Alison Darcy

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alison Darcy is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Darcy has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Clinical Psychology, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alison Darcy's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (30 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (16 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (14 papers). Alison Darcy is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (30 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (16 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (14 papers). Alison Darcy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Alison Darcy's co-authors include Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, James Lock, Alan K. Louie, Laura Weiss Roberts, Athena Robinson, Jenna Tregarthen, Vandana Aspen, Daniel Le Grange, Rebecka Peebles and Paul Wicks and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Alison Darcy

45 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Delivering Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Young Adults With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (Woebot): A Randomized Controlled Trial

2017 1.3k citations Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick, Alison Darcy et al. JMIR Mental Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Darcy United States	19	1.3k	1.0k	631	537	500	47	2.8k
Bridgette M. Bewick United Kingdom	30	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	464 0.7×	870 1.6×	457 0.9×	75	3.7k
Nicholas C. Jacobson United States	30	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	500 0.9×	287 0.6×	121	2.7k
David D. Luxton United States	33	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	516 0.8×	835 1.6×	473 0.9×	65	4.0k
Mark Larsen Australia	27	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	749 1.2×	714 1.3×	670 1.3×	88	3.5k
Zac E. Imel United States	40	905 0.7×	3.1k 3.1×	1.0k 1.6×	1.7k 3.2×	328 0.7×	109	5.2k
Sofian Berrouiguet France	19	534 0.4×	569 0.6×	341 0.5×	386 0.7×	133 0.3×	52	1.5k
Rina Dutta United Kingdom	30	359 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	362 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	346 0.7×	86	3.5k
Hannah Wisniewski United States	15	894 0.7×	210 0.2×	381 0.6×	273 0.5×	227 0.5×	21	1.3k
Simon D’Alfonso Australia	18	770 0.6×	237 0.2×	419 0.7×	316 0.6×	262 0.5×	71	1.2k
Camille Nebeker United States	23	597 0.5×	196 0.2×	284 0.5×	256 0.5×	314 0.6×	76	2.4k

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Campellone, Timothy R., Lauren Bullard, Michelle Morales, et al.. (2025). Safety and User Experience of a Generative Artificial Intelligence Digital Mental Health Intervention: Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e67365–e67365. 2 indexed citations

Robinson, Athena, Valerie L. Forman‐Hoffman, Trina Histon, et al.. (2024). Equity in Digital Mental Health Interventions in the United States: Where to Next?. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e59939–e59939. 8 indexed citations

Pajarito, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Common practices for sociodemographic data reporting in digital mental health intervention research: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 14(2). e078029–e078029. 2 indexed citations

Pajarito, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Common Practices for Sociodemographic Data Reporting in Digital Mental Health Intervention Research: A Scoping Review. medRxiv.

Prochaska, Judith J., Erin A. Vogel, Amy Chieng, et al.. (2023). A relational agent for treating substance use in adults: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial with a psychoeducational comparator. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 127. 107125–107125. 5 indexed citations

Darcy, Alison, et al.. (2023). Anatomy of a Woebot® (WB001): agent guided CBT for women with postpartum depression. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 20(12). 1035–1049. 11 indexed citations

Leonard, Stephanie A., et al.. (2023). Feasibility and impact of a mental health chatbot on postpartum mental health: a randomized controlled trial. AJOG Global Reports. 3(3). 100165–100165. 39 indexed citations

Prochaska, Judith J., Erin A. Vogel, Amy Chieng, et al.. (2021). A randomized controlled trial of a therapeutic relational agent for reducing substance misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 227. 108986–108986. 52 indexed citations

Darcy, Alison, et al.. (2021). Evidence of Human-Level Bonds Established With a Digital Conversational Agent: Cross-sectional, Retrospective Observational Study. JMIR Formative Research. 5(5). e27868–e27868. 114 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Kara, et al.. (2017). Delivering Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Young Adults With Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (Woebot): A Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health. 4(2). e19–e19. 1301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adler, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Correlates of Dietary Adherence and Maladaptive Eating Patterns Following Roux-en-Y Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 28(4). 1130–1135. 17 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison & James Lock. (2016). Using Technology to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 26(1). 33–42. 12 indexed citations

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Robinson, Athena, et al.. (2014). What variables are associated with successful weight loss outcomes for bariatric surgery after 1 year?. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 10(4). 697–704. 76 indexed citations

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Grange, Daniel Le, James Lock, Erin C. Accurso, et al.. (2014). Relapse From Remission at Two- to Four-Year Follow-Up in Two Treatments for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 53(11). 1162–1167. 68 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, et al.. (2014). Validation of a Six-Item Male Body Image Concerns Scale (MBICS). Eating Disorders. 22(5). 420–434. 2 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, Kristina K. Hardy, James Lock, Katherine Hill, & Rebecka Peebles. (2013). The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among university men and women at different levels of athleticism. Eating Behaviors. 14(3). 378–381. 31 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, Kristina K. Hardy, Ross D. Crosby, James Lock, & Rebecka Peebles. (2013). Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in male and female college athletes. Body Image. 10(3). 399–405. 53 indexed citations

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Aspen, Vandana, Alison Darcy, & James Lock. (2012). A review of attention biases in women with eating disorders. Cognition & Emotion. 27(5). 820–838. 100 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, Angela Celio Doyle, James Lock, et al.. (2011). The eating disorders examination in adolescent males with anorexia nervosa: How does it compare to adolescent females?. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 45(1). 110–114. 88 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison & Barbara Dooley. (2007). A clinical profile of participants in an online support group. European Eating Disorders Review. 15(3). 185–195. 13 indexed citations

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