Holly G. Prigerson

34.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
429 papers, 24.6k citations indexed

About

Holly G. Prigerson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Holly G. Prigerson has authored 429 papers receiving a total of 24.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 294 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 239 papers in Clinical Psychology and 121 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Holly G. Prigerson's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (278 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (221 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (98 papers). Holly G. Prigerson is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (278 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (221 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (98 papers). Holly G. Prigerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Holly G. Prigerson's co-authors include Paul K. Maciejewski, Susan D. Block, Baohui Zhang, Alexi A. Wright, Tracy A. Balboni, Lauren C. Vanderwerker, Matthew Nilsson, Charles F. Reynolds, Paul A. Boelen and M. Elizabeth Paulk and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Holly G. Prigerson

406 papers receiving 23.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia 1995 2026 2005 2015 2009 2009 2007 2010 2010 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia
    2009 1.1k citations Holly G. Prigerson et al. profile →
  2. Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life
    2009 701 citations Baohui Zhang, Matthew Nilsson et al. profile →
  3. Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life
    2007 700 citations Lauren C. Vanderwerker, Susan D. Block et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  4. End-of-Life Discussions, Goal Attainment, and Distress at the End of Life: Predictors and Outcomes of Receipt of Care Consistent With Preferences
    2010 632 citations Susan D. Block, Holly G. Prigerson et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  5. Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health
    2010 580 citations Susan D. Block, Holly G. Prigerson et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  6. Complicated grief and bereavement-related depression as distinct disorders: preliminary empirical validation in elderly bereaved spouses
    1995 550 citations Holly G. Prigerson et al. profile →
  7. Traumatic grief as a risk factor for mental and physical morbidity
    1997 506 citations Holly G. Prigerson et al. profile →
  8. Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life
    2015 422 citations Holly G. Prigerson, Yuhua Bao et al. profile →
  9. Validation of the new DSM‐5‐TR criteria for prolonged grief disorder and the PG‐13‐Revised (PG‐13‐R) scale
    2021 269 citations Holly G. Prigerson, Jiehui Xu et al. profile →
  10. Outcomes of Prognostic Disclosure: Associations With Prognostic Understanding, Distress, and Relationship With Physician Among Patients With Advanced Cancer
    2015 259 citations Baohui Zhang, Holly G. Prigerson et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
  11. “Prolonged grief disorder” and “persistent complex bereavement disorder”, but not “complicated grief”, are one and the same diagnostic entity: an analysis of data from the Yale Bereavement Study
    2016 234 citations Paul K. Maciejewski, Holly G. Prigerson et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Holly G. Prigerson United States 82 14.4k 13.1k 6.3k 4.0k 3.3k 429 24.6k
Susan D. Block United States 71 14.3k 1.0× 5.4k 0.4× 5.5k 0.9× 5.2k 1.3× 1.4k 0.4× 224 18.4k
William Breitbart United States 71 7.1k 0.5× 4.8k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 4.8k 1.2× 1.7k 0.5× 290 19.3k
Harvey Max Chochinov Canada 53 8.9k 0.6× 6.3k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 218 12.7k
Betty Ferrell United States 72 11.3k 0.8× 2.9k 0.2× 3.5k 0.6× 7.4k 1.9× 2.6k 0.8× 459 20.9k
James A. Tulsky United States 72 11.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.3× 6.0k 1.0× 3.5k 0.9× 963 0.3× 323 16.6k
Gary Rodin Canada 70 8.4k 0.6× 4.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 4.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 363 16.4k
David W. Kissane Australia 61 5.5k 0.4× 5.0k 0.4× 3.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 3.2k 1.0× 305 13.4k
Robert M. Arnold United States 81 14.7k 1.0× 3.8k 0.3× 7.8k 1.2× 5.1k 1.3× 884 0.3× 654 22.8k
Barbara Given United States 69 4.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.2× 3.0k 0.5× 3.0k 0.8× 4.7k 1.5× 271 14.2k
Alv A. Dahl Norway 63 2.6k 0.2× 4.9k 0.4× 3.4k 0.5× 3.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 318 22.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Maciejewski, Paul K., et al.. (2024). State of the Science: Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Prolonged Grief Disorder. Behavior Therapy. 55(6). 1303–1317. 1 indexed citations
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Perry, Laura M., Paul K. Maciejewski, Robert Gramling, et al.. (2024). Patient-Caregiver Dyads & End-of-Life Care: Caregiver Personality Disrupts Gender-Based Norms. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 67(5). e393–e398. 2 indexed citations
