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.
No health without mental health
20072.5k citationsVikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena et al.The Lancetprofile →
Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update
20221.4k citationsJinan Zeidan, Éric Fombonne et al.Autism Researchprofile →
Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward
2022272 citationsLara B. Aknin, Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve et al.Perspectives on Psychological Scienceprofile →
The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis
2022143 citationsModhurima Moitra, Damian Santomauro et al.PLoS Medicineprofile →
Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries
2022132 citationsLara B. Aknin, John F. Helliwell et al.profile →
Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendations
202364 citationsVikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena et al.The Lancetprofile →
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis
202461 citationsJürgen Rehm, Shekhar Saxena et al.profile →
Peers — A (Enhanced Table)
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Countries citing papers authored by Shekhar Saxena
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This map shows the geographic impact of Shekhar Saxena's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Shekhar Saxena with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Shekhar Saxena more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shekhar Saxena. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shekhar Saxena. The network helps show where Shekhar Saxena may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shekhar Saxena
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shekhar Saxena.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shekhar Saxena 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 Shekhar Saxena. Shekhar Saxena is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Aknin, Lara B., Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve, Elizabeth W. Dunn, et al.. (2022). Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17(4). 915–936.272 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Moitra, Modhurima, Damian Santomauro, Pamela Y. Collins, et al.. (2022). The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis. PLoS Medicine. 19(2). e1003901–e1003901.143 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Zeidan, Jinan, Éric Fombonne, Julie Scorah, et al.. (2022). Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update. Autism Research. 15(5). 778–790.1421 indexed citations breakdown →
Aknin, Lara B., Daisy Fancourt, Edward Karam, et al.. (2021). The Lancet's COVID-19 Commission Mental Health Task Force. Acta Neuropsychologica. 19(3). 301–305.1 indexed citations
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Charlson, Fiona, Mark van Ommeren, Abraham D. Flaxman, et al.. (2019). New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. 394(10194). 240–248.902 indexed citations breakdown →
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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Kakuma, Ritsuko, Harry Minas, Nadja van Ginneken, et al.. (2011). Global Mental Health 5 Human resources for mental health care: current situation and strategies for action. The Lancet. 378(9803).12 indexed citations
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Üstün, T. Bedirhan, Somnath Chatterji, Nenad Kostanjsek, et al.. (2010). Developing the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88(11). 815–823.1258 indexed citations breakdown →
Saxena, Shekhar & Pratap Sharan. (2004). Enhancing mental health research publication from low and middle-income countries.. PubMed Central.2 indexed citations
Levi, Fabio, Carlo La Vecchia, F Lucchini, et al.. (2003). Trends in mortality from suicide, 1965–99. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 108(5). 341–349.146 indexed citations
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