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10583
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Gil Zalsman publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gil Zalsman sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 255 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Gil Zalsman D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gil Zalsman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gil Zalsman is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine, focusing particularly on clinical psychology and psychiatry. Their work covers several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, biological psychiatry, experimental and cognitive psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research topics span a range of themes with a strong emphasis on suicide and self-harm studies, COVID-19 and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, tryptophan and brain disorders, mental health research topics, stress responses and cortisol, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries (2021) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries (2022) published in EClinicalMedicine
  • Suicide in the Time of COVID-19: Review and Recommendations (2020) published in Archives of Suicide Research
  • Immune-related biomarkers and suicidal behaviors: A meta-analysis (2023) published in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Suicide-related calls to a national crisis chat hotline service during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown (2021) published in Journal of Psychiatric Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Gal Shoval
  • Aron Weller
  • Liat Itzhaky
  • J. John Mann
  • Sari Goldstein Ferber

Gil Zalsman's work has been published multiple times in key scientific journals, notably:

  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • World Journal of Psychiatry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review

    Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Keith Hawton;Danuta Wasserman;Kees van Heeringen

  • Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries.

    Jane Pirkis;Ann John;Sangsoo Shin;Marcos DelPozo-Banos

  • The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on suicide treatment and prevention.

    Danuta Wasserman;Zoltan Rihmer;D. Rujescu;M. Sarchiapone

  • Association of a Triallelic Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Region (5-HTTLPR) Polymorphism With Stressful Life Events and Severity of Depression

    Gil Zalsman;Yung-yu Huang;Maria A. Oquendo;Ainsley K. Burke

  • Weight Gain Associated With Increased Food Intake and Low Habitual Activity Levels in Male Adolescent Schizophrenic Inpatients Treated With Olanzapine

    Doron Gothelf;Bareket Falk;Pierre Singer;Michal Kairi

  • Human 5-HT1A receptor C(-1019)G polymorphism and psychopathology.

    Yung-yu Huang;Cristina Battistuzzi;Maria A. Oquendo;Jill Harkavy-Friedman

  • Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries

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  • Heart rate variability in patients with major depression.

    Eitan Nahshoni;Dan Aravot;Dov Aizenberg;Mayanit Sigler

  • The Relationship of Aggression to Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Patients With a History of Alcoholism

    Leo Sher;Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Michael F. Grunebaum

  • Depressive Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: An Overview: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestation and Risk Factors

    Gil Zalsman;David A. Brent;V. Robin Weersing

  • Comparing Impulsiveness, Hostility, and Depression in Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder

    Scott T Wilson;Barbara Stanley;Maria A Oquendo;Pablo Goldberg

  • The neurobiology of autism spectrum disorders

    M. Parellada;M.J. Penzol;L. Pina;C. Moreno

  • Autobiographical memory, interpersonal problem solving, and suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients.

    Miri Arie;Alan Apter;Israel Orbach;Yael Yefet

  • Association of serotonin 5-HT2A receptor binding and the T102C polymorphism in depressed and healthy Caucasian subjects.

    Vadim D Khait;Vadim D Khait;Yung-yu Huang;Yung-yu Huang;Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Maria A Oquendo;Maria A Oquendo

  • Prohedonic Effect of Cannabidiol in a Rat Model of Depression

    Gal Shoval;Liat Shbiro;Liron Hershkovitz;Noa Hazut

  • Family-based association study of serotonin transporter promoter in suicidal adolescents: no association with suicidality but possible role in violence traits.

    Gil Zalsman;Amos Frisch;Michal Bromberg;Joel Gelernter

  • Neuropsychological characteristics as predictors of SSRI treatment response in depressed subjects

    Marianne Gorlyn;Marianne Gorlyn;John G. Keilp;John G. Keilp;Michael F. Grunebaum;Michael F. Grunebaum;Bonnie P. Taylor;Bonnie P. Taylor

  • Suicide in the Time of COVID-19: Review and Recommendations.

    Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Barbara Stanley;Katalin Szanto;Diana E. Clarke

  • A comparison of the medical lethality of suicide attempts in bipolar and major depressive disorders

    Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Melanie Braun;Mikkel Arendt;Michael F Grunebaum

  • Neurobiology of depression in children and adolescents

    Gil Zalsman;Maria A. Oquendo;Larry Greenhill;Pablo H. Goldberg

  • Alcohol and adolescent suicide.

    Leo Sher;Gil Zalsman

  • Depression, suicidal behavior and insight in adolescents with schizophrenia.

    Osnat Schwartz-Stav;Alan Apter;Gil Zalsman

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham Weizman
Abraham Weizman Tel Aviv University
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania
Leo Sher
Leo Sher Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Doron Gothelf
Doron Gothelf Tel Aviv University
Iris Manor
Iris Manor Tel Aviv University
David A. Brent
David A. Brent University of Pittsburgh
Haggai Hermesh
Haggai Hermesh Tel Aviv University
Aron Weller
Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University
Joseph Zohar
Joseph Zohar Sheba Medical Center

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