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Chris Barker 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 Chris Barker sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 109 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Barker 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 Chris Barker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Chris Barker is a researcher affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom, with a research focus primarily in Medicine and its various subfields including Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Oncology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as Schizophrenia research and treatment, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Treatment of Major Depression, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, and Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Barker are:

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of therapeutic alliance, engagement, and outcome in psychological therapies for psychosis, 2021, Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • An evaluation of a virtual COVID-19 ward to accelerate the supported discharge of patients from an acute hospital setting, 2021, British Journal of Healthcare Management
  • Secular and Spiritual "Myths" of Mindfulness-Based Programs: the Effects of Role Inductions on a Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention, 2022, Mindfulness
  • The NHSX factor: Giving practices the tech they need, 2020, Practice Management
  • Pragmatic Estimation of Sample Size for Number of Interviews for PRO development in the 2009 FDA PRO guidance, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Chris Barker frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Nancy Pistrang, Daniel J. Smith, Emilie Bourke, Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo, and Jim Swift.

Their work appears in multiple publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • British Journal of Healthcare Management
  • Mindfulness
  • Practice Management

Their contributions to the field have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Research Methods in Clinical Psychology: An Introduction for Students and Practitioners

    Chris Barker;Nancy Pistrang;Robert Elliott

  • An experiment on public speaking anxiety in response to three different types of virtual audience

    David-Paul Pertaub;Mel Slater;Chris Barker

  • A virtual reprise of the Stanley Milgram obedience experiments.

    Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Angus Antley;Adam Davison;David Swapp

  • The partner relationship in psychological response to breast cancer

    Nancy Pistrang;Chris Barker

  • Research Methods in Clinical and Counselling Psychology

    Chris Barker;Nancy Pistrang;Robert Elliott

  • The relationship between trauma, post-migration problems and the psychological well-being of refugees and asylum seekers

    Kenneth Carswell;Pennie Blackburn;Chris Barker

  • An experimental study on fear of public speaking using a virtual environment.

    Mel Slater;David-Paul Pertaub;Chris Barker;David M. Clark

  • Therapist Empathy and Depth of Interpretation in Response to Potential Alliance Ruptures: The Role of Therapist and Patient Attachment Styles

    Gabriella Rubino;Chris Barker;Tony Roth;Pasco Fearon

  • The benefits of mutual support groups for parents of children with disabilities.

    Michael Solomon;Nancy Pistrang;Chris Barker

  • Quality criteria under methodological pluralism: implications for conducting and evaluating research.

    Chris Barker;Nancy Pistrang

  • Mutual help groups for mental health problems: A review of effectiveness studies

    Nancy Pistrang;Chris Barker;Keith Humphreys

  • An experiment on fear of public speaking in virtual reality.

    D P Pertaub;M Slater;C Barker

  • Varieties of qualitative research: A pragmatic approach to selecting methods.

    Nancy Pistrang;Chris Barker

  • How clients with religious or spiritual beliefs experience psychological help-seeking and therapy: A qualitative study†

    Claire Mayers;Gerard Leavey;Christina Vallianatou;Chris Barker

  • Coping and help-seeking in the UK adult population.

    Chris Barker;Nancy Pistrang;David A. Shapiro;Irene Shaw

  • DIFFERENTIAL HELPFULNESS OF COUNSELOR VERBAL RESPONSE-MODES

    Robert Elliott;Christopher B. Barker;Nicholas Caskey;Nancy Pistrang

  • The Effectiveness of an Internet Support Forum for Carers of People With Dementia: A Pre-Post Cohort Study

    Vicky McKechnie;Chris Barker;Josh Stott

  • Psychotherapy and social support: Integrating research on psychological helping

    Chris Barker;Nancy Pistrang

  • Virtual reality and persecutory delusions: safety and feasibility

    Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo;Chris Barker;David Swapp;Mel Slater;Mel Slater

  • Effectiveness of computer-mediated interventions for informal carers of people with dementia-a systematic review.

    Vicky McKechnie;Chris Barker;Josh Stott

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Pistrang
Nancy Pistrang University College London
Robert Elliott
Robert Elliott University of Strathclyde
Mel Slater
Mel Slater University of Barcelona
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray University College London
Paul M. Camic
Paul M. Camic University College London
Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman University of Oxford
David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon University of Liverpool
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University

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