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World Ranking
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Lucy Yardley publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucy Yardley sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 622 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Lucy Yardley D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Lucy Yardley is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on the intersection of medicine and psychology, with a strong emphasis on health professions and applied clinical psychology. Their work spans general health professions, clinical psychology, applied psychology, modeling and simulation, and infectious diseases.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to COVID-19, mental health, and digital health interventions. Their main research topics include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Guidance for reporting intervention development studies in health research (GUIDED): an evidence-based consensus study, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures in the UK: a cross-sectional survey, 2020, Public Health
  • Home and Online Management and Evaluation of Blood Pressure (HOME BP) using a digital intervention in poorly controlled hypertension: randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ
  • Harnessing behavioural science in public health campaigns to maintain 'social distancing' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: key principles, 2020, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Lucy Yardley frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Paul Little
  • Richard Amlôt
  • Beth Stuart
  • Isabel Oliver
  • Sarah Denford

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Frontiers in Public Health

In addition to journal articles, Lucy Yardley has authored books, including the upcoming title Vertigo and Dizziness, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

    Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes;Rory C O'Connor;V. Hugh Perry;Irene Tracey

  • Dilemmas in qualitative health research

    Lucy Yardley

  • Using the Internet to promote health behavior change: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of theoretical basis, use of behavior change techniques, and mode of delivery on efficacy

    Thomas L Webb;Judith Joseph;Lucy Yardley;Susan Michie

  • Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

    Lucy Yardley;Nina Beyer;Klaus Hauer;Gertrudis Kempen

  • Content and thematic analysis

    Helene Joffe;Lucy Yardley

  • Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare

    Alicia O'Cathain;Liz Croot;Edward A.S. Duncan;Nikki Rousseau

  • The Person-Based Approach to Intervention Development: Application to Digital Health-Related Behavior Change Interventions

    Lucy Yardley;Leanne Morrison;Katherine Bradbury;Ingrid Muller

  • Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking

    Pandora Pound;Nicky Britten;Myfanwy Morgan;Lucy Yardley

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Smartphone Applications in Supporting Health Behavior Change: Qualitative Study

    Laura Dennison;Leanne Morrison;Gemma Conway;Lucy Yardley

  • Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology

    David F. Marks;Lucy Yardley

  • The Short FES-I: a shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling

    Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen;Lucy Yardley;Jolanda C. M. Van Haastregt;G. A. Rixt Zijlstra

  • Developing and Evaluating Digital Interventions to Promote Behavior Change in Health and Health Care: Recommendations Resulting From an International Workshop

    Susan Michie;Lucy Yardley;Robert West;Kevin Patrick

  • Evaluating meta-ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research.

    Rona M Campbell;Pandora Pound;M Morgan;Gavin Daker-White

  • A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Feared Consequences of Falling and Avoidance of Activity in Community-Living Older People.

    Lucy Yardley;Helen Smith

  • Factors associated with uptake of vaccination against pandemic influenza: a systematic review.

    Alison Bish;Lucy Yardley;Angus Nicoll;Susan Michie

  • Prevalence and Presentation of Dizziness in a General Practice Community Sample of Working Age People

    L Yardley;N Owen;I Nazareth;LM Luxon

  • Symptoms, anxiety and handicap in dizzy patients: Development of the Vertigo symptom scale

    Lucy Yardley;Elaine Masson;Carl Verschuur;Norman Haacke

  • Interventions to Reduce Fear of Falling in Community-Living Older People: A Systematic Review

    G. A. Rixt Zijlstra;Jolanda C. M. Van Haastregt;Erik Van Rossum;Jacques Th. M. Van Eijk

  • Visual influences on balance.

    Mark S. Redfern;Lucy Yardley;Adolfo M. Bronstein

  • Older people's views of advice about falls prevention: a qualitative study

    L. Yardley;Margaret Donovan-Hall;Karen Francis;C. Todd

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Little
Paul Little University of Southampton
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Catherine Pope
Catherine Pope University of Oxford
Anne Rogers
Anne Rogers University of Southampton
Tom Fahey
Tom Fahey Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Jon Nicholl
Jon Nicholl University of Sheffield
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Mark J. Weal
Mark J. Weal University of Southampton
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray University College London

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