2026 W. Edward Craighead: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	60	3476	3205	1957	1764	181	19222

W. Edward Craighead 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 W. Edward Craighead sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 181 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Edward Craighead 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 W. Edward Craighead sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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

1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

W. Edward Craighead is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio spanning psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work encompasses a range of topics focused on mental health, brain function, and pharmacological impacts on psychological conditions.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include:

Psychology
Medicine
Neuroscience

Their research further delves into specific subfields such as:

Clinical Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Pharmacology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry

Main topics covered in their publications involve:

Treatment of Major Depression
Mental Health Research Topics
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

Boadie W. Dunlop
Helen S. Mayberg
Ki Sueng Choi
Sudeepa Bhattacharyya
A. John Rush

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by W. Edward Craighead are:

"Alterations in acylcarnitines, amines, and lipids inform about the mechanism of action of citalopram/escitalopram in major depression" (2021) published in Translational Psychiatry
"Indoxyl sulfate, a gut microbiome-derived uremic toxin, is associated with psychic anxiety and its functional magnetic resonance imaging-based neurologic signature" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
"Metabolomic and inflammatory signatures of symptom dimensions in major depression" (2022) published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
"Single-cell molecular profiling of all three components of the HPA axis reveals adrenal ABCB1 as a regulator of stress adaptation" (2021) published in Science Advances
"VIA character strengths among U.S. college students and their associations with happiness, well-being, resiliency, academic success and psychopathology" (2020) published in The Journal of Positive Psychology

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biological Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry
Nature Mental Health
Journal of Affective Disorders

In 1991, W. Edward Craighead was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

Effects of Exercise Training on Older Patients With Major Depression

James A. Blumenthal;Michael A. Babyak;Kathleen A. Moore;W. Edward Craighead

2122
Citations
Exercise Treatment for Major Depression: Maintenance of Therapeutic Benefit at 10 Months

Michael Babyak;James A. Blumenthal;Steve Herman;Parinda Khatri

1881
Citations
Exercise and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder

James A. Blumenthal;Michael A. Babyak;P. Murali Doraiswamy;Lana Watkins

1473
Citations
Normative and reliability data for the Children's Depression Inventory.

Mervin R. Smucker;W. Edward Craighead;Linda Wilcoxon Craighead;Barbara J. Green

1178
Citations
The Role of Nonspecific Factors in Cognitive‐Behavior Therapy for Depression

Stephen S. Ilardi;W. Edward Craighead

811
Citations
Neurobiological and psychiatric consequences of child abuse and neglect

Christine Heim;Margaret Shugart;W. Edward Craighead;Charles B. Nemeroff

798
Citations
Self-esteem enhancement with children and adolescents

Alice W. Pope;Susan M. McHale;W. Edward Craighead

576
Citations
Toward a Neuroimaging Treatment Selection Biomarker for Major Depressive Disorder

Callie L. McGrath;Mary E. Kelley;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Boadie W. Dunlop

533
Citations
Selective Recall of Positive and Negative Feedback, Self-control Behaviors, and Depression

R. Eric Nelson;W. Edward Craighead

461
Citations
Functional Connectivity of the Subcallosal Cingulate Cortex And Differential Outcomes to Treatment With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Antidepressant Medication for Major Depressive Disorder

Boadie W. Dunlop;Boadie W. Dunlop;Boadie W. Dunlop;Justin K. Rajendra;Justin K. Rajendra;Justin K. Rajendra;W. Edward Craighead;W. Edward Craighead;W. Edward Craighead;Mary E. Kelley;Mary E. Kelley;Mary E. Kelley

379
Citations
Factor analysis of the Children's Depression Inventory in a community sample

W. Edward Craighead;Mervin R. Smucker;Linda Wilcoxon Craighead;Stephen S. Ilardi

354
Citations
Behavior Modification: Principles, Issues, and Applications

W. Edward Craighead;Alan E. Kazdin;Michael J. Mahoney

349
Citations
Family-Focused Treatment for Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder: Results of a 2-Year Randomized Trial

David J. Miklowitz;David A. Axelson;Boris Birmaher;Elizabeth L. George

337
Citations
Psychosocial treatments for major depressive disorder.

W. Edward Craighead;Benjamin N. Johnson;Sean Carey;Boadie W. Dunlop

323
Citations
Exercise and pharmacotherapy in patients with major depression: one-year follow-up of the SMILE study.

Benson M. Hoffman;Michael A. Babyak;W. Edward Craighead;Andrew Sherwood

278
Citations
Family-focused treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder

David J. Miklowitz;Elizabeth L. George;David A. Axelson;Eunice Y. Kim

269
Citations
Distortion of perception and recall of positive and neutral feedback in depression

Bob G. DeMonbreun;W. Edward Craighead

265
Citations
Defective Inflammatory Pathways in Never-Treated Depressed Patients Are Associated with Poor Treatment Response

Shariful A. Syed;Eleonore Beurel;David A. Loewenstein;Jeffrey A. Lowell

219
Citations
Attributional style in clinically depressed and conduct disordered adolescents.

John F. Curry;W. Edward Craighead

213
Citations
Away from a unitary model of depression.

W. Edward Craighead

185
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen S. Mayberg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Boadie W. Dunlop Emory University

Charles B. Nemeroff The University of Texas at Austin

Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society

Mark A. Frye University of California, Los Angeles

James A. Blumenthal Duke University

John F. Curry Duke University

Andrew W. Meyers University of Memphis

David J. Miklowitz University of California, Los Angeles

Liewei Wang Mayo Clinic

External Links

Personal website of W. Edward Craighead

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