William Copeland

24.4k total citations · 13 hit papers
193 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

William Copeland is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, William Copeland has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Clinical Psychology, 32 papers in Education and 29 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in William Copeland's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (87 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (20 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers). William Copeland is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (87 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (20 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers). William Copeland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. William Copeland's co-authors include E. Jane Costello, Adrian Angold, Lilly Shanahan, Dieter Wolke, Gordon Keeler, Suzet Tanya Lereya, Helen L. Egger, Carol M. Worthman, Barbara Maughan and James J. Hudziak and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William Copeland

181 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress in Childhood 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2013 2009 2011 2013 250 500 750
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.

  1. Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress in Childhood
    2007 979 citations William Copeland, Adrian Angold et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
  2. Adult Psychiatric Outcomes of Bullying and Being Bullied by Peers in Childhood and Adolescence
    2013 827 citations William Copeland, Adrian Angold et al. profile →
  3. Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders as Predictors of Young Adult Disorders
    2009 642 citations William Copeland, Lilly Shanahan et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
  4. Trends in psychopathology across the adolescent years: What changes when children become adolescents, and when adolescents become adults?
    2011 634 citations E. Jane Costello, William Copeland et al. profile →
  5. Impact of Bullying in Childhood on Adult Health, Wealth, Crime, and Social Outcomes
    2013 455 citations William Copeland, Adrian Angold et al. profile →
  6. A heavy burden on young minds: the global burden of mental and substance use disorders in children and youth
    2014 434 citations William Copeland, E. Jane Costello et al. profile →
  7. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on College Student Mental Health and Wellness
    2020 428 citations William Copeland, Ellen W. McGinnis et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
  8. Adult mental health consequences of peer bullying and maltreatment in childhood: two cohorts in two countries
    2015 412 citations William Copeland, E. Jane Costello et al. profile →
  9. Longitudinal Patterns of Anxiety From Childhood to Adulthood: The Great Smoky Mountains Study
    2013 410 citations William Copeland, Adrian Angold et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
  10. Long-Term Outcomes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2016 366 citations William Copeland et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
  11. Association of Childhood Trauma Exposure With Adult Psychiatric Disorders and Functional Outcomes
    2018 313 citations William Copeland, Lilly Shanahan et al. profile →
  12. Adult Functional Outcomes of Common Childhood Psychiatric Problems
    2015 296 citations William Copeland, Lilly Shanahan et al. profile →
  13. Conduct disorder
    2019 220 citations William Copeland, Candice L. Odgers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Copeland United States 55 8.8k 3.0k 2.2k 2.1k 1.7k 193 13.5k
Jan van der Ende Netherlands 65 9.8k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 234 14.2k
Albertine J. Oldehinkel Netherlands 57 6.2k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.5× 266 11.1k
Rob McGee New Zealand 56 7.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 229 13.6k
Barbara Maughan United Kingdom 72 10.8k 1.2× 3.9k 1.3× 2.6k 1.2× 4.6k 2.2× 1.7k 1.0× 213 18.2k
Judith S. Brook United States 63 9.8k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 313 15.3k
Corina Benjet Mexico 42 7.6k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 163 10.9k
Mauri Marttunen Finland 55 7.6k 0.9× 2.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 282 11.0k
Katholiki Georgiades Canada 41 6.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 152 10.2k
Wilma Vollebergh Netherlands 65 8.1k 0.9× 3.8k 1.3× 3.9k 1.7× 1.7k 0.8× 3.1k 1.8× 313 17.0k
Maja Deković Netherlands 56 7.4k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 275 10.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Copeland

