Rebecca Webster

18.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

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Rebecca Webster is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca Webster has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 15 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rebecca Webster's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (16 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (11 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (9 papers). Rebecca Webster is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (16 papers), COVID-19 and Mental Health (11 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (9 papers). Rebecca Webster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Rebecca Webster's co-authors include Louise Smith, Samantha K. Brooks, Lisa Woodland, Simon Wessely, Neil Greenberg, Gideon James Rubin, G. James Rubin, John Weinman, Richard Amlôt and Dale Weston and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca Webster

44 papers receiving 11.4k citations

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The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence

2020 10.7k citations Samantha K. Brooks, Rebecca Webster et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cervical screening attendance in young women and people with a cervix: An application of the COM ‐B model 2025 ·British Journal of Health Psychology ·(unknown), Paul Norman, Jilly Gibson Miller, Rebecca Webster	0
2	Identifying the key barriers, facilitators and factors associated with cervical cancer screening attendance in young women: A systematic review 2025 ·Women s Health ·(unknown), Paul Norman, Jilly Gibson Miller, Rebecca Webster	3
3	Utilising the COM-B model to interpret barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening in young women 2024 ·Journal of Health Psychology ·(unknown), Paul Norman, Jilly Gibson Miller, Rebecca Webster	1
4	The effect of nocebo explanation and empathy on side-effect expectations of medication use following a fictional GP consultation 2023 ·Psychology Health & Medicine ·(unknown), G. James Rubin, Rebecca Webster	2
5	Why do children attend school, engage in other activities or socialise when they have symptoms of an infectious illness? A cross-sectional survey 2023 ·BMJ Open ·Lisa Woodland, Louise Smith, Rebecca Webster, Richard Amlôt, (unknown)	1
6	Social communication pathways to COVID-19 vaccine side-effect expectations and experience 2022 ·Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·(unknown), Kate Faasse, (unknown), Ben Colagiuri, Luana Colloca, Rebecca Webster, Lene Vase, (unknown), Andrew L. Geers	9
7	A qualitative study about how families coped with managing their well-being, children’s physical activity and education during the COVID-19 school closures in England 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Lisa Woodland, (unknown), Rebecca Webster, Richard Amlôt, Louise Smith, G. James Rubin	4
8	Why did some parents not send their children back to school following school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey 2021 ·BMJ Paediatrics Open ·Lisa Woodland, Louise Smith, Rebecca Webster, Richard Amlôt, (unknown), Simon Wessely, (unknown)	7
9	Public responses to the Salisbury Novichok incident: a cross-sectional survey of anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk and avoidance behaviour in the local community 2020 ·BMJ Open ·G. James Rubin, Rebecca Webster, Richard Amlôt, Holly Carter, Dale Weston, Simon Wessely	9
10	The Effect of Positively Framing Side-Effect Risk in Two Different Formats on Side-Effect Expectations, Informed Consent and Credibility: A Randomised Trial of 16- to 75-Year-Olds in England 2020 ·Drug Safety ·Rebecca Webster, G. James Rubin	8
11	How to improve adherence with quarantine: rapid review of the evidence 2020 ·Public Health ·Rebecca Webster, Samantha K. Brooks, Louise Smith, Lisa Woodland, Simon Wessely, G. James Rubin	252
12	The impact of unplanned school closure on children’s social contact: rapid evidence review 2020 ·Eurosurveillance ·Samantha K. Brooks, Louise Smith, Rebecca Webster, Dale Weston, Lisa Woodland, Ian Hall, G. James Rubin	100
13	TIDieR-Placebo: A guide and checklist for reporting placebo and sham controls 2020 ·PLoS Medicine ·Jeremy Howick, Rebecca Webster, Jonathan Rees, Richard Turner, Helen Macdonald, Amy Price, Andrea W.M. Evers, Felicity L. Bishop, Gary S. Collins, (unknown), Sally Hopewell, J. André Knottnerus, Sarah E Lamb, Claire Madigan, Vitaly Napadow, Andrew Papanikitas, Tammy Hoffmann	64
14	Influencing Side-Effects to Medicinal Treatments: A Systematic Review of Brief Psychological Interventions 2019 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·Rebecca Webster, G. James Rubin	12
15	Explaining all without causing unnecessary harm: Is there scope for positively framing medical risk information? 2018 ·Patient Education and Counseling ·Rebecca Webster, John Weinman, G. James Rubin	12
16	Rapid overview of systematic reviews of nocebo effects reported by patients taking placebos in clinical trials 2018 ·Trials ·Jeremy Howick, Rebecca Webster, Nigel Kirby, Kerenza Hood	40
17	People’s Understanding of Verbal Risk Descriptors in Patient Information Leaflets: A Cross-Sectional National Survey of 18- to 65-Year-Olds in England 2017 ·Drug Safety ·Rebecca Webster, John Weinman, G. James Rubin	23
18	Comparisons of Emotional and Behavioral Problems Reported by Parents and Teachers in Three Ethnic Groups Living in Romania: A Pilot Study 2016 ·Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala ·(unknown), (unknown), Sheri R. Parris, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Rebecca Webster	2
19	A systematic review of factors that contribute to nocebo effects. 2016 ·Health Psychology ·Rebecca Webster, John Weinman, G. James Rubin	119
20	Evaluation and prototyping of dialogues for voice applications 1993 ·(unknown), Rebecca Webster, (unknown)	1

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