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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
20203
World Ranking
549
National Ranking
96

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Gerry Humphris is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a particular focus on General Health Professions, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Oral Surgery.

The scientist's research concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Patient-provider communication in healthcare
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Childhood cancer survivors' quality of life
  • Dental anxiety and anesthesia techniques
  • Family support in illness
  • Palliative care and end-of-life issues

They have published extensively in multiple academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Frontiers in Oral Health
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Dentistry Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerry Humphris include:

  • What is the prevalence of fear of cancer recurrence in cancer survivors and patients? A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (2022, Psycho-Oncology)
  • Communication, Trust and Dental Anxiety: A Person-Centred Approach for Dental Attendance Behaviours (2020, Dentistry Journal)
  • Loneliness and quality of life after head and neck cancer (2020, British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
  • Virtual Reality Relaxation to Decrease Dental Anxiety: Immediate Effect Randomized Clinical Trial (2020, JDR Clinical & Translational Research)
  • The Relationship Between Fears of Cancer Recurrence and Patient Gender: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)

Gerry Humphris has collaborated regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ruth Freeman
  • S.N. Rogers
  • Siyang Yuan
  • Anastasios Kanatas
  • Linda Young

Best Publications

  • Fear of cancer recurrence in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review of quantitative studies

    Sébastien Simard;Belinda Thewes;Gerry Humphris;Mélanie Dixon

  • Memory, delusions, and the development of acute posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after intensive care.

    Christina Jones;Richard D. Griffiths;Gerry Humphris;Paul M. Skirrow

  • The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale: validation and United Kingdom norms.

    G. M. Humphris;T. Morrison;S. J. E. Lindsay

  • A meta-analytic investigation of the relationship between the psychological distress of cancer patients and their carers.

    L.J. Hodges;G.M. Humphris;G. Macfarlane

  • Fear of cancer recurrence--a literature review and proposed cognitive formulation to explain exacerbation of recurrence fears.

    Claire Lee-Jones;Gerry Humphris;Rosaleen Dixon;Mal Bebbington Hatcher

  • From normal response to clinical problem: definition and clinical features of fear of cancer recurrence

    Sophie Lebel;Gozde Ozakinci;Gerald Humphris;Brittany Mutsaers

  • The addition of mood and anxiety domains to the University of Washington quality of life scale

    Simon N. Rogers;Suzanne Gwanne;Derek Lowe;Gerry Humphris

  • The somatising effect of clinical consultation: what patients and doctors say and do not say when patients present medically unexplained physical symptoms.

    Adele Ring;Christopher F. Dowrick;Gerry M. Humphris;John Davies

  • Effect of Psychological Intervention on Fear of Cancer Recurrence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Nina M Tauber;Mia S O'Toole;Andreas Dinkel;Jacqueline Galica

  • Assessing health professionals

    Jim Crossley;Gerry Humphris;Brian Jolly

  • Further evidence for the reliability and validity of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale.

    G.M. Humphris;R. Freeman;J. Campbell;H. Tuutti

  • Coding patient emotional cues and concerns in medical consultations: The Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES)

    Christa Zimmermann;Lidia Del Piccolo;Jozien Bensing;Svein Bergvik

  • Voiced but unheard agendas: qualitative analysis of the psychosocial cues that patients with unexplained symptoms present to general practitioners

    Peter Salmon;Christopher F Dowrick;Adele Ring;Gerry M Humphris

  • Neuropsychological consequences of chronic opioid use: a quantitative review and meta-analysis.

    A. Baldacchino;D.J.K. Balfour;F. Passetti;G. Humphris

  • Disturbed memory and amnesia related to intensive care.

    Christina Jones;Richard D. Griffiths;Gerry Humphris

  • Psychological stress in undergraduate dental students: baseline results from seven European dental schools.

    Gerry Humphris;Andy Blinkhorn;Ruth Freeman;Ronald Gorter

  • Fear of recurrence and psychological distress in head and neck cancer patients and their carers.

    Laura J. Hodges;Gerry M. Humphris

  • The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of age

    Gerald Michael Humphris;Tom A Dyer;Peter G Robinson

  • Psychological stress and health in undergraduate dental students: fifth year outcomes compared with first year baseline results from five European dental schools

    R.C. Gorter;R. Freeman;S. Hammen;H. Murtomaa

  • Normalisation of unexplained symptoms by general practitioners: a functional typology.

    Christopher F Dowrick;Adele Ring;Gerry M Humphris;Peter Salmon

  • Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study

    Adele Ring;Christopher Dowrick;Gerry Humphris;Peter Salmon

  • What do general practice patients want when they present medically unexplained symptoms, and why do their doctors feel pressurized?

    Peter Salmon;Adele Ring;Christopher F. Dowrick;Gerry M. Humphris

  • “Seeing is believing, and believing is seeing”: An exploration of the meaning and impact of women's mental images of their breast cancer and their potential origins

    Alison Harrow;Mary Wells;Gerry Humphris;Cara Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Freeman
Ruth Freeman University of Dundee
Peter Salmon
Peter Salmon University of Liverpool
Brian Williams
Brian Williams Edinburgh Napier University
Alex Baldacchino
Alex Baldacchino University of St Andrews
Lawrence S. Wissow
Lawrence S. Wissow University of Washington
Belinda Thewes
Belinda Thewes University of Sydney
Falko F. Sniehotta
Falko F. Sniehotta Newcastle University
Helen V Worthington
Helen V Worthington University of Manchester
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Robert Zachariae
Robert Zachariae Aarhus University Hospital

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