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Scott Veldhuizen 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 Scott Veldhuizen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 125 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Veldhuizen 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 Scott Veldhuizen 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

Scott Veldhuizen is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on smoking behavior and cessation, with a significant presence in the fields of medicine and psychology. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as physiology, general health professions, applied psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Scott Veldhuizen has published papers in several key venues, including:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Digital Health
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Prominent recent papers by Veldhuizen include:

  • "Effect of COVID-19 on smoking cessation outcomes in a large primary care treatment programme: an observational study" (2021, BMJ Open)
  • "Impact of a Web-Based Clinical Decision Support System to Assist Practitioners in Addressing Physical Activity and/or Healthy Eating for Smoking Cessation Treatment: Protocol for a Hybrid Type I Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020, JMIR Research Protocols)
  • "Changes in the reach of a smoking cessation program in Ontario, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study" (2021, CMAJ Open)
  • "Cocreation of a conversational agent to help patients adhere to their varenicline treatment: A study protocol" (2023, Digital Health)
  • "A Comparison of Quit Outcomes for Men and Women in a Smoking Cessation Program Offering Personalized Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Counseling in Primary Care Clinics" (2021, Nicotine & Tobacco Research)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Laurie Zawertailo, Peter Selby, Nadia Minian, Osnat C. Melamed, and Sabrina Voci, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation in addiction and mental health research.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of 2 measures of psychological distress as screeners for depression in the general population.

    John Cairney;Scott Veldhuizen;Terrance J Wade;Paul Kurdyak

  • Patterns of tobacco-related mortality among individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression

    Russell C. Callaghan;Scott Veldhuizen;Trincy Jeysingh;Trincy Jeysingh;Chloe Orlan;Chloe Orlan

  • A Multiple-City RCT of Housing First With Assertive Community Treatment for Homeless Canadians With Serious Mental Illness.

    Tim Aubry;Paula Goering;Scott Veldhuizen;Carol E. Adair

  • Developmental coordination disorder, sex, and activity deficit over time: a longitudinal analysis of participation trajectories in children with and without coordination difficulties

    John Cairney;John A Hay;Scott Veldhuizen;Cheryl Missiuna

  • Men’s Sexual Orientation and Health in Canada

    David J. Brennan;Lori E. Ross;Cheryl Dobinson;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Women's Sexual Orientation and Health: Results from a Canadian Population-Based Survey

    Leah S Steele;Lori E Ross;Cheryl Dobinson;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Motor coordination and emotional-behavioral problems in children.

    John Cairney;Scott Veldhuizen;Peter Szatmari

  • Psychological distress in children with developmental coordination disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Cheryl Missiuna;John Cairney;Nancy Pollock;Wenonah Campbell

  • One-year outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of housing first with ACT in five Canadian cities.

    Tim Aubry;Sam Tsemberis;Carol E. Adair;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Comorbid depression and anxiety in later life: patterns of association, subjective well-being, and impairment.

    John Cairney;John Cairney;Laurie M. Corna;Scott Veldhuizen;Nathan Herrmann

  • Community Survey of Bipolar Disorder in Canada: Lifetime Prevalence and Illness Characteristics:

    Ayal Schaffer;John Cairney;Amy Cheung;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Service Use and Unmet Needs for Substance Use and Mental Disorders in Canada.

    Karen Urbanoski;Dakota Inglis;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Trajectories of relative weight and waist circumference among children with and without developmental coordination disorder

    John Cairney;John Hay;Scott Veldhuizen;Cheryl Missiuna

  • Who uses exercise as a coping strategy for stress? Results from a national survey of Canadians.

    John Cairney;Matthew Y W Kwan;Scott Veldhuizen;Guy E J Faulkner

  • The epidemiology of psychological problems in the elderly.

    David L Streiner;John Cairney;Scott Veldhuizen

  • Biological age and sex-related declines in physical activity during adolescence.

    John Cairney;Scott Veldhuizen;Matthew Kwan;John Hay

  • Epidemiology of Social Phobia in Later Life

    John Cairney;Laura McCabe;Scott Veldhuizen;Laurie M. Corna

  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorder in lone fathers and mothers: examining the intersection of gender and family structure on mental health

    Terrance J Wade;Scott Veldhuizen;John Cairney

  • Mapping the prevalence of problem gambling and its association with treatment accessibility and proximity to gambling venues

    Brian Rush;Scott Veldhuizen;Edward Adlaf

  • Exploring the social determinants of mental health service use using intersectionality theory and CART analysis

    John Cairney;Scott Veldhuizen;Simone Vigod;David L Streiner;David L Streiner

  • Bipolar disorder among adolescents and young adults: Results from an epidemiological sample

    Nicole Kozloff;Amy H. Cheung;Amy H. Cheung;Ayal Schaffer;John Cairney

Frequent Co-Authors

John Cairney
John Cairney University of Queensland
David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
Cheryl Missiuna
Cheryl Missiuna McMaster University
Paula Goering
Paula Goering Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Terrance J. Wade
Terrance J. Wade Brock University
Nathan Herrmann
Nathan Herrmann Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Guy Faulkner
Guy Faulkner University of British Columbia
Sam Tsemberis
Sam Tsemberis Pathways to Housing
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Louis A. Schmidt
Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University

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