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Aaron T. Beck publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron T. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 610 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Aaron T. Beck D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aaron T. Beck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 159 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 2007 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville
  • 2003 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1999 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology
  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1992 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 1989 - APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association

Overview

Aaron T. Beck was a researcher affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their work spanned several fields of study, primarily focusing on Medicine, with a concentration on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health. They also contributed to research related to Clinical Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their work included Mental Health Research Topics, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, and Hallucinations in medical conditions.

Some of the journals where Aaron T. Beck published their work included:

  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with them were Lauren Luther, Ian M. Raugh, Paul M. Grant, Gregory P. Strauss, and Sarah Saenz.

Selected papers authored or co-authored by Aaron T. Beck comprised:

  • "The Role of Defeatist Performance Beliefs in State Fluctuations of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia Measured in Daily Life via Ecological Momentary Assessment" (2024), published in Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "1569: METHYLPREDNISOLONE-INDUCED HYPERLACTATEMIA: A CASE REPORT" (2023), published in Critical Care Medicine
  • "Correction to: The Theory of Modes: Applications to Schizophrenia and Other Psychological Conditions" (2020), published in Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • "Elevated defeatist performance beliefs predict state increases in negative symptoms in daily life in clinical high-risk for psychosis youth: implications for mobile health treatments" (2025), published in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Aaron T. Beck received several awards throughout their career, including the Prince Mahidol Award in 2011, the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award and Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology from the University of Louisville in 2004, the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine in 2003, Fellowship of the American Psychological Association in 2002, the Joseph Zubin Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology in 1999, Membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 1997, the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 1992, and the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology in 1989.

Best Publications

  • An inventory for measuring depression

    A. T. Beck;C. H. Ward;M. Mendelson;J. Mock

  • Cognitive Therapy of Depression

    Steven D. Hollon;Aaron T. Beck

  • Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation

    Aaron T. Beck;Robert A. Steer;Margery G. Carbin

  • An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: psychometric properties.

    Aaron T. Beck;Norman Epstein;Gary Brown;Robert A. Steer

  • Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders

    Aaron T. Beck

  • Depression : clinical, experimental, and theoretical aspects

    Aaron Temkin Beck

  • The measurement of pessimism: the hopelessness scale.

    Aaron T. Beck;Arlene Weissman;David Lester;Larry Trexler

  • Comparison of Beck Depression Inventories -IA and -II in psychiatric outpatients.

    Aaron T. Beck;Robert A. Steer;Roberta Ball;William F. Ranieri

  • Beck Depression Inventory–II

    Aaron T. Beck;R. A. Steer;G. Brown

  • The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses.

    Andrew C. Butler;Jason E. Chapman;Evan M. Forman;Aaron T. Beck

  • Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective

    Aaron T. Beck;Gary Emery;Ruth L. Greenberg

  • Depression: Causes and Treatment

    Aaron T. Beck;Brad A. Alford

  • Assessment of suicidal intention: The Scale for Suicide Ideation.

    Aaron T. Beck;Maria Kovacs;Arlene Weissman

  • Relationship between hopelessness and ultimate suicide: a replication with psychiatric outpatients.

    Aaron T. Beck;Gary Brown;Robert J. Berchick;Bonnie L. Stewart

  • Assessment of depression: the depression inventory.

    Aaron T. Beck;Alice Beamesderfer

  • Screening Depressed Patients in Family Practice: A Rapid Technic

    Aaron T. Beck;Roy W. Beck

  • Hopelessness and eventual suicide: a 10-year prospective study of patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation.

    Aaron T. Beck;Robert A. Steer;Maria Kovacs;Betsy Garrison

  • Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders

    Aaron T. Beck;Arthur M. Freeman

  • Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression

    David A. Clark;Aaron T. Beck;Brad A. Alford

  • Cognitive models of depression.

    Aaron T. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Steer
Robert A. Steer Rowan University
Gregory K. Brown
Gregory K. Brown University of Wyoming
David A. Clark
David A. Clark University of New Brunswick
David Lester
David Lester Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Maria Kovacs
Maria Kovacs University of Pittsburgh
Gary Brown
Gary Brown Royal Holloway University of London
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman Stanford University
Paul Crits-Christoph
Paul Crits-Christoph University of Pennsylvania
Neil A. Rector
Neil A. Rector Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Robert L. Leahy
Robert L. Leahy Weill Cornell Medicine

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