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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 62 Citations 16,183 195 World Ranking 2333 National Ranking 1384

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Social psychology
  • Public health

His main research concerns Public health, Internet gambling, Psychiatry, Impulse control disorder and Epidemiology. His research in Public health intersects with topics in Mental health and Marketing. His work deals with themes such as Online gambling, Harm reduction, Advertising, Sample and Cohort, which intersect with Internet gambling.

His study in Substance abuse and Alcohol abuse is done as part of Psychiatry. His Impulse control disorder study combines topics in areas such as Social environment, Addiction and Gerontology. His research in the fields of Prevalence studies overlaps with other disciplines such as Demography.

His most cited work include:

  • Estimating the prevalence of disordered gambling behavior in the United States and Canada: a research synthesis. (1116 citations)
  • DSM-IV pathological gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (690 citations)
  • Toward a Syndrome Model of Addiction: Multiple Expressions, Common Etiology (450 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Howard J. Shaffer mainly investigates Psychiatry, Public health, Social psychology, Addiction and Clinical psychology. The Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Epidemiology and Cohort. His biological study deals with issues like Impulse control disorder, which deal with fields such as Social environment.

His Public health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Psychological intervention, Mental health, Marketing and Public relations. His Social psychology research integrates issues from Addictive behavior, Online gambling, Gambling disorder, Internet gambling and Sample. The Sample study which covers Longitudinal study that intersects with Advertising.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (35.09%)
  • Public health (27.19%)
  • Social psychology (25.44%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Social psychology (25.44%)
  • Psychiatry (35.09%)
  • Public health (27.19%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Psychiatry, Public health, Responsible gambling and Internet gambling. The study incorporates disciplines such as Sample, Gambling disorder and Online gambling in addition to Social psychology. His research on Sample often connects related topics like Clinical psychology.

In his study, Risk assessment is inextricably linked to Young adult, which falls within the broad field of Psychiatry. His studies deal with areas such as Psychological intervention and Public relations as well as Public health. Howard J. Shaffer works mostly in the field of Responsible gambling, limiting it down to topics relating to Intervention and, in certain cases, Harm, Advertising and Self-control.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • How do gamblers start gambling: identifying behavioural markers for high-risk internet gambling. (131 citations)
  • How do gamblers start gambling: identifying behavioural markers for high-risk internet gambling. (131 citations)
  • Using cross-game behavioral markers for early identification of high-risk internet gamblers. (83 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Mental health

Howard J. Shaffer mostly deals with Psychiatry, Social psychology, Public health, Responsible gambling and Advertising. In his study, Risk assessment, Internet gambling, Psychological intervention and Sample is strongly linked to Young adult, which falls under the umbrella field of Psychiatry. His Sample research incorporates elements of Clinical psychology and Mass screening.

His study in Social psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Prevalence and Public economics. His Public health research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Marketing, Perception and Public relations. His Advertising research incorporates themes from Pareto principle and Biosocial theory.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Estimating the prevalence of disordered gambling behavior in the United States and Canada: a research synthesis.

H J Shaffer;M N Hall;J Vander Bilt.
American Journal of Public Health (1999)

1495 Citations

DSM-IV pathological gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

Ronald C. Kessler;Irving Hwang;Richard LaBrie;Maria Petukhova.
Psychological Medicine (2008)

1069 Citations

Gambling and the Health of the Public: Adopting a Public Health Perspective.

David A. Korn;Howard J. Shaffer.
Journal of Gambling Studies (1999)

757 Citations

Toward a Syndrome Model of Addiction: Multiple Expressions, Common Etiology

Howard J. Shaffer;Debi A. LaPlante;Richard A. LaBrie;Rachel C. Kidman.
Harvard Review of Psychiatry (2004)

757 Citations

Gambling and related mental disorders: a public health analysis.

Howard J. Shaffer;David A. Korn.
Annual Review of Public Health (2002)

697 Citations

A new brief screen for adolescent substance abuse.

John R. Knight;Lydia A. Shrier;Terrill D. Bravender;Michelle Farrell.
JAMA Pediatrics (1999)

618 Citations

Estimating the prevalence of adolescent gambling disorders: A quantitative synthesis and guide toward standard gambling nomenclature.

Howard J. Shaffer;Matthew N. Hall.
Journal of Gambling Studies (1996)

600 Citations

Updating and refining prevalence estimates of disordered gambling behaviour in the United States and Canada

Howard J. Shaffer;Matthew N. Hall.
Canadian Journal of Public Health-revue Canadienne De Sante Publique (2001)

563 Citations

A science-based framework for responsible gambling: the Reno model.

Alex Blaszczynski;Robert Ladouceur;Howard J. Shaffer.
Journal of Gambling Studies (2004)

501 Citations

"Computer addiction": a critical consideration.

Howard J. Shaffer;Matthew N. Hall;Joni Vander Bilt.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2000)

429 Citations

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