2026 Michael H. Boyle: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	119	28	23	1	1	392	46349

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Michael H. Boyle is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and contributes primarily to the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including Education, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Boyle's research focuses on topics related to child development and digital technology, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and the impact of technology on adolescents. Additional areas of study include education, sociology, communication studies, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, early childhood education and development, as well as behavioral and psychological studies.

Frequent publication venues for Boyle include Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Boyle include Katholiki Georgiades, Soyeon Kim, Laura Duncan, Li Wang, and Lindsay Favotto.

Representative publications by Michael H. Boyle consist of the following:

"Differential associations between passive and active forms of screen time and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders," 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
"The 25-Item Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales-Brief Version (OCHS-EBS-B): Test-Retest Reliability and Construct Validity When Used as Categorical Measures," 2021, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
"Problem checklists and standardized diagnostic interviews: evidence of psychometric equivalence for classifying psychiatric disorder among children and youth in epidemiological studies," 2022, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Best Publications

Multiattribute and single-attribute utility functions for the health utilities index mark 3 system.

David Feeny;William Furlong;George W Torrance;Charles H Goldsmith

1586
Citations
Ontario Child Health Study: II. Six-Month Prevalence of Disorder and Rates of Service Utilization

David R. Offord;Michael H. Boyle;Peter Szatmari;Naomi I. Rae-Grant

1541
Citations
Childhood abuse and lifetime psychopathology in a community sample.

Harriet L. MacMillan;Jan E. Fleming;David L. Streiner;Elizabeth Lin

1500
Citations
Multi-attribute health status classification systems. Health Utilities Index.

David Feeny;William Furlong;Michael Boyle;George W. Torrance

1187
Citations
Ontario Child Health Study: Reliability and Validity of the General Functioning Subscale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device

John Byles;Carolyn Byrne;Michael H. Boyle;David R. Offord

1141
Citations
Stress, social support and depression in single and married mothers.

John Cairney;John Cairney;Michael Boyle;David R. Offord;Yvonne Racine

922
Citations
Chronic Illness, Disability, and Mental and Social Well-Being: Findings of the Ontario Child Health Study

David Cadman;Michael Boyle;Peter Szatmari;David R. Offord

792
Citations
Ontario Child Health Study: prevalence of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

Peter Szatmari;David R. Offord;Michael H. Boyle

768
Citations
Multi-attribute preference functions. Health Utilities Index.

George W. Torrance;William Furlong;David Feeny;Michael Boyle

765
Citations
Prevalence of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse in the Community: Results From the Ontario Health Supplement

Harriet L. MacMillan;Jan E. Fleming;Nico Trocmé;Michael H. Boyle

753
Citations
Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory to Measure Social Preferences for Health States

George W. Torrance;Michael H. Boyle;Sargent P. Horwood

686
Citations
Large group community-based parenting programs for families of preschoolers at risk for disruptive behaviour disorders: utilization, cost effectiveness, and outcome.

Charles E. Cunningham;Rebecca Bremner;Michael Boyle

668
Citations
Economic Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Michael H. Boyle;George W. Torrance;John C. Sinclair;Sargent P. Horwood

653
Citations
Child abuse and mental disorders in Canada

Tracie O. Afifi;Harriet L. MacMillan;Michael Boyle;Tamara Taillieu

600
Citations
Ontario Child Health Study. I. Methodology.

Michael H. Boyle;David R. Offord;Hank G. Hofmann;Gary P. Catlin

555
Citations
Screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings: a randomized trial.

Harriet L. MacMillan;C. Nadine Wathen;Ellen Jamieson;Michael H. Boyle

544
Citations
Integrating Assessment Data from Multiple Informants

David R. Offord;Michael H. Boyle;Yvonne Racine;Peter Szatmari

488
Citations
Post-traumatic stress disorder in Canada.

Michael Van Ameringen;Michael Van Ameringen;Catherine Mancini;Catherine Mancini;Beth Patterson;Michael H. Boyle

460
Citations
Predictors of outcome among high functioning children with autism and Asperger syndrome.

P. Szatmari;S.E. Bryson;M.H. Boyle;D.L. Streiner

454
Citations
One-year prevalence of psychiatric disorder in Ontarians 15 to 64 years of age.

David R Offord;Michael H Boyle;Dugal Campbell;Paula Goering

443
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Katholiki Georgiades McMaster University

Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University

Harriet L. MacMillan McMaster University

Peter Szatmari University of Toronto

Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo

Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University

David L. Streiner University of Toronto

Eric Duku McMaster University

Paul S. Links McMaster University

Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa

External Links

Personal website of Michael H. Boyle

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