Paul Gilbert

37.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
351 papers, 24.6k citations indexed

About

Paul Gilbert is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Gilbert has authored 351 papers receiving a total of 24.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Clinical Psychology, 115 papers in Social Psychology and 106 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Gilbert's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (100 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (95 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (63 papers). Paul Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (100 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (95 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (63 papers). Paul Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. Paul Gilbert's co-authors include Steven Allan, Kirsten McEwan, Sue Procter, Chris Irons, Marcela Matos, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Peter Trower, Kenneth Goss, Bernice Andrews and Amanda Rivis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Paul Gilbert

329 papers receiving 22.9k citations

Hit Papers

Compassionate mind training for people with high shame an... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2006 2014 2009 2005 2004 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Compassionate mind training for people with high shame and self‐criticism: overview and pilot study of a group therapy approach
    2006 1.3k citations Paul Gilbert et al. profile →
  2. The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy
    2014 944 citations Paul Gilbert profile →
  3. Introducing compassion-focused therapy
    2009 905 citations Paul Gilbert profile →
  4. Compassion
    2005 706 citations Paul Gilbert profile →
  5. Criticizing and reassuring oneself: An exploration of forms, styles and reasons in female students
    2004 660 citations Paul Gilbert et al. profile →
  6. Fears of compassion: Development of three self‐report measures
    2010 652 citations Paul Gilbert, Marcela Matos et al. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice profile →
  7. The role of defeat and entrapment (arrested flight) in depression: an exploration of an evolutionary view
    1998 645 citations Paul Gilbert, Steven Allan profile →
  8. Compassion Focused Therapy
    2010 586 citations Paul Gilbert profile →
  9. The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others
    2017 332 citations Paul Gilbert, Francisca Catarino et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Gilbert United Kingdom 82 17.6k 9.1k 7.9k 3.5k 2.2k 351 24.6k
Aaron T. Beck United States 50 14.6k 0.8× 5.1k 0.6× 7.5k 1.0× 5.5k 1.5× 1.9k 0.9× 106 24.7k
Steven D. Hollon United States 79 15.7k 0.9× 6.1k 0.7× 11.3k 1.4× 4.5k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 295 28.2k
Kim L. Gratz United States 62 18.9k 1.1× 4.3k 0.5× 5.0k 0.6× 4.4k 1.3× 1.9k 0.9× 261 22.0k
Lauren B. Alloy United States 85 15.1k 0.9× 6.2k 0.7× 12.4k 1.6× 5.0k 1.4× 2.5k 1.1× 414 28.1k
Ruth A. Baer United States 56 22.5k 1.3× 6.6k 0.7× 9.6k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 143 27.1k
Lyn Y. Abramson United States 83 20.6k 1.2× 9.9k 1.1× 13.3k 1.7× 4.4k 1.2× 4.0k 1.9× 276 35.1k
Philip Spinhoven Netherlands 84 14.1k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 7.5k 1.0× 6.6k 1.9× 1.6k 0.7× 439 26.2k
Jon Kabat‐Zinn United States 34 19.7k 1.1× 5.9k 0.6× 6.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 849 0.4× 122 24.4k
Donald R. Lynam United States 87 21.9k 1.2× 6.6k 0.7× 5.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 7.4k 3.5× 322 29.3k
Constance Hammen United States 89 17.2k 1.0× 7.5k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 3.7k 1.0× 2.8k 1.3× 230 25.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Gilbert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gordon, William Van, et al.. (2024). A Qualitative Comparison of Secular and Buddhist-Informed Mental Health Practitioners’ Perceptions of Non-Attachment. Mindfulness. 15(2). 345–358. 4 indexed citations
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Christie, Alana, Claire Carswell, César A. Moran, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of interventions for informal caregivers of people with end-stage chronic illness: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 13(1). 245–245. 2 indexed citations
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Rijo, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Promoting a compassionate motivation in detained youth: A secondary analysis of a controlled trial with the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP program.. Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment. 14(2). 223–236. 5 indexed citations
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Walton, Courtney C., Margaret S. Osborne, Paul Gilbert, & James N. Kirby. (2022). Nurturing self-compassionate performers. Australian Psychologist. 57(2). 77–85. 12 indexed citations
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Silva, Diana Ribeiro da, Daniel Rijo, Paula Castilho, et al.. (2021). The efficacy of the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP program in reducing psychopathic traits: A controlled trial with male detained youth.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 89(6). 499–513. 28 indexed citations
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Crimston, Charlie R., et al.. (2021). Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary. British Journal of Social Psychology. 61(1). 345–365. 13 indexed citations
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Matos, Marcela, Cristiana Duarte, Joana Duarte, et al.. (2021). Cultivating the Compassionate Self: an Exploration of the Mechanisms of Change in Compassionate Mind Training. Mindfulness. 13(1). 66–79. 21 indexed citations
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Montague, Jane, et al.. (2021). Multiple emotions, multiple selves: compassion focused therapy chairwork. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 14. 7 indexed citations
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Silva, Diana Ribeiro da, et al.. (2020). Clinical change in psychopathic traits after the PSYCHOPATHY.COMP program: preliminary findings of a controlled trial with male detained youth. Journal of Experimental Criminology. 17(3). 397–421. 13 indexed citations
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Montague, Jane, et al.. (2020). “Suddenly you are King Solomon”: Multiplicity, transformation and integration in compassion focused therapy chairwork.. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 31(3). 223–237. 8 indexed citations
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Silva, Diana Ribeiro da, Daniel Rijo, Paula Castilho, & Paul Gilbert. (2019). The Efficacy of a Compassion-Focused Therapy–Based Intervention in Reducing Psychopathic Traits and Disruptive Behavior: A Clinical Case Study With a Juvenile Detainee. Clinical Case Studies. 18(5). 323–343. 18 indexed citations
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Duarte, Cristiana, Paul Gilbert, Carol Stalker, et al.. (2019). Effect of adding a compassion-focused intervention on emotion, eating and weight outcomes in a commercial weight management programme. Journal of Health Psychology. 26(10). 1700–1715. 15 indexed citations
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Allan, Steven, et al.. (2019). The development of the Compassion Focused Therapy Therapist Competence Rating Scale. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 93(2). 387–407. 6 indexed citations
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Montague, Jane, et al.. (2019). “A definite feel‐it moment”: Embodiment, externalisation and emotion during chair‐work in compassion‐focused therapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 20(1). 143–153. 32 indexed citations
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Duarte, Cristiana, R. James Stubbs, Paul Gilbert, et al.. (2018). The Weight‐Focused Forms of Self‐Criticising/Attacking and Self‐Reassuring Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and associations with control, loss of control of eating and weight in overweight and obese women. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 92(4). 539–553. 9 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Paul, et al.. (2015). Privacy Considerations in European Merger Control: A Square Peg for a Round Hole. Antitrust chronicle. 5. 4 indexed citations
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Balsamo, Michela, Leonardo Carlucci, Laura Picconi, et al.. (2014). Measurement of External Shame: An Inside View. Journal of Personality Assessment. 97(1). 81–89. 37 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Paul. (2014). Human Rights, yeah right.... 14(10). 82. 1 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Paul & Kathleen Lennon. (2005). The World, the Flesh and the Subject. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Paul, et al.. (1979). Influence of potassium chloride upon the binding and antibacterial activity of chlorhesidine diacetate and (ethoxy)5 octyl phenol (Triton X45) towards Bacillus megaterium KM-.. PubMed. 26(103). 51–63. 4 indexed citations

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