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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 124 217 189 37 30 756 60299
Medicine 128 2699 2518 278 269 817 64062

Matthew Hotopf publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Matthew Hotopf between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Matthew Hotopf published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 28.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 77 publications in 2021. 76 of the 959 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 77. Peak 77 publications in 2021. 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 14 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 27 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 29 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 25 publications 2008: 25 publications 2009: 35 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 33 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 38 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 42 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 30 publications 2019: 54 publications 2020: 65 publications 2021: 77 publications 2022: 73 publications 2023: 47 publications 2024: 37 publications 2025: 39 publications
1992 2025

959 publications in total across all disciplines

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Matthew Hotopf: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 2
1993 1
1994 4
1995 2
1996 4
1997 10
1998 14
1999 11
2000 11
2001 21
2002 19
2003 27
2004 19
2005 29
2006 28
2007 25
2008 25
2009 35
2010 25
2011 33
2012 30
2013 26
2014 38
2015 26
2016 42
2017 30
2018 30
2019 54
2020 65
2021 77
2022 73
2023 47
2024 37
2025 39
Total 959
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Matthew Hotopf 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 Matthew Hotopf sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 705+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 756 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100 756
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Matthew Hotopf 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 Matthew Hotopf sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 124–125 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18 124
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Matthew Hotopf is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health, and Applied Psychology.

Their work encompasses several main topics including mental health research, health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, chronic disease management strategies, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Hotopf has contributed to a number of recent publications, including:

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis, 2020, BJPsych Open

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Hotopf's common co-authors include Faith Matcham, Richard Dobson, Vaibhav A. Narayan, Sharon A. M. Stevelink, and Sara Simblett.

Their work appears regularly in scientific venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Psychological Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders, PLoS ONE, and arXiv (Cornell University).

In addition to journal articles, Hotopf has contributed to book publications, including a 2023 book titled Mental health of healthcare professionals, published by Frontiers Media.

Among their academic distinctions, Hotopf has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

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

  • The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Faith Matcham;Lauren Rayner;Sophia Steer;Matthew Hotopf

  • Life Expectancy at Birth for People with Serious Mental Illness and Other Major Disorders from a Secondary Mental Health Care Case Register in London

    Chin-Kuo Chang;Richard D. Hayes;Gayan Perera;Mathew T. M. Broadbent

  • Medically unexplained symptoms: an epidemiological study in seven specialities.

    Chaichana Nimnuan;Matthew Hotopf;Simon Wessely

  • What are the consequences of deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan on the mental health of the UK armed forces? A cohort study

    Nicola T Fear;Margaret Jones;Dominic Murphy;Lisa Hull

  • Health of UK servicemen who served in Persian Gulf War

    Catherine Unwin;Nick Blatchley;William Coker;Susan Ferry

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • The health of UK military personnel who deployed to the 2003 Iraq war: a cohort study

    Matthew Hotopf;Lisa Hull;Nicola T Fear;Tess Browne

  • Depression in advanced disease: a systematic review - Part 1. Prevalence and case finding

    M Hotopf;J Chidgey;J Addington-Hall;K Lan Ly

  • The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on quality-of-life assessed using the SF-36: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Faith Matcham;Ian C. Scott;Lauren Rayner;Matthew Hotopf

  • Exercise and the Prevention of Depression: Results of the HUNT Cohort Study

    Samuel B. Harvey;Simon Øverland;Stephani L. Hatch;Simon Wessely

  • Chronic Fatigue and Its Syndromes

    Simon Wessely;Matthew Hotopf;Michael Sharpe

  • The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLAM BRC) case register : development and descriptive data.

    Robert Stewart;Mishael Soremekun;Gayan Perera;Matthew Broadbent;Matthew Broadbent

  • A systematic review describing the prognosis of chronic fatigue syndrome.

    R Cairns;Matthew Hotopf

  • Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder among UK Armed Forces personnel.

    A. C. Iversen;N. T. Fear;A. Ehlers;J. Hacker Hughes

  • Prevalence of mental incapacity in medical inpatients and associated risk factors: cross-sectional study

    Vanessa Raymont;William Bingley;Alec Buchanan;Anthony S David

  • Work and common psychiatric disorders.

    M Henderson;SB Harvey;S Øverland;A Mykletun;A Mykletun

  • A major role for common genetic variation in anxiety disorders

    Kirstin L. Purves;Jonathan R. I. Coleman;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Christopher Rayner

  • Relation between headache in childhood and physical and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood: national birth cohort study.

    Paul Fearon;Matthew Hotopf

  • Drug therapy for the management of cancer related fatigue

    Ollie Minton;Alison Richardson;Michael Sharpe;Matthew Hotopf

  • Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Probability Sample Survey of the UK Population

    Matthias Pierce;Holly Hope;Tamsin Ford;Stephani Hatch

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Wessely
Simon Wessely King's College London
Stephani L. Hatch
Stephani L. Hatch King's College London
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart King's College London
Faith Matcham
Faith Matcham University of Sussex
Nicola T. Fear
Nicola T. Fear King's College London
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Anthony J. Cleare
Anthony J. Cleare King's College London
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London
Carmine M. Pariante
Carmine M. Pariante King's College London
Trudie Chalder
Trudie Chalder King's College London

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