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Heather G. Belanger

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Psychology

D-Index
32
Citations
6725
World Ranking
10764
National Ranking
5628

Heather G. Belanger 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 Heather G. Belanger sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 107 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heather G. Belanger 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 Heather G. Belanger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Heather G. Belanger is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with a specific focus on epidemiology, emergency medicine, neurology, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their recent publications include studies on traumatic brain injury and related neurological conditions. Notable papers include:

  • Metformin in women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy (MiTy): a multicentre, international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Long-Term Effects of Repeated Blast Exposure in United States Special Operations Forces Personnel: A Pilot Study Protocol (2022), published in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Neurological Effects of Repeated Blast Exposure in Special Operations Personnel (2023), published in Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Can mild traumatic brain injury alter cognition chronically? A LIMBIC-CENC multicenter study. (2022), published in Neuropsychology
  • Low-Level Blast Exposure in Humans A Systematic Review of Acute and Chronic Effects (2020), published in Journal of Special Operations Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Belanger include Mirène Winsberg, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Eveline F. Yao, Elisabeth A. Wilde, and Shannon R. Miles.

Belanger's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Journal of Special Operations Medicine
  • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Military Medicine

Their research topics primarily cover traumatic brain injury research, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, mental health research topics, digital mental health interventions, trauma and emergency care studies, and telemedicine and telehealth implementation.

Belanger was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Factors moderating neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis

    Heather G. Belanger;Glenn Curtiss;Jason A. Demery;Brian K. Lebowitz

  • The neuropsychological impact of sports-related concussion: a meta-analysis.

    Heather G. Belanger;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Long-term neuropsychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss;Heather G. Belanger

  • Recent neuroimaging techniques in mild traumatic brain injury.

    Heather G. Belanger;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss;Deborah L. Warden

  • Neuropsychological performance following a history of multiple self-reported concussions: A meta-analysis

    Heather G. Belanger;Eric Spiegel;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Cognitive sequelae of blast-related versus other mechanisms of brain trauma.

    Heather G. Belanger;Tracy Kretzmer;Ruth Yoash-Gantz;Treven Pickett

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Their Associations With Health Symptoms

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heather G. Belanger;Heather G. Belanger;Glenn Curtiss;Glenn Curtiss

  • Symptom complaints following combat-related traumatic brain injury: relationship to traumatic brain injury severity and posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Heather G. Belanger;Tracy Kretzmer;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Louis M. French

  • The Veterans Health Administration's (VHA's) Polytrauma System of Care for mild traumatic brain injury: costs, benefits, and controversies

    Heather G. Belanger;Jay M. Uomoto;Rodney D. Vanderploeg

  • Health outcomes associated with military deployment: mild traumatic brain injury, blast, trauma, and combat associations in the Florida National Guard.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heather G. Belanger;Ronnie D. Horner;Andrea M. Spehar

  • Screening for postdeployment conditions: development and cross-validation of an embedded validity scale in the neurobehavioral symptom inventory.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Douglas B. Cooper;Heather G. Belanger;Alison J. Donnell

  • Processing Words with Emotional Connotation: An fMRI Study of Time Course and Laterality in Rostral Frontal and Retrosplenial Cortices

    M. Allison Cato;Bruce Crosson;Didem Gökçay;David Soltysik

  • Symptom complaints following reports of blast versus non-blast mild TBI: does mechanism of injury matter?

    Heather G. Belanger;Zoe Proctor-Weber;Tracy Kretzmer;Michelle Kim

  • Normative Data for the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) and Post-Concussion Symptom Profiles Among TBI, PTSD, and Nonclinical Samples

    Jason R. Soble;Marc A. Silva;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Glenn Curtiss

  • Subconcussive Blows to the Head: A Formative Review of Short-term Clinical Outcomes.

    Heather G. Belanger;Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Thomas McAllister

  • The structure of postconcussion symptoms on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory: a comparison of alternative models.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Marc A. Silva;Jason R. Soble;Glenn Curtiss

  • Mechanism-of-injury approach to evaluating patients with blast-related polytrauma.

    Steven G Scott;Heather G Belanger;Rodney D Vanderploeg;Jill Massengale

  • Awareness problems following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, assessment methods, and injury correlates.

    Rodney D. Vanderploeg;Heather G. Belanger;Jennifer D. Duchnick;Glenn Curtiss

  • The Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) multi-centre observational study: Description of study and characteristics of early participants

    WC Walker;William Carne;Laura Franke;Tracy Lynn Nolen

  • Unique Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury in Military and Veteran Populations.

    Patrick Armistead-Jehle;Jason R. Soble;Douglas B. Cooper;Douglas B. Cooper;Heather G. Belanger

  • Utility of mechanism-of-injury-based assessment and treatment: Blast Injury Program case illustration.

    Heather G Belanger;Steven G Scott;Joel Scholten;Glenn Curtiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney D. Vanderploeg
Rodney D. Vanderploeg University of South Florida
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss University of South Florida
Elisabeth A. Wilde
Elisabeth A. Wilde Baylor College of Medicine
Erin D. Bigler
Erin D. Bigler University of Utah
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Rajendra A. Morey
Rajendra A. Morey Duke University
Lisa Delano-Wood
Lisa Delano-Wood University of California, San Diego
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Stephen Salloway
Stephen Salloway Brown University
Jim Grigsby
Jim Grigsby University of Colorado Denver

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