World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
4534
World Ranking
10253
National Ranking
1007

Kathryn J. Lester 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 Kathryn J. Lester sits on this spectrum.

31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31 publications 705+

This scientist: 108 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kathryn J. Lester 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 Kathryn J. Lester sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kathryn J. Lester is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and Education. Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications in Clinical Psychology, Social Development, and related subfields.

The main areas of study for this researcher include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Recent scholarly publications by Kathryn J. Lester cover diverse topics related to mental health, education, and child development. Notable works include:

  • "Perfect storm: emotionally based school avoidance in the post-COVID-19 pandemic context" (2024), published in BMJ Mental Health
  • "'She didn't know how to go back': School attendance problems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic-A multiple stakeholder qualitative study with parents and professionals" (2022), published in British Journal of Educational Psychology
  • "Adventurous Play as a Mechanism for Reducing Risk for Childhood Anxiety: A Conceptual Model" (2021), published in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • "Parental eating disorders: A systematic review of parenting attitudes, behaviours, and parent-child interactions" (2021), published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Measuring fear: Association among different measures of fear learning." (2020), published in Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Kathryn J. Lester has frequently published research in several academic venues, including:

  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Social Development
  • Journal of Eating Disorders

Collaborations are a marked feature of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sam Cartwright-Hatton
  • Thalia C. Eley
  • Abigail Thomson
  • Abby Dunn
  • Chloë Elsby-Pearson

The research contributions of Kathryn J. Lester encompass clinical psychology topics related to anxiety, emotional development, and school attendance, while also addressing issues tied to parenting and maternal mental health. Their work integrates psychological theory with applied educational and public health concerns.

Best Publications

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • Environmental sensitivity in children: development of the highly sensitive child scale and identification of sensitivity groups

    Michael Pluess;Elham Assary;Francesca Lionetti;Kathryn J. Lester

  • Is There Room for ‘Development’ in Developmental Models of Information Processing Biases to Threat in Children and Adolescents?

    Andy P. Field;Kathryn J. Lester

  • Therapygenetics: the 5HTTLPR and response to psychological therapy

    Thalia C Eley;Jennifer L Hudson;Cathy Creswell;Maria Tropeano

  • Psychometric properties of reaction time based experimental paradigms measuring anxiety-related information-processing biases in children

    Hannah Brown;Thalia Eley;S Broeren;C Macleod

  • Clinical Predictors of Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: The Genes for Treatment (GxT) Study

    Jennifer L. Hudson;Robert Keers;Susanna Roberts;Jonathan R.I. Coleman

  • Words matter: increasing the implementation of clinical guidelines

    S Michie;Kathryn Lester

  • A Genome-Wide Test of the Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis Reveals a Genetic Predictor of Differential Response to Psychological Treatments for Child Anxiety Disorders.

    Robert Keers;Robert Keers;Jonathan Coleman;Kathryn Jane Lester;Kathryn Jane Lester;Susanna Louise Roberts

  • Serotonin transporter [corrected] methylation and response to cognitive behaviour therapy in children with anxiety disorders.

    Susanna Roberts;Kathryn Lester;Jennifer L Hudson;R. M. Rapee

  • Genome-wide methylomic analysis of monozygotic twins discordant for adolescent depression

    Emma L. Dempster;Chloe C.Y. Wong;Kathryn J. Lester;Joe Burrage

  • Therapygenetics: Using genetic markers to predict response to psychological treatment for mood and anxiety disorders.

    Kathryn J Lester;Thalia C Eley

  • Do anxious parents interpretive biases towards threat extend into their child's environment?

    Kathryn Lester;Andy Field;Samantha Oliver;Samantha Cartwright-Hatton

  • Short-term serotonergic but not noradrenergic antidepressant administration reduces attentional vigilance to threat in healthy volunteers.

    Susannah E. Murphy;Jenny Yiend;Kathryn J. Lester;Philip J. Cowen

  • HPA AXIS RELATED GENES AND RESPONSE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES: GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

    Susanna Roberts;Robert Keers;Kathryn J Lester;Kathryn J Lester;Jonathan R. I. Coleman

  • Long term outcome of primary care depression.

    Jenny Yiend;Eugene Paykel;Rowena K. Merritt;Kathryn Lester

  • Predicting outcomes following cognitive behaviour therapy in child anxiety disorders: the influence of genetic, demographic and clinical information

    Jennifer Hudson;Kathryn J Lester;Cathryn M Lewis;Maria Tropeano

  • Gender differences in cocaine dependence

    Lisa M. Najavits;Kristin M. Lester

  • Adventurous Play as a Mechanism for Reducing Risk for Childhood Anxiety: A Conceptual Model

    Helen F. Dodd;Kathryn J. Lester

  • Replication of Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) loci for sleep in the British G1219 cohort

    Michael J. Parsons;Kathryn J. Lester;Nicola L. Barclay;Patrick M. Nolan

  • Learning of Information Processing Biases in Anxious Children and Adolescents

    Andy P. Field;Kathryn J. Lester

  • Modifying cognitive errors promotes cognitive well being: A new approach to bias modification

    Kathryn J. Lester;Andrew Mathews;Phil S. Davison;Jennifer L. Burgess

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Robert Keers
Robert Keers Queen Mary University of London
Jennifer L. Hudson
Jennifer L. Hudson University of New South Wales
Andy P. Field
Andy P. Field University of Sussex
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Cathy Creswell
Cathy Creswell University of Oxford
Silvia Schneider
Silvia Schneider Ruhr University Bochum
Maaike H. Nauta
Maaike H. Nauta University of Groningen

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a degree in psychology opens the door to various online programs and specialized career pathways across the U.S. Many students opt for counseling degrees, which seamlessly align with psychology studies and enable careers in mental health support, school counseling, and community services.

If you're exploring options, consider learning about the most popular counseling degree programs in Arizona, which offer flexible online and hybrid formats. Students in California may be interested in popular counseling degrees in California, known for their focus on multicultural counseling and practical training.

The Midwest is also home to exceptional online education opportunities, including top-ranked counseling degree programs in Chicago. For those seeking options in the Rocky Mountain region, you can explore top-ranked counseling degree programs in Colorado designed to prepare students for licensing and advanced roles in counseling.

No matter your location, online degrees make it easier to access quality education and start your career in psychology or counseling. Begin your journey with the right program to match your passion and professional goals.

Best Scientists Citing Kathryn J. Lester

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles