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

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults 2026 ·BMJ ·(unknown), Amitai Abramovitch, Dean McKay, (unknown)	0
2	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 2025 ·Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders ·(unknown), Lena Jelinek, (unknown), (unknown), Dean McKay, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Amitai Abramovitch, Barbara Cludius	0
3	Client Attraction to Therapists – A Mixed Methods Study of Therapist Experiences 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Psychology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dean McKay	0
4	“Should I keep washing my groceries?“: Predictors of differential patterns of contamination-related obsessive-compulsive symptoms since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic 2024 ·Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders ·Sara Wilkerson, Dean McKay	1
5	The development and validation of digital amnesia scale 2024 ·Current Psychology ·(unknown), (unknown), Dean McKay	4
6	On the importance of identifying mechanisms and active ingredients of psychological treatments 2023 ·Behaviour Research and Therapy ·David F. Tolin, Dean McKay, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Michael W. Otto	1
7	Conceptual, Psychometric, Methodological and Value Problems in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Introduction to the Special Section, “A Critical Appraisal of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” 2023 ·Behavior Therapy ·Dean McKay, William O’Donohue	4
8	Examining the generality and specificity of gender moderation in obsessive compulsive beliefs: Stacked prediction by correspondence analysis 2021 ·British Journal of Clinical Psychology ·Se‐Kang Kim, Dean McKay, David F. Tolin	1
9	Promoting measurement-based care and quality measure development: The APA mental and behavioral health registry initiative. 2019 ·Psychological Services ·Caroline Vaile Wright, (unknown), David Bard, Bruce L. Bobbitt, Zeeshan Butt, (unknown), Dean McKay, Kari A. Stephens	18
10	“Phobie à deux” and other reasons why clinicians do not apply exposure with response prevention in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder 2018 ·Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ·Steffen Moritz, Anne Katrin Külz, Ulrich Voderholzer, (unknown), Dean McKay, Lena Jelinek	42
11	The biomedical model of psychological problems: A call for critical dialogue. 2015 ·Behavior Therapy ·Brett J. Deacon, Dean McKay	15
12	Working with emotion in cognitive-behavioral therapy : techniques for clinical practice 2015 ·Guilford Press eBooks ·Nathan C. Thoma, Dean McKay	58
13	Correction: Sincich and Horton, Independent Projection Streams from Macaque Striate Cortex to the Second Visual Area and Middle Temporal Area 2013 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Dean McKay, Peter Kochunov, Matthew D. Cykowski, Jack W. Kent, Angela R. Laird, Jack L. Lancaster, John Blangero, David C. Glahn, Peter T. Fox	1
14	Identification of Pleiotropic Genetic Effects on Obesity and Brain Anatomy 2013 ·Human Heredity ·Joanne E. Curran, Dean McKay, Anderson M. Winkler, Rene L. Olvera, Melanie A. Carless, Thomas D. Dyer, Jack W. Kent, Peter Kochunov, Emma Sprooten, Emma Knowles, Anthony G. Comuzzie, Peter T. Fox, Laura Almasy, Ravindranath Duggirala, John Blangero, David C. Glahn	20
15	How Are Dysfunctional Beliefs Related to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? 2010 ·Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ·Steven Taylor, Meredith E. Coles, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Kevin D. Wu, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Kiara R. Timpano, Dean McKay, Se‐Kang Kim, Cheryl N. Carmin, David F. Tolin	56
16	Current perspectives on the anxiety disorders : implications for DSM-V and beyond 2009 ·Springer eBooks ·Dean McKay	32
17	Cognitive-behavior therapy for children: treating complex and refractory cases 2009 ·Springer eBooks ·Dean McKay, Eric A. Storch	17
18	Handbook of research methods in abnormal and clinical psychology 2008 ·SAGE Publications eBooks ·Dean McKay	54
19	Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of obsessive–compulsive disorder? 2005 ·Journal of Anxiety Disorders ·Steven Taylor, Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Dean McKay, John E. Calamari, Debbie Sookman, Michael Kyrios, Sabine Wilhelm, Cheryl N. Carmin	155
20	The Effect of Fluvoxamine and Behavior Therapy on Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 2000 ·Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology ·(unknown), José A. Yaryura-Tobias, (unknown), Dean McKay	36

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