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4388
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Michelle A. Fortier 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 Michelle A. Fortier sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 175 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michelle A. Fortier 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 Michelle A. Fortier sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michelle A. Fortier is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a specific focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Clinical Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly output highlights several main topics of research including Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, Anesthesia and Pain Management, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Michelle A. Fortier's work is frequently published in venues such as Pediatric Anesthesia, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Pediatric Research, and Supportive Care in Cancer.

Recent papers authored by or associated with them include:

  • Non-pharmacological methods of reducing perioperative anxiety in children, 2020, BJA Education
  • Perfectionism as a predictor of physician burnout, 2022, BMC Health Services Research
  • A pilot study of the preliminary efficacy of Pain Buddy: A novel intervention for the management of children's cancer-related pain, 2020, Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Factors impacting parental and child satisfaction in the perioperative setting, 2021, Pediatric Anesthesia
  • The impact of parental health mindset on postoperative recovery in children, 2020, Pediatric Anesthesia

Their frequent collaborators include Zeev N. Kain, Theodore Heyming, Brooke N. Jenkins, Sarah R. Martin, and Candice D. Donaldson, reflecting a network of researchers engaged in related areas.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Aerobic Training, Resistance Training, or Both on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial

    Ronald J Sigal;Glen P Kenny;Normand G Boulé;George A Wells

  • Perioperative anxiety in children

    Michelle A. Fortier;Michelle A. Fortier;Antonio M. Del Rosario;Sarah R. Martin;Zeev N. Kain;Zeev N. Kain

  • Adult coping with childhood sexual abuse: A theoretical and empirical review

    Kerryann Walsh;Michelle A. Fortier;David DiLillo

  • Pediatric Pain After Ambulatory Surgery: Where's the Medication?

    Michelle A. Fortier;Jill E. MacLaren;Sarah R. Martin;Danielle Perret-Karimi

  • Physical activity counseling in primary care: who has and who should be counseling?

    Heather Tulloch;Michelle Fortier;William Hogg

  • SEVERITY OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND REVICTIMIZATION: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF COPING AND TRAUMA SYMPTOMS

    Michelle A. Fortier;David DiLillo;Terri L. Messman-Moore;James Peugh

  • Identifying content-based and relational techniques to change behaviour in motivational interviewing

    Sarah J. Hardcastle;Michelle Fortier;Nicola Blake;Martin S. Hagger

  • Parental postoperative pain management: attitudes, assessment, and management

    Rachel Yaffa Zisk Rony;Michelle A Fortier;Jill MacLaren Chorney;Danielle Perret

  • Treating perioperative anxiety and pain in children: a tailored and innovative approach

    Michelle A. Fortier;Zeev N. Kain

  • Effects of aerobic exercise, resistance exercise or both, on patient-reported health status and well-being in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomised trial

    R. D. Reid;H. E. Tulloch;R. J. Sigal;R. J. Sigal;R. J. Sigal;G. P. Kenny

  • Development of a short version of the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale.

    Brooke N. Jenkins;Michelle A. Fortier;Sherrie H. Kaplan;Linda C. Mayes

  • Understanding how organized youth sport maybe harming individual players within the family unit: a literature review.

    Corliss N. Bean;Michelle Fortier;Courtney Post;Karam Chima

  • Effects of Aerobic Training, Resistance Training, or Both on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes

    Ronald J. Sigal;Glen P. Kenny;Normand G. Boulé;George A. Wells

  • Acute to chronic postoperative pain in children: preliminary findings.

    Michelle A. Fortier;Jody Chou;Eva L. Maurer;Zeev N. Kain;Zeev N. Kain

  • Development and initial psychometric properties of the Computer Assisted Maltreatment Inventory (CAMI): A comprehensive self-report measure of child maltreatment history

    David DiLillo;Sarah A. Hayes-Skelton;Michelle A. Fortier;Andrea R. Perry

  • Children’s Desire for Perioperative Information

    Michelle A. Fortier;Jill MacLaren Chorney;Rachel Yaffa Zisk Rony;Danielle Perret-Karimi

  • Pain buddy

    Michelle A. Fortier;Winnie W. Chung;Ariana Martinez;Sergio Gago-Masague

  • Web-based tailored intervention for preparation of parents and children for outpatient surgery (WebTIPS): formative evaluation and randomized controlled trial.

    Michelle A. Fortier;Elizabeth Bunzli;Jessica Walthall;Ellen Olshansky

  • Retrospective assessment of childhood sexual and physical abuse: a comparison of scaled and behaviorally specific approaches

    David DiLillo;Michelle A. Fortier;Sarah A. Hayes;Emily Trask

  • Beyond pain: predictors of postoperative maladaptive behavior change in children.

    Michelle A. Fortier;Michelle A. Fortier;Antonio M. Del Rosario;Abraham Rosenbaum;Zeev N. Kain;Zeev N. Kain

  • A Path‐Analytic Model of Self‐Determination Theory in a Physical Activity Context

    Ashlee Barbeau;Shane N. Sweet;Michelle Fortier

Frequent Co-Authors

Zeev N. Kain
Zeev N. Kain University of California, Irvine
Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes Yale University
David DiLillo
David DiLillo University of Nebraska–Lincoln
George A. Wells
George A. Wells University of Ottawa
Guy Faulkner
Guy Faulkner University of British Columbia
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung
Amy E. Latimer-Cheung Queen's University
Terri L. Messman-Moore
Terri L. Messman-Moore Miami University
Ronald L. Blount
Ronald L. Blount University of Georgia
Kathryn Osann
Kathryn Osann University of California, Irvine

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