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Shawn R. Currie

Shawn R. Currie

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
7839
World Ranking
4731
National Ranking
283

Shawn R. Currie publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 88 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shawn R. Currie 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 Shawn R. Currie sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shawn R. Currie is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and specializes primarily in the field of psychology. Their research spans several subfields including clinical psychology, general health professions, epidemiology, management information systems, and information systems and management. The main focus of their research is centered on gambling behavior and treatments, along with related areas such as sexuality, behavior and technology, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, patient satisfaction in healthcare, FinTech, crowdfunding, digital finance, technology adoption and user behaviour, and the wine industry and tourism.

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Shawn R. Currie:

  • A meta-analysis of problem gambling risk factors in the general adult population, 2021, Addiction
  • Developing and validating lower risk online gambling thresholds with actual bettor data from a major Internet gambling operator, 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Not Too Much, Not Too Often, and Not Too Many: the Results of the First Large-Scale, International Project to Develop Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines, 2022, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Lower-risk gambling limits: linked analyses across eight countries, 2022, International Gambling Studies
  • Predicting future harm from gambling over a five-year period in a general population sample: a survival analysis, 2021, BMC Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shawn R. Currie include:

  • David C. Hodgins
  • Matthew M. Young
  • Natacha Brunelle
  • Magali Dufour
  • Marie-Claire Flores-Pajot

The scientist's research has been published in several venues, notably:

  • Addiction
  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • International Gambling Studies
  • BMC Psychiatry

The work broadly addresses issues related to problem gambling, particularly focusing on risk factors, the development of guidelines for lower-risk gambling behavior, and predictive models for future gambling-related harm. Other topics covered in their research include behavioral technology and treatment outcomes linked to substance abuse, offering an interdisciplinary perspective from psychology through to information systems.

Best Publications

  • Chronic back pain and major depression in the general Canadian population.

    Shawn R Currie;JianLi Wang

  • Descriptive Epidemiology of Major Depression in Canada

    Scott B Patten;Jian Li Wang;Jeanne V A Williams;Shawn Currie

  • Motivational enhancement and self-help treatments for problem gambling.

    David C. Hodgins;Shawn R. Currie;Nady el-Guebaly

  • Validity of the Problem Gambling Severity Index Interpretive Categories

    Shawn R. Currie;Shawn R. Currie;David C. Hodgins;David M. Casey

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of insomnia secondary to chronic pain.

    Shawn R. Currie;Keith G. Wilson;Amanda J. Pontefract;Lori deLaplante

  • Risk of harm among gamblers in the general population as a function of level of participation in gambling activities.

    Shawn R. Currie;David C. Hodgins;JianLi Wang;Nady el-Guebaly

  • Epidemiological associations between gambling behavior, substance use & mood and anxiety disorders.

    Nady el-Guebaly;Scott B. Patten;Shawn Currie;Jeanne V. A. Williams

  • Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioural interventions for insomnia in recovering alcoholics.

    Shawn R Currie;Stewart Clark;David C Hodgins;Nady El-Guebaly

  • More data on major depression as an antecedent risk factor for first onset of chronic back pain.

    Shawn R. Currie;Jianli Wang

  • Brief motivational treatment for problem gambling: a 24-month follow-up.

    David C. Hodgins;Shawn Currie;Nady el-Guebaly;Nicole Peden

  • Smoking Cessation Approaches for Persons With Mental Illness or Addictive Disorders

    Nady el-Guebaly;Janice Cathcart;Shawn Currie;Diane Brown

  • A meta-analysis of problem gambling risk factors in the general adult population

    Youssef Allami;David C. Hodgins;Matthew Young;Natacha Brunelle

  • Daily diary and ambulatory activity monitoring of sleep in patients with insomnia associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain

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  • Comorbidity of major depression with substance use disorders.

    Shawn R. Currie;Scott B. Patten;Jeanne V. A. Williams;Jian Li Wang

  • Randomized trial of brief motivational treatments for pathological gamblers: More is not necessarily better.

    David C. Hodgins;Shawn R. Currie;Gillian Currie;Gordon H. Fick

  • Public Health and Therapeutic Aspects of Smoking Bans in Mental Health and Addiction Settings

    Nady el-Guebaly;Janice Cathcart;Shawn Currie;Diane Brown

  • A Population-based Longitudinal Study on Work Environmental Factors and the Risk of Major Depressive Disorder

    JianLi Wang;Scott B. Patten;Shawn Currie;Jitender Sareen

  • Psychotropic Medication Use in Canada

    Cynthia A Beck;Jeanne V A Williams;Jian Li Wang;Aliya Kassam

  • A Canadian Population Level Analysis of the Roles of Irrational Gambling Cognitions and Risky Gambling Practices as Correlates of Gambling Intensity and Pathological Gambling

    Natalie V. Miller;Natalie V. Miller;Shawn R. Currie;Shawn R. Currie

  • Clinical significance and predictors of treatment response to cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia secondary to chronic pain.

    Shawn R Currie;Shawn R Currie;Keith G Wilson;Dorothyann Curran

  • Antidepressant utilization in Canada.

    Cynthia A. Beck;Cynthia A. Beck;Scott B. Patten;Jeanne V. A. Williams;Jian Li Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nady el-Guebaly
Nady el-Guebaly University of Calgary
David C. Hodgins
David C. Hodgins University of Calgary
Scott B. Patten
Scott B. Patten University of Calgary
Robert J. Williams
Robert J. Williams University of Lethbridge
JianLi Wang
JianLi Wang University of Calgary
Donald Schopflocher
Donald Schopflocher University of Alberta
Norbert Schmitz
Norbert Schmitz McGill University
Jitender Sareen
Jitender Sareen University of Manitoba
Rachel A. Volberg
Rachel A. Volberg University of Massachusetts Amherst
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia

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