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Health disparities and outcomes

Most cited papers

  1. Scoping studies: towards a methodological frameworkInternational Journal of Social Research Methodology · 2005 · 37,694 citations
  2. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)Medical Care · 1992 · 30,301 citations
  3. Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.Psychological Bulletin · 1985 · 17,655 citations
  4. A 12-Item Short-Form Health SurveyMedical Care · 1996 · 17,614 citations
  5. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017The Lancet · 2018 · 14,269 citations
  6. Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A ReviewDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · 2015 · 14,113 citations
  7. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social SupportJournal of Personality Assessment · 1988 · 13,438 citations
  8. Self-Rated Health and Mortality: A Review of Twenty-Seven Community StudiesJournal of Health and Social Behavior · 1997 · 8,690 citations
  9. An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion ProgramsHealth Education Quarterly · 1988 · 8,601 citations
  10. Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life AssessmentPsychological Medicine · 1998 · 8,020 citations
  11. Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic ReviewPLoS Medicine · 2010 · 7,377 citations
  12. Social Relationships and HealthScience · 1988 · 7,084 citations
  13. Social Support as a Moderator of Life StressPsychosomatic Medicine · 1976 · 6,939 citations
  14. Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015The Lancet · 2016 · 6,747 citations
  15. The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)Medical Care · 1993 · 6,718 citations
  16. Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for MortalityPerspectives on Psychological Science · 2015 · 6,165 citations
  17. UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3): Reliability, Validity, and Factor StructureJournal of Personality Assessment · 1996 · 5,928 citations
  18. Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)International Journal of Epidemiology · 2012 · 5,543 citations
  19. Screening for Depression in Well Older Adults: Evaluation of a Short Form of the CES-DAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine · 1994 · 5,486 citations
  20. Socioeconomic Status and Child DevelopmentAnnual Review of Psychology · 2002 · 5,480 citations
  21. SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTSAmerican Journal of Epidemiology · 1979 · 5,393 citations
  22. Actual Causes of Death in the United StatesJAMA · 1993 · 5,346 citations
  23. Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000JAMA · 2004 · 5,262 citations
  24. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validationHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes · 2007 · 5,257 citations
  25. 2016 Alzheimer's disease facts and figuresAlzheimer s & Dementia · 2016 · 5,135 citations
  26. The Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in LifeJournal of Health and Social Behavior · 2002 · 5,121 citations
  27. The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 YearsNew England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 5,092 citations
  28. Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021The Lancet · 2024 · 5,053 citations
  29. The Global Assessment ScaleArchives of General Psychiatry · 1976 · 5,020 citations
  30. A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safetyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 4,921 citations
  31. Social Relationships and Health.American Psychologist · 2004 · 4,898 citations
  32. A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large SurveysResearch on Aging · 2004 · 4,898 citations
  33. Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and MechanismsAnnals of Behavioral Medicine · 2010 · 4,887 citations
  34. The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research · 2004 · 4,851 citations
  35. Racial Differences in Physical and Mental HealthJournal of Health Psychology · 1997 · 4,841 citations
  36. Interpretation of Changes in Health-related Quality of LifeMedical Care · 2003 · 4,743 citations
  37. Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire: new outcome measure for primary care.BMJ · 1992 · 4,729 citations
  38. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): III. Tests of Data Quality, Scaling Assumptions, and Reliability Across Diverse Patient GroupsMedical Care · 1994 · 4,494 citations
  39. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017The Lancet · 2018 · 4,231 citations
  40. Fine-Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United StatesNew England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 2,333 citations

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