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Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention strategies related to suicidal behavior, particularly among adolescents and young adults. It covers topics such as the interpersonal theory of suicide, psychological autopsy studies, non-suicidal self-injury, and the assessment of suicidal behavior. The research also delves into the global patterns of mortality, neurobiology, and the impact of various interventions in mitigating suicide risk.

  • Suicide
  • Suicidal Behavior
  • Prevention Strategies
  • Risk Factors
  • Adolescents
  • Psychological Autopsy
  • Self-harm
  • Interpersonal Theory
  • Non-suicidal Self-injury
  • Epidemiology
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Which countries lead Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.1k and 844 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 3.1k works
  2. 2 China 844 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 535 works
  4. 4 Australia 387 works
  5. 5 Canada 345 works
  6. 6 Spain 330 works
  7. 7 Brazil 302 works
  8. 8 India 292 works
  9. 9 South Korea 281 works
  10. 10 Germany 242 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.

United States: 46.5%China: 12.7%United Kingdom: 8.0%Australia: 5.8%6 others listed: 26.9%46%largest
United States3,093 · 46.5%China844 · 12.7%United Kingdom535 · 8.0%Australia387 · 5.8%6 others listed1,792 · 26.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Veterans Affairs publishes the most Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research, followed by Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 104 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 97 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 65 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 64 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61 works
  6. 6 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 59 works
  7. 7 University of WashingtonUnited States 50 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 50 works
  9. 9 Columbia UniversityUnited States 48 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Suicide and Self-Harm Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies include Christopher J L Murray, Theo Vos and George Davey Smith.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  3. 3 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  5. 5 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  6. 6 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  7. 7 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  8. 8 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  9. 9 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 341k citations
  10. 10 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Suicide and Self-Harm Studies?

The most cited paper in Suicide and Self-Harm Studies is "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder" (Gene L. Cary, 1994), with 6,357 citations. Next come "The PHQ-9: A New Depression Diagnostic and Severity Measure" (6,128) and "The interpersonal theory of suicide." (5,308).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Gene L. Cary · American Journal of Psychotherapy 1994 6,357
2 The PHQ-9: A New Depression Diagnostic and Severity Measure Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer · Psychiatric Annals Sep 2002 6,128
3 The interpersonal theory of suicide. Kimberly A. Van Orden, Tracy K. Witte, Kelly C. Cukrowicz et al. · Psychological Review Open access 2010 5,308
4 The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial Validity and Internal Consistency Findings From Three Multisite Studies With Adolescents and Adults Kelly Posner, Gregory K. Brown, Bárbara Stanley et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry Open access Dec 2011 5,223
5 Risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Joseph C. Franklin, Jessica D. Ribeiro, Kathryn R. Fox et al. · Psychological Bulletin Review 14 Nov 2016 3,881
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Where is Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research done?

The largest centres of Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 188 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 153 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 142 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 104 works
  5. 5 MelbourneAustralia 102 works
  6. 6 BostonUnited States 96 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 87 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 82 works
  9. 9 TorontoCanada 81 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 77 works
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Where is the best place to study Suicide and Self-Harm Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Oxford and Johns Hopkins University 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 67.117.2%3.7×97 +4.9%
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 61.722.0%2.2×25 +46.9%
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 60.312.9%4.8×61 +35.7%
4Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States 59.719.3%6.0×38 +83.6%
5University of TorontoCanada 59.311.2%3.9×64 +21.3%
6South China Normal UniversityChina 59.328.8%6.4×18 +194.3%
7Columbia UniversityUnited States 59.216.3%5.4×48 +4.0%
8The University of MelbourneAustralia 58.517.1%5.3×48 +7.5%
9University of WashingtonUnited States 58.012.1%5.4×50 +20.0%
10UNSW SydneyAustralia 58.016.2%5.0×37 +33.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, country by country

Is Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Suicide and Self-Harm Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.039% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Suicide and Self-Harm Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Who leads suicide prevention research?

By volume in 2022-now, United States Department of Veterans Affairs publishes the most Suicide and Self-Harm Studies research, followed by Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.1k and 844 works in 2022-now).

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