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Dean McKay 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 Dean McKay sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 279 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Dean McKay 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 Dean McKay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dean McKay is affiliated with Fordham University in the United States and has a significant publication record in psychology and neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on clinical psychology and related subfields, with an emphasis on anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

The scientist has published extensively, contributing to topics such as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, autism spectrum disorder research, COVID-19 and mental health, eating disorders and behaviors, body image and dysmorphia studies, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Dean McKay's work appears frequently in several specialized academic journals and venues, including:

  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action., 2020, American Psychologist
  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates, 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Their research collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Jonathan S. Abramowitz
  • Eric A. Storch
  • Gordon J. G. Asmundson
  • Amitai Abramovitch
  • Steven Taylor

Dean McKay's main fields of study are psychology and neuroscience, with clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience as key subfields alongside experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. Their work spans 156 publications in psychology and 42 in neuroscience, showing a sustained focus on both foundational and applied aspects of mental health research.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

    Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Steven Taylor;Dean McKay

  • 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

  • A critical evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: symptoms versus mechanisms.

    Dean McKay;Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;John E. Calamari;Michael Kyrios

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

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

    Gordon J.G. Asmundson;Michelle M. Paluszek;Caeleigh A. Landry;Geoffrey S. Rachor

  • The relevance of analogue studies for understanding obsessions and compulsions.

    Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Laura E. Fabricant;Steven Taylor;Brett J. Deacon

  • Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

    Dean McKay;Debbie Sookman;Fugen Neziroglu;Sabine Wilhelm

  • Non-adherence and non-response in the treatment of anxiety disorders

    Steven Taylor;Jonathan S. Abramowitz;Dean McKay

  • Core, animal reminder, and contamination disgust: Three kinds of disgust with distinct personality, behavioral, physiological, and clinical correlates

    Bunmi O. Olatunji;Jonathan Haidt;Dean McKay;Bieke David

  • Neuropsychology of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review and treatment implications.

    Scott Greisberg;Dean McKay

  • Multiple Pathways to Functional Impairment in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Yeraz Markarian;Michael J. Larson;Mirela A. Aldea;Scott A. Baldwin

  • COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults.

    Jon D. Elhai;Haibo Yang;Dean McKay;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

    Steven Taylor;Jonathan S. Abramowitz;Dean McKay;John E. Calamari

  • Empirically Supported Treatment: Recommendations for a New Model

    David F. Tolin;Dean McKay;Evan M. Forman;E. David Klonsky

  • Is disgust associated with psychopathology? Emerging research in the anxiety disorders

    Bunmi O. Olatunji;Josh Cisler;Dean McKay;Mary L. Phillips;Mary L. Phillips

  • The Overvalued Ideas Scale: development, reliability and validity in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Fugen Neziroglu;Dean McKay;Jose A Yaryura-Tobias;Kevin P Stevens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Jonathan S. Abramowitz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Eric A. Storch
Eric A. Storch Baylor College of Medicine
Fugen Neziroglu
Fugen Neziroglu Boston University
Bunmi O. Olatunji
Bunmi O. Olatunji Vanderbilt University
Gordon J.G. Asmundson
Gordon J.G. Asmundson University of Regina
Michael Kyrios
Michael Kyrios Flinders University
Jon D. Elhai
Jon D. Elhai University of Toledo
Sabine Wilhelm
Sabine Wilhelm Harvard University
Wayne K. Goodman
Wayne K. Goodman Baylor College of Medicine

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