2026 Lee S. Cohen: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	86	14087	13263	7148	6615	281	28369

Overview

Lee S. Cohen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The researcher's main topics of study cover a range of themes related to maternal and child health. These include:

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Pregnancy and Medication Impact
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Birth, Development, and Health
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Lee S. Cohen has coauthored work with several frequent collaborators. The most common coauthors include Marlene P. Freeman, Adele C. Viguera, Lauren A Kobylski, Rachel Vanderkruik, and Phoebe S. Caplin.

Over the course of their career, Lee S. Cohen has published articles primarily in the following venues:

The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Archives of Women's Mental Health
arXiv (Cornell University)
PLoS ONE
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Key recent papers authored by Lee S. Cohen include:

"Association of adverse prenatal exposure burden with child psychopathology in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study," 2021, PLoS ONE
"The safety of asthma medications during pregnancy and lactation: Clinical management and research priorities," 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
"Reproductive Safety of Second-Generation Antipsychotics," 2021, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
"Lights on MsFLASH: a review of contributions," 2020, Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
"Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in the perinatal period: an underrecognized high-risk timeframe and the opportunity to intervene," 2022, Archives of Women's Mental Health

Best Publications

Strategy or identity: New theoretical paradigms and contemporary social movements

Jl Cohen;Jean Cohen;J Cohen;Jean L. Cohen

2592
Citations
Relapse of Major Depression During Pregnancy in Women Who Maintain or Discontinue Antidepressant Treatment

Lee S. Cohen;Lori L. Altshuler;Bernard L. Harlow;Ruta Nonacs

1276
Citations
Risk for new onset of depression during the menopausal transition: the Harvard study of moods and cycles.

Lee S. Cohen;Claudio N. Soares;Allison F. Vitonis;Michael W. Otto

1106
Citations
Efficacy of estradiol for the treatment of depressive disorders in perimenopausal women: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Cláudio de Novaes Soares;Osvaldo P. Almeida;Hadine Joffe;Lee S. Cohen

906
Citations
Postpartum mood disorders: diagnosis and treatment guidelines.

Ruta Nonacs;Lee S. Cohen

903
Citations
Pharmacologic management of psychiatric illness during pregnancy: Dilemmas and guidelines

Lori L. Altshuler;Lee Cohen;Martin P. Szuba;Vivien K. Burt

764
Citations
A Reevaluation of Risk of In Utero Exposure to Lithium

L S Cohen;J M Friedman;J W Jefferson;E M Johnson

666
Citations
Risk of recurrence in women with bipolar disorder during pregnancy: prospective study of mood stabilizer discontinuation

Adele C. Viguera;Theodore Whitfield;Ross J. Baldessarini;D. Jeffrey Newport

642
Citations
Management of Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Kimberly A. Yonkers;Katherine L. Wisner;Zachary Stowe;Ellen Leibenluft

563
Citations
Risk of recurrence of bipolar disorder in pregnant and nonpregnant women after discontinuing lithium maintenance.

Adele C. Viguera;Ruta Nonacs;Lee S. Cohen;Leonardo Tondo

550
Citations
Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Defects

K.F. Huybrechts;K. Palmsten;J. Avorn;L.S. Cohen

450
Citations
Estrogen, serotonin, and mood disturbance: where is the therapeutic bridge?

Hadine Joffe;Lee S. Cohen

406
Citations
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Perimenopausal Depression: Summary and Recommendations

Pauline M. Maki;Susan G. Kornstein;Hadine Joffe;Joyce T. Bromberger

405
Citations
Depression and Its Influence on Reproductive Endocrine and Menstrual Cycle Markers Associated With Perimenopause: The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles

Bernard L. Harlow;Lauren A. Wise;Michael W. Otto;Claudio N. Soares

345
Citations
Prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder in a community sample of women.

Michael W. Otto;Sabine Wilhelm;Lee S. Cohen;Bernard L. Harlow

338
Citations
Estrogen therapy selectively enhances prefrontal cognitive processes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with functional magnetic resonance imaging in perimenopausal and recently postmenopausal women.

Hadine Joffe;Janet E. Hall;Staci Gruber;Ingrid A. Sarmiento

320
Citations
Course of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Lori L. Altshuler;Victoria Hendrick;Lee S. Cohen

305
Citations
Prophylactic Estrogen in Recurrent Postpartum Affective Disorder

Deborah A. Sichel;Lee S. Cohen;Laura M. Robertson;Alexandra Ruttenberg

303
Citations
Efficacy of escitalopram for hot flashes in healthy menopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

Ellen W. Freeman;Katherine A. Guthrie;Bette Caan;Barbara Sternfeld

285
Citations
Short-term use of estradiol for depression in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: a preliminary report

Lee S. Cohen;Claudio N. Soares;Jennifer R. Poitras;Jennifer Prouty

274
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen W. Freeman University of Pennsylvania

Jerrold F. Rosenbaum Harvard University

Lori L. Altshuler University of California, Los Angeles

Bernard L. Harlow Boston University

Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota

Sonia Hernandez-Diaz Harvard University

Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente

Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente

Ross J. Baldessarini Harvard University

Andrea Z. LaCroix University of California, San Diego

External Links

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