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Thröstur Björgvinsson

Thröstur Björgvinsson

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
8138
World Ranking
7831
National Ranking
4209

Thröstur Björgvinsson 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 Thröstur Björgvinsson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 174 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thröstur Björgvinsson 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 Thröstur Björgvinsson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thröstur Björgvinsson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in research within Psychology and Medicine, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research work spans a variety of topics, including:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Recent publications by Thröstur Björgvinsson include:

  • How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms?, 2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Transitioning to virtual programming amidst COVID-19 outbreak, 2020, Counselling Psychology Quarterly
  • Stressors and chemical imbalances: Beliefs about the causes of depression in an acute psychiatric treatment sample, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychometric properties of the Depressive Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS) in an adult psychiatric sample., 2021, Psychological Assessment
  • Development of a virtual partial hospital program for an acute psychiatric population: Lessons learned and future directions for telepsychotherapy., 2020, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Frequent co-authors working with Thröstur Björgvinsson include:

  • Courtney Beard
  • Ívar Snorrason
  • Chloe C. Hudson
  • Michael G. Wheaton
  • Andrew Peckham

Key publication venues include:

  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

This body of work contributes to a broad understanding of psychiatric treatment, psychometrics, and mental health challenges across different populations, especially focusing on disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions: development and evaluation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale.

    Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Brett J. Deacon;Bunmi O. Olatunji;Michael G. Wheaton

  • Network analysis of depression and anxiety symptom relationships in a psychiatric sample.

    Courtney Beard;Alex J. Millner;Marie J. C. Forgeard;Eiko I. Fried

  • Psychometric properties of the CES-D-10 in a psychiatric sample.

    Thröstur Björgvinsson;Sarah J. Kertz;Joe S. Bigda-Peyton;Katrina L. McCoy

  • Validation of the PHQ-9 in a psychiatric sample.

    C. Beard;K.J. Hsu;L.S. Rifkin;A.B. Busch

  • Beyond generalized anxiety disorder: Psychometric properties of the GAD-7 in a heterogeneous psychiatric sample

    C. Beard;T. Björgvinsson

  • Validity of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale in an Acute Psychiatric Sample

    Sarah Kertz;Joe Bigda-Peyton;Throstur Bjorgvinsson

  • Religious coping among psychotic patients: relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes.

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Joseph S. Bigda-Peyton;Dost Ongur;Kenneth I. Pargament

  • Transdiagnostic mechanisms in depression and anxiety: The role of rumination and attentional control

    Kean J. Hsu;Kean J. Hsu;Courtney Beard;Courtney Beard;Lara Rifkin;Daniel G. Dillon;Daniel G. Dillon

  • A test of faith in God and treatment: The relationship of belief in God to psychiatric treatment outcomes

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Joseph S. Bigda-Peyton;Sarah J. Kertz;Nasya Smith

  • The importance of worry across diagnostic presentations: prevalence, severity and associated symptoms in a partial hospital setting.

    Sarah J. Kertz;Joseph S. Bigda-Peyton;David H. Rosmarin;Thröstur Björgvinsson

  • Do alexithymic individuals avoid their feelings? Experiential avoidance mediates the association between alexithymia, psychosomatic, and depressive symptoms in a community and a clinical sample

    Georgia Panayiotou;Chrysanthi Leonidou;Elena Constantinou;John Hart

  • Factors associated with poor response in cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Eric A. Storch;Thröstur Björgvinsson;Bradley Riemann;Adam B. Lewin

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder: update on assessment and treatment.

    Thröstur Björgvinsson;John Hart;Susan Heffelfinger

  • Changes in distress intolerance and treatment outcome in a partial hospital setting.

    R. Kathryn McHugh;Sarah J. Kertz;Rachel B. Weiss;Arielle R. Baskin-Sommers

  • Incorporating Spiritual Beliefs Into a Cognitive Model of Worry

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Steven Pirutinsky;Randy Patrick Auerbach;Throstur Bjorgvinsson

  • Repetitive negative thinking predicts depression and anxiety symptom improvement during brief cognitive behavioral therapy.

    Sarah J. Kertz;Sarah J. Kertz;Jennifer Koran;Kimberly T. Stevens;Thröstur Björgvinsson

  • Obsessions and worry beliefs in an inpatient OCD population.

    Jessica S. Calleo;John Hart;Thröstur Björgvinsson;Melinda A. Stanley;Melinda A. Stanley

  • Differences in obsessional beliefs and emotion appraisal in obsessive compulsive symptom presentation

    Angela H. Smith;Chad T. Wetterneck;John M. Hart;Mary B. Short

  • Personalized prognostic prediction of treatment outcome for depressed patients in a naturalistic psychiatric hospital setting: A comparison of machine learning approaches.

    Christian A. Webb;Zachary D. Cohen;Courtney Beard;Marie Forgeard

  • Interest in spiritually integrated psychotherapy among acute psychiatric patients.

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Brent Peter Forester;Daniel M. Shassian;Christian A Webb

  • How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms?

    Michael G. Wheaton;Haley E. Ward;Alana Silber;Elizabeth McIngvale

Frequent Co-Authors

Courtney Beard
Courtney Beard Harvard University
R. Kathryn McHugh
R. Kathryn McHugh Harvard University
John Hart
John Hart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David H. Rosmarin
David H. Rosmarin Harvard University
Christian A. Webb
Christian A. Webb Harvard University
Idan M. Aderka
Idan M. Aderka University of Haifa
Melinda A. Stanley
Melinda A. Stanley Baylor College of Medicine
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Bradley C. Riemann
Bradley C. Riemann Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Rebecca L. Pearl
Rebecca L. Pearl University of Florida

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