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Siriaraya, Panote, et al.. (2023). The "Conversation" about Loss: Understanding How Chatbot Technology was Used in Supporting People in Grief.. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1–15. 36 indexed citations
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Kinslow, Connor J., Melanie M. Wall, Holly G. Prigerson, et al.. (2023). Prognosis and risk of suicide after cancer diagnosis.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 6634–6634. 3 indexed citations
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Wen, Fur‐Hsing, Yeong‐Yuh Juang, Holly G. Prigerson, et al.. (2023). Temporal reciprocal relationships among anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder for family surrogates from intensive care units over their first two bereavement years. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 412–412. 2 indexed citations
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Tergas, Ana I., Holly G. Prigerson, Megan Johnson Shen, et al.. (2022). Association between immigrant status and advanced cancer patients' location and quality of death. Cancer. 128(18). 3352–3359. 7 indexed citations
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Falzarano, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Grief and Bereavement in the Latino/a Community: A Literature Synthesis and Directions for Future Research. Health Equity. 6(1). 696–707. 7 indexed citations
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Lichtenthal, Wendy G., Madeline Rogers, Kailey E. Roberts, et al.. (2021). Development and preliminary evaluation of EMPOWER for surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients. Palliative & Supportive Care. 20(2). 167–177. 12 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ana E., et al.. (2020). Responding to Healthcare Disparities and Challenges With Access to Care During COVID-19. Health Equity. 4(1). 117–128. 22 indexed citations
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Derry, Heather M., Paul K. Maciejewski, Andrew S. Epstein, et al.. (2019). Associations between Anxiety, Poor Prognosis, and Accurate Understanding of Scan Results among Advanced Cancer Patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(8). 961–965. 24 indexed citations
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Reid, M. Carrington, et al.. (2016). Pain Assessment, Management, and Control Among Patients 65 Years or Older Receiving Hospice Care in the U.S.. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 52(5). 663–672. 28 indexed citations
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Garrido, Melissa M., et al.. (2015). Factors Predicting Bereaved Caregiver Perception of Quality of Care in the Final Week of Life: Implications for Health Care Providers. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 18(10). 849–857. 29 indexed citations
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Meyer, Fremonta, et al.. (2014). Advanced cancer as a risk for major depressive episodes. Psycho-Oncology. 24(9). 1080–1087. 12 indexed citations
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Jimenez, Rachel, Baohui Zhang, Steven Joffe, et al.. (2013). Clinical Trial Participation among Ethnic/Racial Minority and Majority Patients with Advanced Cancer: What Factors Most Influence Enrollment?. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 16(3). 256–262. 26 indexed citations
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Greer, Joseph A., Lara Traeger, Heather Bemis, et al.. (2012). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Patients with Terminal Cancer. The Oncologist. 17(10). 1337–1345. 74 indexed citations
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Trevino, Kelly M., Paul K. Maciejewski, Karen Fasciano, & Holly G. Prigerson. (2011). Grief and Life Disruption in Young Adults with Advanced Cancer. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 1(4). 168–172. 10 indexed citations
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Pirl, William F., Jennifer S. Temel, Andrew C. Billings, et al.. (2008). Depression After Diagnosis of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Survival: A Pilot Study. Psychosomatics. 49(3). 218–224. 57 indexed citations
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Ott, Carol H., Robert J. Lueger, Sheryl T. Kelber, & Holly G. Prigerson. (2007). Spousal Bereavement in Older Adults. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195(4). 332–341. 89 indexed citations
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Buss, Mary K., Lauren C. Vanderwerker, Sharon K. Inouye, et al.. (2007). Associations between Caregiver-Perceived Delirium in Patients with Cancer and Generalized Anxiety in their Caregivers. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 10(5). 1083–1092. 71 indexed citations
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Lichtenthal, Wendy G., Dean G. Cruess, & Holly G. Prigerson. (2004). A case for establishing complicated grief as a distinct mental disorder in DSM-V. Clinical Psychology Review. 24(6). 637–662. 264 indexed citations

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