About the Research and Publications Board

The RPB was established according to HiTOP Society Bylaws to safeguard scientific independence of the HiTOP model and rigor of research that represents the consortium, which is stated in Bylaws as follows:

The Society shall engage in research, including empirical efforts to refine the HiTOP model, and in publication of resulting findings in a manner that maximizes scientific rigor and is insulated from sociopolitical considerations. To safeguard these aims, the Research and Publications Board will oversee the research and scientific publication efforts that represent the Society. The Research and Publications Board will have the final authority and complete independence from the Executive Committee within its scope of responsibilities, which include but are not limited to: 

1. Facilitate and accelerate research on the HiTOP model that cuts across workgroups (e.g., identifying Requests for Applications [RFAs] that can support research on HiTOP and enlisting teams to develop proposals for these RFAs, recruiting first authors to complete invited papers about HiTOP, etc.). 
2. Ratify revisions to the official HiTOP model, fulfilling the role of the ‘Executive Committee’ described in the HiTOP Revisions Protocol. 
3. Check that scientific manuscripts that seek endorsement by the Society (e.g., using HiTOP in the byline or affiliations or acknowledgements) are accurate, such as in representing the official HiTOP model. Papers that are not approved by the Research and Publications Board may not use “HiTOP” as a corporate by-line author, or affiliations or acknowledgements or imply in any other way that the paper represents views of the Society or a standing group within it. 
4. Approve other scientific products that seek recognition as official products of the Society (e.g., HiTOP measures).

To that end, the RPB keeps track of consortium projects (e.g., papers, measures, other products). It checks resulting projects before submission for publication or other wide circulation. This check is fast and straightforward, and its aims are focused on accuracy and clarity. 

To facilitate this process, the RPB convenes regular meetings of project leaders to present updates on their projects.

Director of this Project Leaders Council is Brady Nelson. Please contact Dr. Nelson (brady.nelson@stonybrook.edu), if you have questions about this process or are interested in leading a consortium project.

RPB materials 
Standard Operating Procedure (forthcoming) 
HiTOP Measures Policy

List of Official HiTOP Consortium Outputs

2017
1.   Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Achenbach, T. M., Althoff, R. R., Bagby, R. M., ... & Zimmerman, M. (2017). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A dimensional alternative to traditional nosologies. Journal of abnormal psychology, 126(4), 454. 

2018
2.   Krueger, R. F., et al. (2018). Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology. World Psychiatry, 17, 282 – 293.
3.   Widiger, T. A., & Normal Personality Workgroup (2018). Personality in a hierarchical model of psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science.
4.   Conway, C. C., et al. (2018). A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology can transform mental health research. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 

2019
5.   Greene, A. L. et al. (2019). Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
6.   Ruggero, C. J., Kotov, R., Hopwood, C. J.,First, M., Clark, L. A., Skodol, A. E., ... & Zimmermann, J. (2019). Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 87(12), 1069.
7.   Ruggero, C. J., et al. (2019). Disquiet in Nosology: A Primer on an Emerging, Empirically Based Approach to Classifying Mental Illness and Implications for Training. The Behavior Therapist, 42, 208-11.
8.   Widiger, T. A., Bach, B., Chmielewski, M.,Clark, L. A., DeYoung, C., Hopwood, C. J., ... & Thomas, K. M. (2019). Criterion A of the AMPD in HiTOP. Journal of personality assessment, 101(4), 345-355. 

2020
9.   Hopwood, C. J., Bagby, R. M., Gralnick, T., Ro, E., Ruggero, C., Mullins-Sweatt, S., ... & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Integrating psychotherapy with the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP). Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 30(4), 477.
10. Latzman, R. D., & DeYoung, C. G. (2020). Using empirically-derived dimensional phenotypes to accelerate clinical neuroscience: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) framework. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(7), 1083-1085.
11. Perkins, E. R., et al. (2020). Neurobiology and the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology: Progress toward ontogenetically informed and clinically useful nosology. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 22, 51-63.
12. Waszczuk, M. A., Eaton, N. R., Krueger, R. F.,Shackman, A. J., Waldman, I. D., Zald, D. H., ... & Kotov, R. (2020). Redefining phenotypes to advance psychiatric genetics: Implications from hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology. Journal of abnormal psychology, 129(2), 143. 

