World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
54
Citations
10861
World Ranking
4616
National Ranking
495

Alan Pickering 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 Alan Pickering sits on this spectrum.

31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31 publications 705+

This scientist: 118 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan Pickering 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 Alan Pickering sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alan Pickering is affiliated with Goldsmiths University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a notable focus on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Additional subfields of interest include clinical psychology, applied psychology, and physiology.

Their scholarly work addresses various topics, including:

  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Recent publications by Alan Pickering feature a range of contributions to peer-reviewed journals. Examples include:

  • "Evaluating Creativity: How Idea Context and Rater Personality Affect Considerations of Novelty and Usefulness" (2022, Creativity Research Journal)
  • "The Creative Life: A Daily Diary Study of Creativity, Affect, and Well-Being in Creative Individuals" (2022, Creativity Research Journal)
  • "Social interaction anxiety, social phobia, and cognitive control: controlled reactions to facial affect during an emotional face flanker task" (2023, Current Psychology)
  • "What is next for the neurobiology of temperament, personality and psychopathology?" (2022, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences)
  • "Beyond Increasing Sample Sizes: Optimizing Effect Sizes in Neuroimaging Research on Individual Differences" (2025, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience)

Their work has appeared frequently in a select number of academic venues, with multiple publications in the Creativity Research Journal and Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. Other journals hosting their research include Current Psychology, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Alan Pickering has collaborated repeatedly with several contemporaries, including Joydeep Bhattacharya, James Lloyd-Cox, Andrew R. du Rocher, Roger E. Beaty, and Jan Wacker.

Their book publications include a work published by UNESCO titled "The effects of environmental stress on the physiology of growth in rainbow trout, Salmo gairderi Richardson" (2021).

Best Publications

  • Measuring belief in conspiracy theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs scale.

    Robert Brotherton;Christopher C. French;Alan D. Pickering

  • The neuroscience of personality

    Alan D. Pickering;Jeffrey A. Gray

  • Do women get posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of childbirth? A prospective study of incidence.

    Susan Ayers;Alan D Pickering

  • The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality

    Philip J. Corr

  • The New Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory: Implications for Personality Measurement

    Luke D. Smillie;Alan D. Pickering;Chris J. Jackson

  • Spatial memory deficits in patients with unilateral damage to the right hippocampal formation

    S Abrahams;Alan Pickering;CE Polkey;RG Morris

  • Relation between cognitive dysfunction and pseudobulbar palsy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Sharon Abrahams;L H Goldstein;A AlChalabi;A Pickering

  • Abolition of latent inhibition by a single 5 mg dose of d-amphetamine in man.

    N. S. Gray;A. D. Pickering;D. R. Hemsley;S. Dawling

  • Location of Lesions in Korsakoff's Syndrome: Neuropsychological and Neuropathological Data on Two Patients

    Andrew R. Mayes;Peter R. Meudell;David Mann;Alan Pickering

  • Damage to the salience network and interactions with the default mode network

    Sagar R. Jilka;Sagar R. Jilka;Gregory Scott;Timothy Ham;Alan Pickering

  • Attentional bias in obsessional compulsive disorder

    Philip R. Tata;Judy A. Leibowitz;Mark J. Prunty;Mary Cameron

  • Is Organic Amnesia Caused by a Selective Deficit in Remembering Contextual Information

    AR Mayes;PR Meudell;Alan Pickering

  • Disrupting feedback processing interferes with rule-based but not information-integration category learning

    W. Todd Maddox;F. Gregory Ashby;A. David Ing;Alan D. Pickering

  • Characteristics of eyewitness identification that predict the outcome of real lineups

    Tim Valentine;Alan Pickering;Stephen Darling

  • Hippocampal Involvement in Spatial and Working Memory: A Structural MRI Analysis of Patients with Unilateral Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis☆

    Sharon Abrahams;RG Morris;CE Polkey;JM Jarosz

  • PERSONALITY AND REINFORCEMENT IN ASSOCIATIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL LEARNING

    Philip J. Corr;Alan D. Pickering;Jeffrey A. Gray

  • The effect of aerobic training on rehabilitation outcomes after recent severe brain injury: A randomized controlled evaluation

    Andrew Bateman;F.Jane Culpan;Alan D. Pickering;Jane H. Powell

  • Relapse to smoking during unaided cessation: clinical, cognitive and motivational predictors

    Jane H Powell;Lynne Dawkins;Robert West;John F Powell

  • Dopamine, appetitive reinforcement, and the neuropsychology of human learning: An individual differences approach

    Alan Pickering;JA Gray

  • Women's expectations and experience of birth

    Susan Ayers;A. D. Pickering

  • Interactions and reinforcement sensitivity theory: A theoretical analysis of Rusting and Larsen (1997)

    Alan Pickering;PJ Corr;JA Gray

  • Individual differences in reward–prediction–error: extraversion and feedback-related negativity

    Luke D. Smillie;Andrew J. Cooper;Alan D. Pickering

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert West
Robert West University College London
Luke D. Smillie
Luke D. Smillie University of Melbourne
David R. Hemsley
David R. Hemsley King's College London
Philip J. Corr
Philip J. Corr City, University of London
John Powell
John Powell King's College London
Nicola S. Gray
Nicola S. Gray Swansea University
Andrew R. Mayes
Andrew R. Mayes University of Manchester
Sharon Abrahams
Sharon Abrahams University of Edinburgh
Jeffrey A. Gray
Jeffrey A. Gray King's College London
Emmanuelle Peters
Emmanuelle Peters King's College London

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Choosing to study psychology in the USA opens up a variety of online degrees and career opportunities, especially in counseling and therapy. Many students interested in making a direct impact on families and relationships can pursue pathways to become a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT). However, understanding regional requirements is vital, as each state and city may have unique educational and licensing criteria.

For example, if you're interested in learning how to become a marriage and family therapist in Charlotte, you'll discover that licensure requires both a relevant graduate degree and supervised clinical experience. Similarly, those seeking information about Chesapeake MFT education requirements will need to research Virginia's specific standards.

Aspiring MFTs in urban centers face their own set of guidelines. Learn more about MFT requirements in Chicago and see how metropolitan regulations may differ. If you're considering work on the West Coast, finding out how to become a marriage and family therapist in Chula Vista can help you plan the right educational journey.

Exploring these pathways helps ensure you choose a degree or certification that meets your personal and professional goals.

Best Scientists Citing Alan Pickering

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles