Melissa Black

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 873 citations indexed

About

Melissa Black is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Black has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 873 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Clinical Psychology, 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Black's work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (7 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (7 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers). Melissa Black is often cited by papers focused on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (7 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (7 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers). Melissa Black collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Melissa Black's co-authors include Tim Dalgleish, Anna Bevan, David Johnston, Lenny R. Vartanian, Jill M. Newby, Jessica R. Grisham, Caitlin Hitchcock, Ajay B. Satpute, Shir Atzil and Lisa Feldman Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Black

25 papers receiving 861 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transdiagnostic approaches to mental health problems: Current status and future directions.

2020 463 citations Tim Dalgleish, Melissa Black et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Black Australia	13	415	337	171	144	143	26	873
Klaus Bader Switzerland	19	625 1.5×	421 1.2×	145 0.8×	156 1.1×	109 0.8×	45	1.1k
Alexandra Ursache United States	16	783 1.9×	270 0.8×	231 1.4×	210 1.5×	130 0.9×	35	1.7k
Erin N. Harrop United States	10	757 1.8×	327 1.0×	83 0.5×	152 1.1×	103 0.7×	27	994
Jan Christopher Cwik Germany	17	548 1.3×	216 0.6×	196 1.1×	139 1.0×	158 1.1×	45	956
Faith Orchard United Kingdom	17	497 1.2×	483 1.4×	213 1.2×	133 0.9×	93 0.7×	33	909
Sucheta D. Connolly United States	11	563 1.4×	266 0.8×	123 0.7×	83 0.6×	206 1.4×	15	743
Daniel C. Kopala‐Sibley Canada	22	911 2.2×	324 1.0×	121 0.7×	305 2.1×	116 0.8×	60	1.3k
Elisabeth Schanche Norway	15	600 1.4×	364 1.1×	108 0.6×	179 1.2×	81 0.6×	41	881
Aurora Szentágotai‐Tătar Romania	14	762 1.8×	270 0.8×	98 0.6×	281 2.0×	76 0.5×	35	1.1k
Ilya Yaroslavsky United States	21	662 1.6×	414 1.2×	111 0.6×	199 1.4×	128 0.9×	34	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Black

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Black

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Black

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melissa Black. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melissa Black based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Melissa Black. Melissa Black is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Moore, Kathleen, Alexis E. Whitton, Peter Baldwin, et al.. (2025). Needs and Expectations for the myNewWay Blended Digital and Face-to-Face Psychotherapy Model of Care for Depression and Anxiety (Part 2): Participatory Design Study including Mental Health Professionals. JMIR Human Factors. 12. e68789–e68789.

Newby, Jill M., et al.. (2024). Technology-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Interventions. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 47(2). 399–417. 5 indexed citations

Crawford, Joanna, et al.. (2024). Client perspectives: Telehealth for mental health services. Australasian Psychiatry. 33(1). 96–102. 1 indexed citations

North, Carol S., et al.. (2023). Learning and Achievement Characteristics of Sheltered Homeless Population Subgroups. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 35(3). 157–166. 1 indexed citations

Baldwin, Peter, Melissa Black, Jill M. Newby, et al.. (2022). The Essential Network (TEN): Protocol for an Implementation Study of a Digital-First Mental Health Solution for Australian Health Care Workers During COVID-19. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(3). e34601–e34601. 2 indexed citations

Moulds, Michelle L., Madelyne A. Bisby, Melissa Black, et al.. (2022). Repetitive negative thinking in the perinatal period and its relationship with anxiety and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 311. 446–462. 14 indexed citations

Baldwin, Peter, Melissa Black, Jill M. Newby, et al.. (2022). The Essential Network (TEN): rapid development and implementation of a digital-first mental health solution for Australian healthcare workers during COVID-19. BMJ Innovations. 8(2). 105–110. 2 indexed citations

Hitchcock, Caitlin, Richard Meiser‐Stedman, Markus A. Landolt, et al.. (2021). Efficacy and moderators of efficacy of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapies in children and adolescents: protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis from randomised trials. BMJ Open. 11(2). e047212–e047212. 2 indexed citations

Holmes, Joni, Silvana Mareva, Marc Bennett, Melissa Black, & Jacalyn Guy. (2021). Higher-order dimensions of psychopathology in a neurodevelopmental transdiagnostic sample.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 130(8). 909–922. 14 indexed citations

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Newby, Jill M., Aliza Werner‐Seidler, Melissa Black, Colette R. Hirsch, & Michelle L. Moulds. (2021). Content and Themes of Repetitive Thinking in Postnatal First-Time Mothers. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 586538–586538. 8 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Susanne, Ajay B. Satpute, Shir Atzil, et al.. (2019). The impact of affective information on working memory: A pair of meta-analytic reviews of behavioral and neuroimaging evidence.. Psychological Bulletin. 145(6). 566–609. 96 indexed citations

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Dalgleish, Tim, Melissa Black, David Johnston, & Anna Bevan. (2019). Transdiagnostic approaches to mental health problems: Current status and future directions.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 1 indexed citations

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Black, Melissa, Caitlin Hitchcock, Anna Bevan, et al.. (2018). The HARMONIC trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial of Shaping Healthy Minds—a modular transdiagnostic intervention for mood, stressor-related and anxiety disorders in adults. BMJ Open. 8(8). e024546–e024546. 13 indexed citations

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Graham, Bronwyn M., Sophie Li, Melissa Black, & Lars‐Göran Öst. (2018). The association between estradiol levels, hormonal contraceptive use, and responsiveness to one-session-treatment for spider phobia in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 90. 134–140. 39 indexed citations

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Moulds, Michelle L., Melissa Black, Jill M. Newby, & Colette R. Hirsch. (2018). Repetitive Negative Thinking and Its Role in Perinatal Mental Health. Psychopathology. 51(3). 161–166. 21 indexed citations

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Black, Melissa & Jessica R. Grisham. (2018). A pilot study of interpretive cognitive bias modification for OCD. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. 9(1). 11 indexed citations

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Black, Melissa & Jessica R. Grisham. (2016). Imagery versus verbal interpretive cognitive bias modification for compulsive checking. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 83. 45–52. 12 indexed citations

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North, Carol S., Denis J. Dean, Melissa Black, et al.. (2016). A Pilot Study Using Mixed GPS/Narrative Interview Methods to Understand Geospatial Behavior in Homeless Populations. Community Mental Health Journal. 53(6). 661–671. 15 indexed citations

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Beames, Joanne R., Melissa Black, & Lenny R. Vartanian. (2016). Prejudice toward individuals with obesity: Evidence for a pro-effort bias.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 22(2). 184–195. 19 indexed citations

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Black, Melissa, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Effort and Weight Controllability on Perceptions of Obese Individuals. The Journal of Social Psychology. 154(6). 515–526. 36 indexed citations

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