Peeter Värnik

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Peeter Värnik is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Peeter Värnik has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Clinical Psychology, 9 papers in Health and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Peeter Värnik's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (8 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers). Peeter Värnik is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (14 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (8 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers). Peeter Värnik collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, United States and Germany. Peeter Värnik's co-authors include Airi Värnik, Merike Sisask, Kairi Kõlves, Danuta Wasserman, Ella Arensman, Chantal Van Audenhove, Ulrich Hegerl, Vladimir Carli, Allison Milner and Marco Sarchiapone and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Peeter Värnik

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Suicide in the World

2012 363 citations Peeter Värnik International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peeter Värnik Estonia	19	871	390	365	292	258	21	1.4k
Merike Sisask Estonia	23	1.3k 1.5×	402 1.0×	733 2.0×	330 1.1×	304 1.2×	54	1.8k
Yik Wa Law Hong Kong	25	1.1k 1.3×	344 0.9×	479 1.3×	331 1.1×	263 1.0×	51	1.6k
Ying Ma China	20	796 0.9×	414 1.1×	234 0.6×	145 0.5×	128 0.5×	58	1.4k
Vita Poštuvan Slovenia	18	853 1.0×	234 0.6×	548 1.5×	125 0.4×	229 0.9×	43	1.2k
Earl S. Hishinuma United States	23	1.0k 1.2×	429 1.1×	307 0.8×	281 1.0×	357 1.4×	116	1.8k
Christabel Owens United Kingdom	25	1.0k 1.2×	344 0.9×	424 1.2×	179 0.6×	388 1.5×	49	1.7k
Eugene Maguin United States	19	1.1k 1.2×	555 1.4×	288 0.8×	250 0.9×	743 2.9×	45	2.1k
Leigh Roeger Australia	20	918 1.1×	283 0.7×	299 0.8×	200 0.7×	343 1.3×	52	1.5k
Lynsay Ayer United States	19	1.0k 1.2×	187 0.5×	287 0.8×	126 0.4×	169 0.7×	84	1.4k
Seunghye Hong United States	17	1.3k 1.5×	789 2.0×	593 1.6×	386 1.3×	467 1.8×	50	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Peeter Värnik

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peeter Värnik

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Wasserman, Camilla, et al.. (2018). Interactions between youth and mental health professionals: The Youth Aware of Mental health (YAM) program experience. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0191843–e0191843. 18 indexed citations

Rockett, Ian R. H., Eric D. Caine, Hilary S. Connery, et al.. (2018). Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190200–e0190200. 95 indexed citations

Hökby, Sebastian, Gergö Hadlaczky, Joakim Westerlund, et al.. (2016). Are Mental Health Effects of Internet Use Attributable to the Web-Based Content or Perceived Consequences of Usage? A Longitudinal Study of European Adolescents. JMIR Mental Health. 3(3). e31–e31. 50 indexed citations

Durkee, Tony, Vladimir Carli, Birgitta Floderus, et al.. (2016). Pathological Internet Use and Risk-Behaviors among European Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(3). 294–294. 114 indexed citations

Strittmatter, Esther, Michael Kaess, Peter Parzer, et al.. (2015). Pathological Internet use among adolescents: Comparing gamers and non-gamers. Psychiatry Research. 228(1). 128–135. 97 indexed citations

Värnik, Peeter, et al.. (2015). The Complex Impact of Risk and Protective Factors on Suicide Mortality: A Study of the Ukrainian General Population. Archives of Suicide Research. 19(2). 249–259. 5 indexed citations

Gusmão, Ricardo, Sónia Quintão, David McDaid, et al.. (2013). Antidepressant Utilization and Suicide in Europe: An Ecological Multi-National Study. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66455–e66455. 96 indexed citations

Harris, Fiona, Margaret Maxwell, Rory C. O’Connor, et al.. (2013). Developing social capital in implementing a complex intervention: a process evaluation of the early implementation of a suicide prevention intervention in four European countries. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 158–158. 29 indexed citations

Kõlves, Kairi, Allison Milner, & Peeter Värnik. (2013). Suicide rates and socioeconomic factors in Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union: trends between 1990 and 2008. Sociology of Health & Illness. 35(6). 956–970. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Jing, et al.. (2013). Suicide among older people in relation to their subjective and objective well-being in different European regions. European Journal of Ageing. 11(2). 131–140. 18 indexed citations

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Sisask, Merike, Peeter Värnik, Airi Värnik, et al.. (2013). Teacher satisfaction with school and psychological well-being affects their readiness to help children with mental health problems. Health Education Journal. 73(4). 382–393. 108 indexed citations

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Höfer, Peter, Ian R. H. Rockett, Peeter Värnik, Elmar Etzersdorfer, & Nestor D. Kapusta. (2012). Forty years of increasing suicide mortality in Poland: Undercounting amidst a hanging epidemic?. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 644–644. 39 indexed citations

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Värnik, Peeter. (2012). Suicide in the World. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 9(3). 760–771. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Värnik, Airi, Merike Sisask, Peeter Värnik, et al.. (2011). Drug suicide: a sex-equal cause of death in 16 European countries. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 61–61. 26 indexed citations

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Värnik, Airi, et al.. (2011). Role of social welfare in European suicide prevention. International Journal of Social Welfare. 21(1). 26–33. 25 indexed citations

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Värnik, Peeter, et al.. (2011). Some aspects of social exclusion: Do they influence suicide mortality?. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 59(3). 232–238. 17 indexed citations

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Tooding, Liina‐Mai, et al.. (2010). Social inclusion affects elderly suicide mortality. International Psychogeriatrics. 22(8). 1337–1343. 42 indexed citations

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Värnik, Peeter, Merike Sisask, Airi Värnik, et al.. (2010). Suicide registration in eight European countries: A qualitative analysis of procedures and practices. Forensic Science International. 202(1-3). 86–92. 49 indexed citations

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Värnik, Airi, et al.. (2010). Employment status influences suicide mortality in Europe. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 58(1). 62–68. 42 indexed citations

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Värnik, Peeter, et al.. (2009). Massive increase in injury deaths of undetermined intent in ex-USSR Baltic and Slavic countries: Hidden suicides?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 38(4). 395–403. 42 indexed citations

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