2026 David A. Kindig: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	34	6905	6412	3353	3056	145	5679

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Current World Ranking

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

5679

World Ranking

6905

National Ranking

3353

Research.com Recognitions

1996 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

David A. Kindig is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and social sciences, with significant contributions to general health professions, health, economics and econometrics, organizational behavior and human resource management, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by their work include:

Health disparities and outcomes
Public health policies and education
Healthcare policy and management
Global public health policies and epidemiology
Food security and health in diverse populations
Child and adolescent health
Birth, development, and health

Their recent publications include:

"Keeping It Political and Powerful: Defining the Structural Determinants of Health" (2024) in Milbank Quarterly
"Trends in infants born at low birthweight and disparities by maternal race and education from 2003 to 2018 in the United States" (2021) in BMC Public Health
"What Do We Know About the Drivers of Health and Equity? A Narrative Review of Graphic Representations" (2020) in Health Equity
"Reduction in US Health Care Spending Required to Meet the Institute of Medicine's 2030 Target" (2020) in American Journal of Public Health
"Why Did Cross-National Divergences in Life Expectancy and Health Care Expenditures Both Appear in the 1980s?" (2020) in American Journal of Public Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

Marjory L. Givens
Sanne Magnan
Sheri P. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Pollock
Keith P. Gennuso

Kindig has published frequently in venues such as Milbank Quarterly and American Journal of Public Health, each with three known publications, as well as BMC Public Health, Health Equity, and NAM Perspectives.

In 1996, David A. Kindig was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Best Publications

What Is Population Health

David Kindig;Greg Stoddart

1274
Citations
Understanding population health terminology.

David A. Kindig

276
Citations
Message Design Strategies to Raise Public Awareness of Social Determinants of Health and Population Health Disparities

Jeff Niederdeppe;Q. Lisa Bu;Porismita Borah;David A. Kindig

271
Citations
Variation in Chinese population health related quality of life: results from a EuroQol study in Beijing, China.

Hong Wang;David A. Kindig;John Mullahy

220
Citations
Changes in the location of death after passage of Medicare's prospective payment system. A national study.

Mark A. Sager;Douglas V. Easterling;David A. Kindig;Odin W. Anderson

207
Citations
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FOR ASSIGNING WEIGHTS TO DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Bridget C. Booske;Jessica K. Athens;David A. Kindig;Hyojun Park

171
Citations
A Population Health Framework for Setting National and State Health Goals

David A. Kindig;Yukiko Asada;Bridget Booske

168
Citations
The Adequacy Of Physician Supply In Small Rural Counties

David A. Kindig;Hormoz Movassaghi

151
Citations
Even As Mortality Fell In Most US Counties, Female Mortality Nonetheless Rose In 42.8 Percent Of Counties From 1992 To 2006

David A. Kindig;Erika R. Cheng

148
Citations
Skill mix changes: substitution or service development?

Gerald Richardson;Alan Maynard;Nicky Cullum;David Kindig

147
Citations
The Value Of The Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exemption Was $24.6 Billion In 2011

Sara Rosenbaum;David A. Kindig;Jie Bao;Maureen K. Byrnes

137
Citations
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH LITERACY

Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman;Allison M. Panzer;David A. Kindig

114
Citations
Growth and Intracellular Development of a New Respiratory Virus

Dorothy Hamre;David A. Kindig;Judith Mann

110
Citations
A Report Card on the Physician Work Force in the United States

Marc L. Rivo;David A. Kindig

100
Citations
Purchasing Population Health: Paying for Results

David A. Kindig

96
Citations
Ranking Community Health Status to Stimulate Discussion of Local Public Health Issues: The Wisconsin County Health Rankings

Paul E. Peppard;David A. Kindig;Elizabeth Dranger;Amanda Jovaag

92
Citations
Managed Health Care: Implications for the Physician Workforce and Medical Education

Marc L. Rivo;Huey L. Mays;Jerald Katzoff;David A. Kindig

92
Citations
The Elusive Generalist Physician: Can We Reach a 50% Goal?

David A. Kindig;James M. Cultice;Fitzhugh Mullan

85
Citations
The Substitution of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners for Physician Residents in Teaching Hospitals

Roberta Riportella-Muller;Donald Libby;David Kindig

81
Citations
Virus-Like Particles in Established Murine Cell Lines: Electron-Microscopic Observations

David A. Kindig;W. H. Kirsten

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Niederdeppe Cornell University

Mark A. Sager University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alan Maynard University of York

Gary J. Young Northeastern University

Thomas C. Ricketts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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