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Social Sciences and Humanities
Switzerland
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
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 52 Citations 9,834 172 World Ranking 1499 National Ranking 7

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2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Public health
  • Psychiatry
  • Disease

Mitchell G. Weiss mostly deals with Public health, Psychiatry, Explanatory model, Stigma and Help-seeking. His work deals with themes such as Social issues, Epidemiology, Disease and Family medicine, which intersect with Public health. Mitchell G. Weiss interconnects Social environment and Clinical psychology in the investigation of issues within Psychiatry.

The Explanatory model study combines topics in areas such as Somatization, DSM-5, Psychological evaluation and Emic and etic. His Stigma study also includes fields such as

  • Social stigma that connect with fields like Social isolation,
  • Global health which connect with Typology. Mitchell G. Weiss has researched Help-seeking in several fields, including Conceptual model, Distress, Association and Environmental health.

His most cited work include:

  • Health-related stigma: rethinking concepts and interventions. (458 citations)
  • Bovine tuberculosis: an old disease but a new threat to Africa. (346 citations)
  • Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database (322 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Public health, Psychiatry, Environmental health, Explanatory model and Clinical psychology. His studies in Public health integrate themes in fields like Distress, Epidemiology, Health care and Family medicine. His work on Mental health, Depression, Stigma and Help-seeking as part of general Psychiatry study is frequently connected to Suicide prevention, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

His study in Environmental health is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Developing country, Cholera, Focus group and Vaccination. His Explanatory model research includes themes of Emic and etic and Anxiety. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Homosexuality and Sexual orientation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Public health (49.29%)
  • Psychiatry (38.86%)
  • Environmental health (28.91%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Public health (49.29%)
  • Environmental health (28.91%)
  • Psychiatry (38.86%)

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

Public health, Environmental health, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Explanatory model are his primary areas of study. His Public health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cholera and Sociocultural evolution. His Environmental health research incorporates themes from Focus group and Vaccination.

When carried out as part of a general Psychiatry research project, his work on Mental health is frequently linked to work in Suicide attempt and Suicide prevention, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His work in Clinical psychology addresses issues such as Personality, which are connected to fields such as Odds ratio. His work investigates the relationship between Explanatory model and topics such as Data collection that intersect with problems in Data quality, Field research, Research design and Data management.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation for DSM-5 (127 citations)
  • Psychosocial stress associated with sanitation practices: experiences of women in a rural community in India (39 citations)
  • Feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: Mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial (38 citations)

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

  • Public health
  • Social science
  • Psychiatry

His primary areas of study are Public health, Environmental health, Cholera, Focus group and Developing country. He integrates many fields, such as Public health and Android, in his works. His Environmental health study incorporates themes from Explanatory model, Psychosocial stress, Embarrassment and Vaccination.

The various areas that Mitchell G. Weiss examines in his Cholera study include Health education and Socioeconomics. His Focus group research integrates issues from Psychiatry, Anemia, Malaria and Health intervention. His Mental health study in the realm of Psychiatry interacts with subjects such as Suicide prevention and Injury prevention.

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Best Publications

Health-related stigma: rethinking concepts and interventions.

Mitchell G. Weiss;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Daryl Somma.
Psychology Health & Medicine (2006)

701 Citations

Bovine tuberculosis: an old disease but a new threat to Africa.

W Y Ayele;S D Neill;J Zinsstag;M G Weiss.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2004)

617 Citations

Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Mitchell G Weiss;Mariann Ring;Urs Hepp.
Bulletin of The World Health Organization (2008)

548 Citations

Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC): Framework for Comparative Study of Illness

Mitchell Gralnick Weiss.
Transcultural Psychiatry (1997)

392 Citations

Stigma, Depression, and Somatization in South India

Raguram R;Weiss Mg;Channabasavanna Sm;Devins Gm.
American Journal of Psychiatry (1996)

371 Citations

The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC). Contribution to cross-cultural research methods from a study of leprosy and mental health.

Mitchell G. Weiss;D. R. Doongaji;S. Siddhartha;David Wypij.
British Journal of Psychiatry (1992)

348 Citations

Cultural epidemiology: An introduction and overview

Mitchell Gralnick Weiss.
Anthropology & Medicine (2001)

282 Citations

Stigma interventions and research for international health

Mitchell G Weiss;Jayashree Ramakrishna.
The Lancet (2006)

271 Citations

Stigma and the social burden of neglected tropical diseases

Mitchell Gralnick Weiss.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2008)

234 Citations

Psychiatric stigma across cultures: Local validation in Bangalore and London

Mitchell Gralnick Weiss;Sushrut Jadhav;R. Raguram;Penelope Vounatsou.
Anthropology & Medicine (2001)

195 Citations

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