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D-Index
58
Citations
18743
World Ranking
1623
National Ranking
775

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Howard Schuman is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and chemistry, with notable focus areas in clinical psychology, organic chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and complementary and alternative medicine.

Their publication record includes recent work on the use of psychedelic-assisted therapies for psychosocial symptoms in cancer patients. Notable papers from 2025 include Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies for Psychosocial Symptoms in Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in Current Oncology, and "Facing Death... Now, That's a Serious Thing to Confront" A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Cancer-Related Psychosocial Symptoms, published in Integrative Cancer Therapies.

Frequent coauthors in these works include Raèf Mina, Sofia Barkova, Julie M. Deleemans, Linda E. Carlson, and Chantal Savard.

The regular publication venues for their research are Current Oncology and Integrative Cancer Therapies.

The primary research topics covered by Howard Schuman focus on:

  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

In recognition of their academic contributions, Howard Schuman was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations

    Howard Schuman;Charlotte G. Steeh;Lawrence Bobo

  • Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context

    Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • Generations and Collective Memory

    Amy Corning;Howard Schuman

  • Questions and answers in attitude surveys

    John P. Robinson;Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • “Chocolate city, vanilla suburbs:” Will the trend toward racially separate communities continue?

    Reynolds Farley;Howard Schuman;Suzanne Bianchi;Diane Colasanto

  • Public Beliefs About the Beliefs of the Public

    James M. Fields;Howard Schuman

  • Attitude intensity, importance, and certainty and susceptibility to response effects.

    Jon A. Krosnick;Howard Schuman

  • The Effect of the Question on Survey Responses: A Review

    Graham Kalton;Howard Schuman

  • THE EFFECTS OF BLACK AND WHITE INTERVIEWERS ON BLACK RESPONSES IN 1968

    Howard Schuman;Jean M. Converse

  • WHITE RESPONDENTS AND RACE-OF-INTERVIEWER EFFECTS

    Shirley Hatchett;Howard Schuman

  • Racial attitudes in America: Trends and interpretations, Rev. ed.

    Howard Schuman;Charlotte Steeh;Lawrence Bobo;Maria Krysan

  • Effort and Reward: The Assumption that College Grades Are Affected by Quantity of Study

    Howard Schuman;Edward Walsh;Camille Olson;Barbara Etheridge

  • RESPONSE RATES AND RESPONSE CONTENT IN MAIL VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE SURVEYS

    Maria Krysan;Howard Schuman;Lesli Jo Scott;Paul Beatty

  • Problems in the use of survey questions to measure public opinion.

    Howard Schuman;Jacqueline Scott

  • The Open and Closed Question

    Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • Improving Interview Method and Questionnaire Design: Response Effects to Threatening Questions in Survey Research.

    Howard Schuman;Norman M. Bradburn;Seymour Sudman;Edward Blair

  • EFFECTS OF A PREPAID NONMONETARY INCENTIVE ON RESPONSE RATES AND RESPONSE QUALITY IN A FACE-TO-FACE SURVEY

    Diane K. Willimack;Diane K. Willimack;Howard Schuman;Howard Schuman;Beth Ellen Pennell;Beth Ellen Pennell;James M. Lepkowski

  • Cohorts, Chronology, and Collective Memories

    Howard Schuman;Willard L. Rodgers

  • Survey-based Experiments on White Racial Attitudes toward Residential Integration'

    Howard Schuman;Lawrence Bobo

  • Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys

    Gerald Albaum;Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley Presser
Stanley Presser University of Maryland, College Park
Lawrence D. Bobo
Lawrence D. Bobo Harvard University
Eleanor Singer
Eleanor Singer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Otis Dudley Duncan
Otis Dudley Duncan University of Arizona
Reynolds Farley
Reynolds Farley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John P. Robinson
John P. Robinson University of Maryland, College Park
Amiram D. Vinokur
Amiram D. Vinokur University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
Robert L. Kahn
Robert L. Kahn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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