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Craig Gundersen 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 Craig Gundersen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Craig Gundersen 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 Craig Gundersen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Craig Gundersen is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields such as General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research focuses mainly on topics related to Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Homelessness and Social Issues, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, as well as Health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Craig Gundersen include Tyler J. VanderWeele, Byron R. Johnson, R. Noah Padgett, Dorota Węziak-Białowolska, and Hyunil Kim.

The scientist has published multiple papers, notably:

  • Food Insecurity during COVID-19 (2020) in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Association between household food insecurity and mortality in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study (2020) in Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Health Care Use And Costs Among Canadian Adults (2020) in Health Affairs
  • The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing (2025) in Nature Mental Health
  • The Use of Charitable Food Assistance Among Low-Income Households in the United States (2020) in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Craig Gundersen frequently publishes in venues such as Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Annals of Epidemiology, Journal of Nutrition, and Physiology & Behavior.

Best Publications

  • Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes

    Craig Gundersen;James P. Ziliak

  • Hunger: Its Impact on Children's Health and Mental Health

    Linda F. Weinreb;Cheryl Wehler;Jennifer N. Perloff;Richard Scott

  • The Economics of Food Insecurity in the United States

    Craig Gundersen;Brent Kreider;John Pepper

  • Psychosocial Factors and Socioeconomic Indicators Are Associated with Household Food Insecurity among Pregnant Women

    Barbara A. Laraia;Anna Maria Siega-Riz;Craig Gundersen;Nancy Dole

  • Identifying the Effects of SNAP (Food Stamps) on Child Health Outcomes When Participation Is Endogenous and Misreported

    Brent Kreider;John V. Pepper;Craig Gundersen;Dean Jolliffe

  • Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs

    Valerie Tarasuk;Joyce Cheng;Claire de Oliveira;Naomi Dachner

  • The Food Stamp Program and Food Insufficiency

    Craig Gundersen;Victor Oliveira

  • Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Self-Reported Pregravid Weight Status, Gestational Weight Gain, and Pregnancy Complications

    Barbara A. Laraia;Anna Maria Siega-Riz;Craig Gundersen

  • Linking psychosocial stressors and childhood obesity.

    C. Gundersen;D. Mahatmya;S. Garasky;B. Lohman

  • The impact of the National School Lunch Program on child health: A nonparametric bounds analysis ✩

    Craig Gundersen;Brent Kreider;John Pepper

  • Bounding the effects of food insecurity on children’s health outcomes

    Craig Gundersen;Brent Kreider

  • Food Insecurity Research in the United States: Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go

    Craig Gundersen;James P Ziliak

  • Is food insecurity related to overweight and obesity in children and adolescents? A summary of studies, 1995-2009.

    J. C. Eisenmann;C. Gundersen;B. J. Lohman;S. Garasky

  • Brief assessment of food insecurity accurately identifies high-risk US adults.

    Craig Gundersen;Emily E Engelhard;Amy S Crumbaugh;Hilary K Seligman

  • Food Insecurity during COVID-19.

    Craig Gundersen;Monica Hake;Adam Dewey;Emily Engelhard

  • Food Security, Maternal Stressors, and Overweight Among Low-Income US Children: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002)

    Craig Gundersen;Brenda J. Lohman;Steven Garasky;Susan Stewart

  • Family stressors and child obesity.

    Steven a Garasky;Susan D Stewart;Craig Gundersen;Brenda J Lohman

  • Food Insecurity Is Not Associated with Childhood Obesity as Assessed Using Multiple Measures of Obesity

    Craig Gundersen;Steven Garasky;Brenda J. Lohman

  • Poverty and macroeconomic performance across space, race, and family structure.

    Craig Gundersen;James Patrick Ziliak

  • Childhood Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Trends, Causes, and Policy Options

    Craig Gundersen;James P. Ziliak

  • Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Links to Food Insecurity and Individual, Maternal, and Family Stressors

    Brenda J. Lohman;Susan Stewart;Craig Gundersen;Steven Garasky

Frequent Co-Authors

James P. Ziliak
James P. Ziliak University of Kentucky
Dean Jolliffe
Dean Jolliffe World Bank
Kathy Baylis
Kathy Baylis University of California, Santa Barbara
Brenda J. Lohman
Brenda J. Lohman University of Missouri
Valerie Tarasuk
Valerie Tarasuk University of Toronto
Barbara H. Fiese
Barbara H. Fiese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David W. Hosmer
David W. Hosmer University of Massachusetts Amherst
David C. Ribar
David C. Ribar Georgia State University
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Prasanta K. Pattanaik
Prasanta K. Pattanaik University of California, Riverside

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