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J. Mark G. Williams

J. Mark G. Williams

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
88
Citations
46325
World Ranking
1015
National Ranking
125

J. Mark G. Williams 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 J. Mark G. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 213 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Mark G. Williams 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 J. Mark G. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

J. Mark G. Williams is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, education, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work prominently addresses topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, youth substance use and school attendance, early childhood education and development, mindfulness and compassion interventions, attachment and relationship dynamics, resilience and mental health, and the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Williams has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications appearing in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Mindfulness
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Journal of School Psychology

Recent papers include:

  • "The Role of Schools in Early Adolescents' Mental Health: Findings From the MYRIAD Study" (2021), Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Student- and School-Level Factors Associated With Mental Health and Well-Being in Early Adolescence" (2023), Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Teachers "finding peace in a frantic world": An experimental study of self-taught and instructor-led mindfulness program formats on acceptability, effectiveness, and mechanisms" (2021), Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Family Mindfulness Training for Childhood ADHD: Short- and Long-Term Effects on Children, Fathers and Mothers" (2021), Mindfulness
  • "Overgeneralization as a Predictor of the Course of Depression Over Time: The Role of Negative Overgeneralization to the Self, Negative Overgeneralization Across Situations, and Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory" (2023), Cognitive Therapy and Research

Williams has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. These frequent co-authors include:

  • Willem Kuyken
  • Tamsin Ford
  • Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
  • Tim Dalgleish
  • Jesús Montero-Marín

The range of Williams's research integrates clinical and educational perspectives, emphasizing mindfulness and compassion-based interventions, as well as developmental psychological processes in children and adolescents. This multidisciplinary approach highlights an interest in factors affecting mental health and well-being during formative stages of life as well as interventions targeted at improving psychological resilience and emotional development.

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse

    Zindel V. Segal;J. Mark G. Williams;John D. Teasdale

  • Construct Validity of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in Meditating and Nonmeditating Samples.

    Ruth A. Baer;Gregory T. Smith;Emily Lykins;Daniel Button

  • Cognitive Psychology and Emotional Disorders

    J. Mark G. Williams

  • Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder.

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

  • How does cognitive therapy prevent depressive relapse and why should attentional control (mindfulness) training help

    John D. Teasdale;Zindel Segal;J.Mark G. Williams

  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression

    Zindel V. Segal;J. Mark G. Williams;John D Teasdale;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Initial psychometric properties of the experiences questionnaire: validation of a self-report measure of decentering.

    David M. Fresco;Michael T. Moore;Manfred H.M. van Dulmen;Zindel V. Segal

  • What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft.

    R. S. Crane;Judson A. Brewer;C Feldman;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Mindfulness : Diverse Perspectives on its Meaning, Origins and Applications

    J. Mark G. Williams;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Mindfulness: diverse perspectives on its meaning, origins, and multiple applications at the intersection of science and dharma

    J. Mark G. Williams;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • Mind the gap: Improving the dissemination of CBT

    R. Shafran;D.M. Clark;C.G. Fairburn;A. Arntz

  • Autobiographical memory in depression.

    J. M. G. Williams;J. Scott

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

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

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression, 2nd ed.

    Zindel V. Segal;J. Mark G. Williams;John D. Teasdale

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a treatment for chronic depression: A preliminary study.

    Thorsten Barnhofer;Catherine Crane;Emily Hargus;Myanthi Amarasinghe

  • Cry of Pain: Understanding Suicide and Self-Harm

    J. Mark G. Williams

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Preventing Relapse in Recurrent Depression: A Randomized Dismantling Trial

    J. Mark G. Williams;Catherine Crane;Thorsten Barnhofer;Kate Brennan

  • Reducing cognitive vulnerability to depression: A preliminary investigation of MEmory Specificity Training (MEST) in inpatients with depressive symptomatology

    Filip Raes;J. Mark G. Williams;Dirk Hermans

  • The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

    J. Mark G. Williams

  • The mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy adherence scale: inter‐rater reliability, adherence to protocol and treatment distinctiveness

    Zindel V. Segal;John D. Teasdale;J. Mark Williams;Michael C. Gemar

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Crane
Catherine Crane University of Oxford
Thorsten Barnhofer
Thorsten Barnhofer University of Surrey
Filip Raes
Filip Raes KU Leuven
Dirk Hermans
Dirk Hermans KU Leuven
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Paul Eelen
Paul Eelen KU Leuven
Willem Kuyken
Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
John D. Teasdale
John D. Teasdale MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Freda McManus
Freda McManus Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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