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D-Index
70
Citations
23207
World Ranking
2242
National Ranking
249

John Read 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 John Read sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 298 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Read 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 John Read 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

John Read is affiliated with the University of East London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and General Health Professions.

The core topics addressed in their work include:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

John Read's research outputs have been frequently published in venues such as:

  • Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Their recent papers include:

  • "The role of Facebook groups in the management and raising of awareness of antidepressant withdrawal: is social media filling the void left by health services?", 2021, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • "A survey of UK general practitioners about depression, antidepressants and withdrawal: implementing the 2019 Public Health England report", 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
  • "A response to yet another defence of ECT in the absence of robust efficacy and safety evidence", 2022, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • "The Power Threat Meaning Framework: Addressing Adversity, Challenging Prejudice and Stigma, and Transforming Services", 2020, Journal of Constructivist Psychology
  • "The impact of adverse childhood experiences and recent life events on anxiety and quality of life in university students", 2021, Higher Education

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Read include:

  • Chris Harrop
  • Jim Geekie
  • Sue Cunliffe
  • Joanna Moncrieff
  • Mark Horowitz

Best Publications

  • Childhood Adversities Increase the Risk of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis of Patient-Control, Prospective- and Cross-sectional Cohort Studies

    Filippo Varese;Filippo Varese;Feikje Smeets;Marjan Drukker;Ritsaert Lieverse

  • Childhood trauma, psychosis and schizophrenia: a literature review with theoretical and clinical implications

    John Read;J. Van Os;A. P. Morrison;C. A. Ross

  • The contribution of early traumatic events to schizophrenia in some patients: a traumagenic neurodevelopmental model

    John Read;Bruce D. Perry;Andrew Moskowitz;Jan Connolly

  • Prejudice and schizophrenia: a review of the 'mental illness is an illness like any other' approach.

    J. Read;N. Haslam;L. Sayce;E. Davies

  • Sexual and physical abuse during childhood and adulthood as predictors of hallucinations, delusions and thought disorder.

    John Read;Kirsty Agar;Nick Argyle;Volkmar Aderhold

  • Models of Madness : Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia

    John Read;Loren R. Mosher;Richard P. Bentall

  • True Photographs and False Memories

    D. Stephen Lindsay;Lisa Hagen;J. Don Read;Kimberley A. Wade

  • A systematic review into the incidence, severity and duration of antidepressant withdrawal effects: Are guidelines evidence-based?

    James Davies;John Read

  • Why, when and how to ask about childhood abuse

    John Read;Paul Hammersley;Thom Rudegeair

  • THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE OF INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

    Ari Nurweni;John Read

  • From adversity to psychosis: pathways and mechanisms from specific adversities to specific symptoms

    Richard P. Bentall;Paulo de Sousa;Filippo Varese;Sophie Wickham

  • The role of biological and genetic causal beliefs in the stigmatisation of 'mental patients'

    John Read;Niki Harré

  • The prevalence of voice-hearers in the general population: A literature review

    Vanessa Beavan;John Read;Claire Cartwright

  • The traumagenic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis revisited

    John Read;Roar Fosse;Andrew Moskowitz;Bruce Perry

  • Hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder among adult psychiatric inpatients with a history of child abuse.

    John Read;Nick Argyle

  • Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification

    Kate Allsopp;Kate Allsopp;John Read;Rhiannon Corcoran;Peter Kinderman

  • Time to abandon the bio-bio-bio model of psychosis: Exploring the epigenetic and psychological mechanisms by which adverse life events lead to psychotic symptoms.

    John Read;Richard P Bentall;Roar Fosse

  • The Relationship of Causal Beliefs and Contact With Users of Mental Health Services To Attitudes To the 'Mentally Ill':

    John Read;Alan Law

  • Influence of antipsychotics on mortality in schizophrenia: systematic review.

    Stefan Weinmann;John Read;Volkmar Aderhold

  • Child abuse and psychosis: A literature review and implications for professional practice.

    John Read

  • Models of madness: psychological, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia / John Read, Loren R. Mosher, Richard P. Bentall (eds.)

    John Read;Loren R. Mosher;Richard P. Bentall

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield
Lorenza Magliano
Lorenza Magliano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Colin A. Ross
Colin A. Ross University of Manitoba
Nick Haslam
Nick Haslam University of Melbourne
Suzanne Barker-Collo
Suzanne Barker-Collo University of Auckland
Filippo Varese
Filippo Varese University of Manchester
Paul Nation
Paul Nation Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Kinderman
Peter Kinderman University of Liverpool
Jim van Os
Jim van Os University Medical Center Utrecht

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