Stephen L. Aita

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 765 citations indexed

About

Stephen L. Aita is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen L. Aita has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 765 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Clinical Psychology, 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stephen L. Aita's work include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (7 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (6 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 papers). Stephen L. Aita is often cited by papers focused on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (7 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (6 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 papers). Stephen L. Aita collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Netherlands. Stephen L. Aita's co-authors include Nicholas C. Borgogna, Ryon C. McDermott, Matthew M. Kridel, Benjamin D. Hill, Sarah Taylor, Victor A. Del Bene, Tasha Rhoads, Jack C. Lennon, Keenan A. Walker and Zachary J. Resch and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, PEDIATRICS and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Stephen L. Aita

48 papers receiving 749 citations

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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.

Anxiety and depression across gender and sexual minorities: Implications for transgender, gender nonconforming, pansexual, demisexual, asexual, queer, and questioning individuals.

2018 245 citations Nicholas C. Borgogna, Stephen L. Aita et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen L. Aita United States	12	236	234	187	130	120	51	765
Tracy Luchetta United States	12	218 0.9×	152 0.6×	168 0.9×	106 0.8×	124 1.0×	14	1.1k
Michelle E. Farrell United States	14	290 1.2×	141 0.6×	321 1.7×	200 1.5×	84 0.7×	33	1.0k
Esther L. Meerwijk United States	15	560 2.4×	595 2.5×	200 1.1×	112 0.9×	169 1.4×	30	1.3k
Nataša Jokić‐Begić Croatia	20	498 2.1×	189 0.8×	185 1.0×	237 1.8×	115 1.0×	77	1.1k
Madhavi K. Reddy United States	22	663 2.8×	131 0.6×	96 0.5×	112 0.9×	140 1.2×	53	1.1k
Lauren P. Wadsworth United States	13	234 1.0×	265 1.1×	508 2.7×	272 2.1×	114 0.9×	29	1.0k
Nicole Taylor United States	15	241 1.0×	128 0.5×	61 0.3×	62 0.5×	75 0.6×	55	898
Gilbert Lemmens Belgium	21	599 2.5×	252 1.1×	139 0.7×	252 1.9×	149 1.2×	104	1.4k
Marc A. Norman United States	14	181 0.8×	188 0.8×	311 1.7×	237 1.8×	37 0.3×	29	1.0k
Clemente Cedro Italy	17	295 1.3×	80 0.3×	349 1.9×	205 1.6×	229 1.9×	44	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2025). Neuropsychological Functioning in Pediatric Primary Headache Disorders: A Meta-Analysis. PEDIATRICS. 155(5). 3 indexed citations

Johnson, David A., et al.. (2025). Incremental efficacy systematic review and meta-analysis of psilocybin-for-depression RCTs. Psychopharmacology. 242(10). 2139–2157. 2 indexed citations

Bene, Victor A. Del, Stephen L. Aita, Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca, et al.. (2025). Cognitive intra-individual variability dispersion as an emerging measure of neuropsychological inference: A narrative review of its history, methodology, empirical support, future directions, and recommendations for best practices. 2 indexed citations

Borgogna, Nicholas C. & Stephen L. Aita. (2025). Accepting the Challenge and Committing to the Future of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Science. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 48(3). 591–604.

Aita, Stephen L., Nicholas C. Borgogna, Victor A. Del Bene, et al.. (2024). Neurocognitive and psychiatric outcomes associated with postacute COVID-19 infection without severe medical complication: a meta-analysis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 95(12). 1207–1216. 5 indexed citations

Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2024). Neuropsychological Function in Migraine Headaches. Neurology. 102(4). e208109–e208109. 8 indexed citations

Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2024). Association of Use of a Mobile Tackling Dummy During College Football Practice With Reduced Sport-Related Concussion: Results of a Pilot Investigation. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 12(2). 971833372–971833372. 2 indexed citations

Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2024). Cognitive Intra-individual Variability in Cognitively Healthy APOE ε4 Carriers, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease: a Meta-analysis. Neuropsychology Review. 35(4). 745–765. 8 indexed citations

Borgogna, Nicholas C., et al.. (2024). So how special is special K? A systematic review and meta-analysis of ketamine for PTSD RCTs. European journal of psychotraumatology. 15(1). 2299124–2299124. 8 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2023). The Status of Evidence-Based Treatments for Moral Injury Syndrome: Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. 10(3). 217–233. 9 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2023). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Complicated by Traumatic Brain Injury: A Narrative Review. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 5(1). 6 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2022). Leveraging the Power of the Internet for Neurosurgical Education: A Standardized Survey for the Pursuit of Educational Excellence. World Neurosurgery. 161. 450–458.e2. 1 indexed citations

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Borgogna, Nicholas C. & Stephen L. Aita. (2022). Is the serotonin hypothesis dead? If so, how will clinical psychology respond?. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 1027375–1027375. 2 indexed citations

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Borgogna, Nicholas C., Emma C. Lathan, & Stephen L. Aita. (2022). Sexual and Gender Minority Victimization: Base Rates of Assault in College Students Across Sexual and Gender Identities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 38(7-8). 5613–5637. 1 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., et al.. (2021). Self-rated executive dysfunction in adults with epilepsy and effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention (HOBSCOTCH). Epilepsy & Behavior. 121(Pt A). 108042–108042. 10 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, Kittipan Rerkasem, et al.. (2021). Psychometric utility of the international HIV dementia scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment in HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment. Journal of NeuroVirology. 27(4). 568–578. 10 indexed citations

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Aita, Stephen L., Harrison C. Walker, Victor A. Del Bene, et al.. (2021). Correlates of deep brain stimulation consensus conference decision to treat primary dystonia. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 207. 106747–106747. 2 indexed citations

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Calamia, Matthew, et al.. (2020). Normative and Maladaptive Personality Traits and Self-Reported Executive Functioning. Assessment. 29(3). 499–507. 5 indexed citations

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Puente, Antonio N., Matthew L. Cohen, Stephen L. Aita, & Jason Brandt. (2016). Behavioral Ratings of Executive Functioning Explain Instrumental Activities of Daily Living beyond Test Scores in Parkinson’s Disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 30(1). 95–106. 10 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew L., Stephen L. Aita, Zoltán Mari, & Jason Brandt. (2015). The Unique and Combined Effects of Apathy and Depression on Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 5(2). 351–359. 17 indexed citations

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