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaydosh, Lauren, Iliya Gutin, Lilly Shanahan, et al.. (2025). The Role of Despair in Predicting Self-Destructive Behaviors. Population Research and Policy Review. 44(3). 33–33.
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Thurston, George D., et al.. (2024). Ambient air pollution and depressed mood in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) wave 4. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(4). 975–983. 1 indexed citations
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McGinnis, Ellen W., et al.. (2023). Discovering Digital Biomarkers of Panic Attack Risk in Consumer Wearables Data. PubMed. 2023. 1–4.
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Gutin, Iliya, William Copeland, Jennifer Godwin, et al.. (2023). Defining despair: Assessing the multidimensionality of despair and its association with suicidality and substance use in early to middle adulthood. Social Science & Medicine. 320. 115764–115764. 13 indexed citations
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Machlin, Laura, Helen L. Egger, Cheryl R. Stein, et al.. (2023). Distinct Associations of Deprivation and Threat With Alterations in Brain Structure in Early Childhood. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 62(8). 885–894.e3. 23 indexed citations
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Glik, Deborah, et al.. (2022). Music-Based Mentoring and Academic Improvement in High-Poverty Elementary Schools. Journal of Youth Development. 17(1). 33–53. 1 indexed citations
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Gajos, Jamie M., Michael A. Russell, Candice L. Odgers, Rick H. Hoyle, & William Copeland. (2022). Pubertal timing moderates the same-day coupling between family hassles and negative affect in girls and boys. Development and Psychopathology. 35(4). 1942–1955. 1 indexed citations
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Villanti, Andrea C., et al.. (2022). COVID‐related distress, mental health, and substance use in adolescents and young adults. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 27(2). 138–145. 42 indexed citations
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Caye, Arthur, Helen L. Fisher, Brandon A. Kohrt, et al.. (2022). Identifying adolescents at risk for depression: Assessment of a global prediction model in the Great Smoky Mountains Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 155. 146–152. 6 indexed citations
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Clark, Shaunna L., Robin F. Chan, Min Zhao, et al.. (2021). Dual methylation and hydroxymethylation study of alcohol use disorder. Addiction Biology. 27(2). e13114–e13114. 11 indexed citations
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McGinnis, Ellen W., et al.. (2021). A Digital Therapeutic Intervention Delivering Biofeedback for Panic Attacks (PanicMechanic): Feasibility and Usability Study. JMIR Formative Research. 6(2). e32982–e32982. 7 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, et al.. (2021). Ecological Momentary Assessment of Physical Activity and Wellness Behaviors in College Students Throughout a School Year: Longitudinal Naturalistic Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(1). e25375–e25375. 11 indexed citations
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Alaie, Iman, Richard Ssegonja, William Copeland, et al.. (2021). Adolescent depression and adult labor market marginalization: a longitudinal cohort study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 31(11). 1799–1813. 18 indexed citations
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Singh, Parvati, Ryan Brown, William Copeland, E. Jane Costello, & Tim A. Bruckner. (2020). Income dividends and subjective survival in a Cherokee Indian cohort: a quasi-experiment. Biodemography and Social Biology. 65(2). 172–187. 3 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Kimberly L. H., Grace T. Baranek, William Copeland, et al.. (2018). Sensory Over-Responsivity: An Early Risk Factor for Anxiety and Behavioral Challenges in Young Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 47(6). 1075–1088. 50 indexed citations
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Copeland, William. (2011). Building the Social Forum, Building Our Movement. Souls. 13(3). 327–339. 1 indexed citations
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Rowe, Richard, E. Jane Costello, Adrian Angold, William Copeland, & Barbara Maughan. (2010). Developmental pathways in oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 119(4). 726–738. 245 indexed citations
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Brown, Ryan, David H. Rehkopf, William Copeland, E. Jane Costello, & Carol M. Worthman. (2009). Lifecourse Priorities Among Appalachian Emerging Adults: Revisiting Wallace's Organization of Diversity. Ethos. 37(2). 225–242. 7 indexed citations
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Copeland, William, Lilly Shanahan, E. Jane Costello, & Adrian Angold. (2009). Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders as Predictors of Young Adult Disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. 66(7). 764–764. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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