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Claudio Sica 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 Claudio Sica sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Claudio Sica 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 Claudio Sica sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Claudio Sica is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and conducts research primarily in the field of Psychology. Their work focuses extensively on Clinical Psychology, with notable contributions to Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The researcher has published extensively on various topics. Key areas of study include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Claudio Sica include:

  • "Facing distress in Coronavirus era: The role of maladaptive personality traits and coping strategies," 2021, Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Psychopathy and COVID-19: Triarchic model traits as predictors of disease-risk perceptions and emotional well-being during a global pandemic," 2021, Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Health Anxiety Predicts the Perceived Dangerousness of COVID-19 over and above Intrusive Illness-Related Thoughts, Contamination Symptoms, and State and Trait Negative Affect," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Other recent papers that contribute to the research landscape in related fields include:

  • "What is the internal structure of intolerance of uncertainty? A network analysis approach," 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders (authored by Gioia Bottesi)
  • "Triarchic Model Traits as Predictors of Bullying and Cyberbullying in Adolescence," 2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence (authored by Andrea Baroncelli)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Claudio Sica are:

  • Gioia Bottesi
  • Corrado Caudek
  • Ilaria Colpizzi
  • Christopher J. Patrick
  • Silvia Cerea

Publication venues where Claudio Sica's research frequently appears include:

  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Best Publications

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • Psychometric validation of the obsessive belief questionnaire and interpretation of intrusions inventory - Part 2: Factor analyses and testing of a brief version

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Development and initial validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory.

    M Freeston;G Steketee;R Frost;N Amir

  • Psychometric validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory: Part I

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • The Italian version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21: Factor structure and psychometric properties on community and clinical samples

    Gioia Bottesi;Marta Ghisi;Gianmarco Altoè;Erica Conforti

  • The development of a short form of the EMBU : Its appraisal with students in Greece, Guatemala, Hungary and Italy

    Willem A Arrindell;Ezio Sanavio;Guido Aguilar;Claudio Sica

  • Religiousness and obsessive-compulsive cognitions and symptoms in an Italian population.

    Claudio Sica;Claudio Sica;Caterina Novara;Ezio Sanavio

  • The Italian versions of the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory-II: Psychometric properties and discriminant power.

    Claudio Sica;Marta Ghisi

  • Part 1—You can run but you can't hide: Intrusive thoughts on six continents

    Adam S. Radomsky;Gillian M. Alcolado;Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Pino Alonso

  • Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced-Nuova Versione Italiana (COPE-NVI): uno strumento per la misura degli stili di coping

    Claudio Sica;Cristina Magni;Marta Ghisi;Gianmarco Altoé

  • Predicting Burnout Among HIV/AIDS and Oncology Health Care Workers

    Stella Dorz;Caterina Novara;Claudio Sica;Ezio Sanavio

  • Coping strategies : Evidence for cross-cultural differences ? A preliminary study with the Italian version of coping orientations to problems experienced (COPE)

    Claudio Sica;Caterina Novara;Stella Dorz;Ezio Sanavio

  • The Italian version of the obsessive compulsive inventory: its psychometric properties on community and clinical samples

    Claudio Sica;Marta Ghisi;Gianmarco Altoè;Luigi Rocco Chiri

  • Metacognitive beliefs and strategies predict worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and coping styles: A preliminary prospective study on an Italian non‐clinical sample

    Claudio Sica;Gail Steketee;Marta Ghisi;Luigi Rocco Chiri

  • The Sense of Incompleteness as a Motivator of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: An Empirical Analysis of Concepts and Correlates

    Steven Taylor;Dean McKay;Katherine B. Crowe;Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz

  • A study of the psychometric properties of the Obsessive Beliefs Inventory and Interpretations of Intrusions Inventory on clinical Italian individuals

    Claudio Sica;Davide Coradeschi;Ezio Sanavio;Stella Dorz

  • In search of specificity: "not just right experiences" and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in non-clinical and clinical Italian individuals.

    Marta Ghisi;Luigi Rocco Chiri;Igor Marchetti;Ezio Sanavio

  • Phobic anxiety in 11 nations: Part I: Dimensional constancy of the five-factor model

    W.A. Arrindell;Martin Eisemann;Jörg Richter;Tian P.S. Oei

  • Masculinity-femininity as a national characteristic and its relationship with national agoraphobic fear levels: Fodor's sex role hypothesis revitalized.

    W. A. Arrindell;Martin Eisemann;Jörg Richter;Tian P. S. Oei

  • "Not Just Right Experiences" are specific to obsessive-compulsive disorder: further evidence from Italian clinical samples.

    Claudio Sica;Gioia Bottesi;Antonella Orsucci;Caterina Pieraccioli

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Ghisi
Marta Ghisi University of Padua
David A. Clark
David A. Clark University of New Brunswick
Richard Moulding
Richard Moulding Deakin University
Amparo Belloch
Amparo Belloch University of Valencia
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Dean McKay
Dean McKay Fordham University
Martine Bouvard
Martine Bouvard Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Randy O. Frost
Randy O. Frost Smith College

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