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50
Citations
12273
World Ranking
5375
National Ranking
2941

Zac E. Imel 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 Zac E. Imel sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 133 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zac E. Imel 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 Zac E. Imel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zac E. Imel is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and works primarily in the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence. Their research encompasses various aspects of digital mental health interventions and psychotherapy techniques.

The scientist's work includes notable publications such as:

  • Machine learning and natural language processing in psychotherapy research: Alliance as example use case, 2020, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • How do you feel? Using natural language processing to automatically rate emotion in psychotherapy, 2021, Behavior Research Methods
  • Automated evaluation of psychotherapy skills using speech and language technologies, 2021, Behavior Research Methods
  • Facilitating dyadic synchrony in psychotherapy sessions: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Psychotherapy Research
  • Enhancing the quality of cognitive behavioral therapy in community mental health through artificial intelligence generated fidelity feedback (Project AFFECT): a study protocol, 2022, BMC Health Services Research

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • David C. Atkins
  • Michael Tanana
  • Patty Kuo
  • Shrikanth Narayanan
  • Christina S. Soma

The venues where Zac E. Imel frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychiatric Services
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Behavior Research Methods

The scientist's main research topics cover:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Mental Health via Writing
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • The Great Psychotherapy Debate

    Bruce E. Wampold;Zac E. Imel

  • Untangling the alliance-outcome correlation: exploring the relative importance of therapist and patient variability in the alliance.

    Scott A. Baldwin;Bruce E. Wampold;Zac E. Imel

  • Meta-analysis of dropout in treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Zac E. Imel;Kevin Laska;Matthew Jakupcak;Tracy L. Simpson

  • The relative efficacy of bona fide psychotherapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis of direct comparisons

    Steven G. Benish;Zac E. Imel;Bruce E. Wampold

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Jessica Cook;Zac Imel;A. Fontana

  • The validation of an active control intervention for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

    Donal G. MacCoon;Zac E. Imel;Melissa A. Rosenkranz;Jenna G. Sheftel

  • The importance of treatment and the science of common factors in psychotherapy.

    Zac E. Imel;Bruce E. Wampold

  • A meta-analysis of psychotherapy and medication in unipolar depression and dysthymia.

    Zac E. Imel;Melanie B. Malterer;Kevin M. McKay;Bruce E. Wampold

  • Addressing racial and ethnic microaggressions in therapy.

    Jesse Owen;Karen W. Tao;Zac E. Imel;Bruce E. Wampold

  • Distinctions without a difference: direct comparisons of psychotherapies for alcohol use disorders.

    Zac E. Imel;Bruce E. Wampold;Scott D. Miller;Reg R. Fleming

  • Determining what works in the treatment of PTSD

    Bruce E. Wampold;Zac E. Imel;Kevin M. Laska;Steven Benish

  • Combat Exposure and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Military Personnel and Veterans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Craig J. Bryan;James E. Griffith;Brian T. Pace;Kent Hinkson

  • Multiple regression and correlation techniques: Recent controversies and best practices.

    William T. Hoyt;Zac E. Imel;Fong Chan

  • A meta-analysis of multicultural competencies and psychotherapy process and outcome.

    Karen W. Tao;Jesse Owen;Brian T. Pace;Zac E. Imel

  • Psychiatrist effects in the psychopharmacological treatment of depression

    Kevin M. McKay;Zac E. Imel;Bruce E. Wampold

  • Analyzing multiple outcomes in clinical research using multivariate multilevel models.

    Scott A. Baldwin;Zac E. Imel;Scott R. Braithwaite;David C. Atkins

  • The Association of Therapist Empathy and Synchrony in Vocally Encoded Arousal

    Zac E. Imel;Jacqueline S. Barco;Halley J. Brown;Brian R. Baucom

  • Cultural ruptures in short‐term therapy: Working alliance as a mediator between clients' perceptions of microaggressions and therapy outcomes

    Jesse Owen;Zac Imel;Karen W. Tao;Bruce Wampold

  • Proceedings from the 9th annual conference on the science of dissemination and implementation

    David Chambers;Lisa Simpson;Felicia Hill-Briggs;Gila Neta

  • More Than Reflections: Empathy in Motivational Interviewing Includes Language Style Synchrony Between Therapist and Client

    Sarah Peregrine Lord;Elisa Sheng;Zac E. Imel;John Baer

  • Beyond the individual: group effects in mindfulness-based stress reduction.

    Zac Imel;Scott Baldwin;Katherine Bonus;Donal MacCoon

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Atkins
David C. Atkins University of Washington
Bruce E. Wampold
Bruce E. Wampold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Shrikanth S. Narayanan
Shrikanth S. Narayanan University of Southern California
Panayiotis G. Georgiou
Panayiotis G. Georgiou University of Southern California
Scott A. Baldwin
Scott A. Baldwin Brigham Young University
Jesse Owen
Jesse Owen University of Denver
Vivek Srikumar
Vivek Srikumar University of Utah
Mark Steyvers
Mark Steyvers University of California, Irvine
Padhraic Smyth
Padhraic Smyth University of California, Irvine
Simon B. Goldberg
Simon B. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison

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