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Richard J. Davidson 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 Richard J. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 639 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.

Richard J. Davidson 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 Richard J. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 190 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1997 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard J. Davidson is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The main topics investigated in their work include mindfulness and compassion interventions, functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, stress responses and cortisol, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, as well as COVID-19 and mental health.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Davidson are:

  • Daniel W. Grupe
  • Simon B. Goldberg
  • Matthew J. Hirshberg
  • Melissa A. Rosenkranz
  • Seth G. Disner

Davidson's publications appear frequently in several notable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Mindfulness
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Davidson include:

  • The Empirical Status of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of 44 Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emotional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters, 2022, Affective Science
  • Prevalence of meditation-related adverse effects in a population-based sample in the United States, 2021, Psychotherapy Research
  • Testing the Efficacy of a Multicomponent, Self-Guided, Smartphone-Based Meditation App: Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, JMIR Mental Health

Davidson has received multiple awards and honors throughout their career, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2017
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 2000
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, 2000
  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA), 1997
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992

Best Publications

  • Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation.

    Richard J. Davidson;Jon Kabat-Zinn;Jessica Schumacher;Melissa Rosenkranz

  • Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation

    Antoine Lutz;Heleen A. Slagter;John D. Dunne;Richard J. Davidson

  • The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions.

    Paul Ekman;Richard J. Davidson

  • Dysfunction in the Neural Circuitry of Emotion Regulation--A Possible Prelude to Violence

    Richard J. Davidson;Katherine M. Putnam;Christine L. Larson

  • Handbook of affective sciences.

    Richard J. Davidson;Klaus Rainer Scherer;H. Hill Goldsmith

  • The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and affective style.

    Richard J. Davidson;William Irwin

  • Approach-Withdrawal and Cerebral Asymmetry: Emotional Expression and Brain Physiology I

    Richard J. Davidson;Paul Ekman;Clifford D. Saron;Joseph A. Senulis

  • Placebo-induced changes in FMRI in the anticipation and experience of pain.

    Tor D. Wager;James K. Rilling;Edward E. Smith;Alex Sokolik

  • The integration of negative affect, pain and cognitive control in the cingulate cortex

    Alexander J. Shackman;Timothy V. Salomons;Heleen A. Slagter;Andrew S. Fox

  • Emotion, plasticity, context, and regulation: perspectives from affective neuroscience.

    Richard J. Davidson;Daren C. Jackson;Ned H. Kalin

  • Affective Style and Affective Disorders: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience

    Richard J. Davidson

  • Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice

    Antoine Lutz;Lawrence L. Greischar;Nancy B. Rawlings;Matthieu Ricard

  • Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism

    Kim M Dalton;Brendon M Nacewicz;Tom Johnstone;Hillary S Schaefer

  • The Duchenne smile: emotional expression and brain physiology. II.

    Paul Ekman;Richard J. Davidson;Wallace V. Friesen

  • Anterior cerebral asymmetry and the nature of emotion

    Richard J. Davidson

  • Low-anxious, high-anxious, and repressive coping styles: psychometric patterns and behavioral and physiological responses to stress.

    Daniel A. Weinberger;Gary E. Schwartz;Richard J. Davidson

  • Prefrontal Brain Asymmetry: A Biological Substrate of the Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems

    Steven K. Sutton;Richard J. Davidson

  • Depression: perspectives from affective neuroscience.

    Richard J. Davidson;Diego Pizzagalli;Jack B. Nitschke;Katherine Putnam

  • Lending a Hand Social Regulation of the Neural Response to Threat

    James A. Coan;Hillary S. Schaefer;Richard J. Davidson

  • Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise

    Antoine Lutz;Julie Brefczynski-Lewis;Tom Johnstone;Richard J. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ned H. Kalin
Ned H. Kalin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Moo K. Chung
Moo K. Chung University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrew S. Fox
Andrew S. Fox University of California, Davis
H. Hill Goldsmith
H. Hill Goldsmith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tom Johnstone
Tom Johnstone Swinburne University of Technology
Terrence R. Oakes
Terrence R. Oakes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jack B. Nitschke
Jack B. Nitschke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven E. Shelton
Steven E. Shelton University of Wisconsin–Madison

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