Stephen Platt

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen Platt is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Platt has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in General Health Professions, 52 papers in Clinical Psychology and 35 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Stephen Platt's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (42 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (33 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (19 papers). Stephen Platt is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (42 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (33 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (19 papers). Stephen Platt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Stephen Platt's co-authors include Sarah Stewart‐Brown, Jane Parkinson, Ruth Tennant, Scott Weich, Stephen Joseph, Louise Hiller, Jenny Secker, Amanda Amos, Norman Kreitman and Sonja M. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Platt

138 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation

2007 3.3k citations Stephen Platt et al. profile →
Internal construct validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a Rasch analysis using data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey

2009 857 citations Stephen Platt et al. profile →
Damp housing, mould growth, and symptomatic health state.

1989 382 citations Stephen Platt, Cosette Martin et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Platt United Kingdom	46	4.9k	2.9k	2.7k	2.1k	1.4k	139	11.2k
Sarah Stewart‐Brown United Kingdom	61	5.5k 1.1×	3.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	192	14.7k
Scott Weich United Kingdom	49	4.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.3×	4.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	137	12.8k
Marcus Grant United Kingdom	23	3.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	962 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	92	12.8k
Stephen R. Zubrick Australia	63	5.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	305	13.4k
Lise Gauvin Canada	54	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	345	10.2k
Gail Ironson United States	67	4.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	2.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	276	14.7k
Sijmen A. Reijneveld Netherlands	58	4.5k 0.9×	4.1k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	623	13.8k
Barry Milne New Zealand	38	4.7k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	133	10.8k
Tara L. Gruenewald United States	42	2.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	96	9.2k
Bert N. Uchino United States	55	3.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	4.2k 1.5×	3.4k 1.6×	2.2k 1.6×	168	12.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Platt

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Zortea, Tiago C., et al.. (2025). Natural disasters and suicidal behaviour: An updated systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders. 375. 256–292. 3 indexed citations

Wardle, Heather, Gerda Reith, David Best, David McDaid, & Stephen Platt. (2018). Measuring gambling-related harms: a framework for action. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 52 indexed citations

Cole‐King, Alys & Stephen Platt. (2017). Suicide prevention for physicians: identification, intervention and mitigation of risk. Medicine. 45(3). 131–134. 8 indexed citations

Hu, Yannan, Frank J. van Lenthe, Stephen Platt, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Among Socioeconomic Groups in Nine European Countries, 1990–2007. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 19(12). ntw210–ntw210. 25 indexed citations

Brown, Tamara, Stephen Platt, & Amanda Amos. (2014). Equity impact of population-level interventions and policies to reduce smoking in adults: A systematic review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 138. 7–16. 128 indexed citations

Hill, Sarah, Amanda Amos, David Clifford, & Stephen Platt. (2013). Impact of tobacco control interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: review of the evidence. Tobacco Control. 23(e2). e89–e97. 282 indexed citations

Mok, Pearl L. H., Alastair H. Leyland, Navneet Kapur, et al.. (2012). Why does Scotland have a higher suicide rate than England? An area-level investigation of health and social factors. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 67(1). 63–70. 23 indexed citations

Mackenzie, Mhairi, et al.. (2011). What is the 'problem' that outreach work seeks to address and how might it be tackled? Seeking theory in a primary health prevention programme. BMC Health Services Research. 11(1). 350–350. 32 indexed citations

Chandler, Amy, Fiona A. Myers, & Stephen Platt. (2011). The Construction of Self‐Injury in the Clinical Literature: A Sociological Exploration. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 41(1). 98–109. 37 indexed citations

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Ogilvie, David, Richard Mitchell, Nanette Mutrie, Mark Petticrew, & Stephen Platt. (2008). Personal and environmental correlates of active travel and physical activity in a deprived urban population. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 5(1). 43–43. 114 indexed citations

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Gnich, Wendy, et al.. (2008). A Scotland‐wide pilot programme of smoking cessation services for young people: process and outcome evaluation. Addiction. 103(11). 1866–1874. 13 indexed citations

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Loretto, Wendy, Frank Popham, Stephen Platt, et al.. (2005). Assessing psychological well-being: A holistic investigation of NHS employees. International Review of Psychiatry. 17(5). 329–336. 34 indexed citations

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Frischer, Martin, Michael Bloor, A. Finlay, et al.. (1991). A New Method of Estimating Prevalence of Injecting Drug Use in an Urban Population: Results from a Scottish City. International Journal of Epidemiology. 20(4). 997–1000. 55 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen, et al.. (1990). Service utilisation, social support and psychiatric status in a cohort of patients with schizophrenic psychoses. Schizophrenia Research. 3(2). 139–146. 55 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen, Cosette Martin, Sonja M. Hunt, & Christopher W. Lewis. (1989). Damp housing, mould growth, and symptomatic health state.. BMJ. 298(6689). 1673–1678. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Masterton, G. & Stephen Platt. (1989). Parasuicide and general elections.. BMJ. 298(6676). 803–804. 15 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen & John C. Duffy. (1986). Social and clinical correlates of unemployment in two cohorts of male parasuicides. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 21(1). 17–24. 8 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen & Norman Kreitman. (1984). Trends in parasuicide and unemployment among men in Edinburgh, 1968-82.. BMJ. 289(6451). 1029–1032. 80 indexed citations

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Barnes, Thomas R. E., et al.. (1983). Use of the Social Behaviour Assessment Schedule (SBAS) in a trial of maintenance antipsychotic therapy in schizophrenic outpatients: Pimozide versus fluphenazine. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 18(4). 193–199. 28 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen, Angela Knights, & Steven R. Hirsch. (1980). Caution and conservatism in the use of a psychiatric day hospital: Evidence from a research project that failed. Psychiatry Research. 3(2). 123–132. 19 indexed citations

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