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Ricardo F. Muñoz 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 Ricardo F. Muñoz sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 197 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ricardo F. Muñoz 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 Ricardo F. Muñoz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ricardo F. Muñoz is affiliated with Palo Alto University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology. Their research spans various subfields including clinical psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

The primary focus of Muñoz's research includes digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, suicide and self-harm studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, impact of technology on adolescents, mental health research topics in general, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Their recent publications illustrate a range of topics and have appeared in various scholarly venues:

  • Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of depressive disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2020), Clinical Psychology Review
  • A Meta-analytic Review: Psychological Treatment of Subthreshold Depression in Children and Adolescents (2021), Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Role of Maternal Depression on Child Development: A Prospective Analysis from Pregnancy to Early Childhood (2021), Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Factor analysis of depression symptoms across five broad cultural groups (2020), Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Updated taxonomy of digital mental health interventions: a conceptual framework (2023), mHealth

Muñoz frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • mHealth
  • Internet Interventions

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include Yan Leykin, Blanca S. Pineda, Suzanne Barakat, Nancy H. Liu, and Pim Cuijpers.

Throughout their career, Muñoz has been recognized with fellowships from major scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Emotion Regulation and Mental Health

    James J. Gross;Ricardo F. Muñoz

  • The origins and current status of behavioral activation treatments for depression.

    Sona Dimidjian;Manuel Barrera;Christopher Martell;Ricardo F. Muñoz

  • Nonspecific improvement effects in depression using interpersonal skills training, pleasant activity schedules, or cognitive training.

    Antonette M. Zeiss;Peter M. Lewinsohn;Ricardo F. Muñoz

  • Depression in Medical Outpatients: Underrecognition and Misdiagnosis

    Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable;Jeanne Miranda;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Yu-Wen Ying

  • Nortriptyline and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Cigarette Smoking

    Sharon M. Hall;Victor I. Reus;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Karen L. Sees

  • Prevention of Major Depression

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Pim Cuijpers;Filip Smit;Alinne Z. Barrera

  • Psychoeducational treatment and prevention of depression: the "Coping with Depression" course thirty years later.

    Pim Cuijpers;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Gregory N. Clarke;Peter M. Lewinsohn

  • Institute of Medicine report on prevention of mental disorders. Summary and commentary.

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Patricia J. Mrazek;Robert J. Haggerty

  • Nicotine, negative affect, and depression.

    Sharon M. Hall;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Victor I. Reus;Karen L. Sees

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Increases Abstinence Rates for Depressive-History Smokers.

    Sharon M. Hall;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Victor I. Reus

  • Psychosocial intervention development for the prevention and treatment of depression: Promoting innovation and increasing access.

    Steven D Hollon;Ricardo F Muñoz;David H Barlow;William R Beardslee

  • How to Control Your Drinking

    Ricardo F. Munoz;William R. Miller

  • Prevention of depression with primary care patients: A randomized controlled trial

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Yu-Wen Ying;Guillermo Bernal;Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

  • Using Evidence-Based Internet Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities Worldwide

    Ricardo F Muñoz

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in low-income and minority medical outpatients: description of a program and exploratory analyses

    Kurt C. Organista;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Gerardo González

  • Recruiting and retaining low-income Latinos in psychotherapy research.

    Jeanne Miranda;Francisca Azocar;Kurt C. Organista;Ricardo F. Muñoz

  • Toward evidence-based interventions for diverse populations: The San Francisco General Hospital prevention and treatment manuals

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Tamar Mendelson

  • Prevention of Postpartum Depression in Low-Income Women: Development of the Mamás y Bebés/Mothers and Babies Course☆

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;Huynh Nhu Le;Chandra Ghosh Ippen;Manuela A. Diaz

  • Development of Major Depression After Treatment for Smoking Cessation

    Janice Y. Tsoh;Gary L. Humfleet;Ricardo F. Muñoz;Victor I. Reus

  • Major Depression Can Be Prevented.

    Ricardo F. Muñoz;William R. Beardslee;Yan Leykin

  • Quality of life and psychological well-being in a bicultural Latino community.

    John G. Lang;Ricardo F. Munoz;Guillermo Bernal;James L. Sorensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon M. Hall
Sharon M. Hall University of California, San Francisco
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable National Institutes of Health
Victor I. Reus
Victor I. Reus University of California, San Francisco
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Kevin L. Delucchi
Kevin L. Delucchi University of California, San Francisco
Stephen M. Schueller
Stephen M. Schueller University of California, Irvine
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tamar Mendelson
Tamar Mendelson Johns Hopkins University
Judith J. Prochaska
Judith J. Prochaska Stanford University
Peter M. Lewinsohn
Peter M. Lewinsohn Oregon Research Institute

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