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Blaine Ditto

Blaine Ditto

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
4884
World Ranking
9576
National Ranking
659

Blaine Ditto publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Blaine Ditto sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 120 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Blaine Ditto D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Blaine Ditto sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Blaine Ditto is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and primarily conducts research in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Management of Technology and Innovation, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The research topics covered by Blaine Ditto focus heavily on issues related to blood donation and transfusion practices, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, birth, development, and health, blood pressure and hypertension studies, organ donation and transplantation, death anxiety, and social exclusion, along with heart rate variability and autonomic control.

Their recent papers include:

  • Parity and Psychosocial Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Depression During Pregnancy Among Recent Immigrant Women in Canada, 2021, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • Hyperventilation as a Predictor of Blood Donation-Related Vasovagal Symptoms, 2020, Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Social Contagion of Vasovagal Symptoms in Blood Donors: Interactions With Empathy, 2021, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Vagal Tone Biofeedback: Respiratory and Non-respiratory Mediated Modulations of Vagal tone Challenged by Cold Pressor Test, 2020, McGill Journal of Medicine
  • Maternal blood pressure trajectories and associations with gestational age at birth: a functional data analytic approach, 2021, Journal of Hypertension

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Deborah Da Costa, Kristin Horsley, Monica Vaillancourt, Serena Mennitto, and Thomas Ritz. Blaine Ditto's publications have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Journal of Hypertension, Psychosomatic Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and ISBT Science Series.

Best Publications

  • Short-Term Autonomic and Cardiovascular Effects of Mindfulness Body Scan Meditation.

    Blaine Ditto;Marie Eclache;Natalie Goldman

  • What is worse for asthma control and quality of life: depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, or both?

    Kim L. Lavoie;Simon L. Bacon;Silvana Barone;Andre Cartier

  • Are psychiatric disorders associated with worse asthma control and quality of life in asthma patients

    Kim L. Lavoie;Kim L. Lavoie;André Cartier;Manon Labrecque;Simon L. Bacon;Simon L. Bacon

  • A composite measure of gender and its association with risk factors in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome.

    Roxanne Pelletier;Blaine Ditto;Louise Pilote

  • Psychophysiological response of ADHD children to reward and extinction.

    Fiorella Iaboni;Virginia I. Douglas;Blaine Ditto

  • Improving blood donor recruitment and retention: integrating theoretical advances from social and behavioral science research agendas.

    Eamonn Ferguson;Charles Abraham;Blaine Ditto

  • Reducing reactions to blood donation with applied muscle tension: a randomized controlled trial.

    Blaine Ditto;Pauline Lavoie;Marios Roussos

  • Parental history of essential hypertension, active coping, and cardiovascular reactivity.

    Blaine Ditto

  • Exaggerated sympathetic nervous system response to extended psychological stress in offspring of hypertensives

    Sydney B. Miller;Blaine Ditto

  • Vasovagal symptoms mediate the relationship between predonation anxiety and subsequent blood donation in female volunteers

    Blaine Ditto

  • On-site training in applied muscle tension to reduce vasovagal reactions to blood donation.

    Blaine Ditto;Jo-Ann Wilkins;Pauline Lavoie

  • Familial influences on heart rate, blood pressure, and self-report anxiety responses to stress: results from 100 twin pairs.

    Blaine Ditto

  • Psychometric properties of the Blood Donation Reactions Inventory: a subjective measure of presyncopal reactions to blood donation.

    Blaine Ditto;Lina K. Himawan

  • Pain sensitivity in offspring of hypertensives at rest and during baroreflex stimulation.

    Blaine Ditto;Perry Adler

  • Cardiovascular responses to the combination of caffeine and mental arithmetic, cold pressor, and static exercise stressors.

    Blaine Ditto

  • A controlled evaluation of paraspinal EMG biofeedback in the treatment of chronic low back pain.

    Clarissa Bush;Blaine Ditto;Michael Feuerstein

  • Attitudes and Attributions Related to Psychological Symptomatology in Indian Immigrant Women

    Fathali M. Moghaddam;Blaine Ditto;Donald M. Taylor

  • Risk for High Blood Pressure and Decreased Pain Perception

    Blaine Ditto

  • Carotid baroreflex sensitivity at rest and during psychological stress in offspring of hypertensives and non-twin sibling pairs.

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  • Psychological distress and perceived discrimination: a study of women from India

    Fathali M Moghaddam;Donald M Taylor;Blain Ditto;Katherine Jacobs

  • Alexithymia, cardiovascular reactivity, and symptom reporting during blood donation.

    Nelson Byrne;Blaine Ditto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim L. Lavoie
Kim L. Lavoie University of Quebec at Montreal
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Robert O. Pihl
Robert O. Pihl McGill University
Jean R. Séguin
Jean R. Séguin University of Montreal
Ginette Dionne
Ginette Dionne Université Laval
André Cartier
André Cartier University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Frances E. Aboud
Frances E. Aboud McGill University
Debbie S. Moskowitz
Debbie S. Moskowitz McGill University
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal

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