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Carolyn E. Schwartz

Carolyn E. Schwartz

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
55
Citations
17515
World Ranking
1980
National Ranking
950

Carolyn E. Schwartz 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 Carolyn E. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 213 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carolyn E. Schwartz 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 Carolyn E. Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Carolyn E. Schwartz is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with significant contributions within clinical psychology, surgery, general health professions, pathology and forensic medicine, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, COVID-19 and mental health, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as patient satisfaction in healthcare.

Carolyn E. Schwartz has published extensively in a range of journals, with frequent appearances in Quality of Life Research and the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. Other venues include the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, and Journal of Personalized Medicine.

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Schwartz include Bruce D. Rapkin, Roland B. Stark, Katrina Borowiec, Joel Finkelstein, and I-Chan Huang.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Schwartz include:

  • "Patient Factors That Matter in Predicting Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes: A Machine-Learning Approach," 2021, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "Capturing patient experience: does quality-of-life appraisal entail a new class of measurement?," 2020, Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • "Creating idiometric short-form measures of cognitive appraisal: balancing theory and pragmatics," 2021, Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • "Does response shift impact interpretation of change even among scales developed using item response theory?," 2020, Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • "Patient factors that matter in predicting spine surgery outcomes: a machine learning approach," 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Best Publications

  • Integrating response shift into health-related quality of life research: a theoretical model

    Mirjam A.G Sprangers;Carolyn E Schwartz;Carolyn E Schwartz

  • Methodological approaches for assessing response shift in longitudinal health-related quality-of-life research.

    Carolyn E Schwartz;Mirjam A.G Sprangers

  • ISOQOL recommends minimum standards for patient-reported outcome measures used in patient-centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research

    Bryce B. Reeve;Kathleen W. Wyrwich;Albert W. Wu;Galina Velikova

  • Altruistic social interest behaviors are associated with better mental health.

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Janice Bell Meisenhelder;Yunsheng Ma;George W. Reed

  • Toward a theoretical model of quality-of-life appraisal: Implications of findings from studies of response shift

    Bruce D Rapkin;Carolyn E Schwartz

  • The clinical significance of adaptation to changing health: a meta-analysis of response shift.

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Rita Bode;Nicholas Repucci;Janine Becker

  • Response Shift Theory: Important Implications for Measuring Quality of Life in People With Disability

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Elena M. Andresen;Margaret A. Nosek;Gloria L. Krahn

  • Helping others helps oneself: response shift effects in peer support.

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  • Reconsidering the psychometrics of quality of life assessment in light of response shift and appraisal.

    Carolyn E Schwartz;Bruce D Rapkin

  • Psychosocial correlates of fatigue in multiple sclerosis

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Linda Coulthard-Morris;Qi Zeng

  • Concomitant obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizotypal personality disorder.

    Michael A Jenike;Lee Baer;William E. Minichiello;Carl E. Schwartz

  • Early intervention in planning end-of-life care with ambulatory geriatric patients: results of a pilot trial.

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;H. Brownell Wheeler;Bernard Hammes;Noreen Basque

  • Exploring response shift in longitudinal data

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Mirjam A.G. Sprangers;Amy Carey;George Reed

  • Measuring self-efficacy in people with multiple scleoris: a validation study☆☆☆

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Linda Coulthard-Morris;Qi Zeng;Paul Retzlaff

  • Validation of a New Measure of Concept of a Good Death

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Kathleen M. Mazor;H. Jane Rogers;Yunsheng Ma

  • Guidelines for improving the stringency of response shift research using the thentest

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

  • Helping Others Shows Differential Benefits on Health and Well-being for Male and Female Teens

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Penelope M. Keyl;John P. Marcum;Rita Bode

  • The challenge of response shift for quality-of-life-based clinical oncology research.

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  • Health Conditions: Effect on Function, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Life Satisfaction After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. A Prospective Observational Registry Cohort Study.

    Carly S. Rivers;Nader Fallah;Vanessa K. Noonan;Vanessa K. Noonan;David G. Whitehurst

  • Prospective evaluation of chronic pain associated with posterior autologous iliac crest bone graft harvest and its effect on postoperative outcome.

    Carolyn E Schwartz;Carolyn E Schwartz;Julia F Martha;Paulette Kowalski;David A Wang

  • Outcome of percutaneous rupture of lumbar synovial cysts: a case series of 101 patients.

    Julia F. Martha;Bryan Swaim;David A. Wang;David H. Kim;David H. Kim

  • Caregiver role stress: when families become providers.

    Bonnie Teschendorf;Carolyn Schwartz;Carol Estwing Ferrans;Ann O'Mara

  • Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase genetic variants with outcome in patients undergoing surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative disc disease.

    Feng Dai;Inna Belfer;Carolyn E. Schwartz;Robert Banco

  • Evaluation of the Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index—Revised: Research Tool or Clinical Tool?

    Carolyn E. Schwartz;Melanie P. Merriman;George Reed;Ira Byock

  • Patient-reported outcomes in spine surgery: past, current, and future directions.

    Joel A Finkelstein;Carolyn E Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel S. Finkelstein
Joel S. Finkelstein Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Mirjam A. G. Sprangers
Mirjam A. G. Sprangers University of Amsterdam
Ralph H.B. Benedict
Ralph H.B. Benedict University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Timothy Vollmer
Timothy Vollmer University of Florida
George W. Reed
George W. Reed University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Sara Ahmed
Sara Ahmed McGill University Health Centre
Rita K. Bode
Rita K. Bode Northwestern University
Frans J. Oort
Frans J. Oort University of Amsterdam
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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