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Sarah L. Halligan

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
11500
World Ranking
6846
National Ranking
687

Sarah L. Halligan publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 188 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sarah L. Halligan 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 Sarah L. Halligan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sarah L. Halligan is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on psychology and medicine.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

The subfields within these domains are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Main topics addressed in Halligan's research are:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Family Support in Illness

Their recent publications reflect a focus on childhood maltreatment, social functioning, and trauma-related disorders. Notable papers include:

  • "Sex differences in the association between childhood maltreatment and cardiovascular disease in the UK Biobank," 2020, published in Heart
  • "Social Functioning in Individuals Affected by Childhood Maltreatment: Establishing a Research Agenda to Inform Interventions," 2022, published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • "Prevalence of the dissociative subtype of post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2022, published in Psychological Medicine
  • "Association between childhood maltreatment and social functioning in individuals with affective disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2023, published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • "Change in prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in the two years following trauma: a meta-analytic study," 2022, published in European journal of psychotraumatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Halligan include:

  • Rachel M. Hiller
  • Abigail Fraser
  • Graeme Fairchild
  • Gemma Hammerton
  • Richard Meiser-Stedman

Common publication venues for this researcher's work are:

  • European journal of psychotraumatology
  • BMJ Open
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Best Publications

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder following assault: the role of cognitive processing, trauma memory, and appraisals.

    Sarah L. Halligan;Tanja Michael;David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • Childhood emotional abuse and neglect as predictors of psychological and physical symptoms in women presenting to a primary care practice

    Ilyse L Spertus;Rachel Yehuda;Cheryl M Wong;Sarah Halligan

  • Childhood trauma and risk for PTSD: relationship to intergenerational effects of trauma, parental PTSD and cortisol excretion

    Rachel Yehuda;Sarah L. Halligan;Robert Grossman

  • Maternal postnatal depression and the development of depression in offspring up to 16 years of age

    Lynne Murray;Adriane Arteche;Pasco Fearon;Sarah L Halligan

  • Maternal depression and psychiatric outcomes in adolescent offspring: a 13-year longitudinal study.

    Sarah L. Halligan;Lynne Murray;Carla Martins;Peter J. Cooper

  • Rumination in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Tanja Michael;Sarah L. Halligan;David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • Unwanted memories of assault: what intrusion characteristics are associated with PTSD?

    T Michael;Anke Ehlers;S L Halligan;David Clark

  • Exposure to postnatal depression predicts elevated cortisol in adolescent offspring

    Sarah L Halligan;Joe Herbert;Ian M Goodyer;Lynne Murray

  • Relationship of parental trauma exposure and PTSD to PTSD, depressive and anxiety disorders in offspring

    Rachel Yehuda;Sarah L Halligan;Linda M Bierer

  • Cognitive processing, memory, and the development of PTSD symptoms: two experimental analogue studies.

    Sarah L Halligan;David M Clark;Anke Ehlers

  • The effects of maternal postnatal depression and child sex on academic performance at age 16 years: a developmental approach

    Lynne Murray;Adriane Arteche;Pasco Fearon;Sarah L Halligan

  • Effects of trauma exposure on the cortisol response to dexamethasone administration in PTSD and major depressive disorder.

    Rachel Yehuda;Sarah L. Halligan;Julia A. Golier;Robert Grossman

  • Disturbances in Morning Cortisol Secretion in Association with Maternal Postnatal Depression Predict Subsequent Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescents

    Sarah L. Halligan;Joe Herbert;Ian Goodyer;Lynne Murray

  • The ACTH response to dexamethasone in PTSD.

    Rachel Yehuda;Julia A. Golier;Sarah L. Halligan;Michael Meaney

  • Cortisol levels in adult offspring of Holocaust survivors: relation to PTSD symptom severity in the parent and child

    Rachel Yehuda;Rachel Yehuda;Sarah L Halligan;Linda M Bierer;Linda M Bierer

  • The cortisol and glucocorticoid receptor response to low dose dexamethasone administration in aging combat veterans and holocaust survivors with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

    Rachel Yehuda;Rachel Yehuda;Sarah L Halligan;Robert Grossman;Julia A. Golier;Julia A. Golier

  • Research Review: Changes in the prevalence and symptom severity of child post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following trauma - a meta-analytic study.

    Rachel M. Hiller;Richard Meiser-Stedman;Pasco Fearon;Sarah Lobo

  • The longitudinal development of emotion regulation capacities in children at risk for externalizing disorders.

    Sarah L. Halligan;Peter J. Cooper;Pasco Fearon;Sarah L. Wheeler

  • Effects of Postnatal Depression on Mother–Infant Interactions and Child Development

    Lynne Murray;Sarah Halligan;Peter Cooper

  • Socioemotional development in adolescents at risk for depression: the role of maternal depression and attachment style.

    Lynne Murray;Sarah L. Halligan;Gillian Adams;Paul Patterson

  • Enhanced priming for trauma-related material in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Tanja Michael;Anke Ehlers;Sarah L. Halligan

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Pasco Fearon
Pasco Fearon University College London
Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Richard Meiser-Stedman
Richard Meiser-Stedman University of East Anglia
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Ian M. Goodyer
Ian M. Goodyer University of Cambridge
Cathy Creswell
Cathy Creswell University of Oxford
Tanja Michael
Tanja Michael Saarland University
Joe Herbert
Joe Herbert University of Cambridge

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