Robin van Kessel

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robin van Kessel is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin van Kessel has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 14 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robin van Kessel's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (15 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (10 papers). Robin van Kessel is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (15 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (10 papers). Robin van Kessel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Robin van Kessel's co-authors include Brian Li Han Wong, Andrés Román-Urrestarazu, Elías Mossialos, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Carol Brayne, Helmut Brand, Timo Clemens, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Carrie Allison and Michael Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Robin van Kessel

47 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts

2022 153 citations Robin van Kessel, Brian Li Han Wong et al. Internet Interventions profile →
Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage With Autism Prevalence in 7 Million School Children in England

2021 142 citations Andrés Román-Urrestarazu, Robin van Kessel et al. profile →

Peers

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Jessica Fishman United States

Britain A. Mills United States

Ilaria Montagni France

Ingrid Gilles Switzerland

Ana R. Delgado Spain

Elizabeth Cummings Australia

Katarzyna Czabanowska Netherlands

Megan Williams Australia

Glenda Cook United Kingdom

Chris Noone Ireland

Jessica Fishman United States

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84 ×0.4

244 ×1.3

222 ×1.2

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154 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Robin van Kessel Robin van Kessel (= 1×) peers Jessica Fishman

Countries citing papers authored by Robin van Kessel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin van Kessel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin van Kessel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robin van Kessel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robin van Kessel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robin van Kessel. Robin van Kessel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kessel, Robin van, et al.. (2025). Private health insurance in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A scoping review. PubMed. 10. 100157–100157.

Kessel, Robin van, et al.. (2025). Understanding Inequalities in Mobile Health Utilization Across Phases: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e71349–e71349.

Román-Urrestarazu, Andrés, Robin van Kessel, Justin Yang, et al.. (2025). Bayesian prevalence of autism and unmet special education needs in Chile in a sample of three million school-age children. Autism. 29(10). 2501–2512.

Nascimento, Israel Júnior Borges do, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, et al.. (2025). Transforming women's health, empowerment, and gender equality with digital health: evidence-based policy and practice. The Lancet Digital Health. 7(6). 100858–100858. 4 indexed citations

Anderson, Michael, Robin van Kessel, Eleanor Wood, et al.. (2024). Understanding factors impacting patient-reported outcome measures integration in routine clinical practice: an umbrella review. Quality of Life Research. 33(10). 2611–2629. 6 indexed citations

Román-Urrestarazu, Andrés, et al.. (2023). Understanding predictors of mental health and substance use treatment utilization among US adults: A repeated cross-sectional study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100109–100109. 5 indexed citations

Kessel, Robin van, Divya Srivastava, Ilias Kyriopoulos, et al.. (2023). Digital Health Reimbursement Strategies of 8 European Countries and Israel: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 11. e49003–e49003. 38 indexed citations

Kessel, Robin van, Rebecca Forman, Ricarda Milstein, et al.. (2023). Divergent COVID-19 vaccine policies: Policy mapping of ten European countries. Vaccine. 41(17). 2804–2810. 19 indexed citations

Kessel, Robin van, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Brian Li Han Wong, & Elías Mossialos. (2023). The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Digital Health–Seeking Behavior: Big Data Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Google Trends. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e42401–e42401. 24 indexed citations

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Toçi, Ervin, et al.. (2023). Correlates of level of satisfaction among primary health care workers in Albania. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health.

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Ngoc, Ha, Thuc Minh Thi Vu, Robin van Kessel, et al.. (2023). Evidence of internal structure of the transactional eHealth literacy among Vietnamese youth: An instrument validation study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1036877–1036877.

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Holly, Louise, et al.. (2023). Optimising adolescent wellbeing in a digital age. BMJ. 380. e068279–e068279. 29 indexed citations

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Anderson, Michael, et al.. (2023). Challenges and opportunities for incentivising antibiotic research and development in Europe. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 33. 100705–100705. 38 indexed citations

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Kessel, Robin van, et al.. (2023). Strengthening Cybersecurity for Patient Data Protection in Europe. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e48824–e48824. 6 indexed citations

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Kessel, Robin van, et al.. (2022). Is Europe prepared to go digital? making the case for developing digital capacity: An exploratory analysis of Eurostat survey data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). e0000013–e0000013. 49 indexed citations

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Kessel, Robin van, Brian Li Han Wong, Timo Clemens, & Helmut Brand. (2022). Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: More than simply the sum of its parts. Internet Interventions. 27. 100500–100500. 153 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wong, Brian Li Han, et al.. (2021). The Relationship Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccine Hesitancy: A Scoping Review of Literature Until August 2021. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 747787–747787. 85 indexed citations

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Yang, Justin, Robin van Kessel, Attilio Negri, et al.. (2020). Lifetime prevalence of novel psychoactive substances use among adults in the USA: Sociodemographic, mental health and illicit drug use correlates. Evidence from a population-based survey 2007–2014. PLoS ONE. 15(10). e0241056–e0241056. 19 indexed citations

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Kessel, Robin van, Justin Yang, Attilio Negri, et al.. (2019). Mapping novel psychoactive substances policy in the EU: The case of Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218011–e0218011. 18 indexed citations

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Román-Urrestarazu, Andrés, Sarah Griffiths, Amber Ruigrok, et al.. (2018). Autism and the right to education in the EU: Policy mapping and scoping review of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0202336–e0202336. 28 indexed citations

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