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Gail Ironson 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 Gail Ironson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 337 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gail Ironson 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 Gail Ironson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gail Ironson is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has contributed extensively to research primarily within psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, with a focus on clinical psychology, infectious diseases, health, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research prominently addresses topics including HIV/AIDS research and interventions, religion, spirituality and psychology, HIV, drug use and sexual risk, optimism, hope and well-being, posttraumatic stress disorder research, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and mental health as influenced by writing.

Recent publications by Gail Ironson include:

  • "Neighborhood Characteristics, Intersectional Discrimination, Mental Health, and HIV Outcomes Among Black Women Living With HIV, Southeastern United States, 2019-2020" (2022, American Journal of Public Health)
  • "Keeping hope alive: Racial-ethnic disparities in distress tolerance are mitigated by religious/spiritual hope among Black Americans" (2021, Journal of Psychosomatic Research)
  • "Effectiveness of three brief treatments for recent traumatic events in a low-SES community setting." (2020, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy)
  • "Addressing Syndemics and Self-care in Individuals with Uncontrolled HIV: An Open Trial of a Transdiagnostic Treatment" (2020, AIDS and Behavior)
  • "Structural equation model of intersectional microaggressions, discrimination, resilience, and mental health among black women with hiv." (2023, Health Psychology)

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with:

  • Steven A. Safren
  • Allan Rodríguez
  • Sannisha K. Dale
  • Ian Wright
  • C. Mindy Nelson

Gail Ironson publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Health Psychology
  • Journal of Religion and Health
  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

Their research contributions notably emphasize the interaction of social determinants like discrimination and spirituality with mental health and HIV outcomes. This is reflected in a range of studies that investigate psychological resilience, intervention effectiveness, and the role of hope and optimism in wellbeing across diverse populations affected by HIV and trauma.

Best Publications

  • Stress and Health: Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological Determinants

    Neil Schneiderman;Gail Ironson;Scott D. Siegel

  • Mood disorders in the medically ill: scientific review and recommendations.

    Dwight L. Evans;Dennis S. Charney;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;Robert N. Golden

  • Construction of a Job in General scale: A comparison of global, composite, and specific measures.

    G. H. Ironson;P. C. Smith;M. T. Brannick;W. M. Gibson

  • A short social support measure for patients recovering from myocardial infarction: the ENRICHD Social Support Inventory.

    Pamela H. Mitchell;Lynda Powell;James Blumenthal;Jennifer Norten

  • Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Intrusive Thoughts, Loss, and Immune Function after Hurricane Andrew

    Gail Ironson;Christina Wynings;Neil Schneiderman;Andrew Baum

  • The Reliability and Specificity of Delta Versus Residualized Change as Measures of Cardiovascular Reactivity to Behavioral Challenges

    Maria M. Llabre;Susan B. Spitzer;Patrice G. Saab;Gail H. Ironson

  • Comparison of two treatments for traumatic stress: a community-based study of EMDR and prolonged exposure.

    G. Ironson;B. Freund;J.L. Strauss;J. Williams

  • Massage Therapy is Associated with Enhancement of the Immune System's Cytotoxic Capacity

    Gail Ironson;Tiffany Field;Frank Scafidi;Michiyo Hashimoto

  • The Ironson-Woods Spirituality/Religiousness Index Is Associated With Long Survival, Health Behaviors, Less Distress, and Low Cortisol in People With HIV/AIDS

    Gail Ironson;George F. Solomon;Elizabeth G. Balbin;Conall O’Cleirigh

  • Translating Coping Theory into an Intervention

    Susan Folkman;Margaret Chesney;Leon McKusick;Gail Ironson

  • Social support, positive states of mind, and HIV treatment adherence in men and women living with HIV/AIDS.

    Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Frank J. Penedo;Michael H. Antoni;Ron E. Durán

  • Psychosocial factors predict CD4 and viral load change in men and women with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral treatment.

    Gail Ironson;Conall O'Cleirigh;Mary Ann Fletcher;Jean Philippe Laurenceau

  • A General Measure of Work Stress: The Stress in General Scale

    Jeffrey M. Stanton;William K. Balzer;Patricia C. Smith;Luis Fernando Parra

  • Concerns about breast cancer and relations to psychosocial well-being in a multiethnic sample of early-stage patients.

    Stacie M. Spencer;Jessica M. Lehman;Christina Wynings;Patricia Arena

  • Cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention buffers distress responses and immunologic changes following notification of HIV-1 seropositivity

    Michael H. Antoni;Lane Baggett;Gail Ironson;Arthur LaPerriere

  • An Increase in Religiousness/Spirituality Occurs After HIV Diagnosis and Predicts Slower Disease Progression over 4 Years in People with HIV.

    Gail Ironson;Rick Stuetzle;Mary Ann Fletcher

  • Shorter can Also be Better: The Abridged Job in General Scale

    Steven S. Russell;Christiane Spitzmüller;Lilly F. Lin;Jeffrey M. Stanton

  • Religiosity is associated with affective and immune status in symptomatic HIV-infected gay men.

    Teresa E. Woods;Michael H. Antoni;Gail H. Ironson;David W. Kling

  • Changes in cognitive coping skills and social support during cognitive behavioral stress management intervention and distress outcomes in symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive gay men.

    Susan K. Lutgendorf;Michael H. Antoni;Gail Ironson;Kathleen Starr

  • Conservation of resources and coping self-efficacy predicting distress following a natural disaster: A causal model analysis where the environment meets the mind

    Charles C. Benight;Gail Ironson;Kelli Klebe;Charles S. Carver

  • Effects of anger on left ventricular ejection fraction in coronary artery disease.

    Gail Ironson;C.Barr Taylor;Michael Boltwood;Thomas Bartzokis

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary A Fletcher
Mary A Fletcher Nova Southeastern University
Neil Schneiderman
Neil Schneiderman University of Miami
Nancy G. Klimas
Nancy G. Klimas Nova Southeastern University
Michael H. Antoni
Michael H. Antoni University of Miami
Neal Krause
Neal Krause University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Frank J. Penedo
Frank J. Penedo University of Miami
Susan K. Lutgendorf
Susan K. Lutgendorf University of Iowa
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami

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