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Thomas A. Fergus

Thomas A. Fergus

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
7555
World Ranking
8190
National Ranking
4391

Thomas A. Fergus publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 131 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas A. Fergus 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 Thomas A. Fergus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas A. Fergus is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a primary focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. Their scholarly work spans a diverse range of topics including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, mental health research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, perfectionism, procrastination, COVID-19 and mental health, psychosomatic disorders, and aspects of optimism, hope, and well-being.

Their research output includes publications in well-regarded journals, particularly in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, PsycTESTS Dataset, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, and Assessment. This reflects a consistent engagement with both clinical and cognitive dimensions of psychological research.

Frequent co-authors in Fergus's research include Annie T. Ginty, Joseph R. Bardeen, Sarah E. Williams, Caeleigh A. Landry, and Michelle M. Paluszek, indicating collaboration within a focused network of scholars.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored highlight themes related to stress, emotion regulation, and psychometric validation. These include:

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates, 2020, Depression and Anxiety
  • Testing the Italian version of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale and a metacognitive model of cyberchondria, 2020, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Individual differences in emotion regulation prospectively predict early COVID-19 related acute stress, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Emotion suppression and acute physiological responses to stress in healthy populations: a quantitative review of experimental and correlational investigations, 2023, Health Psychology Review

Best Publications

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • An Examination of the Latent Structure of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

    Joseph R. Bardeen;Thomas A. Fergus;Holly K. Orcutt

  • Shame- and guilt-proneness: relationships with anxiety disorder symptoms in a clinical sample.

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Patrick B. McGrath;Simon Jencius

  • The interactive effect of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance on anxiety, depression, stress and posttraumatic stress symptoms

    Joseph R. Bardeen;Thomas A. Fergus

  • Cyberchondria and Intolerance of Uncertainty: Examining When Individuals Experience Health Anxiety in Response to Internet Searches for Medical Information

    Thomas A. Fergus

  • Experiential Avoidance as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Anxiety Sensitivity and Perceived Stress

    Joseph R. Bardeen;Thomas A. Fergus;Holly K. Orcutt

  • Finding middle ground between intellectual arrogance and intellectual servility: Development and assessment of the limitations-owning intellectual humility scale

    Megan Haggard;Wade C. Rowatt;Joseph C. Leman;Benjamin Meagher

  • The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS): an examination of structure and relations with health anxiety in a community sample.

    Thomas A. Fergus

  • The Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale: psychometric properties in a clinical sample.

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner;Patrick B. McGrath;Katherine Stephenson

  • Cyberchondria: Examining relations with problematic Internet use and metacognitive beliefs.

    Thomas A. Fergus;Marcantonio M. Spada

  • The Disgust Propensity and Sensitivity Scale–Revised: An examination of a reduced-item version

    Thomas A. Fergus;David P. Valentiner

  • Addressing Psychometric Limitations of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Through Item Modification.

    Joseph R. Bardeen;Thomas A. Fergus;Susan M. Hannan;Holly K. Orcutt

  • Anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty: Evidence of incremental specificity in relation to health anxiety.

    Thomas A. Fergus;Joseph R. Bardeen;Joseph R. Bardeen;Joseph R. Bardeen

  • Emotion regulation and obsessive–compulsive symptoms: A further examination of associations

    Thomas A. Fergus;Joseph R. Bardeen

  • Do Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Share Cognitive Processes?

    Thomas A. Fergus;Kevin D. Wu

  • Problematic internet use and internet searches for medical information: the role of health anxiety.

    Thomas A. Fergus;Sara L. Dolan

  • Does cyberchondria overlap with health anxiety and obsessive–compulsive symptoms? An examination of latent structure and scale interrelations

    Thomas A. Fergus;Laurie H. Russell

  • Attentional control moderates the relationship between activation of the cognitive attentional syndrome and symptoms of psychopathology

    Thomas A. Fergus;Joseph R. Bardeen;Holly K. Orcutt

  • Testing a Hierarchical Model of Distress Tolerance

    Joseph R. Bardeen;Joseph R. Bardeen;Joseph R. Bardeen;Thomas A. Fergus;Holly K. Orcutt

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Bardeen
Joseph R. Bardeen Northern Illinois University
David P. Valentiner
David P. Valentiner Northern Illinois University
Wade C. Rowatt
Wade C. Rowatt Baylor University
Holly K. Orcutt
Holly K. Orcutt Northern Illinois University
Gordon J.G. Asmundson
Gordon J.G. Asmundson University of Regina
Dean McKay
Dean McKay Fordham University
Marcantonio M. Spada
Marcantonio M. Spada London South Bank University
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Michael P. Twohig
Michael P. Twohig Utah State University

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