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1751
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200

Edward R. Watkins 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 Edward R. Watkins sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 225 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward R. Watkins 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 Edward R. Watkins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 85th percentile

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

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

Overview

Edward R. Watkins is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a strong focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers multiple topics related to mental health, especially concerning anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Other main research themes include mental health research topics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, treatment of major depression, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Frequent publication venues for Watkins include:

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • PLoS ONE
  • Psychological Medicine

Notable recent papers by Edward R. Watkins are:

  • Reflecting on rumination: Consequences, causes, mechanisms and treatment of rumination (2020), Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Role of age, gender and marital status in prognosis for adults with depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis (2021), Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Assessing repetitive negative thinking in daily life: Development of an ecological momentary assessment paradigm (2020), PLoS ONE
  • Socioeconomic Indicators of Treatment Prognosis for Adults With Depression (2022), JAMA Psychiatry
  • The contribution of depressive 'disorder characteristics' to determinations of prognosis for adults with depression: an individual patient data meta-analysis (2021), Psychological Medicine

Edward R. Watkins collaborates frequently with other researchers including Zachary D. Cohen, Robert J. DeRubeis, Glyn Lewis, Thomas Ehring, and Katie L. Bessette.

Best Publications

  • Constructive and Unconstructive Repetitive Thought.

    Edward R. Watkins

  • Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder.

    J. Mark G. Williams;Thorsten Barnhofer;Catherine Crane;Dirk Hermans

  • Cognitive Behavioural Processes across Psychological Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Research and Treatment

    Allison Harvey;Edward Watkins;Warren Mansell;Roz Shafran

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression.

    Willem Kuyken;Sarah Byford;Rod S. Taylor;Ed Watkins

  • How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?

    Willem Kuyken;Ed Watkins;Emily Holden;Kat White

  • Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic process

    Thomas Ehring;Edward R. Watkins

  • A Heuristic for Developing Transdiagnostic Models of Psychopathology Explaining Multifinality and Divergent Trajectories

    Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Edward R. Watkins

  • A Randomized Controlled Study of Cognitive Therapy for Relapse Prevention for Bipolar Affective Disorder: Outcome of the First Year

    Dominic H. Lam;Edward R. Watkins;Peter Hayward;Jenifer Bright

  • Rumination and overgeneral memory in depression: effects of self-focus and analytic thinking.

    Ed Watkins;John D. Teasdale

  • Reflecting on rumination: Consequences, causes, mechanisms and treatment of rumination.

    Edward R. Watkins;Henrietta Roberts

  • Adaptive and maladaptive self-focus in depression

    Ed Watkins;John D. Teasdale

  • The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis

    Daniel Freeman;Daniel Freeman;Bryony Sheaves;Bryony Sheaves;Guy M Goodwin;Guy M Goodwin;Ly-Mee Yu

  • Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory and depression: the role of executive control.

    Tim Dalgleish;J. Mark G. Williams;Ann-Marie J. Golden;Nicola Perkins

  • Distinct modes of ruminative self-focus: impact of abstract versus concrete rumination on problem solving in depression.

    Ed Watkins;Michelle Moulds

  • Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

    David A Richards;David Ekers;Dean McMillan;Rod S. Taylor

  • The relationship between worry, rumination, and comorbidity: evidence for repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic construct.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Hunna Watson;Edward R. Watkins;Edward R. Watkins;Paula Nathan

  • Rumination and executive function in depression: an experimental study

    Edward Watkins;Richard Brown

  • Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Compared With Maintenance Antidepressant Treatment in the Prevention of Depressive Relapse or Recurrence (PREVENT): A Randomised Controlled Trial

    Willem Kuyken;Willem Kuyken;Rachel Hayes;Barbara Barrett;Richard Byng

  • Ruminative self-focus and negative affect: an experience sampling study.

    Nicholas J. Moberly;Edward R. Watkins

  • Comparisons between rumination and worry in a non-clinical population

    Ed Watkins;Michelle Moulds;Bundy Mackintosh

  • Attention and emotion: A clinical perspective

    Edward Watkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Willem Kuyken
Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Rod S Taylor
Rod S Taylor University of Glasgow
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Tim Dalgleish
Tim Dalgleish University of Cambridge
Marjolein Visser
Marjolein Visser Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ulrich Hegerl
Ulrich Hegerl Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales
Steven D. Hollon
Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University
Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody University of York

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