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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 320 227 178 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 348
Documents by Best Scientists*: 219
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 16
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.4
Impact Factor: 3.1

Top Publications

  • How did the mental health symptoms of children and adolescents change over early lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK?

    Polly Waite;Polly Waite;Samantha Pearcey;Adrienne Shum;Jasmine A. L. Raw;Jasmine A. L. Raw

    (2021)
    148 Citations
  • Understanding why the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdown increases mental health difficulties in vulnerable young children.

    Dolapo Adegboye;Ffion Williams;Stephan Collishaw;Katherine Shelton

    (2021)
    116 Citations
  • Adolescent well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Are girls struggling more than boys?

    Thorhildur Halldorsdottir;Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir;Caine C. A. Meyers;Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir

    (2021)
    101 Citations
  • Interplay between long-term vulnerability and new risk: Young adolescent and maternal mental health immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Nicola Wright;Jonathan Hill;Helen Sharp;Andrew Pickles

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Seven reasons why binary diagnostic categories should be replaced with empirically sounder and less stigmatizing dimensions

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): A genetically sensitive investigation of mental health outcomes in the mid‐twenties

    (2023)
    31 Citations
  • Sleep parameters and problems in adolescents with and without ADHD: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    (2023)
    30 Citations
  • Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    (2023)
    28 Citations
  • Examining Children and adolescent mental health trajectories during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Findings from a year of the Co‐SPACE study

    (2023)
    25 Citations
  • The roles of sex and gender in child and adolescent mental health

    (2022)
    25 Citations

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