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2276
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Frances Gardner 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 Frances Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 190 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frances Gardner 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 Frances Gardner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frances Gardner is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, general health professions, education, public health, environmental and occupational health, and safety research.

Their work covers diverse topics including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child abuse and trauma, family and disability support research, early childhood education and development, child development and digital technology, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Frequent publication venues for Gardner include Prevention Science, Child Abuse & Neglect, BMC Public Health, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Trials. These journals have published multiple papers by Gardner, highlighting consistent engagement with leading outlets in the field.

Gardner regularly collaborates with several co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators include Jamie M. Lachman, Judy Hutchings, G. J. Meléndez-Torres, Patty Leijten, and Catherine L. Ward.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gardner include:

  • Parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in low- and middle-income countries in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review and multi-level meta-analysis, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis: Impact of Conduct Problem Severity, Comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Problems, and Maternal Depression on Parenting Program Effects, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Research Review: The most effective parenting program content for disruptive child behavior - a network meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Research Strategies to Discern Active Psychological Therapy Components: A Scoping Review, 2021, Clinical Psychological Science
  • Combining parenting and economic strengthening programmes to reduce violence against children: a cluster randomised controlled trial with predominantly male caregivers in rural Tanzania, 2020, BMJ Global Health

Best Publications

  • The Family Check-Up With High-Risk Indigent Families: Preventing Problem Behavior by Increasing Parents’ Positive Behavior Support in Early Childhood

    Thomas J. Dishion;Daniel Shaw;Arin Connell;Frances Gardner

  • Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation.

    Denise C. Gottfredson;Thomas D. Cook;Frances E. M. Gardner;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Randomised controlled trial of a parenting intervention in the voluntary sector for reducing child conduct problems: outcomes and mechanisms of change.

    Frances Gardner;Jennifer Burton;Ivana Klimes

  • Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Judy Hutchings;Frances Gardner;Tracey Bywater;Dave Daley

  • Psychological distress amongst AIDS‐orphaned children in urban South Africa

    Lucie Cluver;Frances Gardner;Don Operario

  • Improving positive parenting skills and reducing harsh and abusive parenting in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

    Wendy Knerr;Frances Gardner;Lucie Cluver;Lucie Cluver

  • Methodological Issues in the Direct Observation of Parent–Child Interaction: Do Observational Findings Reflect the Natural Behavior of Participants?

    Frances Gardner

  • Randomized trial of a family-centered approach to the prevention of early conduct problems: 2-year effects of the family check-up in early childhood.

    Daniel S. Shaw;Thomas J. Dishion;Lauren Supplee;Frances Gardner

  • Who benefits and how does it work? Moderators and mediators of outcome in an effectiveness trial of a parenting intervention.

    Frances Gardner;Judy Hutchings;Tracey Bywater;Chris Whitaker

  • What are the associations between parenting, callous–unemotional traits, and antisocial behavior in youth? A systematic review of evidence.

    Rebecca Waller;Frances Gardner;Luke W. Hyde

  • The relations among cumulative risk, parenting, and behavior problems during early childhood.

    Christopher J. Trentacosta;Luke W. Hyde;Daniel S. Shaw;Thomas J. Dishion

  • Improvements in maternal depression as a mediator of intervention effects on early childhood problem behavior

    Daniel S. Shaw;Arin Connell;Thomas J. Dishion;Melvin N. Wilson

  • Observational Measures of Parent-Child Interaction: An Introductory Review.

    Helen Aspland;Frances Gardner

  • Transporting Evidence-Based Parenting Programs for Child Problem Behavior (Age 3–10) Between Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Frances Gardner;Paul Montgomery;Wendy Knerr

  • Inconsistent parenting: is there evidence for a link with children's conduct problems?

    Frances E. M. Gardner

  • Shared Picture Book Reading Interventions for Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Nicholas Dowdall;G. J. Melendez‐Torres;Lynne Murray;Frances Gardner

  • Risk and protective factors for psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town: a qualitative study of children and caregivers' perspectives.

    Cluver L;Gardner F

  • Meta-Analyses: Key Parenting Program Components for Disruptive Child Behavior

    Patty Leijten;Patty Leijten;Frances Gardner;G.J. Melendez-Torres;Jolien van Aar

  • The psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa

    Lucie Cluver;Frances Gardner

  • Persisting mental health problems among AIDS-orphaned children in South Africa

    Lucie D. Cluver;Mark Orkin;Frances Gardner;Mark E. Boyes

  • Effects of stigma on the mental health of adolescents orphaned by AIDS.

    Lucie D. Cluver;Frances Gardner;Don Operario

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucie Cluver
Lucie Cluver University of Oxford
Daniel S. Shaw
Daniel S. Shaw University of Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Dishion
Thomas J. Dishion Arizona State University
Melvin N. Wilson
Melvin N. Wilson University of Virginia
Judy Hutchings
Judy Hutchings Bangor University
Rebecca Waller
Rebecca Waller University of Pennsylvania
Mark E. Boyes
Mark E. Boyes Curtin University
Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott Queen's University
Sabine Landau
Sabine Landau King's College London
Paul Montgomery
Paul Montgomery University of Birmingham

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