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5323
National Ranking
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Overview

Rod A. Martin is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research contributions include work that intersects with the study of plants and ecological issues.

One recent publication showcases this focus: Detecting extirpation: A localized approach to a global problem, published in 2025 in the journal Plants People Planet.

Their collaborative efforts are evident through frequent co-authorship with researchers such as:

  • Andrew D. F. Simon
  • Quentin Cronk

The primary publication venue associated with their work is:

  • Plants People Planet

Best Publications

  • The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach

    Rod A. Martin

  • Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire

    Rod A. Martin;Patricia Puhlik-Doris;Gwen Larsen;Jeanette Gray

  • Sense of humor as a moderator of the relation between stressors and moods.

    Rod A. Martin;Herbert M. Lefcourt

  • Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings.

    Rod A. Martin

  • Humor and Life Stress: Antidote to Adversity

    Herbert M. Lefcourt;Rod A. Martin

  • CHAPTER 5 – The Social Psychology of Humor

    Rod A. Martin

  • Humor, coping with stress, self-concept, and psychological well-being

    Rod A. Martin;Nicholas A. Kuiper;L. Joan Olinger;Kathryn A. Dance

  • Coping Humour, Stress, and Cognitive Appraisals

    Nicolas A. Kuiper;Rod A. Martin;L. Joan Olinger

  • Situational Humor Response Questionnaire: Quantitative measure of sense of humor.

    Rod A. Martin;Herbert M. Lefcourt

  • Sense of humor, emotional intelligence, and social competence

    Jeremy A. Yip;Rod A. Martin

  • Locus of control and social support: Interactive moderators of stress.

    Herbert M. Lefcourt;Rod A. Martin;Wendy E. Saleh

  • Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review.

    Rod A. Martin

  • Sense of humor and physical health: Theoretical issues, recent findings, and future directions

    Rod A. Martin

  • Sense of humor, hassles, and immunoglobulin A: evidence for a stress-moderating effect of humor.

    Rod A. Martin;James P. Dobbin

  • A comparison of humor styles, coping humor, and mental health between Chinese and Canadian university students

    Guo-Hai Chen;Rod A Martin

  • The Situational Humor Response Questionnaire (SHRQ) and Coping Humor Scale (CHS): A Decade of Research Findings

    Rod A. Martin

  • Humour styles, personality, and well‐being among Lebanese university students

    Shahe S. Kazarian;Rod A. Martin

  • Sense of humor.

    Rod Martin

  • Production and appreciation of humor as sexually selected traits

    Eric R. Bressler;Rod A. Martin;Sigal Balshine

  • Daily occurrence of laughter: Relationships with age, gender, and Type A personality

    Rod A. Martin;Nicholas A. Kuiper

  • Is Laughter the Best Medicine? Humor, Laughter, and Physical Health

    Rod A. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas A. Kuiper
Nicholas A. Kuiper University of Western Ontario
Herbert M. Lefcourt
Herbert M. Lefcourt University of Waterloo
Philip A. Vernon
Philip A. Vernon University of Western Ontario
Julie Aitken Schermer
Julie Aitken Schermer University of Western Ontario
David J. A. Dozois
David J. A. Dozois University of Western Ontario
Michael T. Lynskey
Michael T. Lynskey King's College London
Geoffrey F. Miller
Geoffrey F. Miller University of New Mexico
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Timothy J. Trull
Timothy J. Trull University of Missouri

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