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Psychology
New Zealand
2023
Medicine
New Zealand
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 143 Citations 72,597 445 World Ranking 66 National Ranking 1
Medicine D-index 135 Citations 69,107 423 World Ranking 1151 National Ranking 2

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award

2023 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award

2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Law

David M. Fergusson mainly investigates Psychiatry, Longitudinal study, Developmental psychology, Substance abuse and Young adult. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Suicide prevention, Child abuse, Cohort study and Clinical psychology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health in addition to Suicide prevention.

His Longitudinal study research includes elements of Cohort, Psychosocial, Cannabis, Confounding and Risk factor. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Public health, Social environment, Dysfunctional family and Personality development. His study in Substance abuse is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Conduct disorder, Alcohol abuse and Meta-analysis.

His most cited work include:

  • Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries (2254 citations)
  • Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors and Adolescent Delinquency: A Six-Site, Cross-National Study (1194 citations)
  • Mental health, educational, and social role outcomes of adolescents with depression (747 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David M. Fergusson mainly focuses on Longitudinal study, Psychiatry, Developmental psychology, Demography and Injury prevention. His Longitudinal study research includes themes of Cohort study, Birth cohort, Cohort, Young adult and Confounding. The Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Suicidal ideation and Clinical psychology.

His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Sexual abuse, Depression and Child abuse. His studies in Developmental psychology integrate themes in fields like Structural equation modeling and Social environment. His Injury prevention study incorporates themes from Occupational safety and health, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Environmental health.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Longitudinal study (40.29%)
  • Psychiatry (34.15%)
  • Developmental psychology (27.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2019)?

  • Psychiatry (34.15%)
  • Longitudinal study (40.29%)
  • Demography (20.25%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David M. Fergusson focuses on Psychiatry, Longitudinal study, Demography, Mental health and Injury prevention. He interconnects Young adult and Clinical psychology in the investigation of issues within Psychiatry. His work carried out in the field of Longitudinal study brings together such families of science as Cohort, Psychosocial, Alcohol abuse, Developmental psychology and Confounding.

His Mental health study also includes

  • Birth cohort, which have a strong connection to Demographic economics,
  • Suicidal ideation which intersects with area such as Cause of death. His research in Injury prevention intersects with topics in Environmental health, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Occupational safety and health and Traumatic brain injury. His research investigates the connection with Cohort study and areas like Pregnancy which intersect with concerns in Conduct disorder.

Between 2010 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Alcohol and depression (599 citations)
  • Childhood sexual abuse and adult developmental outcomes: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study in New Zealand (328 citations)
  • Young adult sequelae of adolescent cannabis use:an integrative analysis (247 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Law

David M. Fergusson spends much of his time researching Longitudinal study, Psychiatry, Substance abuse, Demography and Clinical psychology. His Longitudinal study study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cohort, Psychosocial, Anxiety disorder, Depression and Mental health. His work carried out in the field of Psychiatry brings together such families of science as Young adult, Injury prevention and Cohort study.

His research investigates the connection between Young adult and topics such as Child abuse that intersect with issues in Sexual abuse and Child sexual abuse. His Injury prevention research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Suicide prevention and Human factors and ergonomics. His Substance abuse research integrates issues from Alcohol abuse, Comorbidity and Alcohol use disorder.

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Best Publications

Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries

Ruth Gilbert;Cathy Spatz Widom;Kevin Browne;Kevin Browne;David Fergusson.
The Lancet (2009)

4139 Citations

Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors and Adolescent Delinquency: A Six-Site, Cross-National Study

Lisa M. Broidy;Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay;John E. Bates.
Developmental Psychology (2003)

2358 Citations

Mental health, educational, and social role outcomes of adolescents with depression

David M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2002)

1368 Citations

Childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in young adulthood: II. Psychiatric outcomes of childhood sexual abuse.

David M. Fergusson;L. J. Horwood;Michael T. Lynskey.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1996)

1251 Citations

Life course outcomes of young people with anxiety disorders in adolescence.

Lianne J. Woodward;David M. Fergusson.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2001)

1249 Citations

Exposure to childhood sexual and physical abuse and adjustment in early adulthood.

David M. Fergusson;Joseph M. Boden;L. John Horwood.
Child Abuse & Neglect (2008)

1239 Citations

Risk factors and life processes associated with the onset of suicidal behaviour during adolescence and early adulthood.

D. M. Fergusson;Lianne J. Woodward;L. J. Horwood.
Psychological Medicine (2000)

1154 Citations

Show me the child at seven: the consequences of conduct problems in childhood for psychosocial functioning in adulthood

David M. Fergusson;L. John Horwood;Elizabeth M. Ridder.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2005)

1149 Citations

Alcohol and depression

Joseph M. Boden;David M. Fergusson.
Addiction (2011)

1057 Citations

Subthreshold Depression in Adolescence and Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood

David M. Fergusson;L. John Horwood;Elizabeth M. Ridder;Annette L. Beautrais.
Archives of General Psychiatry (2005)

961 Citations

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