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Irving Kirsch 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 Irving Kirsch sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 334 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irving Kirsch 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 Irving Kirsch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Irving Kirsch is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans significant areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing particularly on cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Kirsch's recent published papers illustrate the depth and breadth of their work:

  • Meta-analysis of neural systems underlying placebo analgesia from individual participant fMRI data, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions: a retrospective study of published trial reports, 2020, BMJ evidence-based medicine
  • Response to acute monotherapy for major depressive disorder in randomized, placebo controlled trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration: individual participant data analysis, 2022, BMJ
  • Open-label placebo vs double-blind placebo for irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial, 2021, Pain
  • What Should Clinicians Tell Patients about Placebo and Nocebo Effects? Practical Considerations Based on Expert Consensus, 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kirsch include:

  • Ted J. Kaptchuk
  • Vitaly Napadow
  • John M. Kelley
  • Dan-Mikael Ellingsen
  • Sophie Juul

Publication venues where Kirsch has contributed multiple works include:

  • Pain
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • Systematic Reviews
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research fields primarily cover:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of study show a focus on:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Pharmacology
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Social Psychology

Irving Kirsch was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: a meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration.

    Irving Kirsch;Brett J Deacon;Tania B Huedo-Medina;Alan Scoboria

  • Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

    Ted J Kaptchuk;John M Kelley;Lisa A Conboy;Roger B Davis

  • Response expectancy as a determinant of experience and behavior.

    Irving Kirsch

  • Placebos without Deception: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Ted Jack Kaptchuk;Ted Jack Kaptchuk;Elizabeth Friedlander;John Michael Kelley;John Michael Kelley;M. Norma Sanchez

  • The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth

    Irving Kirsch

  • Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy: A meta-analysis.

    Irving Kirsch;Guy Montgomery;Guy Sapirstein

  • Listening to Prozac but Hearing Placebo: A Meta-Analysis of Antidepressant Medication

    Irving Kirsch;Guy Sapirstein

  • An analysis of factors that contribute to the magnitude of placebo analgesia in an experimental paradigm

    Donald D Price;Leonard S Milling;Irving Kirsch;Ann Duff

  • Classical conditioning and the placebo effect

    Guy H Montgomery;Irving Kirsch

  • Sham device v inert pill: randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatments.

    Ted J Kaptchuk;William B Stason;Roger B Davis;Anna R T Legedza

  • Changing expectations: A key to effective psychotherapy.

    Irving Kirsch

  • How expectancies shape experience.

    Irving Kirsch

  • Implications of Placebo and Nocebo Effects for Clinical Practice: Expert Consensus.

    Andrea W M Evers;Luana Colloca;Charlotte Blease;Marco Annoni

  • The Emperor's New Drugs: An Analysis of Antidepressant Medication Data Submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

    Irving Kirsch;Thomas J. Moore;Alan Scoboria;Sarah S. Nicholls

  • Brain Activity Associated with Expectancy-Enhanced Placebo Analgesia as Measured by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Jian Kong;Randy L. Gollub;Ilana S. Rosman;J. Megan Webb

  • Efficacy of antidepressants in adults

    Joanna Moncrieff;Irving Kirsch

  • Altered Placebo and Drug Labeling Changes the Outcome of Episodic Migraine Attacks

    Slavenka Kam-Hansen;Moshe Jakubowski;John M. Kelley;John M. Kelley;John M. Kelley;Irving Kirsch;Irving Kirsch

  • Altered state of hypnosis: Changes in the theoretical landscape.

    Irving Kirsch;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Catastrophizing, depression and expectancies for pain and emotional distress

    Michael J.L. Sullivan;Wendy M. Rodgers;Irving Kirsch

  • Imaginative suggestibility and hypnotizability: an empirical analysis.

    Wayne Braffman;Irving Kirsch

  • Double-blind versus deceptive administration of a placebo.

    Irving Kirsch;Lynne J. Weixel

  • Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive)ehavioral psychotherapy: A meta-analysis.

    Irving Kirsch;Guy Montgomery;Guy Sapirstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted J. Kaptchuk
Ted J. Kaptchuk Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Steven Jay Lynn
Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School
Giuliana Mazzoni
Giuliana Mazzoni Sapienza University of Rome
Jian Kong
Jian Kong Harvard University
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Guy H. Montgomery
Guy H. Montgomery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Anthony Lembo
Anthony Lembo Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Roger B. Davis
Roger B. Davis Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut

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