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David L. Blustein

David L. Blustein

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
22565
World Ranking
2144
National Ranking
1251

David L. Blustein publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 169 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Blustein 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 David L. Blustein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

David L. Blustein is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and specializes in social sciences and health professions. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics related to employment, workplace health, career development, and the impacts of societal changes on work and well-being.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Blustein's subfields of study cover:

  • General Health Professions
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography
  • Clinical Psychology

The main topics addressed in Blustein's work are:

  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

They have published extensively in several prominent journals, including:

  • Journal of Career Assessment
  • Journal of Career Development
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Significant recent papers by Blustein include:

  • Unemployment in the time of COVID-19: A research agenda, 2020, Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • Work and Unemployment in the Time of COVID-19: The Existential Experience of Loss and Fear, 2020, Journal of Humanistic Psychology
  • Understanding Decent Work and Meaningful Work, 2022, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Blustein include:

  • Camille M. Smith
  • Blake A. Allan
  • Ryan D. Duffy
  • Rachel Gali Cinamon

Blustein has been recognized as a Fellow of both the American Educational Research Association since 2008 and the American Psychological Association since 1997.

Best Publications

  • The Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy

    David Larry Blustein

  • The Psychology of Working Theory.

    Ryan D. Duffy;David L. Blustein;Matthew A. Diemer;Kelsey L. Autin

  • The role of work in psychological health and well-being: a conceptual, historical, and public policy perspective.

    David L. Blustein

  • A relational theory of working

    David L. Blustein

  • Contributions of Psychological Separation and Parental Attachment to the Career Development Process.

    David L. Blustein;Marie M. Walbridge;Myrna L. Friedlander;Donna E. Palladino

  • The role of goal instability and career self-efficacy in the career exploration process

    David L Blustein

  • A Context-Rich Perspective of Career Exploration Across the Life Roles

    David L. Blustein

  • Unemployment in the time of COVID-19: A research agenda.

    David L. Blustein;Ryan Duffy;Joaquim A. Ferreira;Valerie Cohen-Scali

  • The Role of Perceived Barriers and Relational Support in the Educational and Vocational Lives of Urban High School Students.

    Maureen E. Kenny;David L. Blustein;Anna Chaves;Jennifer M. Grossman

  • Voices of the Forgotten Half: The Role of Social Class in the School-to-Work Transition.

    David L. Blustein;Anna P. Chaves;Matthew A. Diemer;Laura A. Gallagher

  • Reinvigorating the Study of Vocational Exploration: A Framework for Research

    Hanoch Flum;David L. Blustein

  • Attachment Theory and Career Development Current Status and Future Directions

    David L. Blustein;Michael S. Prezioso;Donna Palladino Schultheiss

  • Relationship between the identity formation process and career development.

    David L. Blustein;Luanna E. Devenis;Barbara A. Kidney

  • The development and initial validation of the Decent Work Scale.

    Ryan D. Duffy;Blake A. Allan;Jessica W. England;David L. Blustein

  • Toward a relational perspective of the psychology of careers and working: A social constructionist analysis

    David L. Blustein;Donna E. Palladino Schultheiss;Hanoch Flum

  • Critical Consciousness and Career Development among Urban Youth.

    Matthew A. Diemer;David L. Blustein

  • Extending the Reach of Vocational Psychology: Toward an Inclusive and Integrative Psychology of Working.

    David L. Blustein

  • An Emancipatory Communitarian Approach to Vocational Development Theory, Research, and Practice

    David L. Blustein;Ellen Hawley McWhirter;Justin C. Perry

  • Decent Work: A Psychological Perspective.

    David L. Blustein;Chad Olle;Alice Connors-Kellgren;A. J. Diamonti

  • The College‐to‐Career Transition: An Exploration of Emerging Adulthood

    Kerri A. Murphy;David L. Blustein;Amanda J. Bohlig;Melissa G. Platt

  • The Role of Peer Relatedness in Late Adolescent Career Development

    Debra E. Felsman;David L. Blustein

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen E. Kenny
Maureen E. Kenny Boston College
Ryan D. Duffy
Ryan D. Duffy University of Florida
Kelsey L. Autin
Kelsey L. Autin University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Blake A. Allan
Blake A. Allan University of Houston
Matthew A. Diemer
Matthew A. Diemer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Annamaria Di Fabio
Annamaria Di Fabio University of Florence
Myrna L. Friedlander
Myrna L. Friedlander University at Albany, State University of New York
Ellen Hawley McWhirter
Ellen Hawley McWhirter University of Oregon
Terence J. G. Tracey
Terence J. G. Tracey Arizona State University
Nadya A. Fouad
Nadya A. Fouad University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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