2026 Lucy Yardley: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	107	1000	953	97	91	627	59885
Medicine	110	5445	5113	539	515	622	61404

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

5885
Citations
Dilemmas in qualitative health research

Lucy Yardley

3744
Citations
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

3328
Citations
Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

Lucy Yardley;Nina Beyer;Klaus Hauer;Gertrudis Kempen

2160
Citations
Content and thematic analysis

Helene Joffe;Lucy Yardley

1961
Citations
Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare

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

1534
Citations
The Person-Based Approach to Intervention Development: Application to Digital Health-Related Behavior Change Interventions

Lucy Yardley;Leanne Morrison;Katherine Bradbury;Ingrid Muller

1171
Citations
Resisting medicines: a synthesis of qualitative studies of medicine taking

Pandora Pound;Nicky Britten;Myfanwy Morgan;Lucy Yardley

1125
Citations
Opportunities and Challenges for Smartphone Applications in Supporting Health Behavior Change: Qualitative Study

Laura Dennison;Leanne Morrison;Gemma Conway;Lucy Yardley

1091
Citations
Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology

David F. Marks;Lucy Yardley

1012
Citations
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

813
Citations
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

784
Citations
Evaluating meta-ethnography: systematic analysis and synthesis of qualitative research.

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

755
Citations
A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Feared Consequences of Falling and Avoidance of Activity in Community-Living Older People.

Lucy Yardley;Helen Smith

726
Citations
Factors associated with uptake of vaccination against pandemic influenza: a systematic review.

Alison Bish;Lucy Yardley;Angus Nicoll;Susan Michie

664
Citations
Prevalence and Presentation of Dizziness in a General Practice Community Sample of Working Age People

L Yardley;N Owen;I Nazareth;LM Luxon

539
Citations
Symptoms, anxiety and handicap in dizzy patients: Development of the Vertigo symptom scale

Lucy Yardley;Elaine Masson;Carl Verschuur;Norman Haacke

489
Citations
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

473
Citations
Visual influences on balance.

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

452
Citations
Older people's views of advice about falls prevention: a qualitative study

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

440
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Little University of Southampton

Susan Michie University College London

Catherine Pope University of Oxford

Anne Rogers University of Southampton

Tom Fahey Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Glyn Lewis University College London

Jon Nicholl University of Sheffield

Peter Smith University of Aberdeen

Mark J. Weal University of Southampton

Elizabeth Murray University College London

External Links

Personal website of Lucy Yardley

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