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D-Index
65
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18331
World Ranking
1025
National Ranking
477

Hunter G. Hoffman publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hunter G. Hoffman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hunter G. Hoffman D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hunter G. Hoffman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hunter G. Hoffman is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on pain management, pediatrics, and virtual reality applications.

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Notable papers include:

  • Therapists Make the Switch to Telepsychology to Safely Continue Treating Their Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Virtual Reality Telepsychology May Be Next (2021, Frontiers in Virtual Reality)
  • Virtual reality hand therapy: A new tool for nonopioid analgesia for acute procedural pain, hand rehabilitation, and VR embodiment therapy for phantom limb pain (2020, Journal of Hand Therapy)
  • Interacting with virtual objects via embodied avatar hands reduces pain intensity and diverts attention (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Virtual Reality Analgesia for Children With Large Severe Burn Wounds During Burn Wound Debridement (2020, Frontiers in Virtual Reality)
  • Effects of a projector-based hybrid virtual reality on pain in young children with burn injuries during hydrotherapy sessions: A within-subject randomized crossover trial (2020, Burns)

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Wadee Alhalabi
  • David R. Patterson
  • Sylvie Le May
  • Mariana Sampaio
  • Sam R. Sharar

Hunter G. Hoffman has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • Burns
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Journal of Hand Therapy

Their main fields of study cover:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of their research work include:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Key topics Hunter G. Hoffman focuses on are:

  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

Among recognized honors, Hunter G. Hoffman was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963.

Best Publications

  • Misinformation and Memory: The Creation of New Memories

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Hunter G. Hoffman

  • Unconscious acquisition of complex procedural knowledge.

    Pawel Lewicki;Maria Czyzewska;Hunter Hoffman

  • Virtual reality and tactile augmentation in the treatment of spider phobia: a case report

    Albert S. Carlin;Hunter G. Hoffman;Suzanne Weghorst

  • Virtual reality as an adjunctive pain control during burn wound care in adolescent patients.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Jason N. Doctor;David R. Patterson;Gretchen J. Carrougher

  • Virtual reality in the treatment of spider phobia: a controlled study

    A Garcia-Palacios;H Hoffman;A Carlin;T.A Furness

  • Virtual Reality as an Adjunctive Non-pharmacologic Analgesic for Acute Burn Pain During Medical Procedures

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Gloria T. Chambers;Walter J. Meyer;Lisa L. Arceneaux

  • Use of virtual reality for adjunctive treatment of adult burn pain during physical therapy: a controlled study.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;David R. Patterson;Gretchen J. Carrougher

  • Virtual reality exposure therapy for World Trade Center Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: a case report.

    Joann Difede;Hunter G. Hoffman

  • Eye fixations and memory for emotional events.

    Sven Åke Christianson;Elizabeth F. Loftus;Hunter Hoffman;Geoffrey R. Loftus

  • Comparing Acceptance and Refusal Rates of Virtual Reality Exposure vs. In Vivo Exposure by Patients with Specific Phobias

    Azucena Garcia-Palacios;Cristina Botella;Hunter G. Hoffman;Sonia Fabregat

  • Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following September 11, 2001.

    JoAnn Difede;Judith Cukor;Nimali Jayasinghe;Ivy Patt

  • Effectiveness of virtual reality-based pain control with multiple treatments.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;David R. Patterson;Gretchen J. Carrougher;Sam R. Sharar

  • Virtual Reality Pain Control During Burn Wound Debridement in the Hydrotank

    Hunter G. Hoffman;David R. Patterson;Eric Seibel;Maryam Soltani

  • Modulation of thermal pain-related brain activity with virtual reality: evidence from fMRI.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Todd L. Richards;Barbara Coda;Aric R. Bills

  • Physically touching virtual objects using tactile augmentation enhances the realism of virtual environments

    H.G. Hoffman

  • Targets of discrimination: Effects of race on responses to weapons holders

    Anthony G. Greenwald;Mark A. Oakes;Hunter G. Hoffman

  • Virtual-reality therapy.

    Hunter G. Hoffman

  • The analgesic effects of opioids and immersive virtual reality distraction: evidence from subjective and functional brain imaging assessments.

    Hunter G. Hoffman;Todd L. Richards;Trevor Van Oostrom;Barbara A. Coda

  • A randomized, controlled trial of immersive virtual reality analgesia, during physical therapy for pediatric burns.

    Yuko S. Schmitt;Hunter G. Hoffman;David K. Blough;David R. Patterson

  • Creating new memories that are quickly accessed and confidently held.

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Karen Donders;Hunter G. Hoffman;Jonathan W. Schooler

Frequent Co-Authors

Azucena García-Palacios
Azucena García-Palacios Jaume I University
Eric J. Seibel
Eric J. Seibel University of Washington
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Todd L. Richards
Todd L. Richards University of Washington
Cristina Botella
Cristina Botella Jaume I University
Thomas A. Furness
Thomas A. Furness University of Washington
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine
JoAnn Difede
JoAnn Difede Cornell University
Stéphane Bouchard
Stéphane Bouchard Université du Québec en Outaouais
Marsha M. Linehan
Marsha M. Linehan University of Washington

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