2026 Gerald M. Devins: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	62	3177	2924	196	181	139	23747

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Gerald M. Devins is affiliated with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, hematology, transplantation, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The researcher's recent work includes publications in a range of venues and covers topics relevant to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, polyomavirus and related diseases, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, aortic disease and treatment approaches, cardiovascular function and risk factors, and chronic disease management strategies.

Recent papers published by Gerald M. Devins include:

"Addition of anti-thymocyte globulin to standard graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis versus standard treatment alone in patients with haematological malignancies undergoing transplantation from unrelated donors: final analysis of a randomised, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial" (2020) in The Lancet Haematology
"Toronto aortic stenosis quality of life questionnaire (TASQ): validation in TAVI patients" (2020) in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
"POS1474-HPR VALIDATION OF THE DANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ILLNESS INTRUSIVENESS RATING SCALE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASE" (2025) in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
"Validation of the Danish translation of the illness intrusiveness rating scale in patients with rheumatic disease" (2025) in Discover Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerald M. Devins include:

Luise Holberg Lindgren
Kamila Beata Adellund Holt
Irwin Walker
Tony Panzarella
Stephen Couban

The scientific publications appear in a variety of journals with a distribution across venues such as The Lancet Haematology, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, and Discover Psychology.

Gerald M. Devins has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2007.

Best Publications

Mindfulness : A proposed operational definition

Scott R. Bishop;Mark Lau;Shauna Shapiro;Linda E Carlson

10224
Citations
The toronto mindfulness scale: Development and validation

Mark A. Lau;Scott R. Bishop;Zindel V. Segal;Tom Buis

2066
Citations
Measuring depressive symptoms in illness populations: Psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale

Gerald M. Devins;Carolee M. Orme;Charles G. Costello;Yitzchak M. Binik

530
Citations
The Emotional Impact of End-Stage Renal Disease: Importance of Patients' Perceptions of Intrusiveness and Control

Gerald M. Devins;Yitzchak M. Binik;Tom A. Hutchinson;David J. Hollomby

498
Citations
Differences in quality of life across renal replacement therapies: A meta-analytic comparison

Jill I. Cameron;Catherine Whiteside;Joel Katz;Gerald M. Devins

464
Citations
Stigma, Depression, and Somatization in South India

R. Raguram;Mitchell G. Weiss;S. M. Channabasavanna;Gerald M. Devins

433
Citations
Stress Response Syndromes and Cancer: Conceptual and Assessment Issues

Maria Gurevich;Gerald M. Devins;Gerald M. Devins;Gary M. Rodin;Gary M. Rodin

369
Citations
Psychosocial adjustment in head and neck cancer: The impact of disfigurement, gender and social support

Mark R Katz;Jonathan C Irish;Gerald M Devins;Gary M Rodin

347
Citations
Illness intrusiveness and the psychosocial impact of lifestyle disruptions in chronic life-threatening disease.

Gerald M. Devins

343
Citations
Screening for depression in head and neck cancer

Mark R. Katz;Neil Kopek;John Waldron;John Waldron;Gerald M. Devins;Gerald M. Devins

323
Citations
Using the illness intrusiveness ratings scale to understand health-related quality of life in chronic disease.

Gerald M. Devins

289
Citations
Predialysis psychoeducational intervention and coping styles influence time to dialysis in chronic kidney disease.

Gerald M Devins;David C Mendelssohn;David C Mendelssohn;Paul E Barré;Yitzchak M Binik

262
Citations
Predialysis Psychoeducational Intervention Extends Survival in CKD: A 20-Year Follow-Up

Gerald M. Devins;David C. Mendelssohn;Paul E. Barré;Kenneth Taub

260
Citations
Illness intrusiveness and quality of life in end-stage renal disease: comparison and stability across treatment modalities.

Gerald M. Devins;Henry Mandin;Ronald B. Hons;Ellen D. Burgess

248
Citations
Psychosocial predictors of survival in end-stage renal disease.

Gerald M. Devins;Jacqueline Mann;Henry Mandin;Leonard C. Paul

248
Citations
Stigma in cancer patients whose behavior may have contributed to their disease

Sophie Lebel;Gerald M Devins

225
Citations
Psychosocial distress and well-being among gay and bisexual men with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Chuang Ht;Devins Gm;Hunsley J;Gill Mj

222
Citations
Structure of lifestyle disruptions in chronic disease: a confirmatory factor analysis of the Illness Intrusiveness Ratings Scale.

Gerald M. Devins;Rene Dion;Luc G. Pelletier;Colin M. Shapiro

215
Citations
Quality of life and lifestyle disruption in euthymic bipolar disorder.

Janine C. Robb;Robert G. Cooke;Gerald M. Devins;L.Trevor Young

210
Citations
Affective Correlates of Fear of Falling in Elderly Persons

Nadine Gagnon;Alastair J. Flint;Alastair J. Flint;Gary Naglie;Gary Naglie;Gerald M. Devins

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Yitzchak M. Binik McGill University

Dafna D. Gladman Toronto Western Hospital

Jacqueline C. Carter Memorial University of Newfoundland

External Links

Personal website of Gerald M. Devins

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