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Howard Bergman

Howard Bergman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
38063
World Ranking
16393
National Ranking
687

Howard Bergman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Bergman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 302 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Howard Bergman D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Bergman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Howard Bergman is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans significant subfields including General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Economics and Econometrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas mainly related to aging and chronic health conditions. Key topics include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Health Systems and Economic Evaluations along with Quality of Life, Frailty in Older Adults, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Howard Bergman highlight ongoing research activities. These include:

  • Rural and urban differences in quality of dementia care of persons with dementia and caregivers across all domains: a systematic review, 2023, BMC Health Services Research
  • Dementia and comorbidities in primary care: a scoping review, 2023, BMC Primary Care
  • Primary care clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning dementia, 2021, Canadian Family Physician
  • Le Plan Alzheimer québécois, un plan basé sur les soins primaires, 2020, Santé Publique
  • Validation of a Questionnaire for Family Physicians: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice on Dementia Care, 2020, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including Isabelle Vedel, Nadia Sourial, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Yves Couturier, and Laura Rojas-Rozo. These collaborations have contributed to a variety of publications and studies.

Howard Bergman's work has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple publications appearing in BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, BMC Primary Care, Canadian Family Physician, and BMC Geriatrics. These journals reflect a consistent focus on health services, primary care, and geriatric medical research.

Best Publications

  • A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people

    Kenneth Rockwood;Xiaowei Song;Chris MacKnight;Howard Bergman

  • Frailty: An Emerging Research and Clinical Paradigm—Issues and Controversies

    Howard Bergman;Luigi Ferrucci;Jack Guralnik;David B. Hogan

  • Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference Project

    Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas;Catherine Féart;Catherine Féart;Giovanni Mann;Jose Viña

  • The I.A.N.A. task force on frailty assessment of older people in clinical practice

    G Abellan van Kan;Y Rolland;H Bergman;J E Morley

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Management of frailty: opportunities, challenges, and future directions.

    Elsa Dent;Finbarr C Martin;Howard Bergman;Jean Woo

  • The Identification of Frailty:: A Systematic Literature Review

    Shelley A. Sternberg;Andrea Wershof Schwartz;Sathya Karunananthan;Howard Bergman;Howard Bergman

  • Gait speed as an incremental predictor of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

    Jonathan Afilalo;Mark J. Eisenberg;Jean François Morin;Howard Bergman;Howard Bergman

  • Prevalence, Attributes, and Outcomes of Fitness and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Report From the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

    Kenneth Rockwood;Susan E. Howlett;Chris MacKnight;B. Lynn Beattie

  • Role of frailty in patients with cardiovascular disease.

    Jonathan Afilalo;Sathya Karunananthan;Mark J. Eisenberg;Karen P. Alexander

  • Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer’s disease

    Jacob W Vogel;Alexandra L Young;Neil P Oxtoby;Ruben Smith

  • Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies.

    Martine T. E Puts;Samar Toubasi;Melissa K. Andrew;Maureen C. Ashe

  • Models, definitions, and criteria of frailty.

    David B Hogan;Chris MacKnight;Howard Bergman

  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease

    Jacob W. Vogel;Yasser Iturria-Medina;Olof T. Strandberg;Ruben Smith

  • Correspondence analysis is a useful tool to uncover the relationships among categorical variables

    Nadia Sourial;Christina Wolfson;Christina Wolfson;Bin Zhu;Jacqueline Quail;Jacqueline Quail

  • International experiments in integrated care for the elderly: a synthesis of the evidence

    Mira Johri;Francois Beland;Howard Bergman;Howard Bergman

  • Addition of Frailty and Disability to Cardiac Surgery Risk Scores Identifies Elderly Patients at High Risk of Mortality or Major Morbidity

    Jonathan Afilalo;Salvatore Mottillo;Mark J. Eisenberg;Karen Patton Alexander

  • A System of Integrated Care for Older Persons With Disabilities in Canada: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

    François Béland;Howard Bergman;Paule Lebel;A. Mark Clarfield

  • The recognition, assessment and management of dementing disorders: conclusions from the Canadian Consensus Conference on Dementia.

    C. J. S. Patterson;S. Gauthier;H. Bergman;C. A. Cohen

  • Predictors and Consequences of Aggressive Behavior by Community-Based Dementia Patients

    Marc Hamel;Dolores Pushkar Gold;David Andres;Myrna Reis

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Chertkow
Howard Chertkow Rotman Research Institute
François Béland
François Béland University of Montreal
David B. Hogan
David B. Hogan University of Calgary
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black University of Toronto
Howard Feldman
Howard Feldman University of California, San Diego
James B. Brewer
James B. Brewer University of California, San Diego
Daniel C. Marson
Daniel C. Marson University of Alabama at Birmingham
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marilyn S. Albert
Marilyn S. Albert Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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