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Walter Matthys 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 Walter Matthys sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 182 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.

Walter Matthys 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 Walter Matthys sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Walter Matthys is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily in psychology, with 41 publications in the field. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, education, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research topics cover areas related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, autism spectrum disorder research, family and disability support, bullying, victimization and aggression, early childhood education and development, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and behavioral and psychological studies.

Recent publications by Walter Matthys include:

  • Improving Our Understanding of Impaired Social Problem-Solving in Children and Adolescents with Conduct Problems: Implications for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2022, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Emotion regulation and angry mood among adolescents with externalizing problems and intellectual disabilities, 2021, Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Diagnostic classification of irritability and oppositionality in youth: a global field study comparing ICD-11 with ICD-10 and DSM-5, 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Longer-Term Outcomes of the Incredible Years Parenting Intervention, 2020, Prevention Science
  • Accidental and Ambiguous Situations Reveal Specific Social Information Processing Biases and Deficits in Adolescents with Low Intellectual Level and Clinical Levels of Externalizing Behavior, 2020, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Walter Matthys include:

  • Bram Orobio de Castro
  • M. van Nieuwenhuijzen
  • Joyce Weeland
  • Hilde D. Schuiringa
  • Dennis J.L.G. Schutter

Publication venues where Walter Matthys has appeared most frequently are:

  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (5 publications)
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities (3 publications)
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2 publications)
  • Prevention Science (2 publications)
  • Journal of Family Psychology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Executive Functions in Preschool Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems: A Meta-Analysis

    Kim Schoemaker;Hanna Mulder;Maja Deković;Walter Matthys

  • Effectiveness of the Incredible Years parent training to modify disruptive and prosocial child behavior: a meta-analytic review.

    Ankie T.A. Menting;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

  • Salivary cortisol and cardiovascular activity during stress in oppositional-defiant disorder boys and normal controls

    Stephanie H.M. van Goozen;Walter Matthys;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Christien Gispen-de Wied

  • Reactive and proactive aggression in children A review of theory, findings and the relevance for child and adolescent psychiatry

    Maaike Kempes;Walter Matthys;Han de Vries;Herman van Engeland

  • Executive Functions in Preschool Children with Aggressive Behavior: Impairments in Inhibitory Control

    Maartje A. J. Raaijmakers;Diana P. Smidts;Joseph A. Sergeant;Gerard H. Maassen

  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Disruptive Children and Matched Controls

    Stephanie H.M. Van Goozen;Walter Matthys;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Jan K. Buitelaar

  • Executive function deficits in preschool children with ADHD and DBD

    Kim Schoemaker;Tessa Bunte;Sandra A. Wiebe;Sandra A. Wiebe;Kimberly Andrews Espy;Kimberly Andrews Espy

  • Verbal, Facial and Autonomic Responses to Empathy-Eliciting Film Clips by Disruptive Male Adolescents with High Versus Low Callous-Unemotional Traits

    Minet de Wied;Anton van Boxtel;Walter Matthys;Wim Meeus

  • Empathy in boys with disruptive behavior disorders

    Minet de Wied;Paul P. Goudena;Walter Matthys

  • Adrenal androgens and aggression in conduct disorder prepubertal boys and normal controls

    Stephanie H.M. van Goozen;Walter Matthys;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Jos H.H. Thijssen

  • The neurobiology of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: altered functioning in three mental domains.

    Walter Matthys;Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren;Dennis J. L. G. Schutter

  • Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? A Meta-Analysis on Parent Training Effectiveness for Disruptive Child Behavior

    Patty Leijten;Maartje A. J. Raaijmakers;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

  • Stress responsivity in children with externalizing behavior disorders

    Heddeke Snoek;Stephanie H.M. Van Goozen;Walter Matthys;Jan K. Buitelaar

  • Cortisol and Treatment Effect in Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders: A Preliminary Study

    Nicolle M. H. Van de Wiel;Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen;Walter Matthys;Heddeke Snoek

  • Facial EMG responses to dynamic emotional facial expressions in boys with disruptive behavior disorders

    Minet de Wied;Anton van Boxtel;Ruud Zaalberg;Paul P. Goudena

  • The Dominance of Behavioural Activation over Behavioural Inhibition in Conduct Disordered Boys with or without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Walter Matthys;Stephanie H. M. van Goozen;Han de Vries;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in Children

    Walter Matthys;John E. Lochman

  • The distinction between reactive and proactive aggression: Utility for theory, diagnosis and treatment?

    Welmoet Merk;Bram Orobio de Castro;Willem Koops;Walter Matthys

  • Executive functioning in children: a comparison of hospitalised ODD and ODD/ADHD children and normal controls

    Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen;Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Heddeke Snoek;Walter Matthys

  • Preventive effects of treatment of disruptive behavior disorder in middle childhood on substance use and delinquent behavior.

    Marjo J.S. Zonnevylle-Bender;Walter Matthys;Nicolle M.H. van de Wiel;John E. Lochman

Frequent Co-Authors

Bram Orobio de Castro
Bram Orobio de Castro Utrecht University
Herman van Engeland
Herman van Engeland Utrecht University
John E. Lochman
John E. Lochman University of Alabama
Geertjan Overbeek
Geertjan Overbeek University of Amsterdam
Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter Utrecht University
Kimberly Andrews Espy
Kimberly Andrews Espy Wayne State University
Maja Deković
Maja Deković Utrecht University

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