2021
13. Conway, C. C., Krueger, R. F., & HiTOP Consortium Executive Board. (2021). Rethinking the diagnosis of mental disorders: data-driven psychological dimensions, not categories, as a framework for mental-health research, treatment, and training. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(2), 151-158.
14. Kotov, R., et al. (2021). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Quantitative Nosology Based on Consensus of Evidence. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 17, 19.1–19.26.
15. Forbes, M. K., Greene, A. L., Levin-Aspenson, H. F., Watts, A. L., Hallquist, M., Lahey, B. B., ... & Krueger, R. F. (2021). Three recommendations based on a comparison of the reliability and validity of the predominant models used in research on the empirical structure of psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(3), 297.
16. Jonas, K., Stanton, K., Simms, L., Mullins-Sweatt, S., Gillett, D., Dainer, E., ... & Ruggero, C. (2021). HiTOP digital assessment and tracker (HiTOP-DAT) manual. Retrieved from osf.io/8hngd.
17. Kim, H., Turiano, N. A., Forbes, M. K., Kotov,R., Krueger, R. F., Eaton, N. R., & HiTOP Utility Workgroup. (2021). Internalizing psychopathology and all‐cause mortality: a comparison of transdiagnostic vs. diagnosis‐based risk prediction. World Psychiatry, 20(2),276-282. 

2022
18. Conway, C. C., Forbes, M. K., & South, S.C. (2022). A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) primer for mental health researchers. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(2), 236-258.
19. DeYoung, C. G., Chmielewski, M., Clark, L. A.,Condon, D. M., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., ... & HiTOP Normal Personality Workgroup. (2022). The distinction between symptoms and traits in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). Journal of personality, 90(1),20-33.
20. DeYoung, C. G., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F.,Cicero, D. C., Conway, C. C., Eaton, N. R., ... & Wright, A. G. (2022). Answering questions about the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): Analogies to whales and sharks miss the boat. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(2), 279-284.
21. Kotov, R., Cicero, D. C., Conway, C. C.,DeYoung, C. G., Dombrovski, A., Eaton, N. R., ... & Wright, A. G. (2022). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) in psychiatric practice and research. Psychological medicine, 52(9), 1666-1678. 
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2022 Assessment Special Issue on HiTOP Measure Development
22. Cicero, D. C., Jonas, K. G., Chmielewski, M.,Martin, E. A., Docherty, A. R., Berzon, J., ... & Kotov, R. (2022). Development of the thought disorder measure for the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology. Assessment, 29(1), 46-61.
23. Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Bornovalova, M. A.,Carragher, N., Clark, L. A., Corona Espinosa, A., Jonas, K., ... & Watts, A. L. (2022). HiTOP assessment of externalizing antagonism and disinhibition. Assessment, 29(1), 34-45.
24. Sellbom, M., Forbush, K. T., Gould, S. R.,Markon, K. E., Watson, D., & Witthöft, M. (2022). HiTOP assessment of the somatoform spectrum and eating disorders. Assessment, 29(1), 62-74.
25. Simms, L. J., Wright, A. G., Cicero, D., Kotov,R., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Sellbom, M., ... & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Development of measures for the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A collaborative scale development project. Assessment, 29(1), 3-16.
26. Watson, D., Forbes, M. K., Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Ruggero, C. J., Kotelnikova, Y., Khoo, S., ... & Kotov, R. (2022). The development of preliminary HiTOP internalizing spectrum scales. Assessment, 29(1), 17-33.
27. Zimmermann, J., Widiger, T. A., Oeltjen, L.,Conway, C. C., & Morey, L. C. (2022). Developing preliminary scales for assessing the HiTOP detachment spectrum. Assessment, 29(1), 75-87. 

