Robin Emsley

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
281 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Robin Emsley is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Emsley has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 78 papers in Clinical Psychology and 61 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Robin Emsley's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (165 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (61 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (46 papers). Robin Emsley is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (165 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (61 papers) and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (46 papers). Robin Emsley collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Robin Emsley's co-authors include Laila Asmal, Bonginkosi Chiliza, Jonathan Rabinowitz, Piet Oosthuizen, Dan J. Stein, Soraya Seedat, Dana Niehaus, Brian H. Harvey, Liezl Koen and Rossella Medori and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robin Emsley

275 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

The nature of relapse in schizophrenia

2013 343 citations Robin Emsley, Bonginkosi Chiliza et al. BMC Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Emsley South Africa	50	5.2k	2.4k	1.4k	954	853	281	8.5k
Nina R. Schooler United States	55	7.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	969 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	208	9.3k
W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker Austria	64	7.2k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	979 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	266	11.1k
Dieter Naber Germany	55	6.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	333	10.4k
Joanne B. Severe United States	23	7.5k 1.4×	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	759 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	39	9.9k
Jonathan Rabinowitz Israel	52	5.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	933 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	190	8.3k
James H. MacCabe United Kingdom	46	4.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	864 0.6×	559 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	219	7.6k
Jean‐Pierre Lindenmayer United States	42	5.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	526 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	134	6.9k
P.F. Buckley United States	52	5.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	830 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	332	10.5k
Ruud van Winkel Belgium	48	5.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	740 0.5×	835 0.9×	872 1.0×	201	9.1k
Wayne S. Fenton United States	38	5.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	89	8.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Emsley

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Luckhoff, Hilmar, et al.. (2024). Relapse in schizophrenia: The role of factors other than non‐adherence to treatment. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 18(9). 710–719. 3 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, et al.. (2023). Independent effects of posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis and metabolic syndrome status on prefrontal cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter volumes. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 25(1). 64–74. 5 indexed citations

Heuvel, Leigh L. van den, et al.. (2022). Hair cortisol levels in schizophrenia and metabolic syndrome. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 16(8). 902–911. 13 indexed citations

Scheffler, Freda, Lebogang Phahladira, Stefan S. du Plessis, et al.. (2022). The associations of cannabis and methamphetamine use with cognitive performance over the first 2 years of treatment in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 16(11). 1230–1239. 2 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, Laila Asmal, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2022). Sexual dysfunction in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 100080–100080. 2 indexed citations

Hemmings, Sian, Patricia Swart, Leigh L. van den Heuvel, et al.. (2022). RNA-seq analysis of gene expression profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder, Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia identifies roles for common and distinct biological pathways. Discover Mental Health. 2(1). 6–6. 7 indexed citations

Luckhoff, Hilmar, Laila Asmal, Freda Scheffler, et al.. (2021). Gender role endorsement in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research. 299. 113867–113867. 8 indexed citations

O’Connell, Kevin S., Nathaniel W. McGregor, Christine Löchner, Robin Emsley, & Louise Warnich. (2018). The genetic architecture of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 88. 300–307. 65 indexed citations

O’Connell, Kevin S., Nathaniel W. McGregor, Anil K. Malhotra, et al.. (2018). Variation within voltage-gated calcium channel genes and antipsychotic treatment response in a South African first episode schizophrenia cohort. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 19(1). 109–114. 7 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Antti Ahokas, Vihra Milanova, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Tianeptine 25–50 mg in Elderly Patients With Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 79(4). 9 indexed citations

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Mihaljević-Peleš, Alma, et al.. (2016). Remission and employment status in schizophrenia and other psychoses: One-year prospective study in Croatian patients treated with risperidone long acting injection.. PubMed. 28(3). 263–272. 9 indexed citations

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Niehaus, Dana, Liezl Koen, Ushma Galal, et al.. (2008). Crisis discharges and readmission risk in acute psychiatric male inpatients. BMC Psychiatry. 8(1). 44–44. 31 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Bonginkosi Chiliza, & Renata Schoeman. (2008). Predictors of long-term outcome in schizophrenia. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 21(2). 173–177. 72 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin & Frederik Booysen. (2004). Cost-effectiveness of an atypical conventional antipsychotic in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 10(3). 58–66. 4 indexed citations

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Oosthuizen, Piet, et al.. (2004). Health care discrimination against the mentally ill--a comparison of private health insurance benefits for major depressive disorder and ischaemic heart disease in South Africa.. PubMed. 94(10). 821–3. 2 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, Soraya Seedat, & Dan J. Stein. (2003). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Occupational Disability in South African Security Force Members. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 191(4). 237–241. 22 indexed citations

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Harvey, Brian H., Dan J. Stein, & Robin Emsley. (1999). The new-generation antipsychotics - integrating the neuropathology and pharmacology of schizophrenia. South African Medical Journal. 89(6). 17 indexed citations

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Rensburg, Susan J. van, Willie M. U. Daniels, Felix Potocnik, et al.. (1997). A new model for the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Aluminium toxicity is exacerbated by hydrogen peroxide and attenuated by an amyloid protein fragment and melatonin.. PubMed. 87(9). 1111–5. 26 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin. (1996). Outcome of first-episode schizophrenia and the new antipsychotics. South African Medical Journal. 86(6). 2 indexed citations

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Emsley, Robin, et al.. (1987). Impaired Water Excretion and Elevated Plasma Vasopressin in Patients with Alcohol-withdrawal Symptoms. QJM. 64(244). 671–8. 12 indexed citations

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