Dean McKay

19.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
232 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Dean McKay is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean McKay has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Clinical Psychology, 97 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 89 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Dean McKay's work include Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (102 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (72 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (38 papers). Dean McKay is often cited by papers focused on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (102 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (72 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (38 papers). Dean McKay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Dean McKay's co-authors include Steven Taylor, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Michelle M. Paluszek, Caeleigh A. Landry, Fugen Neziroglu, Thomas A. Fergus, Eric A. Storch, Bunmi O. Olatunji and José A. Yaryura-Tobias and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Dean McKay

224 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales

2020 791 citations Steven Taylor, Dean McKay et al. Journal of Anxiety Disorders profile →
Behavioral Interpretations of Intrinsic Connectivity Networks

2011 788 citations Angela R. Laird, Dean McKay et al. profile →
Obsessive-compulsive disorder

2009 655 citations Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Steven Taylor et al. profile →
COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates

2020 488 citations Steven Taylor, Dean McKay et al. profile →
Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

2020 325 citations Dean McKay, Steven Taylor et al. Journal of Anxiety Disorders profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dean McKay	7.1k	4.2k	3.8k	1.6k	1.3k	232	11.1k
William D. S. Killgore	3.0k 0.4×	5.2k 1.2×	4.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	322	11.7k
José M. Menchón	8.9k 1.3×	3.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	721 0.5×	2.2k 1.7×	419	13.5k
Lee Baer	8.7k 1.2×	3.9k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	796 0.5×	2.2k 1.7×	208	12.8k
Sara W. Lazar	7.2k 1.0×	3.9k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	84	11.7k
F. Gerard Moeller	5.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	3.7k 2.8×	251	13.3k
Roman Kotov	7.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	4.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	2.7k 2.1×	244	12.5k
Antonio Verdejo‐García	4.3k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	765 0.5×	2.5k 1.9×	323	12.0k
Todd A. Hare	5.1k 0.7×	9.1k 2.2×	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	77	17.1k
Shuqiao Yao	3.2k 0.4×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	247	7.6k
Seth D. Pollak	6.6k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.9×	1.2k 0.9×	147	13.5k

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Abramovitch, Amitai, et al.. (2026). Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults. BMJ. 392. e083443–e083443.

McKay, Dean, et al.. (2025). Client Attraction to Therapists – A Mixed Methods Study of Therapist Experiences. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 81(7). 595–608.

Jelinek, Lena, et al.. (2025). Four questions for clarity: A first investigation of the German version of the OCI-4 as an ultra-brief screening tool for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 45. 100953–100953.

Wilkerson, Sara & Dean McKay. (2024). “Should I keep washing my groceries?“: Predictors of differential patterns of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. 41. 100878–100878. 1 indexed citations

McKay, Dean, et al.. (2024). The development and validation of digital amnesia scale. Current Psychology. 43(22). 19594–19603. 4 indexed citations

McKay, Dean & William O’Donohue. (2023). Conceptual, Psychometric, Methodological and Value Problems in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Introduction to the Special Section, “A Critical Appraisal of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy”. Behavior Therapy. 54(6). 929–938. 4 indexed citations

Tolin, David F., Dean McKay, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, & Michael W. Otto. (2023). On the importance of identifying mechanisms and active ingredients of psychological treatments. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 170. 104425–104425. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Se‐Kang, Dean McKay, & David F. Tolin. (2021). Examining the generality and specificity of gender moderation in obsessive compulsive beliefs: Stacked prediction by correspondence analysis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 61(3). 613–628. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Caroline Vaile, David Bard, Bruce L. Bobbitt, et al.. (2019). Promoting measurement-based care and quality measure development: The APA mental and behavioral health registry initiative.. Psychological Services. 17(3). 262–270. 18 indexed citations

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Moritz, Steffen, et al.. (2018). “Phobie à deux” and other reasons why clinicians do not apply exposure with response prevention in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 48(2). 162–176. 42 indexed citations

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Deacon, Brett J. & Dean McKay. (2015). The biomedical model of psychological problems: A call for critical dialogue.. Behavior Therapy. 15 indexed citations

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Thoma, Nathan C. & Dean McKay. (2015). Working with emotion in cognitive-behavioral therapy : techniques for clinical practice. Guilford Press eBooks. 58 indexed citations

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McKay, Dean, Peter Kochunov, Matthew D. Cykowski, et al.. (2013). Correction: Sincich and Horton, Independent Projection Streams from Macaque Striate Cortex to the Second Visual Area and Middle Temporal Area. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(50). 19734.1–19734. 1 indexed citations

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Curran, Joanne E., Dean McKay, Anderson M. Winkler, et al.. (2013). Identification of Pleiotropic Genetic Effects on Obesity and Brain Anatomy. Human Heredity. 75(2-4). 136–143. 20 indexed citations

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Taylor, Steven, Meredith E. Coles, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, et al.. (2010). How Are Dysfunctional Beliefs Related to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms?. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 24(3). 165–176. 56 indexed citations

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McKay, Dean. (2009). Current perspectives on the anxiety disorders : implications for DSM-V and beyond. Springer eBooks. 32 indexed citations

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McKay, Dean & Eric A. Storch. (2009). Cognitive-behavior therapy for children: treating complex and refractory cases. Springer eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Olatunji, Bunmi O. & Dean McKay. (2009). Disgust and its disorders. 27(4). 500–3. 40 indexed citations

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McKay, Dean. (2008). Handbook of research methods in abnormal and clinical psychology. SAGE Publications eBooks. 54 indexed citations

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Taylor, Steven, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Dean McKay, et al.. (2005). Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of obsessive–compulsive disorder?. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 20(1). 85–97. 155 indexed citations

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