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58
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13314
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1646
National Ranking
124

Kim Usher 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 Kim Usher sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 376 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Kim Usher 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 Kim Usher sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kim Usher is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia and has contributed extensively to research focusing on health professions, psychology, and social sciences. Their body of work encompasses a broad range of topics related to mental health, healthcare professionals' stress, and disaster response.

Major thematic areas in their research include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

They have published over 100 papers in health professions and psychology with a significant number also addressing social sciences.

Key recent papers authored by Kim Usher include:

  • Family violence and COVID-19: Increased vulnerability and reduced options for support, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health, 2020, Journal of Clinical Nursing

Their research has appeared frequently in prestigious venues such as the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, and Journal of Advanced Nursing. Additional publications have featured in Frontiers in Public Health and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Kim Usher collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Debra Jackson
  • Kylie Rice
  • Md Shahidul Islam
  • Joanne Durkin
  • Rikki Jones

Their subfields of study highlight expertise in clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, general health, and emergency medical services.

Best Publications

  • Family violence and COVID-19: Increased vulnerability and reduced options for support.

    Kim Usher;Navjot Bhullar;Joanne Durkin;Naomi Gyamfi

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts.

    Kim Usher;Joanne Durkin;Navjot Bhullar

  • Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health.

    Kim Usher;Navjot Bhullar;Debra Jackson

  • Case study: a bridge across the paradigms.

    Lauretta Luck;Lauretta Luck;Debra Jackson;Kim Usher

  • Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps

    Yumiko Coffey;Navjot Bhullar;Joanne Durkin;Shahidul Islam

  • Yarning/Aboriginal storytelling: Towards an understanding of an Indigenous perspective and its implications for research practice

    Lynore K Geia;Barbara Hayes;Kim Usher

  • The potential for COVID-19 to contribute to compassion fatigue in critical care nurses.

    Jalal Alharbi;Debra Jackson;Kim Usher

  • An exploration of the preceptor role: preceptors' perceptions of benefits, rewards, supports and commitment to the preceptor role

    Kim Usher;Carol Nolan;Paul Reser;Jan Owens

  • The patient as person

    Kim J Usher;Lauretta D Luck;Kim N Foster

  • STAMP: components of observable behaviour that indicate potential for patient violence in emergency departments

    Lauretta Luck;Debra Jackson;Kim Usher

  • Innocent or culpable? Meanings that emergency department nurses ascribe to individual acts of violence

    Lauretta Luck;Debra Jackson;Kim Usher

  • Through a Critical Lens Indigenist Research and the Dadirri Method

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

  • Carspecken's Five-Stage Critical Qualitative Research Method: An Application to Nursing Research

    Mary-Ann Hardcastle;Kim Usher;Colin Holmes

  • Process consent: a model for enhancing informed consent in mental health nursing

    Kim J. Usher;David Arthur

  • 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

  • Understanding the Impact of Historical Trauma Due to Colonization on the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Young Peoples: A Systematic Scoping Review:

    Reakeeta Smallwood;Cindy Woods;Tamara Power;Kim Usher

  • Eco-anxiety: How thinking about climate change-related environmental decline is affecting our mental health

    Kim Usher;Joanne Durkin;Navjot Bhullar

  • The factors influencing burnout and job satisfaction among critical care nurses: a study of Saudi critical care nurses

    Jalal Alharbi;Rhonda L Wilson;Cindy Woods;Kim Usher

  • Australian health professions student use of social media

    Kim Usher;Cindy Woods;Evan Casella;Nel Glass

  • Undergraduate student nurses' self-reported preparedness for practice

    Cindy Woods;Caryn West;Jane Mills;Tanya Park

  • Disaster nursing: A descriptive survey of Australian undergraduate nursing curricula

    Kim Usher;Lidia Mayner

  • Linking Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory Methods in a Research Design

    Jennifer Chamberlain-Salaun;Jane Mills;Kim Usher

Frequent Co-Authors

Debra Jackson
Debra Jackson University of Sydney
Kim Foster
Kim Foster Australian Catholic University
Navjot Bhullar
Navjot Bhullar University of New England
Myfanwy Maple
Myfanwy Maple University of New England
Komla Tsey
Komla Tsey James Cook University
Richard Speare
Richard Speare James Cook University
Patricia M. Davidson
Patricia M. Davidson Johns Hopkins University
Wendy Chaboyer
Wendy Chaboyer Griffith University

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