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Michel Bédard

Michel Bédard

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 55 2022 1833 111 104 246 12035

Michel Bédard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michel Bédard between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michel Bédard published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 7.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2017. 13 of the 277 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2017. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 9 publications
1987 2025

277 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michel Bédard: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 3
1993 0
1994 2
1995 3
1996 3
1997 5
1998 4
1999 2
2000 15
2001 14
2002 8
2003 8
2004 3
2005 8
2006 5
2007 6
2008 8
2009 5
2010 9
2011 10
2012 7
2013 17
2014 18
2015 13
2016 16
2017 19
2018 8
2019 16
2020 6
2021 7
2022 5
2023 10
2024 4
2025 9
Total 277
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Michel Bédard 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 Michel Bédard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 244–253 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 246 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167 246
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Michel Bédard 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 Michel Bédard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137 55
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Michel Bédard is affiliated with Lakehead University in Canada and has conducted extensive research predominantly in the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary topics related to health, safety, and transportation with an emphasis on older adult populations.

Bédard's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

The subfields of study in which Bédard has contributed include:

  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Transportation
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Health
  • General Health Professions

The major topics addressed in their research are:

  • Older Adults Driving Studies
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Bédard has published a number of research papers, with recent contributions including:

  • "The Validity of Three New Driving Simulator Scenarios: Detecting Differences in Driving Performance by Difficulty and Driver Gender and Age" (2020) in Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • "Adolescent exposure to cannabis marketing following recreational cannabis legalization in Canada: A pilot study using ecological momentary assessment" (2021) in Addictive Behaviors Reports
  • "Candrive-Development of a Risk Stratification Tool for Older Drivers" (2023) in The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • "Perceived Community Age-friendliness is Associated With Quality of Life Among Older Adults" (2022) in Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • "Canadian Older Adults' Perceptions of Transitioning from Driver to Non-Driver" (2021) in Occupational Therapy In Health Care

The venues where Bédard frequently publishes include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Occupational Therapy In Health Care
  • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Regular co-authors collaborating with Bédard are:

  • Hillary Maxwell
  • Arne Stinchcombe
  • Shawn Marshall
  • Sacha Dubois
  • Gary Naglie

Best Publications

  • The Zarit Burden Interview A New Short Version and Screening Version

    Michel Bédard;D. William Molloy;Larry Squire;Sacha Dubois

  • Systematic Implementation of an Advance Directive Program in Nursing Homes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    D W Molloy;G H Guyatt;R Russo;R Goeree

  • The independent contribution of driver, crash, and vehicle characteristics to driver fatalities

    Michel Bédard;Gordon H. Guyatt;Michael J. Stones;John P. Hirdes

  • Transportation and Aging: A Research Agenda for Advancing Safe Mobility

    Anne E Dickerson;Lisa J Molnar;David W Eby;Geri Adler

  • Interobserver variation in interpreting chest radiographs for the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Maureen O. Meade;Richard J. Cook;Gordon H. Guyatt;Ryan Groll

  • Pilot evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries.

    Michel BÉdard;Melissa Felteau;Dwight Mazmanian;Karilyn Fedyk

  • Preferences for place of care and place of death among informal caregivers of the terminally ill.

    Kevin Brazil;Doris Howell;Michel Bedard;Paul Krueger

  • Assessment of Driving Performance Using a Simulator Protocol: Validity and Reproducibility

    Michel B Bédard;Marie Parkkari;Bruce Weaver;Julie Riendeau

  • Simulator Validity: Behaviors Observed on the Simulator and on the Road

    Nadia Mullen;Judith Charlton;Anna Devlin;Michel Bedard

  • Burden in caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults living in the community: methodological issues and determinants.

    Michel Bédard;David Pedlar;Nancy J. Martin;Olga Malott

  • Understanding burden differences between men and women caregivers: the contribution of care-recipient problem behaviors.

    Michel Bédard;Rylee Kuzik;Lori Chambers;D. William Molloy

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces symptoms of depression in people with a traumatic brain injury: results from a randomized controlled trial.

    Michel Bedard;Melissa Felteau;Shawn Marshall;Nora K. Cullen

  • The combined effects of alcohol and cannabis on driving: Impact on crash risk

    Sacha Dubois;Nadia Mullen;Bruce Weaver;Bruce Weaver;Michel Bédard

  • The impact of cannabis on driving

    Michel Bédard;Sacha Dubois;Bruce Weaver;Bruce Weaver

  • Benzodiazepine Use and Driving: A Meta-Analysis

    Mark J. Rapoport;Krista L. Lanctôt;David L. Streiner;Michel Bédard

  • Transportation and Aging: An Updated Research Agenda to Advance Safe Mobility among Older Adults Transitioning From Driving to Non-driving.

    Anne E Dickerson;Lisa J Molnar;Michel Bédard;David W Eby

  • Sleep disturbances in spousal caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

    Joy Creese;Michel Bédard;Kevin Brazil;Lori Chambers

  • Health impact on caregivers of providing informal care to a cognitively impaired older adult: rural versus urban settings.

    Michel Bédard;Amanda Koivuranta;Amber Stuckey

  • Protocol for Candrive II/Ozcandrive, a multicentre prospective older driver cohort study

    Shawn C Marshall;Malcolm Man-Son-Hing;Michael Bedard;Judith Lynne Charlton

  • Predicting Driving Performance in Older Adults: We Are Not There Yet!

    Michel Bedard;Bruce Weaver;Peteris Janis Darzins;Michelle M Porter

  • Using the Attention Network Test to predict driving test scores.

    Bruce Weaver;Bruce Weaver;Michel Bédard;Michel Bédard;Jim McAuliffe;Marie Parkkari

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Rapoport
Mark J. Rapoport Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Holly Tuokko
Holly Tuokko University of Victoria
Gordon H. Guyatt
Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University
Judith Lynne Charlton
Judith Lynne Charlton Monash University
Alexandra Papaioannou
Alexandra Papaioannou McMaster University
Dwight Mazmanian
Dwight Mazmanian Lakehead University
Michael J. Stones
Michael J. Stones Lakehead University
Craig A. Velozo
Craig A. Velozo Medical University of South Carolina
Jennie Ponsford
Jennie Ponsford Monash University
Jonathan D. Adachi
Jonathan D. Adachi McMaster University

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