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2026

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Psychology

D-Index
83
Citations
35569
World Ranking
1249
National Ranking
5

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
35666
World Ranking
15395
National Ranking
30

Keith J. Petrie 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 Keith J. Petrie sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 282 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Keith J. Petrie 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 Keith J. Petrie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Keith J. Petrie is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry and mental health. Their research spans a variety of subfields including economics and econometrics, general health professions, and applied psychology.

Their main areas of study encompass pain management and the placebo effect, health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, empathy and medical education, gout, hyperuricemia, and uric acid. They have also explored pharmaceutical economics and policy, pharmaceutical studies and practices, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Recent publications by Keith J. Petrie include:

  • Only the lonely: A study of loneliness among university students in Norway, 2020, Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • Development of the generic, multidimensional Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q) through systematic literature review, expert surveys and qualitative interviews, 2020, BMJ Open
  • What Should Clinicians Tell Patients about Placebo and Nocebo Effects? Practical Considerations Based on Expert Consensus, 2020, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • The Epidemiology of Insomnia and Sleep Duration Across Mental and Physical Health: The SHoT Study, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q): Validation of a generic multidimensional scale measuring patients' treatment expectations, 2023, PLoS ONE

Keith J. Petrie frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Nicola Dalbeth, Chiara Gasteiger, Kate MacKrill, Børge Sivertsen, and Greg Gamble. Collaboration is evident in their frequent co-authorship with these scholars, showing ongoing partnerships across multiple studies.

Their work is frequently published in several key academic venues such as the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Clinical Psychology in Europe, The Journal of Rheumatology, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. These journals reflect the diversity and depth of their research focus.

Recognition of Keith J. Petrie's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2015, highlighting their established role in the scientific community in New Zealand.

Best Publications

  • The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire

    Elizabeth Broadbent;Keith J. Petrie;Jodie Main;John Weinman

  • The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R)

    Rona Moss-Morris;John Weinman;Keith J. Petrie;Robert Horne

  • The illness perception questionnaire: A new method for assessing the cognitive representation of illness

    John Weinman;Keith J. Petrie;Rona Moss-morris;Rob Horne

  • Changing illness perceptions after myocardial infarction: an early intervention randomized controlled trial.

    Keith J Petrie;Linda D Cameron;Chris J Ellis;Deanna Buick

  • Role of patients' view of their illness in predicting return to work and functioning after myocardial infarction: longitudinal study

    Keith J Petrie;John Weinman;Norman Sharpe;Judith Buckley

  • Disclosure of trauma and immune response to a hepatitis B vaccination program.

    Keith J. Petrie;Roger J. Booth;James W. Pennebaker;Kathryn P. Davison

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire

    Elizabeth Broadbent;Carissa Wilkes;Heidi Koschwanez;John Weinman

  • Melatonin for the prevention and treatment of jet lag

    Andrew Herxheimer;Keith J Petrie

  • Why illness perceptions matter

    Keith J Petrie;John Weinman

  • The role of illness perceptions in patients with medical conditions

    Keith J Petrie;Lana A Jago;Daniel A Devcich

  • The immunological effects of thought suppression.

    Keith J. Petrie;Roger J. Booth;James W. Pennebaker

  • Perceptions of Health and Illness: Current Research and Applications

    Keith J. Petrie;John A. Weinman

  • Further development of an illness perception intervention for myocardial infarction patients: a randomized controlled trial.

    Elizabeth Broadbent;Chris J. Ellis;Janine Thomas;Greg Gamble

  • Functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome: Do illness perceptions play a regulatory role?

    Rona Moss-Morris;Keith J. Petrie;John Weinman

  • Patients' interpretation of symptoms as a cause of delay in reaching hospital during acute myocardial infarction.

    R. Horne;Delyth H. James;K. Petrie;J. Weinman

  • Illness perceptions: A new paradigm for psychosomatics?

    John Weinman;Keith J. Petrie

  • Effect of written emotional expression on immune function in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a randomized trial.

    Keith J Petrie;Iris Fontanilla;Mark G Thomas;Roger J Booth

  • A text message programme designed to modify patients' illness and treatment beliefs improves self-reported adherence to asthma preventer medication.

    Keith J. Petrie;Kate Perry;Elizabeth Broadbent;John Weinman

  • Understanding the Dimensions of Anti-Vaccination Attitudes: the Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale

    Leslie R. Martin;Keith J. Petrie

  • Effect of melatonin on jet lag after long haul flights.

    K. Petrie;J. V. Conaglen;L. Thompson;K. Chamberlain

  • Psychological stress impairs early wound repair following surgery.

    Elizabeth Broadbent;Keith J. Petrie;Patrick G. Alley;Roger J. Booth

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Broadbent
Elizabeth Broadbent University of Auckland
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Børge Sivertsen
Børge Sivertsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Rona Moss-Morris
Rona Moss-Morris King's College London
Nicola Dalbeth
Nicola Dalbeth University of Auckland
Greg D. Gamble
Greg D. Gamble University of Auckland
Mari Hysing
Mari Hysing University of Bergen
Rob Horne
Rob Horne University College London
James W. Pennebaker
James W. Pennebaker The University of Texas at Austin
Linda D. Cameron
Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced

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