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Viviane Kovess-Masfety

Viviane Kovess-Masfety

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Psychology
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
24045
World Ranking
2910
National Ranking
11

Viviane Kovess-Masfety publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viviane Kovess-Masfety sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 185 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Viviane Kovess-Masfety D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viviane Kovess-Masfety sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in France Leader Award

Overview

Viviane Kovess-Masfety is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical and social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and public health.

Their research covers a range of topics including mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, schizophrenia research and treatment, COVID-19 and mental health, and suicide and self-harm studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Viviane Kovess-Masfety include:

  • "Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement," 2020, published in Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • "Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries," 2023, published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Comorbidity within mental disorders: a comprehensive analysis based on 145 990 survey respondents from 27 countries," 2020, published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • "A national survey on depressive and anxiety disorders in Afghanistan: A highly traumatized population," 2021, published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Toward measuring effective treatment coverage: critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder," 2020, published in Psychological Medicine

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Viviane Kovess-Masfety include:

  • Fernando Navarro-Mateu
  • Oye Gureje
  • Jordi Alonso
  • Elie G. Karam
  • Josep María Haro

Their research output is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Research Square

Viviane Kovess-Masfety has produced significant research contributions primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine, with a stronger emphasis on clinical psychology. Work spans multiple subfields including social psychology, psychiatry, and public health domains.

Best Publications

  • Mental disorders among college students in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    R. P. Auerbach;J. Alonso;W. G. Axinn;P. Cuijpers

  • Cross-National Associations Between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Soraya Seedat;Kate Margaret Scott;Matthias C. Angermeyer;Patricia Berglund

  • The prevalence and correlates of binge eating disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Patricia A. Berglund;Wai Tat Chiu;Anne C. Deitz

  • The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium.

    C. Benjet;E. Bromet;E. G. Karam;R. C. Kessler

  • Barriers to mental health treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys

    LH Andrade;J Alonso;Z Mneimneh;JE Wells

  • Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Guilherme Borges;Matthew K. Nock;Josep Maria Haro Abad;Irving Hwang

  • Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

    S Evans-Lacko;S Aguilar-Gaxiola;A Al-Hamzawi;J Alonso

  • Treatment gap for anxiety disorders is global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries

    Jordi Alonso;Zhaorui Liu;Sara Evans-Lacko;Sara Evans-Lacko;Ekaterina Sadikova

  • Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement.

    Mathilde M. Husky;Viviane Kovess-Masfety;Joel D. Swendsen

  • Anxious and non-anxious major depressive disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

    R. C. Kessler;N. A. Sampson;P. Berglund;M. J. Gruber

  • Psychotic Experiences in the General Population: A Cross-National Analysis Based on 31 261 Respondents From 18 Countries

    John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Sukanta Saha;Sukanta Saha;Ali Al-Hamzawi;Jordi Alonso

  • CUMULATIVE TRAUMAS AND RISK THRESHOLDS: 12-MONTH PTSD IN THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH (WMH) SURVEYS

    Elie G. Karam;Matthew J. Friedman;Eric D. Hill;Ronald C Kessler

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries.

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  • Cross-national analysis of the associations between traumatic events and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

    Dan J. Stein;Wai Tat Chiu;Irving Hwang;Ronald C. Kessler

  • Treatment of suicidal people around the world

    Ronny Bruffaerts;K. Demyttenaere;I. Hwang;W. T. Chiu

  • Main traumatic events in Europe: PTSD in the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders survey.

    Jean‐Michel Darves‐Bornoz;Jordi Alonso;Giovanni de Girolamo;Ron de Graaf

  • Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from the World Mental Health Surveys

    Dan J. Stein;Karestan C. Koenen;Matthew J. Friedman;Eric D. Hill

  • Psychological distress in first year university students: socioeconomic and academic stressors, mastery and social support in young men and women

    Pierre Verger;Jean-Baptiste Combes;Viviane Kovess-Masfety;Marie Choquet

  • Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Katie A. McLaughlin;Anne M. Gadermann;Irving Hwang;Nancy A. Sampson

  • How well can post‐traumatic stress disorder be predicted from pre‐trauma risk factors? An exploratory study in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Ronald C. Kessler;Sherri Rose;Karestan C. Koenen;Elie G. Karam

  • A multinational study of mental disorders, marriage, and divorce

    J. Breslau;E. Miller;R. Jin;N. A. Sampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald C. Kessler
Ronald C. Kessler Harvard University
Jordi Alonso
Jordi Alonso Pompeu Fabra University
Josep Maria Haro
Josep Maria Haro University of Barcelona
Giovanni de Girolamo
Giovanni de Girolamo Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Kate M. Scott
Kate M. Scott University of Otago
Jose Posada-Villa
Jose Posada-Villa Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan
Chiyi Hu
Chiyi Hu University of California, Davis
Nancy A. Sampson
Nancy A. Sampson Harvard University

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