2026 Jacqueline B. Persons: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	34	10022	9383	5276	4820	125	9703

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Jacqueline B. Persons is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work addresses several main topics including Mental Health Research Topics, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Persons has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers. Some recent publications include:

Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action. (2020, American Psychologist)
Using the Beck Depression Inventory to Assess Anhedonia: A Scale Validation Study (2023, Assessment)
Changes in affective and cognitive distortion symptoms of depression are reciprocally related during cognitive behavior therapy (2023, Behaviour Research and Therapy)
Case Formulation (2022, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice)
Ethical and Legal Guidance for Mental Health Practitioners Who Wish to Conduct Research in a Private Practice Setting (2020, Behavior Therapy)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Persons include:

R. Trent Codd
Megan Hsiao
Rebecca Courry
June Gruber
Mitchell J. Prinstein

Persons has published multiple articles in venues such as Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, PsycTHERAPY Dataset, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Behavior Therapy, and American Psychologist. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and PsycTHERAPY Dataset are among the most frequent publication venues with three publications each.

In recognition of professional achievements, Persons was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2021.

Best Publications

Cognitive Therapy in Practice: A Case Formulation Approach

Jacqueline B. Persons

1023
Citations
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

684
Citations
Dysfunctional attitudes are mood-state dependent.

Jeanne Miranda;Jacqueline B. Persons

550
Citations
The Case Formulation Approach to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Jacqueline B. Persons

545
Citations
The advantages of studying psychological phenomena rather than psychiatric diagnoses.

Jacqueline B. Persons

484
Citations
Predictors of dropout and outcome in cognitive therapy for depression in a private practice setting

Jacqueline B. Persons;David D. Burns;Jeffrey M. Perloff

453
Citations
Are Results of Randomized Controlled Trials Useful to Psychotherapists

Jacqueline B. Persons;George Silberschatz

451
Citations
Psychotherapy outcome studies do not accurately represent current models of psychotherapy: A proposed remedy.

Jacqueline B. Persons

402
Citations
Psychosocial intervention development for the prevention and treatment of depression: Promoting innovation and increasing access.

Steven D Hollon;Ricardo F Muñoz;David H Barlow;William R Beardslee

383
Citations
Endorsement of dysfunctional beliefs depends on current mood state.

Jeanne Miranda;Jacqueline B. Persons;Cynthia N. Byers

378
Citations
Cognitive-behavioral case formulation.

Jacqueline B. Persons;Joan Davidson

334
Citations
Cognitive theories of vulnerability to depression: reconciling negative evidence

Jacqueline B. Persons;Jeanne Miranda

332
Citations
Mood matters: Negative mood induction activates dysfunctional attitudes in women vulnerable to depression.

Jeanne Miranda;James J. Gross;Jacqueline B. Persons;Judy Hahn

266
Citations
Essential Components of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression

Jacqueline B. Persons;Joan Davidson;Michael A. Tompkins

247
Citations
Mechanisms of action of cognitive therapy: The relative contributions of technical and interpersonal interventions

Jacqueline B. Persons;David D. Burns

247
Citations
The role of psychotherapy in the treatment of depression: review of two practice guidelines.

Jacqueline B. Persons;Michael E. Thase;Paul Crits-Christoph

213
Citations
Dysfunctional attitudes are mood-state dependent.

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209
Citations
Longitudinal study of cognitions, life events, and depression in psychiatric inpatients.

Jacqueline B. Persons;Peter A. Rao

202
Citations
Results of randomized controlled trials of cognitive therapy for depression generalize to private practice

Jacqueline B. Persons;Alan Bostrom;Andrew Bertagnolli

182
Citations
Naturalistic outcome of case formulation-driven cognitive-behavior therapy for anxious depressed outpatients ☆

Jacqueline B. Persons;Nicole A. Roberts;Christine A. Zalecki;Whitney A.G. Brechwald

170
Citations
The effect of patients' beliefs about their illnesses on compliance in psychotherapy.

Foulks Ef;Persons Jb;Merkel Rl

156
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder

Alan E. Kazdin Yale University

Steven D. Hollon Vanderbilt University

Gordon C. Nagayama Hall University of Oregon

Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg

Matthew K. Nock Harvard University

Anne Marie Albano Columbia University

Joanne Davila Stony Brook University

Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon

Jessica L. Schleider Northwestern University

External Links

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