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Medicine
UK
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
Medicine D-index 141 Citations 86,071 901 World Ranking 893 National Ranking 96

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2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Internal medicine

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Psychiatry, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Mental health, Public health and Cohort study. His Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Odds ratio, Epidemiology, Injury prevention, Suicide prevention and Clinical psychology. His studies in Chronic fatigue syndrome integrate themes in fields like Cognitive therapy and Cognition.

His study in Mental health is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Health care, Military personnel, Social environment, Pandemic and Terrorism. His Public health research integrates issues from Marital status, General Health Questionnaire, Social perception and Environmental health. His Cohort study study also includes fields such as

  • Cohort together with Cross-sectional study,
  • Confounding which intersects with area such as Attributable risk,
  • Retrospective cohort study that intertwine with fields like Medical record.

His most cited work include:

  • The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. (3444 citations)
  • Development of a fatigue scale. (1844 citations)
  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. (1376 citations)

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

Simon Wessely focuses on Psychiatry, Mental health, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Military personnel and Public health. In his work, Medical emergency is strongly intertwined with Suicide prevention, which is a subfield of Psychiatry. His Mental health research incorporates themes from Psychological intervention, Occupational safety and health, Social environment and Health care.

His Chronic fatigue syndrome study incorporates themes from Cognition and Pediatrics. His work carried out in the field of Military personnel brings together such families of science as Odds ratio, Cohort, Human factors and ergonomics and Environmental health. Public health and Epidemiology are frequently intertwined in his study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (45.44%)
  • Mental health (22.19%)
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome (16.77%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Psychiatry (45.44%)
  • Mental health (22.19%)
  • Military personnel (16.03%)

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

Psychiatry, Mental health, Military personnel, Occupational safety and health and Suicide prevention are his primary areas of study. His Psychiatry research includes themes of Cohort study and Clinical psychology. His Mental health study combines topics in areas such as Psychological intervention, Pandemic, Health care and Family medicine.

His Military personnel research incorporates elements of Odds ratio, Traumatic stress, Help-seeking and Response rate. Simon Wessely combines subjects such as Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Medical emergency with his study of Suicide prevention. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Quarantine and Public health.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. (3444 citations)
  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. (1376 citations)
  • Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic. (515 citations)

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Internal medicine

His primary scientific interests are in Mental health, Psychiatry, Military personnel, Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. His work deals with themes such as Health care, Nursing, Public health, Stigma and Pandemic, which intersect with Mental health. Simon Wessely has researched Psychiatry in several fields, including Cohort study and Clinical psychology.

His study looks at the relationship between Cohort study and fields such as Family medicine, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. The study incorporates disciplines such as Odds ratio, Face, Help-seeking and Military psychiatry in addition to Military personnel. His research in Injury prevention intersects with topics in Occupational safety and health, Distress, Human factors and ergonomics and Psychological research.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence.

Samantha K Brooks;Rebecca K Webster;Louise E Smith;Lisa Woodland.
The Lancet (2020)

11841 Citations

Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes;Rory C O'Connor;V. Hugh Perry;Irene Tracey.
The Lancet Psychiatry (2020)

3976 Citations

Development of a fatigue scale

Trudie Chalder;G. Berelowitz;Teresa Pawlikowska;Louise Watts.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research (1993)

3009 Citations

Functional somatic syndromes: one or many?

Simon Wessely;C Nimnuan;M Sharpe.
The Lancet (1999)

1589 Citations

Psychological debriefing for preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Suzanna C. Rose;Jonathan Ian Bisson;Rachel Churchill;Simon Wessely.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2002)

1586 Citations

Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population.

Matthias Pierce;Holly Hope;Tamsin Ford;Stephani Hatch.
The Lancet Psychiatry (2020)

1557 Citations

Managing mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic.

Neil Greenberg;Mary Docherty;Sam Gnanapragasam;Simon Wessely.
BMJ (2020)

1439 Citations

Public perceptions, anxiety, and behaviour change in relation to the swine flu outbreak: cross sectional telephone survey

G James Rubin;Richard Amlôt;Lisa Page;Simon Wessely.
BMJ (2009)

1054 Citations

The assessment of fatigue A practical guide for clinicians and researchers

A.J Dittner;S.C Wessely;R.G Brown.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research (2004)

961 Citations

Population based study of fatigue and psychological distress

T Pawlikowska;Trudie Chalder;S R Hirsch;P Wallace.
BMJ (1994)

833 Citations

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