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Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
7491
World Ranking
3917
National Ranking
31

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 276 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz is affiliated with Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology, with significant work in clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to COVID-19 and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, behavioral health and interventions, suicide and self-harm studies, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and mental health treatment and access.

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz has published papers in several academic venues, with a notable number of publications in:

  • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Debates em Psiquiatria
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica
  • Current Research in Behavioral Sciences

Recent papers include:

  • "Mental health: why it still matters in the midst of a pandemic," 2020, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health," 2021, Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
  • "Children's behavioral problems, screen time, and sleep problems' association with negative and positive parenting strategies during the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil," 2021, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study," 2022, Addiction
  • "Saúde mental em situação de emergência: Covid-19," 2020, Debates em Psiquiatria

The scientist frequently collaborates with various coauthors, including:

  • Antônio Geraldo da Silva
  • Débora Marques de Miranda
  • Jonas Jardim de Paula
  • Alexandre Paim Díaz
  • Danielle de Souza Costa

Best Publications

  • Impulsive behavior in adults with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder: Characterization of attentional, motor and cognitive impulsiveness

    L. Malloy-Diniz;D. Fuentes;W. Borges Leite;H. Correa

  • The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test: applicability for the Brazilian elderly population

    Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Viviani Antunes Parreira Lasmar;Lenice de Sena Rabelo Gazinelli;Daniel Fuentes

  • Depressive symptoms increase the risk of progression to dementia in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Raimundo J. Mourao;Guilherme Mansur;Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz;Erico Castro Costa

  • Neuropsicologia: teoria e prática

    Daniel Fuentes;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Candida Helena Pires de Camargo;Ramon Moreira Cosenza

  • Insomnia and risk of dementia in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Katie Moraes de Almondes;Mônica Vieira Costa;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Breno Satler Diniz;Breno Satler Diniz

  • Suicide behavior and neuropsychological assessment of type I bipolar patients

    Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz;Fernando Silva Neves;Suzana Silva Costa Abrantes;Daniel Fuentes

  • Tradução e adaptação cultural da Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) para aplicação em adultos brasileiros

    Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Paulo Mattos;Wellington Borges Leite;Neander Abreu

  • Systematic review of psychometric proprieties of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11 (BIS-11).

    Alina Gomide Vasconcelos;Leandro Malloy-Diniz;Humberto Correa

  • A influência de fatores emocionais sobre a hipertensão arterial

    Fabiana de Cássia Almeida Fonseca;Renata Zumerle Coelho;Rodrigo Nicolato;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz

  • Graph analysis of verbal fluency test discriminate between patients with Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and normal elderly controls

    Laiss Bertola;Natalia Bezerra Mota;Mauro Copelli;Thiago Rivero

  • Eating Disorders Impact on Vigilance and Decision Making of a Community Sample of Treatment Naive Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Young Adults.

    Bruno Palazzo Nazar;Amanda Pompeu Trindade;Monica Leslie;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz

  • Neuropsychological predictors of response to randomized treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Carina C. D'Alcante;Juliana B. Diniz;Victor Fossaluza;Marcelo C. Batistuzzo

  • Impairment of fine motor dexterity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: association with activities of daily living

    Jonas J. de Paula;Maicon R. Albuquerque;Maicon R. Albuquerque;Guilherme M. Lage;Maria A. Bicalho

  • Mental health: Why it still matters in the midst of a pandemic

    Antônio Geraldo da Silva;Débora Marques Miranda;Alexandre Paim Diaz;Ana Luiza Silva Teles

  • Relative age effect in Olympic Taekwondo athletes.

    Maicon R. Albuquerque;Guilherme Menezes Lage;Varley Teoldo da Costa;Renato Melo Ferreira

  • Brazilian Portuguese version of the Iowa Gambling Task: transcultural adaptation and discriminant validity

    Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Wellington Borges Leite;Paulo Henrique Paiva de Moraes;Humberto Correa

  • Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health

    Rui M. Joaquim;André L.C.B. Pinto;André L.C.B. Pinto;Rafaela F. Guatimosim;Rafaela F. Guatimosim;Jonas J. de Paula

  • Neuropsychological assessment of impulsive behavior in abstinent alcohol-dependent subjects

    João Vinicius Salgado;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Valdir Ribeiro Campos;Suzana Silva Costa Abrantes

  • Suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder: what is the influence of psychiatric comorbidities?

    Fernando Silva Neves;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Humberto Corrêa

  • Decision-making impairment is related to serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism in a sample of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Felipe Filardi da Rocha;Leandro Malloy-Diniz;Naira Vassalo Lage;Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva

  • Validity convergent and reliability test-retest of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test.

    Clinical Neuropsychiatry;Sabrina de Sousa Magalhães;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Amer Cavalheiro Hamdan

  • Is the serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) a potential marker for suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder patients?

    Fernando Silva Neves;Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz;Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva;Gabriel Costa Aguiar

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo Mattos
Paulo Mattos Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira
Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Geraldo F. Busatto
Geraldo F. Busatto Universidade de São Paulo
Ofir Turel
Ofir Turel California State University, Fullerton
Damien Brevers
Damien Brevers Université Catholique de Louvain
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Charles W. Mathias
Charles W. Mathias The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Marie-Odile Krebs
Marie-Odile Krebs Université Paris Cité

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