javier Santabárbara, et al.. (2017). Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the IDEAL Schedule for assessing care needs in dementia: Cross‐sectional, multicenter study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33(3). 482–488. 1 indexed citations

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Lempp, Heidi, Sisay Abayneh, Dristy Gurung, et al.. (2017). Service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-country qualitative study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 27(1). 29–39. 56 indexed citations

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Kidia, Khameer, Debra Machando, Walter Mangezi, et al.. (2017). Mental health in Zimbabwe: a health systems analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 4(11). 876–886. 19 indexed citations

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Keynejad, Roxanne, Maya Semrau, Mark Toynbee, et al.. (2016). Building the capacity of policy-makers and planners to strengthen mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 601–601. 27 indexed citations

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Semrau, Maya, Heidi Lempp, Roxanne Keynejad, et al.. (2016). Service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 79–79. 109 indexed citations

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Semrau, Maya, Alistair Burns, Aleksandar Djukić, et al.. (2015). Development of an International Schedule for the Assessment and Staging of Care for Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 44(1). 139–151. 7 indexed citations

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Eaton, Julian, Layla McCay, Maya Semrau, et al.. (2011). Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 378(9802). 1592–1603. 449 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eaton, Julian, Layla McCay, Maya Semrau, et al.. (2011). Global Mental Health 4 Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 378(9802). 2 indexed citations

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