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2026

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
35702
World Ranking
10793
National Ranking
1030

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
92
Citations
35327
World Ranking
158
National Ranking
26

Jon Heron publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jon Heron sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 403 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Jon Heron D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jon Heron sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Jon Heron is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Clinical Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; and Health.

The work undertaken by Jon Heron covers a range of topics that include:

  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Among their recent scientific contributions are the following publications:

  • "Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation," 2021, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Associations of adverse childhood experiences with educational attainment and adolescent health and the role of family and socioeconomic factors: A prospective cohort study in the UK," 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • "Association of High-Potency Cannabis Use With Mental Health and Substance Use in Adolescence," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "A Population-Based Cohort Study Examining the Incidence and Impact of Psychotic Experiences From Childhood to Adulthood, and Prediction of Psychotic Disorder," 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Prevalence of steatosis and fibrosis in young adults in the UK: a population-based study," 2020, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Jon Heron frequently publishes in several scientific venues, which include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

Collaboration is a significant part of Jon Heron's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Matthew Hickman
  • Carol Joinson
  • Laura D. Howe
  • Abigail Fraser
  • Gemma Hammerton

Best Publications

  • Cohort study of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth

    Jonathan Evans;Jon Heron;Helen Francomb;Sarah Oke

  • The course of anxiety and depression through pregnancy and the postpartum in a community sample.

    Jonathan Heron;Thomas G O'Connor;Jonathan Evans;Jean Golding

  • Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years. Report from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

    Thomas G. O'connor;Jonathon Heron;Jean Golding;Michael Beveridge

  • Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation

    Alice R Carter;Eleanor Sanderson;Gemma Hammerton;Rebecca C Richmond

  • The proportion of missing data should not be used to guide decisions on multiple imputation.

    Paul Madley-Dowd;Rachael Hughes;Kate Tilling;Jon Heron

  • Accounting for missing data in statistical analyses: multiple imputation is not always the answer.

    Rachael A Hughes;Jon Heron;Jonathan A C Sterne;Kate Tilling

  • Antenatal Anxiety Predicts Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems Independently of Postnatal Depression

    Thomas G. O'connor;Jonathan Heron;Vivette Glover

  • Maternal depression during pregnancy and the postnatal period: risks and possible mechanisms for offspring depression at age 18 years

    Rebecca M Pearson;Jonathan Evans;Daphne-Zacharenia Kounali;Glyn Lewis

  • Depression in Men in the Postnatal Period and Later Child Psychopathology: A Population Cohort Study

    Paul G. Ramchandani;Alan Stein;Thomas G. O'connor;Jon Heron

  • Associations of wheezing phenotypes in the first 6 years of life with atopy, lung function and airway responsiveness in mid-childhood

    John Henderson;Raquel Granell;Jon Heron;Andrea Sherriff

  • Prenatal anxiety predicts individual differences in cortisol in pre-adolescent children.

    Thomas G. O’Connor;Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Jon Heron;Jean Golding

  • Child maltreatment in the "children of the nineties" : a cohort study of risk factors

    Peter Sidebotham;Jon Heron

  • The Impact of Maternal Depression in Pregnancy on Early Child Development

    T. Deave;J. Heron;J. Evans;A. Emond

  • Predictors of future suicide attempt among adolescents with suicidal thoughts or non-suicidal self-harm: a population-based birth cohort study

    Becky Mars;Becky Mars;Jon Heron;E David Klonsky;Paul Moran;Paul Moran

  • Strategies for Multiple Imputation in Longitudinal Studies

    Michael Spratt;James Carpenter;Jonathan A C Sterne;John B Carlin

  • Clinical and social outcomes of adolescent self harm: population based birth cohort study

    Becky Mars;Jon Heron;Catherine Crane;Keith Hawton

  • The effects of pre- and postnatal depression in fathers: a natural experiment comparing the effects of exposure to depression on offspring

    Paul G Ramchandani;Thomas G O'Connor;Jonathan Evans;Jon E Heron

  • Psychotic Experiences and Psychotic Disorders at Age 18 in Relation to Psychotic Experiences at Age 12 in a Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study

    Stanley Zammit;Daphne-Zacharenia Kounali;Mary Cannon;Anthony S David

  • The prevalence of symptoms and consultations in pre-school children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): a prospective cohort study

    Alastair D Hay;Jon Heron;Andy Ness

  • Psychological differences between children with and without soiling problems.

    Carol Joinson;Jon Heron;Ursula Butler;Alexander von Gontard

  • Archives of Disease in Childhood

    Carol J Joinson;Mariusz Tadeusz Grzeda;Alexander von Gontard;Anne Wright

  • Influences on antidepressant prescribing trends in the UK: 1995–2011

    Becky Mars;Jon E Heron;David S Kessler;Neil M Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Hickman
Matthew Hickman University of Bristol
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Marcus R. Munafò
Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath
Stanley Zammit
Stanley Zammit University of Bristol
Carol Joinson
Carol Joinson University of Bristol
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol
Kate Tilling
Kate Tilling University of Bristol
Jean Golding
Jean Golding University of Bristol
Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell University of Bristol
Paul Moran
Paul Moran University of Bristol

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