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General Psychiatry
H-index 14

General Psychiatry

2517-729X

Published by: BMJ Publishing Group

https://gpsych.bmj.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 908 14 14 7
Medicine 2434 18 23 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 75
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.766
Impact Factor: 6.8

Top Publications

  • A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: Implications and policy recommendations

    Jianyin Qiu;Bin Shen;Min Zhao;Zhen Wang

    (2020)
    4465 Citations
  • Psychological impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study in China

    Jianyu Que;Le Shi;Jiahui Deng;Jiajia Liu

    (2020)
    559 Citations
  • High levels of psychosocial distress among Australian frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey.

    Natasha Smallwood;Leila Karimi;Marie Bismark;Mark Putland

    (2021)
    103 Citations
  • Quarantine, distress and interpersonal relationships during COVID-19

    Robin Goodwin;Wai Kai Hou;Shaojing Sun;Menachem Ben-Ezra

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • Clozapine is strongly associated with the risk of pneumonia and inflammation

    Jose De Leon;Can Jun Ruan;Hélène Verdoux;Chuanyue Wang

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Expert consensus on the prevention and treatment of substance use and addictive behaviour-related disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Jiang Du;Ni Fan;Min Zhao;Wei Hao

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Where is the global in global mental health? A call for inclusive multicultural collaboration.

    Tom L Osborn;Akash R Wasil;John R Weisz;Arthur Kleinman

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients with schizophrenia who were suspected to have coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hubei Province, China

    Xuebing Liu;Hong Lin;Haifeng Jiang;Ruihua Li

    (2020)
    27 Citations

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