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Kim Foster 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 Kim Foster sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 134 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kim Foster 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 Kim Foster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kim Foster is affiliated with the Australian Catholic University in Australia and has a research focus primarily in Psychology and Health Professions. Their work has concentrated on the intersections of mental health, resilience, and the well-being of healthcare professionals.

Major fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

Subfields of study feature:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The primary research topics covered by Foster comprise:

  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Nursing education and management
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

Foster's publication record includes significant contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
  • Nurse Education in Practice
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing

The following recent papers demonstrate Foster's involvement in topics related to mental health and nursing:

  • Mental health nurses' psychological well-being, mental distress, and workplace resilience: A cross-sectional survey, 2021, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Stigma in relation to families living with parental mental illness: An integrative review, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Mental health nurses' experience of challenging workplace situations: A qualitative descriptive study, 2022, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Trauma, Resilience, and Mental Health in Migrant and Non-Migrant Youth: An International Cross-Sectional Study Across Six Countries, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Mental health matters: A cross-sectional study of mental health nurses' health-related quality of life and work-related stressors, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Andrea Reupert
  • Darryl Maybery
  • John Hurley
  • Richard Lakeman
  • Michael Hazelton

Best Publications

  • Nurses' resilience and the emotional labour of nursing work: An integrative review of empirical literature.

    Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Dominic Upton;Kristen Ranse;Trentham Furness;Trentham Furness

  • Resilience and mental health nursing: An integrative review of international literature

    Kim Foster;Michael Roche;Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Celeste Cuzzillo

  • Developing resilient children and families when parents have mental illness: A family-focused approach

    Kim Narelle Foster;Louise O'Brien;Teija Korhonen

  • Mental health following traumatic physical injury: an integrative literature review.

    Taneal Wiseman;Kim Narelle Foster;Kate Curtis

  • Extending the boundaries : autoethnography as an emergent method in mental health nursing research

    Kim Foster;Kim Foster;Margaret Maura McAllister;Louise O'Brien

  • The patient as person

    Kim J Usher;Lauretta D Luck;Kim N Foster

  • Workplace stressors, psychological well-being, resilience, and caring behaviours of mental health nurses: A descriptive correlational study

    Kim Foster;Michael Roche;Jo Ann Giandinoto;Trentham Furness

  • Intervention programs for children whose parents have a mental illness: A review

    Andrea E. Reupert;Rose Cuff;Louisa Drost;Kim Narelle Foster

  • Family Focused Practice in Mental Health Care: An Integrative Review

    Kim Foster;Darryl John Maybery;Andrea Erika Reupert;Brenda Gladstone

  • 'You'd think this roller coaster was never going to stop': experiences of adult children of parents with serious mental illness

    Kim Foster

  • Chronic pain and the family: the experience of the partners of people living with chronic pain

    Caryn West;Kim Usher;Kim Narelle Foster;Lee Stewart

  • Strengthening mental health nurses' resilience through a workplace resilience programme: A qualitative inquiry.

    Kim Foster;Celeste Cuzzillo;Trentham Furness

  • Incidence of depression, anxiety and stress following traumatic injury: A longitudinal study

    Taneal A. Wiseman;Taneal A. Wiseman;Kate Curtis;Kate Curtis;Mary Lam;Kim Narelle Foster;Kim Narelle Foster

  • Emotional intelligence education in pre-registration nursing programmes: An integrative review

    Kim Narelle Foster;Andrea McCloughen;Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Claudia Kefalas

  • Emotional intelligence increases over time: A longitudinal study of Australian pre-registration nursing students

    Kim Foster;Judith Fethney;Heather McKenzie;Murray Fisher

  • Physical health and wellbeing of emerging and young adults with mental illness: An integrative review of international literature

    Andrea McCloughen;Kim Narelle Foster;Michelle Huws-Thomas;Cynthia Delgado

  • Weight gain associated with taking psychotropic medication: An integrative review

    Andrea McCloughen;Kim Narelle Foster

  • Mental health nurses' psychological well-being, mental distress, and workplace resilience: A cross-sectional survey.

    Cynthia Delgado;Cynthia Delgado;Michael Roche;Judith Fethney;Kim Foster;Kim Foster

  • Stigma in relation to families living with parental mental illness: An integrative review

    Andrea Reupert;Brenda Gladstone;Rochelle Helena Hine;Scott Yates

  • Experiences and needs of parents of critically injured children during the acute hospital phase: A qualitative investigation.

    Kim Foster;Alexandra Young;Rebecca Mitchell;Connie Van

  • The meaning of resilience to persons living with chronic pain: an interpretive qualitative inquiry.

    Caryn West;Lee Stewart;Kim Narelle Foster;Kim Usher

  • Preventing intergenerational trauma transmission: A critical interpretive synthesis.

    Sophie Isobel;Melinda Goodyear;Trentham Furness;Kim Foster

  • Resilience in families with a member with chronic pain: a mixed methods study

    Caryn West;Petra Buettner;Lee Stewart;Kim Narelle Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim Usher
Kim Usher University of New England
Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell Macquarie University
Andrea Reupert
Andrea Reupert Monash University
Darryl Maybery
Darryl Maybery Monash University
Michael Ungar
Michael Ungar Dalhousie University
Yun-Hee Jeon
Yun-Hee Jeon University of Sydney
Ian M. Shochet
Ian M. Shochet Queensland University of Technology
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Jane Shakespeare-Finch Queensland University of Technology
Stephen Jan
Stephen Jan George Institute for Global Health

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