2026 Jon Heron: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	92	158	129	26	22	403	35327
Medicine	93	10793	10138	1030	983	410	35702

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

1713
Citations
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

1585
Citations
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

1509
Citations
Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation

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

1214
Citations
The proportion of missing data should not be used to guide decisions on multiple imputation.

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

1039
Citations
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

802
Citations
Antenatal Anxiety Predicts Child Behavioral/Emotional Problems Independently of Postnatal Depression

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

796
Citations
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

734
Citations
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

645
Citations
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

642
Citations
Prenatal anxiety predicts individual differences in cortisol in pre-adolescent children.

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

619
Citations
Child maltreatment in the "children of the nineties" : a cohort study of risk factors

Peter Sidebotham;Jon Heron

566
Citations
The Impact of Maternal Depression in Pregnancy on Early Child Development

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

553
Citations
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

545
Citations
Strategies for Multiple Imputation in Longitudinal Studies

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

478
Citations
Clinical and social outcomes of adolescent self harm: population based birth cohort study

Becky Mars;Jon Heron;Catherine Crane;Keith Hawton

368
Citations
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

321
Citations
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

307
Citations
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

306
Citations
Psychological differences between children with and without soiling problems.

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

291
Citations
Archives of Disease in Childhood

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

262
Citations
Influences on antidepressant prescribing trends in the UK: 1995–2011

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

190
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Hickman University of Bristol

Glyn Lewis University College London

Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath

Stanley Zammit University of Bristol

Carol Joinson University of Bristol

David Gunnell University of Bristol

Kate Tilling University of Bristol

Jean Golding University of Bristol

Rona Campbell University of Bristol

Paul Moran University of Bristol

External Links

Personal website of Jon Heron

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