Shekhar Saxena

54.8k total citations · 23 hit papers
242 papers, 27.7k citations indexed

About

Shekhar Saxena is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Shekhar Saxena has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 27.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Social Psychology, 106 papers in Clinical Psychology and 62 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Shekhar Saxena's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (105 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (32 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers). Shekhar Saxena is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (105 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (32 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers). Shekhar Saxena collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and India. Shekhar Saxena's co-authors include Vikram Patel, Martin Prince, Dan Chisholm, Harvey Whiteford, Graham Thornicroft, Benedetto Saraceno, Mario Maj, Atıf Rahman, Mark van Ommeren and Michael R. Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Shekhar Saxena

236 papers receiving 26.4k citations

Hit Papers

No health without mental ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2022 2012 2010 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shekhar Saxena Switzerland 71 11.2k 8.3k 7.6k 5.0k 3.6k 242 27.7k
Harvey Whiteford Australia 60 10.0k 0.9× 7.1k 0.9× 5.7k 0.7× 5.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.0× 320 26.0k
Patricia A. Berglund United States 41 15.2k 1.4× 8.5k 1.0× 5.5k 0.7× 5.2k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 82 33.0k
Johan Ormel Netherlands 103 15.3k 1.4× 9.1k 1.1× 5.8k 0.8× 7.9k 1.6× 3.5k 1.0× 484 39.0k
Alan M. Zaslavsky United States 89 15.1k 1.3× 6.1k 0.7× 12.1k 1.6× 6.1k 1.2× 4.1k 1.1× 386 41.4k
Thomas W. Kamarck United States 44 11.3k 1.0× 6.5k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 4.1k 1.1× 126 31.9k
Janice K. Kiecolt‐Glaser United States 104 8.1k 0.7× 8.5k 1.0× 6.5k 0.9× 4.6k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 316 35.8k
David Goldberg United Kingdom 66 12.2k 1.1× 7.9k 1.0× 8.3k 1.1× 7.4k 1.5× 3.3k 0.9× 241 29.6k
Oye Gureje Nigeria 68 7.4k 0.7× 6.0k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 5.9k 1.2× 2.4k 0.7× 374 21.8k
Elmar Brähler Germany 86 15.4k 1.4× 6.0k 0.7× 7.6k 1.0× 6.0k 1.2× 4.3k 1.2× 989 35.6k
Martín Knapp United Kingdom 93 11.0k 1.0× 6.0k 0.7× 11.6k 1.5× 10.7k 2.1× 4.4k 1.2× 879 35.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Shekhar Saxena

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shekhar Saxena

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Macrynikola, Natalia, Dylan J. Jester, Matcheri S. Keshavan, et al.. (2024). Social determinants of mental health in major depressive disorder: Umbrella review of 26 meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Psychiatry Research. 335. 115854–115854. 18 indexed citations
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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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Moitra, Modhurima, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Pamela Y. Collins, et al.. (2021). Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 602614–602614. 89 indexed citations
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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 →
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Patel, Vikram & Shekhar Saxena. (2019). Achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders. BMJ. 366. l4516–l4516. 34 indexed citations
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Collins, Pamela Y. & Shekhar Saxena. (2016). Action on mental health needs global cooperation. Nature. 532(7597). 25–27. 30 indexed citations
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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 →
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Tomlinson, Mark, Leslie Swartz, Alana Officer, et al.. (2009). Research priorities for health of people with disabilities: an expert opinion exercise. The Lancet. 374(9704). 1857–1862. 112 indexed citations
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Chisholm, Dan, Oye Gureje, Sandra Saldivia, et al.. (2008). Tratamiento de la esquizofrenia en el mundo en desarrollo: análisis interregional y multinacional de la costoeficacia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86(7). 542–551. 1 indexed citations
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Saxena, Shekhar, Mark van Ommeren, & Benedetto Saraceno. (2006). Mental health assistance to populations affected by disasters: World Health Organization's role. International Review of Psychiatry. 18(3). 199–204. 10 indexed citations
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Saxena, Shekhar & Pratap Sharan. (2004). Enhancing mental health research publication from low and middle-income countries.. PubMed Central. 2 indexed citations
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Saxena, Shekhar & Pallab K Maulik. (2003). State of mental health in Pakistan—service, education and reseearch.. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 81(3). 226–226. 10 indexed citations
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Saxena, Shekhar & Pratap Sharan. (2003). Meeting the mental health needs of developing countries: NGO innovations in India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 81(11). 846–846. 14 indexed citations
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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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Üstün, T. Bedirhan, Jürgen Rehm, Shekhar Saxena, et al.. (1999). Multiple-informant ranking of the disabling effects of different health conditions in 14 countries. The Lancet. 354(9173). 111–115. 156 indexed citations

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