Olav Nielssen

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Olav Nielssen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olav Nielssen has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Clinical Psychology, 55 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 39 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Olav Nielssen's work include Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (53 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (46 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (35 papers). Olav Nielssen is often cited by papers focused on Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (53 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (46 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (35 papers). Olav Nielssen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Olav Nielssen's co-authors include Matthew Large, Nickolai Titov, Blake F. Dear, Lauren Staples, Swapnil Sharma, Christopher Ryan, Tim Slade, Michael T. Compton, Patrick D. McGorry and Eyal Karin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Olav Nielssen

166 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the management of schizophrenia and related disorders

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olav Nielssen Australia	39	3.3k	2.4k	1.2k	1.1k	860	172	6.1k
Brent T. Mausbach United States	52	2.5k 0.8×	3.8k 1.6×	939 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	584 0.7×	160	7.9k
John E. Helzer United States	46	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	538 0.5×	691 0.8×	105	8.3k
Anthony Mann United Kingdom	39	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	538 0.5×	511 0.6×	105	5.5k
Matthew Large Australia	46	4.5k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	155 0.2×	171	7.1k
Subho Chakrabarti India	36	2.0k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	479 0.5×	288 0.3×	248	5.2k
Barbara Barrett United Kingdom	38	3.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	751 0.6×	283 0.3×	354 0.4×	129	5.3k
Glenn W. Currier United States	32	4.8k 1.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	401 0.4×	245 0.3×	84	6.7k
Kathy H. Sheehan United States	17	3.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	459 0.4×	385 0.4×	30	6.9k
Patrick J. Raue United States	43	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.4k 2.0×	402 0.4×	457 0.5×	141	6.6k
Silvana Grandi Italy	37	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	945 0.8×	282 0.3×	441 0.5×	134	4.9k

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Nielssen, Olav, Lauren Staples, Blake F. Dear, & Nickolai Titov. (2025). Scientific insights from ten years of delivering psychological treatment via the internet as part of routine care. Australasian Psychiatry. 33(4). 654–657.

Staples, Lauren, Blake F. Dear, Olav Nielssen, & Nickolai Titov. (2025). Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes for Patients of a Digital Psychology Service in Regional and Remote Parts of Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 33(2). e70032–e70032. 3 indexed citations

Staples, Lauren, et al.. (2024). Substance use by homeless clinic attenders in Sydney. Australasian Psychiatry. 32(5). 440–445.

Staples, Lauren, Olav Nielssen, Blake F. Dear, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Predictors of Long COVID in Patients Accessing a National Digital Mental Health Service. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(18). 6756–6756. 3 indexed citations

Zarbo, Cristina, Manuel Zamparini, Olav Nielssen, et al.. (2023). Comparing Adherence to the Experience Sampling Method Among Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder and Unaffected Individuals: Observational Study From the Multicentric DiAPAson Project. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e42093–e42093. 2 indexed citations

Nielssen, Olav, Lauren Staples, Eyal Karin, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of internet delivered cognitive behaviour therapy provided as routine care for people in the depressed phase of bipolar disorder treated with Lithium. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e0000194–e0000194. 4 indexed citations

Nielssen, Olav, Lauren Staples, Eyal Karin, et al.. (2023). Circumstances of suicide after registration with a national digital mental health service: an analysis of coroners’ reports. BJPsych Open. 9(3). e88–e88. 1 indexed citations

Panariello, Fabio, Manuel Zamparini, Marco Picchioni, et al.. (2023). Exposure to violence in childhood and risk of violence in adult schizophrenia: Results from a multinational study. Psychiatry Research. 326. 115299–115299. 1 indexed citations

Mitchell, Rebecca, Anne McMaugh, Reidar P. Lystad, Cate M Cameron, & Olav Nielssen. (2022). Health service use for young males and females with a mental disorder is higher than their peers in a population-level matched cohort. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 1359–1359. 4 indexed citations

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Dear, Blake F., Amelia J. Scott, Rhiannon Fogliati, et al.. (2022). The Chronic Conditions Course: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Internet-Delivered Transdiagnostic Psychological Intervention for People with Chronic Health Conditions. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 91(4). 265–276. 18 indexed citations

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Dear, Blake F., Eyal Karin, Rhiannon Fogliati, et al.. (2021). The Pain Course: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of an internet-delivered pain management program. Pain. 163(7). 1388–1401. 20 indexed citations

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Nielssen, Olav, Lauren Staples, Nickolai Titov, et al.. (2019). Involvement in compensation litigation and outcome from an online pain management program.. Rehabilitation Psychology. 64(3). 263–268. 3 indexed citations

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Gandy, Milena, Eyal Karin, Vincent J. Fogliati, et al.. (2018). Emotional and cognitive difficulties, help-seeking, and barriers to treatment in neurological disorders.. Rehabilitation Psychology. 63(4). 563–574. 26 indexed citations

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Голенков, А.В., et al.. (2016). Homicide and mental disorder in a region with a high homicide rate. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 23. 87–92. 13 indexed citations

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Nielssen, Olav, et al.. (2012). Country of birth and hospital treatment for psychosis in New South Wales. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 48(4). 613–620. 8 indexed citations

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Large, Matthew & Olav Nielssen. (2011). Violence in first-episode psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research. 125(2-3). 209–220. 217 indexed citations

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Large, Matthew, et al.. (2009). The relationship between the rate of homicide by those with schizophrenia and the overall homicide rate: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research. 112(1-3). 123–129. 80 indexed citations

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Nielssen, Olav & Matthew Large. (2009). Untreated psychotic illness in the survivors of violent suicide attempts. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 3(2). 116–122. 37 indexed citations

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Large, Matthew, Olav Nielssen, Christopher Ryan, & Robert Hayes. (2007). Mental health laws that require dangerousness for involuntary admission may delay the initial treatment of schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 43(3). 251–256. 36 indexed citations

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Nielssen, Olav, et al.. (2007). Legal implications of the increased risk of homicide and serious violence in the first episode of psychotic illness. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 5 indexed citations

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