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Nicholas P. Spanos

Nicholas P. Spanos

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
62
Citations
10871
World Ranking
3278
National Ranking
205

Nicholas P. Spanos 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 Nicholas P. Spanos sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 230 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas P. Spanos 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 Nicholas P. Spanos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicholas P. Spanos was affiliated with Carleton University in Canada. Their research spanned fields primarily within Social Sciences and Medicine, with notable contributions in subfields such as Gender Studies, Emergency Medical Services, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work addressed several main topics including Diversity and Career in Medicine, Global Health Workforce Issues, Medical Education and Admissions, Sex Work and Related Issues, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, as well as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Nicholas P. Spanos authored several papers published in distinct academic venues. These included:

  • "Rallying Against Racism: Hospitals Join the Fight for Racial Justice," 2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Persistence at a Diverse Sexual Health Clinic: Comparison of the pre-COVID-19 era to the COVID-19 era," 2023, AIDS and Behavior
  • "FATAL COLCHICINE INTOXICATION: EVERY ORGAN, EVERY SYSTEM, ALL AT ONCE," 2023, CHEST Journal

Frequent coauthors working with Spanos were:

  • Yvonne Okaka
  • Duaa AbdelHameid
  • Rose McKeon Olson
  • Miriam Kwarteng-Siaw
  • Valerie E. Stone

The publication venues where the scientist contributed work included:

  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • CHEST Journal

Their research topics and fields demonstrated an interdisciplinary approach, intersecting medical sciences with social issues and clinical psychology. Topics such as medical education, sex work, racial justice in healthcare, and HIV/AIDS interventions were recurrent, reflecting thematic depth and diversity across their academic output.

Best Publications

  • Hypnotic behavior: A social-psychological interpretation of amnesia, analgesia, and “trance logic”

    Nicholas P. Spanos

  • The effects of hypnotic susceptibility, suggestions for analgesia, and the utilization of cognitive strategies on the reduction of pain.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;H. Lorraine Radtke-Bodorik;John D. Ferguson;Bill Jones

  • The Carleton University responsiveness to suggestion scale: normative data and psychometric properties.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;H. Lorraine Radtke;David C. Hodgins;Henderikus J. Stam

  • Multiple identity enactments and multiple personality disorder: a sociocognitive perspective.

    Nicholas P. Spanos

  • Toward a convergence in hypnosis research.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Theodore X. Barber

  • The hidden observer in hypnotic analgesia: discovery or experimental creation?

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Erin C. Hewitt

  • Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective

    Nicholas P. Spanos

  • The effects of complainant age and expert psychological testimony in a simulated child sexual abuse trial

    Natalie J. Gabora;Nicholas P. Spanos;Amanda Joab

  • A Measure of Attitudes toward Hypnosis: Relationships with Absorption and Hypnotic Susceptibility

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Pamela J. Brett;Evelyn P. Menary;Wendi P. Cross

  • Hypnosis : the cognitive-behavioral perspective

    Nicholas P. Spanos;John F. Chaves

  • A social-cognitive skills approach to the successful modification of hypnotic susceptibility.

    Donald R. Gorassini;Nicholas P. Spanos

  • Hypnotic amnesia as a strategic enactment: breaching amnesia in highly susceptible subjects.

    Spanos Np;Radtke Hl;Bertrand Ld

  • Effects of hypnotic, placebo, and salicylic acid treatments on wart regression.

    N P Spanos;V Williams;M I Gwynn

  • Moderating effects of contextual variables on the relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and suggested analgesia.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Sharon Kelly Kennedy;Maxwell I. Gwynn

  • Structure of hypnotic test suggestions and attributions of responding involuntarily.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Donald R. Gorassini

  • The Carleton University Responsiveness to Suggestion Scale: Relationship with other Measures of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Expectancies, and Absorption:

    Nicholas P. Spanos;H. Lorraine Radtke;David C. Hodgins;Lorne D. Bertrand

  • Suggested ("hypnotic") visual hallucinations: experimental and phenomenological data.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Martin W. Ham;Theodore X. Barber

  • Experimental designs, expectancy effects, and hypnotic analgesia.

    Henderikus J. Stam;Nicholas P. Spanos

  • The effects of two cognitive strategies on pain threshold.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;Carol Horton;John F. Chaves

  • Suggested amnesia and disorganized recall in hypnotic and task-motivated subjects.

    Nicholas P. Spanos;H. Lorraine Bodorik

Frequent Co-Authors

Henderikus J. Stam
Henderikus J. Stam University of Calgary
David C. Hodgins
David C. Hodgins University of Calgary
Theodore Xenophon Barber
Theodore Xenophon Barber Harvard University
Kimberly Matheson
Kimberly Matheson Carleton University
Todd Jackson
Todd Jackson University of Macau
Norman S. Endler
Norman S. Endler York University
Kenneth B. Campbell
Kenneth B. Campbell University of Ottawa

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