The 2024 ScholarGPS ranking of scholars in the field of suicidology
Leo Sher, M.D.
ScholarGPS has published 2024 rankings of scholars in all areas of science and arts around the world. ScholarGPS is an American company based in California. ScholarGPS is the premier on-line source for the analysis of scholarly activity in the academia and elsewhere. ScholarGPS provides access to rankings of scholars and institutions determined over the entire spectra of Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties. ScholarGPS scholarly rankings are based on several metrics: Quality (h-index), Productivity (archival publication count), Impact (citation count), and the ScholarGPS Ranks combined metric (the geometric mean of the productivity, impact and quality scores). ScholarGPS provides the ranking of individuals over the most recent 5 years and the lifetime ranking of individuals.
According to the 2024 ScholarGPS ranking, the most highly ranked scholars in the field of suicidology over the most recent 5 years are (1):
#1 Leo Sher, United States
#2 Thomas E. Joiner, United States
#3 Maurizio Pompili, Italy
#4 Mohammed A. Mamun, Bangladesh
#5 David Gunnell, United Kingdom
#6 Jane Pirkis, Australia
#7 Mark D. Griffiths, United Kingdom
#8 Rory C. O’Connor, United Kingdom
#9 S. M. Yasir Arafat, Bangladesh
#10 David A. Brent, United States
According to the 2024 ScholarGPS ranking, the most highly ranked scholars in the field of suicidology over the totality of the career (lifetime) are (2):
#1 J. John Mann, United States
#2 Keith Hawton, United Kingdom
#3 Thomas E. Joiner, United States
#4 David Lester, United States
#5 Steven Stack, United States
#6 David A. Brent, United States
#7 Alec Roy, United States
#8 Leo Sher, United States
#9 David Gunnell, United Kingdom
#10 Diego De Leo, Slovenia
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