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Philip B. Ward publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip B. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 330 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Philip B. Ward D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip B. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 85 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Philip B. Ward is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions, contributing significantly to subfields such as Physiology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their main research topics include Physical Activity and Health, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Health, Psychology, and Well-Being, and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Philip B. Ward include:

  • Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression, 2023, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ), 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • Safety of psychotropic medications in people with COVID-19: evidence review and practical recommendations, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior changes in self-isolating adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a cross-sectional survey exploring correlates, 2021, Sport Sciences for Health
  • Changing health workforce attitudes to promote improved physical health in mental health service users: Keeping our Staff in Mind (KoSiM), 2020, Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Frequent co-authors of Philip B. Ward include Simon Rosenbaum, Davy Vancampfort, Jackie Curtis, Scott Teasdale, and Felipe Barreto Schuch.

They have published frequently in venues such as the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, British Journal of Sports Medicine, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Medicine, and World Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence, incidence and mortality from cardiovascular disease in patients with pooled and specific severe mental illness: a large-scale meta-analysis of 3,211,768 patients and 113,383,368 controls.

    Christoph U. Correll;Marco Solmi;Nicola Veronese;Beatrice Bortolato

  • Physical Activity and Incident Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Felipe B. Schuch;Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Simon Rosenbaum

  • Exercise as a treatment for depression: a meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias

    Felipe Barreto Schuch;Davy Vancampfort;Justin Richards;Simon Rosenbaum

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Najma Siddiqi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Dan J Siskind

  • Risk of metabolic syndrome and its components in people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Davy Vancampfort;Brendon Stubbs;Alex J Mitchell;Marc De Hert

  • Physical activity interventions for people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    S. Rosenbaum;A. Tiedemann;C. Sherrington;J. Curtis

  • Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Felipe B. Schuch;Simon Rosenbaum;Simon Rosenbaum

  • Diabetes mellitus in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a systematic review and large scale meta-analysis.

    Davy VanCampfort;Christoph U Correll;Britta Galling;Michel Probst

  • Physical activity and sedentary behavior in people with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Felipe Schuch;Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Simon Rosenbaum

  • Effect of aerobic exercise on hippocampal volume in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Brendon Stubbs;Davy Vancampfort;Felipe Schuch

  • Mismatch negativity: an index of a preattentive processing deficit in schizophrenia.

    A.M. Shelley;P.B. Ward;S.V. Catts;P.T. Michie

  • Reduced hippocampal volumes and memory loss in patients with early- and late-onset depression

    Ian Hickie;Sharon Naismith;Philip B. Ward;Keelin Turner

  • Brain potential evidence for an auditory sensory memory deficit in schizophrenia.

    Stanley V. Catts;Anne-Marie Shelley;Philip B. Ward;Barbara Liebert

  • Physical activity protects from incident anxiety: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

    Felipe B Schuch;Felipe B Schuch;Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Jacob Meyer;Andreas Heissel

  • Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression

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  • Physical activity in the treatment of Post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Simon Rosenbaum;Simon Rosenbaum;Davy Vancampfort;Zachary Steel;Zachary Steel;Jill Newby

  • Disturbed communication in schizophrenia: the role of poor pragmatics and poor mind-reading.

    R. Langdon;M. Coltheart;P. B. Ward;S. V. Catts

  • Dropout from exercise randomized controlled trials among people with depression: A meta-analysis and meta regression.

    Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Davy Vancampfort;Simon Rosenbaum;Philip B. Ward

  • Defective Self and/or Other Mentalising in Schizophrenia: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach

    Robyn Langdon;Patricia T. Michie;Philip B. Ward;Neil McConaghy

  • Dietary intake of people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Scott B Teasdale;Philip B Ward;Katherine Samaras;Joseph Firth

  • Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease is associated with functional decoupling between the cognitive control network and the basal ganglia

    James M. Shine;Elie Matar;Philip B. Ward;Michael J. Frank

  • Exercise for depression in older adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials adjusting for publication bias.

    Felipe B. Schuch;Davy Vancampfort;Simon Rosenbaum;Justin Richards

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendon Stubbs
Brendon Stubbs Medical University of Vienna
Stanley V. Catts
Stanley V. Catts University of Queensland
Ulrich Schall
Ulrich Schall University of Newcastle Australia
Patricia T. Michie
Patricia T. Michie University of Newcastle Australia
Joseph Firth
Joseph Firth University of Manchester
Felipe Barreto Schuch
Felipe Barreto Schuch Deakin University
Robyn Langdon
Robyn Langdon Macquarie University
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Sharon L. Naismith
Sharon L. Naismith University of Sydney

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