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Ellen M. A. Smets publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ellen M. A. Smets sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 254 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Ellen M. A. Smets D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ellen M. A. Smets sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ellen M. A. Smets is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant work focusing on General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Additional expertise is evident in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Patient Dignity and Privacy, Empathy and Medical Education, and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ellen M. A. Smets are:

  • Leonie N.C. Visser
  • Marij A. Hillen
  • Wiesje M. van der Flier
  • Inge Henselmans
  • Hanneke W.M. van Laarhoven

Key publication venues where their research has appeared repeatedly include:

  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Ellen M. A. Smets are:

  • Towards a future where Alzheimer's disease pathology is stopped before the onset of dementia, 2023, Nature Aging
  • A scoping review of practice recommendations for clinicians' communication of uncertainty, 2021, Health Expectations
  • The role of hospital nurses in shared decision-making about life-prolonging treatment: A qualitative interview study, 2020, Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • The Effect of Prognostic Communication on Patient Outcomes in Palliative Cancer Care: a Systematic Review, 2020, Current Treatment Options in Oncology
  • The Measurement of Eye Contact in Human Interactions: A Scoping Review, 2020, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Best Publications

  • The multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) psychometric qualities of an instrument to assess fatigue

    E.M.A. Smets;B. Garssen;B. Bonke;J.C.J.M. De Haes;J.C.J.M. De Haes

  • Stress, satisfaction and burnout among Dutch medical specialists

    Mechteld R.M. Visser;Ellen M.A. Smets;Frans J. Oort;Hanneke C.J.M. de Haes

  • Application of the multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20) in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy

    E. M. A. Smets;B. Garssen;A. Cull;J. C. J. M. De Haes

  • Predicting and preventing physician burnout: results from the United States and the Netherlands.

    Mark Linzer;Mechteld R.M. Visser;Frans J. Oort;Ellen M.A. Smets

  • Tolerance of uncertainty: conceptual analysis, integrative model, and implications for healthcare.

    Marij A. Hillen;Caitlin M. Gutheil;Tania D. Strout;Ellen M.A. Smets

  • Cancer patients' trust in their physician-a review

    Marij A. Hillen;Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes;Ellen M. A. Smets

  • Satisfaction with the outpatient encounter: a comparison of patients' and physicians' views.

    Linda C. Zandbelt;Ellen M. A. Smets;Frans J. Oort;Mieke H. Godfried

  • Association of Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography With Changes in Diagnosis and Patient Treatment in an Unselected Memory Clinic Cohort: The ABIDE Project.

    Arno de Wilde;Wiesje M van der Flier;Wiesje Pelkmans;Femke Bouwman

  • How response shift may affect the measurement of change in fatigue.

    Mechteld R.M Visser;Ellen M.A Smets;Mirjam A.G Sprangers;Hanneke J.C.J.M de Haes

  • Patient-Driven Second Opinions in Oncology: A Systematic Review

    Marij A. Hillen;Niki M. Medendorp;Joost G. Daams;Ellen M.A. Smets

  • The power of clinicians' affective communication: how reassurance about non-abandonment can reduce patients' physiological arousal and increase information recall in bad news consultations. An experimental study using analogue patients.

    Milou S.C. Sep;Mara van Osch;Liesbeth M. van Vliet;Ellen M.A. Smets

  • Patient participation in the medical specialist encounter: Does physicians’ patient-centred communication matter?

    Linda C. Zandbelt;Ellen M.A. Smets;Frans J. Oort;Mieke H. Godfried

  • Developing and administering scripted video vignettes for experimental research of patient-provider communication.

    Marij A. Hillen;Liesbeth M. van Vliet;Hanneke C.J.M. de Haes;Ellen M.A. Smets

  • Medical specialists' patient-centered communication and patient-reported outcomes.

    Linda C. Zandbelt;Ellen M. A. Smets;Frans J. Oort;Mieke H. Godfried

  • How stressful is doctor-patient communication? Physiological and psychological stress of medical students in simulated history taking and bad-news consultations.

    Robert L. Hulsman;Susan Pranger;Stephanie Koot;Marcel Fabriek

  • Older Cancer Patients’ User Experiences With Web-Based Health Information Tools: A Think-Aloud Study

    Sifra Bolle;Geke Romijn;Ellen M A Smets;Eugene F Loos

  • Sex differences in physician burnout in the United States and The Netherlands

    Mark Linzer;Julia E. Mcmurray;Mechteld R. M. Visser;Frans J. Oort

  • Communication of biobanks' research results: what do (potential) participants want?

    Tineke M. Meulenkamp;Sjef K. Gevers;Jasper A. Bovenberg;Gerard H. Koppelman

  • Predicting and Communicating the Risk of Recurrence and Death in Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review of Risk Prediction Models

    Ellen G Engelhardt;Mirjam M Garvelink;J Hanneke C J M de Haes;Jacobus J M van der Hoeven

  • Determinants of physicians' patient-centred behaviour in the medical specialist encounter.

    Linda C. Zandbelt;Ellen M.A. Smets;Frans J. Oort;Mieke H. Godfried

  • Uncertainty in health care: Towards a more systematic program of research.

    Paul K.J. Han;Paul K.J. Han;Austin Babrow;Marij A. Hillen;Pål Gulbrandsen

  • Satisfaction with treatment among patients with psoriasis: a web‐based survey study

    O.D. van Cranenburgh;J. de Korte;M.A.G. Sprangers;M.A. de Rie

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes
Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes University of Amsterdam
Julia C.M. van Weert
Julia C.M. van Weert University of Amsterdam
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frans J. Oort
Frans J. Oort University of Amsterdam
Anne M. Stiggelbout
Anne M. Stiggelbout Leiden University Medical Center
Mirjam A. G. Sprangers
Mirjam A. G. Sprangers University of Amsterdam
Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Paul Fockens
Paul Fockens University of Amsterdam
Marco J. Bruno
Marco J. Bruno Erasmus University Rotterdam
Paul K. J. Han
Paul K. J. Han Maine Medical Center

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