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Dana A. Glei 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 Dana A. Glei sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 120 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dana A. Glei 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 Dana A. Glei sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dana A. Glei is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Social Sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Pharmacology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics centered on health and social issues. Main topics covered include health disparities and outcomes, employment and welfare studies, global health care issues, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, opioid use disorder treatment, climate change and health impacts, and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Dana A. Glei include:

  • Estimating the impact of drug use on US mortality, 1999-2016 (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • Loneliness, social isolation, and all-cause mortality in the United States (2021) published in SSM - Mental Health
  • Increases in BMI and chronic pain for US adults in midlife, 1992 to 2016 (2020) published in SSM - Population Health
  • Changes in mental health, pain, and drug misuse since the mid-1990s: Is there a link? (2020) published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Income, wealth, and Black-White disparities in cognition (2022) published in Social Science & Medicine

Dana A. Glei frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Maxine Weinstein, Chioun Lee, Andrew Stokes, Samuel H. Preston, and Wubin Xie.

The scientist's work has been published mostly in a select group of academic journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • SSM - Population Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSM - Mental Health

Best Publications

  • Participating in social activities helps preserve cognitive function: an analysis of a longitudinal, population-based study of the elderly

    Dana A Glei;David A Landau;Noreen Goldman;Yi-Li Chuang

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • Utilization of care during pregnancy in rural Guatemala: does obstetrical need matter?

    Dana A. Glei;Noreen Goldman;Germán Rodrı́guez

  • Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan.

    D.M. Yeager;Dana A. Glei;Melanie Au;Hui-Sheng Lin

  • Do chronic stressors lead to physiological dysregulation? Testing the theory of allostatic load.

    Dana A. Glei;Noreen Goldman;Yi-Li Chuang;Maxine Weinstein

  • A comparative analysis of measurement approaches for physiological dysregulation in an older population.

    Christopher L Seplaki;Noreen Goldman;Dana Glei;Maxine Weinstein

  • The role of clinical risk factors in understanding self-rated health

    Noreen Goldman;Dana A Glei;Ming-Cheng Chang

  • The narrowing sex differential in life expectancy in high-income populations: effects of differences in the age pattern of mortality.

    Dana A Glei;Shiro Horiuchi

  • Social relationships and allostatic load in Taiwanese elderly and near elderly.

    Teresa Seeman;Dana Glei;Noreen Goldman;Maxine Weinstein

  • The serotonin transporter polymorphism (5‐HTTLPR): allelic variation and links with depressive symptoms

    Noreen Goldman;Dana A. Glei;Yu-Hsuan Lin;Maxine Weinstein

  • A new method for estimating smoking-attributable mortality in high-income countries

    Samuel H Preston;Dana A Glei;John R Wilmoth

  • Data Resource Profile: The Human Mortality Database (HMD)

    Magali Barbieri;John R Wilmoth;Vladimir M Shkolnikov;Dana Glei

  • Social ties and perceived support: two dimensions of social relationships and health among the elderly in Taiwan.

    Jennifer C. Cornman;Noreen Goldman;Dana A. Glei;Maxine Weinstein

  • The Role of Life Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms in All-cause Mortality

    Amy Love Collins;Dana A. Glei;Noreen Goldman

  • Taking the Plunge An Examination of Positive Youth Development

    Kristin A. Moore;Dana Glei

  • Perceived stress and physiological dysregulation in older adults

    Noreen Goldman;Dana A Glei;Christopher Seplaki;I-Wen Liu

  • Nonmarital School-Age Motherhood: Family, Individual, and School Characteristics

    Kristin A. Moore;Jennifer Manlove;Dana A. Glei;Donna R. Morrison

  • Working memory in older adults declines with age, but is modulated by sex and education.

    Christos Pliatsikas;João Veríssimo;Laura Babcock;Mariel Y Pullman

  • Evaluation of midwifery care: results from a survey in rural Guatemala

    Noreen Goldman;Dana A. Glei

  • Estimating the impact of drug use on US mortality, 1999-2016.

    Dana A. Glei;Samuel H. Preston

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

  • A new method for estimating smoking-attributable mortality in high-income

    Samuel H Preston;Dana A Glei;John R Wilmoth

Frequent Co-Authors

Maxine Weinstein
Maxine Weinstein Georgetown University
Noreen Goldman
Noreen Goldman Princeton University
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov Max Planck Society
Samuel H. Preston
Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania
John R. Wilmoth
John R. Wilmoth University of California, Berkeley
Sébastien Guillaume
Sébastien Guillaume University of Montpellier
Emilie Olié
Emilie Olié Grenoble Alpes University
Philippe Courtet
Philippe Courtet University of Montpellier
Domantas Jasilionis
Domantas Jasilionis Vytautas Magnus University

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