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Kevin E. Vowles

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
12276
World Ranking
6835
National Ranking
685

Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
12555
World Ranking
6811
National Ranking
527

Kevin E. Vowles publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kevin E. Vowles sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 175 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Kevin E. Vowles D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kevin E. Vowles sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kevin E. Vowles is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on subfields such as Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Kevin E. Vowles has a publication record reflecting frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • European Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Pain
  • BMJ

Among the recent papers associated or co-authored in the field are:

  • New generation psychological treatments in chronic pain, 2022, BMJ
  • European clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain - Part 1: Role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain, 2021, European Journal of Pain
  • Pain catastrophizing as a treatment process variable in cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with chronic pain, 2020, European Journal of Pain
  • European clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain - Part 2: Special situations, 2021, European Journal of Pain
  • Effects of Technology Assisted Stepped Collaborative Care Intervention to Improve Symptoms in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis, 2023, JAMA Internal Medicine

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Katie Witkiewitz
  • Eric Kruger
  • Lance M. McCracken
  • Karlyn A. Edwards
  • Zachary Schmidt

Best Publications

  • Acceptance of chronic pain: component analysis and a revised assessment method

    Lance M McCracken;Kevin E Vowles;Christopher Eccleston

  • Rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain: a systematic review and data synthesis.

    Kevin E Vowles;Mindy L McEntee;Peter Siyahhan Julnes;Tessa Frohe

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness for chronic pain: model, process, and progress.

    Lance M. McCracken;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Acceptance and values-based action in chronic pain: A study of treatment effectiveness and process.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken

  • Acceptance-based treatment for persons with complex, long standing chronic pain: a preliminary analysis of treatment outcome in comparison to a waiting phase.

    Lance M. McCracken;Kevin E. Vowles;Christopher Eccleston

  • The role of mindfulness in a contextual cognitive-behavioral analysis of chronic pain-related suffering and disability

    Lance M. McCracken;Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Processes of change in treatment for chronic pain: The contributions of pain, acceptance, and catastrophizing

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken;Christopher Eccleston

  • The Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire: Confirmatory factor analysis and identification of patient subgroups

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken;Lance M. McCracken;Charlotte McLeod;Charlotte McLeod;Christopher Eccleston;Christopher Eccleston

  • The fear-avoidance model of chronic pain: Validation and age analysis using structural equation modeling

    Andrew J. Cook;Peter A. Brawer;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Acceptance and values-based action in chronic pain: a three-year follow-up analysis of treatment effectiveness and process.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken;Lance M. McCracken;Jane Zhao O’Brien;Jane Zhao O’Brien;Jane Zhao O’Brien

  • Patient Functioning and Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain : The Mediating Effects of Acceptance

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken;Christopher Eccleston

  • A Prospective Analysis of Acceptance of Pain and Values-Based Action in Patients With Chronic Pain

    Lance M. McCracken;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Alcohol and Opioid Use, Co-Use, and Chronic Pain in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic: A Critical Review

    Katie Witkiewitz;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Targeting acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action in chronic pain: Findings of two preliminary trials of an outpatient group-based intervention.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Julie Loebach Wetherell;John T. Sorrell

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain: evidence of mediation and clinically significant change following an abbreviated interdisciplinary program of rehabilitation.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Katie Witkiewitz;Gail Sowden;Julie Ashworth

  • Effects of pain acceptance and pain control strategies on physical impairment in individuals with chronic low back pain.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Daniel W. McNeil;Richard T. Gross;Michael L. McDaniel

  • Acceptance of chronic pain.

    Lance M. McCracken;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Comparing the role of psychological flexibility and traditional pain management coping strategies in chronic pain treatment outcomes.

    Kevin E. Vowles;Lance M. McCracken

  • Effects of Emotion on Pain Reports, Tolerance and Physiology

    Leslie E Carter;Daniel W McNeil;Kevin E Vowles;John T Sorrell

  • The role of experiential avoidance in acute pain tolerance: a laboratory test.

    Matthew T. Feldner;Hamid Hekmat;Michael J. Zvolensky;Kevin E. Vowles

  • Rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain

    Kevin E. Vowles;Mindy L. Mcentee;Peter Siyahhan Julnes;Tessa Frohe

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance M. McCracken
Lance M. McCracken Uppsala University
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston University of Bath
Katie Witkiewitz
Katie Witkiewitz University of New Mexico
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Lindsey L. Cohen
Lindsey L. Cohen Georgia State University
Daniel W. McNeil
Daniel W. McNeil West Virginia University
Edmund Keogh
Edmund Keogh University of Bath
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Chris D. Nugent
Chris D. Nugent University of Ulster
Chris J. Main
Chris J. Main Keele University

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