2026 Azucena García-Palacios: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	61	3393	3128	38	38	274	13671

Overview

Azucena García-Palacios is affiliated with Jaume I University in Spain and has a significant research footprint in the field of Psychology, particularly focusing on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Pharmacology. Their work spans a broad range of topics related to mental health and psychological treatment.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research areas including:

Digital Mental Health Interventions
Mental Health Research Topics
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Mental Health Treatment and Access
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation

Among recent publications, the following papers illustrate the scope of their research:

"Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): psychometric properties of the online Spanish version in a clinical sample with emotional disorders," 2020, published in BMC Psychiatry
"Affect Recall Bias: Being Resilient by Distorting Reality," 2020, published in Cognitive Therapy and Research
"The need for change: Understanding emotion regulation antecedents and consequences using ecological momentary assessment," 2020, published in Emotion
"Working Alliance Inventory for Online Interventions-Short Form (WAI-TECH-SF): The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance between Patient and Online Program in Therapeutic Outcomes," 2020, published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
"Interventions for Family Members and Carers of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review," 2020, published in Family Process

Azucena García-Palacios frequently publishes in specific academic venues, reflecting a consistent presence in specialized journals:

Internet Interventions
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
BMC Psychiatry
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Clinical Medicine

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, indicating a network of recurring research partnerships. These frequent collaborators include:

Cristina Botella
Carlos Suso-Ribera
Rosa Baños
Diana Castilla
Amanda Díaz-García

In addition to journal articles, García-Palacios has published books through Universitat Jaume I eBooks, with titles such as:

"Prácticas de PS1034: Evaluación e Intervención Clínica," 2020
"Desafiaments de la investigació psicològica en salut mental," 2023

Best Publications

Virtual reality exposure therapy in anxiety disorders: a quantitative meta-analysis.

David Opriş;Sebastian Pintea;Azucena García-Palacios;Cristina Botella

798
Citations
Virtual reality in the treatment of spider phobia: a controlled study

A Garcia-Palacios;H Hoffman;A Carlin;T.A Furness

677
Citations
Comparing Acceptance and Refusal Rates of Virtual Reality Exposure vs. In Vivo Exposure by Patients with Specific Phobias

Azucena Garcia-Palacios;Cristina Botella;Hunter G. Hoffman;Sonia Fabregat

495
Citations
Recent Progress in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Phobias: A Systematic Review

Cristina Botella;Cristina Botella;Javier Fernández-Álvarez;Verónica Guillén;Verónica Guillén;Azucena García-Palacios;Azucena García-Palacios

471
Citations
Psychometric properties of the Spanish validation of the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

A. Cebolla;A. Cebolla;A. García-Palacios;A. García-Palacios;J. Soler;V. Guillen

382
Citations
Presence and Reality Judgment in Virtual Environments: A Unitary Construct?

R.M. Baños;C. Botella;A. Garcia-Palacios;H. Villa

343
Citations
Virtual reality exposure in the treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia: A controlled study

C. Botella;A. García-Palacios;H. Villa;R. M. Baños

330
Citations
Redefining therapeutic success with virtual reality exposure therapy.

Azucena Garcia-Palacios;Hunter G. Hoffman;Sheree Kwong See;Amy Tsai

292
Citations
Attitudes towards digital treatment for depression: A European stakeholder survey

Naira Topooco;Heleen Riper;Ricardo Araya;Matthias Berking

285
Citations
Virtual reality exposure-based therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a review of its efficacy, the adequacy of the treatment protocol, and its acceptability.

Cristina Botella;Berenice Serrano;Rosa M Baños;Azucena Garcia-Palacios

281
Citations
The effectiveness of virtual reality for dental pain control: a case study.

Hunter G. Hoffman;Azucena Garcia-Palacios;David R. Patterson;Mark Jensen

275
Citations
Presence and emotions in virtual environments: the influence of stereoscopy.

Rosa M. Baños;Cristina Botella;Isabel Rubió;Soledad Quero

268
Citations
Virtual reality in the treatment of claustrophobic fear: A controlled, multiple-baseline design

Cristina Botella;Rosa M. Baños;Helena Villa;Conxa Perpiñá

258
Citations
Meditation experts try Virtual Reality Mindfulness: A pilot study evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of Virtual Reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in people attending a Mindfulness conference

María V. Navarro-Haro;Yolanda López-del-Hoyo;Daniel Campos;Marsha M. Linehan

249
Citations
Interfaces That Heal: Coupling Real and Virtual Objects to Treat Spider Phobia

Hunter G. Hoffman;Azucena Garcia-Palacios;Albert Carlin;Thomas A. Furness

212
Citations
Treating Cockroach Phobia With Augmented Reality

Cristina Botella;Juani Bretón-López;Soledad Quero;Rosa Baños

210
Citations
An Internet-based self-help treatment for fear of public speaking: a controlled trial.

C. Botella;M.J. Gallego;A. Garcia-Palacios;A. Garcia-Palacios;V. Guillen

209
Citations
Treating cockroach phobia using a serious game on a mobile phone and augmented reality exposure: A single case study

C. Botella;J. Breton-López;S. Quero;R. M. Baños

190
Citations
Current State and Future Directions of Technology-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review

Desirée Colombo;Javier Fernández-Álvarez;Andrea Patané;Michelle Semonella

186
Citations
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS): psychometric properties of the online Spanish version in a clinical sample with emotional disorders

Amanda Díaz-García;Alberto González-Robles;Sonia Mor;Adriana Mira

177
Citations
A virtual reality system for the treatment of stress-related disorders: A preliminary analysis of efficacy compared to a standard cognitive behavioral program

R. M. Baños;V. Guillen;S. Quero;A. García-Palacios

170
Citations
Treatment of flying phobia using virtual reality: data from a 1‐year follow‐up using a multiple baseline design

C. Botella;J. Osma;A. Garcia-Palacios;S. Quero

156
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristina Botella Jaume I University

Rosa M. Baños University of Valencia

Javier García-Campayo University of Zaragoza

Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Margalida Gili University of the Balearic Islands

Albert Costa Pompeu Fabra University

Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona

Pietro Cipresso Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Joaquim Soler Autonomous University of Barcelona

Jon Andoni Duñabeitia Nebrija University

External Links

Personal website of Azucena García-Palacios

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