2020– 2022 Validity and Utility series
28. Kotov, R., et al. (2020). Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum. World Psychiatry, 19, 151-172.
29. Krueger, R. F., Hobbs, K. A., Conway, C. C.,Dick, D. M., Dretsch, M. N., Eaton, N. R., ... & HiTOP Utility Workgroup. (2021). Validity and utility of hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum. World psychiatry, 20(2), 171-193.
30. Watson, D., Levin‐Aspenson, H. F., Waszczuk, M.A., Conway, C. C., Dalgleish, T., Dretsch, M. N., ... & Zinbarg, R. E.(2022). Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): III. Emotional dysfunction superspectrum. World Psychiatry, 21(1),26-54. 

2023
31. Pasion, R., Ribes-Guardiola, P., Patrick, C., Stewart, R. A., Paiva, T. O., Macedo, I., ... & Goghari, V. M. (2023). Modeling relations between event-related potential factors and broader versus narrower dimensions of externalizing psychopathology. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
32. Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Li, J. J., Balling, C., Brandes, C., Bernat, E., Boness, C. L., ... &Eaton, N. R. (2023). Diversity and the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP). Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(8), 483-495.
33. Tiego, J., Martin, E. A., DeYoung, C. G.,Hagan, K., Cooper, S. E., Pasion, R., ... & HiTOP Neurobiological Foundations Work Group. (2023). Precision behavioral phenotyping as a strategy for uncovering the biological correlates of psychopathology. Nature mental health, 1(5), 304-315.
34. Waldman, I. D., King, C. D., Poore, H. E., Luningham, J. M., Zinbarg, R. M., Krueger, R. F., ... & Zald, D. (2023). Recommendations for adjudicating among alternative structural models of psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science, 11(4), 616-640.

2024
35. Cicero, D. C., Ruggero, C. J., Balling, C. E.,Bottera, A. R., Cheli, S., Elkrief, L., ... & Thomeczek, M. L. (2024). State of the Science: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). Behavior Therapy.
36. DeYoung, C. G., Blain, S. D., Latzman, R. D., Grazioplene, R. G., Haltigan, J. D., Kotov, R., ... & Tobin, K. E. (2024). The hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology and the search for neurobiological substrates of mental illness: A systematic review and roadmap for future research. Journal of psychopathology and clinical science, 133(8), 697.
37. Forbes, M. K., Ringwald, W. R., Allen, T.,Cicero, D. C., Clark, L. A., DeYoung, C. G., ... & Wright, A. G. (2024). Principles and procedures for revising the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(1), 4.
38. Michelini, G., Carlisi, C. O., Eaton, N. R., Elison, J. T., Haltigan, J. D., Kotov, R., ... & Wilson, S. (2024). Where do neurodevelopmental conditions fit in transdiagnostic psychiatric frameworks? Incorporating a new neurodevelopmental spectrum. World Psychiatry, 23(3),333-357. 

2025
39. Williams, A. L., Conway, C. C., Olino, T. M.,Revelle, W., Zinbarg, R. E., & HiTOP Utility Workgroup. (2025). Testing Criterion Validity in Hierarchical Models of Psychopathology: Comparison of Latent-Variable and Factor-Score Approaches. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(1), 128-145. 

2026
40. Aftab, A., Wright, A. G., Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Hankin, B. L., Clark, L. A., Forbes, M. K., Fried, E. I., Hopwood, C. J., Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., Levin-Aspenson, H. F., Haywood, D., Preece, D., Kotov, R., & DeYoung, C. G. (2026). Examining the foundational assumptions of the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology. Philosophy, Psychology & Psychiatry, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.0.a985726