Awards, Impact and Achievement

  • 2022: Named a Highly Cited Researcher 2022 Clarivate Web of Science (Cross-Field). Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000. 6,938 Highly Cited Researchers in 2022
  • 2022: Award of Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Psychologie Honoris Causa (Dr. h. c.) by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki in recognition of a distinguished and impactful contribution to Psychology
  • 2022: University of Warwick SEM Faculty PostDoc Prize for joint paper:
    Ni, Y., Johnson, S., Marlow, N., & Wolke, D. (2021). Reduced health-related quality of life in children born extremely preterm in 2006 compared with 1995: the EPICure Studies. Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition, fetalneonatal-2021-322888. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2021-322888
  • 2021: Named a Highly Cited Researcher 2021 Clarivate Web of Science (Cross-Field). Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000.
  • 2020: Named a Highly Cited Researcher 2020 by Clarivate Web of Science in recognition of exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers, those that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year, in Cross-Field
  • 2020: British Psychological Society’s winner of the award for Distinguished Contributors to British Developmental Psychology
  • 2019: Named a Highly Cited Researcher 2019 by Clarivate Web of Science for his exceptional research influence, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year, in Cross-Field.
  • 2018: Named a Highly Cited Researcher 2018 by @ClarivateAnalytics in recognition of exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers, those that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year, in Cross-Field
  • 2018: Winner Outstanding Team Award, University of Warwick 2018. SMaRT Team (Student Mental Health and Resilience in Transition)
  • 2017: Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
  • 2014:  Award of Honorary Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Doktor rerum naturalium honoris causa (Dr. rer. nat. h. c.) by Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, awarded for contribution to psychological research.
  • 2014: University of Warwick – Winner of Research Impact and Public Engagement Award – Faculty of Science: Research Impact (Established Career) Prenatal and Family Precursors of Bullying Involvement in Childhood and their Consequences into Early Adulthood
  • 2013: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – 2013 Annual Meeting Senior Researcher Award.
  • 2011: Institute of Mental Health – Prize for best scientific publication in 2010 (for Johnson S, Hollis C, Hennessy E, Kochhar P, Wolke D & Marlow N. Psychiatric disorders in extremely preterm children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2010, 49, 453-463).
  • 2006: Award for Excellence in Research, MENSA Education & Research Foundation (www.mensafoundation.org) Prof. Marc Bornstein. For: Stability in cognition across early childhood – A developmental cascade. Bornstein, M. H., Hahn, C. S., Bell, C., Haynes, O. M., Slater, A., Golding, J., Wolke, D., & the ALSPAC study team. Psychological Science – 2006  Volume, number: 17, 2 Pages: 151-158