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D-Index
71
Citations
68249
World Ranking
2097
National Ranking
236

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom University Of London

Overview

Jonathan A. Smith is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Sociology and Political Science, Speech and Hearing, and Surgery. The scientist's work addresses key topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Frailty in Older Adults, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Reproductive Health and Technologies, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, and Art Therapy and Mental Health.

Their recent publications include the following works: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2020) published in SAGE Research Methods Foundations; Achieving excellence in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA): Four markers of high quality (2021) in Qualitative Research in Psychology; Multisystemic therapy versus management as usual in the treatment of adolescent antisocial behaviour (START): 5-year follow-up of a pragmatic, randomised, controlled, superiority trial (2020) in The Lancet Psychiatry; Lived experiences of Indian Youth amid COVID-19 crisis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2020) in International Journal of Social Psychiatry; and Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK (2024) in The Lancet.

Jonathan A. Smith has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include Isabella E. Nizza with 17 joint publications, Rachel A. Starr with 7, Joanna Farr with 6, John Rhodes with 5, and Angeline Price also with 5 publications.

The scientist has contributed to book publications, including Essentials of interpretative phenomenological analysis (2021), published by the American Psychological Association.

Jonathan A. Smith commonly publishes their work in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Genetic Counseling, Art & Perception, Age and Ageing, Counselling Psychology Quarterly, and British Journal of Surgery, each with multiple articles.

Jonathan A. Smith has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom, with an affiliation noted as University Of London.

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Surgery

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health

  • Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2020), SAGE Research Methods Foundations
  • Achieving excellence in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA): Four markers of high quality (2021), Qualitative Research in Psychology
  • Multisystemic therapy versus management as usual in the treatment of adolescent antisocial behaviour (START): 5-year follow-up of a pragmatic, randomised, controlled, superiority trial (2020), The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Lived experiences of Indian Youth amid COVID-19 crisis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2020), International Journal of Social Psychiatry
  • Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK (2024), The Lancet

  • Isabella E. Nizza (17 publications)
  • Rachel A. Starr (7 publications)
  • Joanna Farr (6 publications)
  • John Rhodes (5 publications)
  • Angeline Price (5 publications)

  • Journal of Genetic Counseling
  • Art & Perception
  • Age and Ageing
  • Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • British journal of surgery

Best Publications

  • Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

    Jonathan A. Smith;Mike Osborn

  • Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research

    Jonathan A. Smith;Paul Flowers;Michael Larkin

  • Reflecting on the development of interpretative phenomenological analysis and its contribution to qualitative research in psychology

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse: using interpretative phenomenological analysis in health psychology

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Qualitative psychology: a practical guide to research methods

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • A practical guide to using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in qualitative research psychology

    Igor Pietkiewicz;Jonathan A. Smith

  • Evaluating the contribution of interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Semi structured interviewing and qualitative analysis

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Rethinking Methods in Psychology

    Jonathan Smith;Luk Van Langenhove;Rom Harré

  • Pain as an assault on the self: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the psychological impact of chronic benign low back pain

    Jonathan A. Smith;Mike Osborn

  • Hermeneutics, human sciences and health: linking theory and practice

    Jonathan A Smith

  • Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative comparison of three methods

    Mary Dixon-Woods;Alex Sutton;Rachel L. Shaw;Tina Miller

  • Interpretative phenomenological analysis and the psychology of health and illness

    Jonathan A. Smith;Paul Flowers;Mike Osborn

  • The personal experience of chronic benign lower back pain: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Mike Osborn;Jonathan A. Smith

  • Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men

    Richard O de Visser;Jonathan A Smith

  • Interpretative phenomenological analysis and the new genetics.

    Elizabeth Chapman;Jonathan A. Smith

  • I was like a wild wild person: understanding feelings of anger using interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Virginia Eatough;Jonathan A. Smith

  • Identity development during the transition to motherhood: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies

    Rachel L Shaw;Andrew Booth;Alex J Sutton;Tina Miller

  • Idiography and the case study

    Jonathan A. Smith

  • Women, Anger, and Aggression: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

    Virginia Eatough;Jonathan A. Smith;Rachel L. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Paul Flowers
Paul Flowers University of Strathclyde
Richard O. de Visser
Richard O. de Visser University of Sussex
Nigel Beail
Nigel Beail University of Sheffield
Glynis M. Breakwell
Glynis M. Breakwell University of Bath
Paschal Sheeran
Paschal Sheeran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London

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