Susan Rees

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Susan Rees is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Rees has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Clinical Psychology, 39 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Susan Rees's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (78 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (40 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (29 papers). Susan Rees is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (78 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (40 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (29 papers). Susan Rees collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Susan Rees's co-authors include Derrick Silove, Peter Ventevogel, Alvin Kuowei Tay, Moses Kareth, Zachary Steel, Bob Pease, Wietse A. Tol, David Forbes, Meaghan O’Donnell and Mark Creamer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Susan Rees

124 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

2017 420 citations Derrick Silove, Susan Rees et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Rees Australia	28	2.0k	745	733	535	331	135	2.7k
Tamara Taillieu Canada	27	2.4k 1.2×	847 1.1×	745 1.0×	791 1.5×	403 1.2×	93	3.3k
Sepali Guruge Canada	27	1.0k 0.5×	766 1.0×	831 1.1×	599 1.1×	232 0.7×	115	2.2k
Ginny Sprang United States	24	2.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	846 1.2×	236 0.4×	515 1.6×	105	3.3k
Hyeouk Chris Hahm United States	27	2.1k 1.1×	776 1.0×	865 1.2×	406 0.8×	852 2.6×	83	3.2k
Franziska Meinck United Kingdom	32	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	507 0.7×	724 1.4×	148 0.4×	106	2.7k
Linda Lewandowski United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	398 0.5×	768 1.0×	557 1.0×	269 0.8×	55	2.2k
Jane F. Silovsky United States	23	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	346 0.5×	332 0.6×	238 0.7×	68	2.7k
Joanne Klevens United States	26	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	873 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	222 0.7×	79	3.1k
Faye Gary United States	20	1.6k 0.8×	560 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	1.4k 2.5×	434 1.3×	78	3.1k
Marci Hertz United States	22	1.0k 0.5×	420 0.6×	460 0.6×	560 1.0×	602 1.8×	50	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Susan Rees

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Rees

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari, et al.. (2025). Australian immigration detention health study protocol: a prospective, mixed-methods cohort study examining the physical and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. BMJ Open. 15(4). e096031–e096031. 1 indexed citations

Mohsin, Mohammed, et al.. (2023). Determinants of Antenatal Education and Breastfeeding Uptake in Refugee-Background and Australian-Born Women. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 263–280. 1 indexed citations

Rees, Susan, et al.. (2023). Invisible wounds of the Israel–Gaza war in Australia. The Medical Journal of Australia. 220(1). 4–6. 4 indexed citations

Rees, Susan & Ruth Wells. (2020). Bushfires, COVID-19 and the urgent need for an Australian Task Force on gender, mental health and disaster. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 54(11). 1135–1136. 4 indexed citations

Rees, Susan, et al.. (2019). Believe #metoo: sexual violence and interpersonal disclosure experiences among women attending a sexual assault service in Australia: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 9(7). e026773–e026773. 9 indexed citations

Rees, Susan, Jane Fisher, Zachary Steel, et al.. (2019). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Major Depressive Disorder Among Women at Public Antenatal Clinics From Refugee, Conflict-Affected, and Australian-Born Backgrounds. JAMA Network Open. 2(5). e193442–e193442. 29 indexed citations

Baker, Jess, et al.. (2019). School factors related to the emotional wellbeing and resettlement outcomes of students from refugee backgrounds: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 107–107. 13 indexed citations

Tay, Alvin Kuowei, et al.. (2016). Six-year trajectories of post-traumatic stress and severe psychological distress symptoms and associations with timing of trauma exposure, ongoing adversity and sense of injustice: a latent transition analysis of a community cohort in conflict-affected Timor-Leste. BMJ Open. 6(2). e010205–e010205. 19 indexed citations

Silove, Derrick, et al.. (2016). Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, severe psychological distress, explosive anger and grief amongst partners of survivors of high levels of trauma in post-conflict Timor-Leste. Psychological Medicine. 47(1). 149–159. 11 indexed citations

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Silove, Derrick, et al.. (2015). Pathways to perinatal depressive symptoms after mass conflict in Timor-Leste: a modelling analysis using cross-sectional data. The Lancet Psychiatry. 2(2). 161–167. 16 indexed citations

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Tay, Alvin Kuowei, Susan Rees, Jack D. Chan, Moses Kareth, & Derrick Silove. (2015). Examining the broader psychosocial effects of mass conflict on PTSD symptoms and functional impairment amongst West Papuan refugees resettled in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Social Science & Medicine. 132. 70–78. 27 indexed citations

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Tay, Alvin Kuowei, Susan Rees, Jack Chen, Moses Kareth, & Derrick Silove. (2015). Pathways involving traumatic losses, worry about family, adult separation anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms amongst refugees from West Papua. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 35. 1–8. 12 indexed citations

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Rees, Susan, Derrick Silove, Natalino Tam, et al.. (2013). Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst Women in Conflict Affected Timor-Leste: Associations with Human Rights Trauma, Ongoing Violence, Poverty, and Injustice. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69207–e69207. 50 indexed citations

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Eapen, Valsamma, et al.. (2012). Adult separation anxiety during pregnancy and its relationship to depression and anxiety. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 41(2). 159–163. 5 indexed citations

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Rees, Susan, Derrick Silove, Tien Chey, et al.. (2011). Lifetime Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in Women and the Relationship With Mental Disorders and Psychosocial Function. JAMA. 306(5). 513–21. 324 indexed citations

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Silove, Derrick & Susan Rees. (2010). Interrogating the role of mental health professionals in assessing torture. BMJ. 340(jan28 1). c124–c124. 2 indexed citations

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Pease, Bob & Susan Rees. (2008). Theorising Men's Violence towards Women in Refugee Families: Towards an Intersectional Feminist Framework. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 47(47). 39–45. 3 indexed citations

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Rees, Susan & Bob Pease. (2007). Domestic violence in refugee families in Australia : rethinking settlement policy and practice. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 5(2). 1–19. 26 indexed citations

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Pittaway, Eileen & Susan Rees. (2006). Multiple Jeopardy: Domestic Violence and the Notion of Cumulative risk for Women in Refugee Camps. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 18. 15 indexed citations

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Rees, Susan, et al.. (2004). Research for Policy and Practice in Domestic and Family Violence Prevention. 61. 1 indexed citations

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