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Virginia Aldigé Hiday 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 Virginia Aldigé Hiday sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 94 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia Aldigé Hiday 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 Virginia Aldigé Hiday 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

Virginia Aldigé Hiday is a researcher affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily addresses areas within psychology and the arts and humanities.

The main fields of study that characterize their research include:

  • Psychology
  • Arts and Humanities

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Philosophy

The research topics Virginia Aldigé Hiday has focused on are notably specific to forensic and mental health concerns, including:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Collaboration appears in their work, with a frequent coauthor identified as Bradley Ray.

Best Publications

  • Violence and severe mental illness: the effects of substance abuse and nonadherence to medication.

    M. S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;V. A. Hiday;Randy Borum

  • Can Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Reduce Hospital Recidivism?: Findings From a Randomized Trial With Severely Mentally Ill Individuals

    M S Swartz;J W Swanson;H R Wagner;B J Burns

  • Involuntary out-patient commitment and reduction of violent behaviour in persons with severe mental illness

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;H. Ryan Wagner;Barbara J. Burns

  • Criminal Victimization of Persons With Severe Mental Illness

    V. A. Hiday;M. S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Randy Borum

  • Mental Health Court Outcomes: A Comparison of Re-Arrest and Re-Arrest Severity Between Mental Health Court and Traditional Court Participants

    Marlee E. Moore;Virginia Aldigé Hiday

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outpatient Commitment in North Carolina

    Marvin S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Virginia A. Hiday;H. Ryan Wagner

  • The social context of mental illness and violence.

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday

  • Procedural justice and the mental health court judge's role in reducing recidivism

    Heathcote W. Wales;Virginia Aldigé Hiday;Bradley Ray

  • Taking the wrong drugs: the role of substance abuse and medication noncompliance in violence among severely mentally ill individuals.

    M. S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;V. A. Hiday;Randy Borum

  • Victimization: a link between mental illness and violence?

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Randy Borum

  • Arrests two years after exiting a well-established mental health court.

    Virginia A. Hiday;Bradley Ray

  • Impact of outpatient commitment on victimization of people with severe mental illness.

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday;Marvin S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Randy Borum

  • Understanding the connection between mental illness and violence

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday

  • Can Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Reduce Arrests among Persons with Severe Mental Illness

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Randy Borum;Marvin S. Swartz;Virginia A. Hiday

  • Patient perceptions of coercion in mental hospital admission

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday;Marvin S. Swartz;Jeffrey Swanson;H.Ryan Wagner

  • Male-female differences in the setting and construction of violence among people with severe mental illness

    V. A. Hiday;M. S. Swartz;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Randy Borum

  • Putting community risk in perspective: a look at correlations, causes and controls.

    Virginia Aldige Hiday

  • The North Carolina experience with outpatient commitment: a critical appraisal.

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday;Teresa L. Scheid-Cook

  • Violent Behavior Preceding Hospitalization Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness

    Jeffrey Swanson;Randy Borum;Marvin Swartz;Virginia Hiday

  • Civil commitment: A review of empirical research

    Virginia Aldigé Hiday

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey W. Swanson
Jeffrey W. Swanson Duke University
Marvin S. Swartz
Marvin S. Swartz Duke University
Randy Borum
Randy Borum University of South Florida
Barbara J. Burns
Barbara J. Burns Duke University
Linda K. George
Linda K. George Duke University

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