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Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying anxiety disorders, including attentional bias, rumination, and emotion regulation. It also explores the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and the neurobiological correlates of anxiety and depression. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to anxiety disorders, such as social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and depressive symptoms.

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
  • Attentional Bias
  • Rumination
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Neurobiological Correlates
  • Social Phobia
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Psychometric Properties
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Which countries lead Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 981 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 981 works
  3. 3 Germany 496 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 443 works
  5. 5 Australia 291 works
  6. 6 Canada 289 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 269 works
  8. 8 Italy 208 works
  9. 9 Japan 206 works
  10. 10 India 199 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: 34.6%China: 19.0%Germany: 9.6%United Kingdom: 8.6%6 others listed: 28.3%35%largest
United States1,786 · 34.6%China981 · 19.0%Germany496 · 9.6%United Kingdom443 · 8.6%6 others listed1,461 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 71 works
  2. 2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 47 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 42 works
  4. 4 Yale UniversityUnited States 38 works
  5. 5 UNSW SydneyAustralia 34 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 32 works
  7. 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 29 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 28 works
  9. 9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 27 works
  10. 10 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes include Theo Vos, Richard M. Ryan and Albert Bandura.

  1. 1 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  3. 3 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  4. 4 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  5. 5 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  6. 6 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
  7. 7 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  8. 8 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  9. 9 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  10. 10 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k 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 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes?

The most cited paper in Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes is "The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (A. S. Zigmond, R Philip Snaith, 1983), with 47,341 citations. Next come "The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research" (35,692) and "A Global Measure of Perceived Stress" (33,209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale A. S. Zigmond, R Philip Snaith · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Jun 1983 47,341
2 The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research Daniel J. Buysse, Charles F. Reynolds, T. H. Monk et al. · Psychiatry Research May 1989 35,692
3 A Global Measure of Perceived Stress Sheldon Cohen, Tom Kamarck, Robin J. Mermelstein · Journal of Health and Social Behavior Dec 1983 33,209
4 A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder Robert L. Spitzer, Kurt Kroenke, Janet B. W. Williams et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine 22 May 2006 32,782
5 The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories Peter F. Lovibond, Syd H. Lovibond · Behaviour Research and Therapy Mar 1995 14,764
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Where is Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research done?

The largest centres of Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Sydney (Australia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tulsa, Tallahassee and Bochum.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 163 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 125 works
  3. 3 SydneyAustralia 85 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 84 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 75 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 74 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 73 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 66 works
  9. 9 TorontoCanada 66 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 66 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TulsaUS · 21.9 works21×
  2. TallahasseeUS · 26.1 works8.0×
  3. BochumDE · 22.8 works6.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Yale University, Stanford University and Harvard University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 15.61%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Stanford UniversityUniversity College L…Yale UniversityHarvard University
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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.

Citation 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
1Yale UniversityUnited States 69.013.5%5.5×38 +14.9%
2Stanford UniversityUnited States 63.222.7%2.3×22 -11.4%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 62.912.0%3.5×71 -15.2%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.318.3%3.1×32 -15.0%
5University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 59.214.5%2.1×16 +13.7%
6University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 57.611.1%3.2×29 -13.3%
7UNSW SydneyAustralia 56.516.3%5.8×34 -15.8%
8Philipps University of MarburgGermany 55.915.5%10.5×19 +56.9%
9University of PaduaItaly 55.318.0%3.4×17 +46.5%
10King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 54.414.2%4.9×27 -24.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, country by country

Is Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes.

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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 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes 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.

still counting5%10%15%Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes9.9% in 2025200020102020

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.

Questions people ask

Who leads anxiety research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes research, followed by Islamic Azad University, Tehran and University of Toronto. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 981 works in 2022-now).

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