COVID-19 and Mental Health
COVID-19 and Mental Health is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1952. 24.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, including anxiety, depression, and psychological distress among the general population, healthcare workers, and specific demographic groups. It also explores the psychological effects of quarantine, social isolation, and the rapid transition to online learning. The papers discuss the need for mental health care interventions and strategies to mitigate the broader health effects of the pandemic.
- COVID-19
- mental health
- anxiety
- depression
- pandemic
- quarantine
- psychological impact
- healthcare workers
- social isolation
- psychological distress
- Research works
- 57k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2156% the tick is no change
Which countries lead COVID-19 and Mental Health research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (5.5k and 2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 5.5k works
- 2 India 2k works
- 3 China 2k works
- 4 Türkiye 1.6k works
- 5 United Kingdom 1.5k works
- 6 Brazil 1.3k works
- 7 Iran 1k works
- 8 Canada 993 works
- 9 Germany 843 works
- 10 Italy 769 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead COVID-19 and Mental Health research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most COVID-19 and Mental Health research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and University College London.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 164 works
- 2 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 95 works
- 3 University College London United Kingdom 80 works
- 4 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 74 works
- 5 University of Toronto Canada 74 works
- 6 Johns Hopkins University United States 64 works
- 7 Harvard University United States 61 works
- 8 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 59 works
- 9 University of Michigan United States 57 works
- 10 King's College London United Kingdom 55 works
Who are the leading researchers in COVID-19 and Mental Health?
The most-cited researchers publishing on COVID-19 and Mental Health include Josep María Haro, Hermann Brenner and Ai Koyanagi.
- 1 Josep María Haro 6.4k citations
- 2 Hermann Brenner 5.8k citations
- 3 Ai Koyanagi 5.6k citations
- 4 Till Bärnighausen 5.4k citations
- 5 Martin McKee 5.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is COVID-19 and Mental Health research done?
The largest centres of COVID-19 and Mental Health research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), Tehran (Iran) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iranshahr.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IranshahrIR · 43.0 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in COVID-19 and Mental Health than the world average.
Where is the best place to study COVID-19 and Mental Health?
Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, King's College London and University of Oxford score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 67.5 | 48.8% | 5.4× | 23 | +203.3% |
| 2 | King's College London United Kingdom | 58.4 | 35.4% | 2.5× | 55 | +278.8% |
| 3 | University of Oxford United Kingdom | 54.0 | 38.5% | 1.1× | 40 | +192.5% |
| 4 | Harvard University United States | 53.9 | 36.0% | 1.7× | 61 | +145.4% |
| 5 | Beijing Normal University China | 53.0 | 38.5% | 1.8× | 38 | +306.7% |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 52.6 | 28.6% | 2.1× | 64 | +261.8% |
| 7 | University College London United Kingdom | 51.9 | 35.5% | 2.0× | 80 | — |
| 8 | Iranshahr University Iran | 50.6 | 15.7% | 17.0× | 41 | — |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong | 49.8 | 39.8% | 1.6× | 42 | +26.7% |
| 10 | National University of Singapore Singapore | 49.0 | 38.8% | 0.9× | 26 | +133.6% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is COVID-19 and Mental Health research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2156% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are COVID-19 and Mental Health.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.