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COVID-19 and Mental Health

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
T Muthuprasad
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
2
Lene E. Søvold
University of Bergen
3
Mariah T. Hawes
Stony Brook University
4
Georgia Barbayannis
George Washington University
5
Mark É. Czeisler
Harvard University
6
Victoria M. E. Bridgland
Flinders University
7
Rebecca Prowse
Carleton University
8
Samantha J. Lange
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
9
Melis Yilmaz Balban
Stanford University
10
Paulo José Puccinelli
Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Papers

1
Emotion dynamics in current and remitted depression: an ecological momentary assessment study
Psychological Medicine|2024
9 cit.
2
We need more research on inpatient group therapy: A call to action
Psychological Medicine|2025
6 cit.
3
Extensive soma‐soma plate‐like contact sites (ephapses) connect suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons
The Journal of Comparative Neurology|2024
4 cit.
4
Comparison of Sleep Regularity Index scores calculated by open-source packages and implications for outcomes research: rationale and design of the RIRI statement (Reporting Items for Regularity Indices)
SLEEP|2025
3 cit.
5
“I'm always curious”: Tracking young adults exposure and responses to social media trigger warnings in daily life
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry|2025
1 cit.
6
Publication in Psychological Medicine (2025) [1 citation, W4413796242]
Psychological Medicine|2025
1 cit.
7
Publication in Emotion (2024) [W4405906710]
Emotion|2024
0 cit.
8
Publication in UNC Libraries (2025) [W4415277539]
UNC Libraries|2025
0 cit.
9
Publication in Journal of Biological Rhythms (2025) [W4415543328]
Journal of Biological Rhythms|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication (2025) [W4415556060]
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jennifer M. McGoogan
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
2
Zheng Jianzhong
Shanxi Medical University
3
Ning Zhao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
4
Farzan Sasangohar
Texas A&M University
5
Raffaela Di Napoli
Université Libre de Bruxelles
6
Emrah Soykan
Near East University
7
Paolo Roma
Sapienza University of Rome
8
Ningxi Yang
Harbin Engineering University
9
Zhanzhou Zhang
Central South University
10
Daisy Fancourt
Department of Health and Social Care

Papers

1
Engagement in leisure activities and depression in older adults in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Social Science & Medicine|2022
130 cit.
2
Predictors of uncertainty and unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine: An observational study of 22,139 fully vaccinated adults in the UK
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe|2022
106 cit.
3
Relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness: 12-year follow-up of older adults in England
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe|2022
72 cit.
4
Psychological consequences of long COVID: comparing trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms before and after contracting SARS-CoV-2 between matched long- and short-COVID groups
The British Journal of Psychiatry|2022
50 cit.
5
Community and cultural engagement for people with lived experience of mental health conditions: what are the barriers and enablers?
BMC Psychology|2022
47 cit.
6
Trajectories of Compliance With COVID-19 Related Guidelines: Longitudinal Analyses of 50,000 UK Adults
Annals of Behavioral Medicine|2022
47 cit.
7
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with UK Social Distancing Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Interview Study
Behaviour Change|2022
38 cit.
8
Perceived Social Support and Sustained Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine|2022
37 cit.
9
Leisure engagement in older age is related to objective and subjective experiences of aging
Nature Communications|2024
37 cit.
10
Posttraumatic stress disorder hyperarousal event detection using smartwatch physiological and activity data
PLoS ONE|2022
36 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Roger Ho
National University of Singapore
2
Zhongchun Liu
Wuhan University
3
Shaohua Hu
University of South China
4
Mark D. Griffiths
Nottingham Trent University
5
Amir H. Pakpour
Södertälje Sjukhus
6
J. David Creswell
Carnegie Mellon University
7
Carol S. North
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
8
Yu‐Tao Xiang
University of Macau
9
Alessandro Vespignani
Northeastern University
10
Ira M. Longini
University of Florida

Papers

1
Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2020
10.3k cit.
2
Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019
JAMA Network Open|2020
8.3k cit.
3
Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks
Physical Review Letters|2001
5.8k cit.
4
Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic
New England Journal of Medicine|2020
4.5k cit.
5
The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction|2020
4.5k cit.
6
The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Science|2020
4k cit.
7
Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed
The Lancet Psychiatry|2020
3.8k cit.
8
Epidemic processes in complex networks
Reviews of Modern Physics|2015
3.7k cit.
9
Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects
Psychological Inquiry|2007
3.6k cit.
10
A ‘components’ model of addiction within a biopsychosocial framework
Journal of Substance Use|2005
2.9k cit.

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