2026 Christopher B. Forrest: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	77	469	404	224	190	295	18471

Overview

Christopher B. Forrest is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States. Their research publications primarily focus on pediatric health, infectious diseases, and clinical epidemiology. They have contributed extensively to studies related to COVID-19 and child and adolescent health.

Among recent notable publications are:

Assessment of 135 794 Pediatric Patients Tested for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Across the United States, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
PCORnet® 2020: current state, accomplishments, and future directions, 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Features and Burden of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents, 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
Cardiac Complications After SARS-CoV-2 Infection and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination - PCORnet, United States, January 2021-January 2022, 2022, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Their frequent co-authors include:

Hanieh Razzaghi
Ravi Jhaveri
Yong Chen
L. Charles Bailey
Dimitri Christakis

Christopher B. Forrest often publishes in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Academic Pediatrics
The Journal of Pediatrics
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
JAMA Network Open

Their main field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Neurology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Key topics of their research work include:

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
Child and Adolescent Health
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments

Best Publications

Association of Antibiotics in Infancy With Early Childhood Obesity

L. Charles Bailey;L. Charles Bailey;Christopher B. Forrest;Christopher B. Forrest;Peixin Zhang;Thomas M. Richards;Thomas M. Richards

566
Citations
Comorbidity: Implications for the Importance of Primary Care in ‘Case’ Management

Barbara Starfield;Klaus W. Lemke;Terence Bernhardt;Steven S. Foldes

530
Citations
Elementary school-aged children's reports of their health: a cognitive interviewing study

George W Rebok;Anne W Riley;Christopher B Forrest;Barbara Starfield

480
Citations
Dropping the baton: specialty referrals in the United States.

Ateev Mehrotra;Christopher B. Forrest;Caroline Y. Lin

433
Citations
Handbook of Life Course Health Development

Neal Halfon;Christopher B. Forrest;Richard M. Lerner;Elaine M. Faustman

385
Citations
The Validity of Measures of Socioeconomic Status of Adolescents.

Margaret E. Ensminger;Christopher B. Forrest;Anne W. Riley;Myungsa Kang

322
Citations
Adherence of low-income women to cancer screening recommendations.

Ann S O'Malley;Christopher B Forrest;Jeanne Mandelblatt

302
Citations
Primary care physician specialty referral decision making: patient, physician, and health care system determinants.

Christopher B. Forrest;Paul A. Nutting;Sarah von Schrader;Charles Rohde

296
Citations
Primary care safety-net delivery sites in the United States: A comparison of community health centers, hospital outpatient departments, and physicians' offices.

Christopher B. Forrest;Ellen-Marie Whelan

291
Citations
Child Health Services Research: Challenges and Opportunities

Christopher B. Forrest;Lisa Simpson;Carolyn Clancy

275
Citations
Advances in Patient-Reported Outcomes: The NIH PROMIS(®) Measures.

Joan E Broderick;Esi Morgan DeWitt;Nan Rothrock;Paul K Crane

275
Citations
Entry into primary care and continuity: the effects of access.

C B Forrest;B Starfield

262
Citations
Primary care in the United States: primary care gatekeeping and referrals: effective filter or failed experiment?

Christopher B Forrest

262
Citations
Coordination of specialty referrals and physician satisfaction with referral care.

Christopher B. Forrest;Gordon B. Glade;Alison E. Baker;Alison Bocian

255
Citations
The Role of Technical Advances in the Adoption and Integration of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Care

Roxanne E. Jensen;Nan E. Rothrock;Esi Morgan DeWitt;Brennan Spiegel;Brennan Spiegel

255
Citations
Development and validation of the PROMIS Pediatric Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment item banks.

Christopher B Forrest;Christopher B Forrest;Lisa J Meltzer;Carole L Marcus;Anna de la Motte

239
Citations
The Child Report Form of the CHIP-Child Edition: reliability and validity.

Anne W. Riley;Christopher B. Forrest;George W. Rebok;Barbara Starfield

238
Citations
Assessment of 135 794 Pediatric Patients Tested for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Across the United States.

L. Charles Bailey;Hanieh Razzaghi;Evanette K. Burrows;H. Timothy Bunnell

236
Citations
Childhood origins of adult health: a basis for life-course health policy.

Christopher B. Forrest;Anne W. Riley

229
Citations
PEDSnet: a National Pediatric Learning Health System

Christopher B Forrest;Christopher B Forrest;Peter A Margolis;L Charles Bailey;Keith Marsolo

223
Citations
Consumer experiences and provider perceptions of the quality of primary care: implications for managed care.

B Starfield;C Cassady;J Nanda;C B Forrest

209
Citations
Elementary school-aged children's reports of their health: A cognitive

G. Rebok;A. Riley;C. Forrest;B. Starfield

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University

Anne W. Riley Johns Hopkins University

Lisa J. Meltzer National Jewish Health

Adam C. Carle Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Neal Halfon University of California, Los Angeles

Jonathan P. Weiner Johns Hopkins University

Michael Herdman University of Barcelona

Margaret E. Ensminger Johns Hopkins University

Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Christopher B. Forrest Google Scholar page

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