Sing Lee

36.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
105 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Sing Lee is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sing Lee has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Clinical Psychology, 32 papers in Social Psychology and 26 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Sing Lee's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (29 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (23 papers). Sing Lee is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (30 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (29 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (23 papers). Sing Lee collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and China. Sing Lee's co-authors include Ronald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso, Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola, G. Paul Amminger, José Posada‐Villa, Arthur Kleinman, Adley Tsang, Elie G. Karam, Rajesh Sagar and Nancy A. Sampson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Physics Today and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Sing Lee

103 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature

2007 2.2k citations Ronald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso et al. profile →
Prevalence and Correlates of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

2011 1.8k citations Ronald C. Kessler, Sing Lee et al. profile →
The global burden of mental disorders: An update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys

2009 1.3k citations Ronald C. Kessler, Jordi Alonso et al. profile →
Screening for serious mental illness in the general population with the K6 screening scale: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) survey initiative

2010 1.0k citations Ronald C. Kessler, Evelyn J. Bromet et al. profile →
Common Chronic Pain Conditions in Developed and Developing Countries: Gender and Age Differences and Comorbidity With Depression-Anxiety Disorders

2008 869 citations Adley Tsang, Michael Von Korff et al. Journal of Pain profile →
Culture and stigma: Adding moral experience to stigma theory

2006 793 citations Lawrence H. Yang, Arthur Kleinman et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sing Lee Hong Kong	38	5.9k	3.5k	3.0k	2.0k	1.5k	105	12.6k
Giovanni de Girolamo Italy	53	5.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	278	12.8k
Ronald C. Kessler United States	5	6.7k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	7	13.3k
Sarah Hetrick Australia	56	7.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	229	13.6k
Erkki Isometsä Finland	66	8.7k 1.5×	5.7k 1.6×	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	292	15.3k
S. Patricia Chou United States	45	6.9k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	3.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	73	16.8k
Ramin Mojtabai United States	63	5.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	2.3k 1.5×	328	15.5k
C. Hendricks Brown United States	71	6.3k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	4.6k 2.3×	1.4k 1.0×	333	16.8k
Eric D. Caine United States	69	8.1k 1.4×	3.0k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	250	15.4k
W. June Ruan United States	45	7.9k 1.3×	2.3k 0.7×	5.2k 1.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	64	18.3k
Sidney Zisook United States	60	7.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	307	13.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sing Lee

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So, Suzanne Ho‐wai, Anson Kai Chun Chau, Wing Chung Chang, et al.. (2023). Moment-to-moment affective dynamics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. European Psychiatry. 66(1). e67–e67. 3 indexed citations

Saw, S. H., et al.. (2019). Correlation of Characteristic Ne SXR Signal Pulse With Computed Plasma Focus Dynamics in the Ne (97.5%)–Kr (2.5%) Admixtures of the INTI PF Machine at 12 kV. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 47(2). 1297–1301. 1 indexed citations

Leung, C. M., Sing Lee, Dominic T.S. Lee, et al.. (2018). Suicide after hospital contact for psychiatric assessment in Hong Kong: A long-term cohort study. Psychiatry Research. 264. 266–269. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Lawrence H., Katherine Ka Wai Lam, Hong Ngo, et al.. (2014). “What matters most:” A cultural mechanism moderating structural vulnerability and moral experience of mental illness stigma. Social Science & Medicine. 103. 84–93. 137 indexed citations

Lee, Sing, et al.. (2013). A community-based epidemiological study of health anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 28(2). 187–194. 19 indexed citations

Lee, Sing, Adley Tsang, King Lam Ng, et al.. (2011). Performance of the 6-item Kessler scale for measuring serious mental illness in Hong Kong. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 53(5). 584–592. 57 indexed citations

Lee, Sing, Yee Ling, & Adley Tsang. (2010). Community-Based Co-Morbidity of Depression and Chronic Physical Illnesses in Hong Kong. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 40(3). 339–348. 8 indexed citations

Lee, Sing, Wanjun Guo, Adley Tsang, et al.. (2009). Associations of cohort and socio‐demographic correlates with transitions from alcohol use to disorders and remission in metropolitan China. Addiction. 104(8). 1313–1323. 25 indexed citations

Storr, Carla L., Hui G. Cheng, Jordi Alonso, et al.. (2009). Smoking estimates from around the world: data from the first 17 participating countries in the World Mental Health Survey Consortium. Tobacco Control. 19(1). 65–74. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing, et al.. (2008). The behavioral impacts of SARS and its implication for societal preparedness for other emerging infections. Social medicine. 3(2). 57–63. 1 indexed citations

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Tsang, Adley, Michael Von Korff, Sing Lee, et al.. (2008). Common Chronic Pain Conditions in Developed and Developing Countries: Gender and Age Differences and Comorbidity With Depression-Anxiety Disorders. Journal of Pain. 9(10). 883–891. 869 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Stephanie W., Sunita M. Stewart, Ruth H. Striegel‐Moore, et al.. (2007). Validation of the eating disorder diagnostic scale for use with Hong Kong adolescents. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 40(6). 569–574. 23 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing, Adley Tsang, & Kathleen Kwok. (2005). A community-based telephone survey of panic disorder in Hong Kong. Depression and Anxiety. 22(2). 77–83. 10 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing, et al.. (2000). The variability of phenomenology in anorexia nervosa. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 102(4). 314–317. 26 indexed citations

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Katzman, Melanie A. & Sing Lee. (1997). Beyond body image: The integration of feminist and transcultural theories in the understanding of self starvation. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 22(4). 385–394. 147 indexed citations

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Lee, Antoinette M. & Sing Lee. (1996). Disordered eating and its psychosocial correlates among chinese adolescent females in Hong Kong. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 20(2). 177–183. 108 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing. (1996). Reconsidering the status of anorexia nervosa as a western culture-bound syndrome. Social Science & Medicine. 42(1). 21–34. 75 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing. (1994). The Heterogeneity of Stealing Behaviors in Chinese Patients with Anorexia Nervosa in Hong Kong. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 182(5). 304–307. 11 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing. (1993). How abnormal is the desire for slimness? A survey of eating attitudes and behaviour among Chinese undergraduates in Hong Kong. Psychological Medicine. 23(2). 437–451. 115 indexed citations

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Lee, Sing, L. K. George Hsu, & Yun Kwok Wing. (1992). Bulimia Nervosa in Hong Kong Chinese Patients. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 161(4). 545–551. 20 indexed citations

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