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65
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479

Leo Sher 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 Leo Sher sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 473 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leo Sher 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 Leo Sher sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leo Sher is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Their work also intersects with social psychology, neurology, and pharmacology.

The scientist has an extensive publication record in several journals. The most frequent venues include QJM, Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Medical Clinics of North America, and Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.

Research topics frequently addressed by Leo Sher include suicide and self-harm studies, COVID-19 and mental health, long-term effects of COVID-19, resilience and mental health, mental health treatment and access, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and stress responses and cortisol.

Some of the recent papers authored by Leo Sher include:

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates, 2020, QJM
  • COVID-19, anxiety, sleep disturbances and suicide, 2020, Sleep Medicine
  • Post-COVID syndrome and suicide risk, 2021, QJM
  • Are COVID-19 survivors at increased risk for suicide?, 2020, Acta Neuropsychiatrica
  • The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the mental health in the general population, 2020, QJM (authored by Gianluca Serafini; frequently cited alongside Sher's collaborative works)

Leo Sher has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Joshua Levine, Gianluca Serafini, Linda M. Bierer, Iouri Makotkine, and Rachel Yehuda, with multiple joint publications across various topics related to mental health and pandemic impacts.

Best Publications

  • The psychological impact of COVID-19 on the mental health in the general population.

    Gianluca Serafini;Bianca Parmigiani;Andrea Amerio;Andrea Aguglia

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates.

    Leo Sher;Leo Sher;Leo Sher

  • Suicidal Behavior and Alcohol Abuse

    Maurizio Pompili;Gianluca Serafini;Marco Innamorati;Giovanni Dominici

  • Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive - compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care

    Borwin Bandelow;Leo Sher;Robertas Bunevicius;Eric Hollander

  • Epidemiology of suicide in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the literature.

    Maurizio Pompili;Xenia Gonda;Gianluca Serafini;Marco Innamorati

  • A circadian signal of change of season in patients with seasonal affective disorder.

    Thomas A. Wehr;Wallace C. Duncan;Leo Sher;Daniel Aeschbach

  • COVID-19, anxiety, sleep disturbances and suicide.

    Leo Sher

  • Non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, endogenous opioids and monoamine neurotransmitters.

    Barbara Stanley;Leo Sher;Scott Wilson;Rolf Ekman

  • Alcoholism and suicidal behavior: a clinical overview.

    Leo Sher

  • Alcohol consumption and suicide

    Leo Sher

  • Is impulsivity a link between childhood abuse and suicide

    M. Dolores Braquehais;Maria A. Oquendo;Enrique Baca-García;Leo Sher

  • A longer biological night in long sleepers than in short sleepers

    Daniel Aeschbach;Leo Sher;Teodor T. Postolache;Jeffery R. Matthews

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide risk among veterans: A literature review

    Maurizio Pompili;Leo Sher;Gianluca Serafini;Alberto Forte

  • Type D personality : the heart, stress, and cortisol

    L. Sher

  • Suicide in Schizophrenia : An Educational Overview

    Leo Sher;René S Kahn;René S Kahn

  • Alcohol use disorders increase the risk of completed suicide — Irrespective of other psychiatric disorders. A longitudinal cohort study

    Trine Flensborg-Madsen;Trine Flensborg-Madsen;Joachim Knop;Erik Lykke Mortensen;Ulrik Becker

  • 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

  • Resilience as a focus of suicide research and prevention.

    Leo Sher;Leo Sher

  • Treatment of suicide attempters with bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial comparing lithium and valproate in the prevention of suicidal behavior.

    Maria A. Oquendo;Hanga C. Galfalvy;Dianne Currier;Michael F. Grunebaum

  • Testing the self-medication hypothesis of depression and aggression in cannabis-dependent subjects.

    Mikkel Arendt;Raben Rosenberg;Lone Fjordback;Jack Brandholdt

  • Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, Second Edition

    Leo Sher

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania
Gil Zalsman
Gil Zalsman Tel Aviv University
Maurizio Pompili
Maurizio Pompili Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Girardi
Paolo Girardi Sapienza University of Rome
Marco Innamorati
Marco Innamorati European University of Rome
Gianluca Serafini
Gianluca Serafini University of Genoa
Hanga Galfalvy
Hanga Galfalvy Columbia University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa

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