2026 David U. Himmelstein: 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	74	574	500	273	235	360	26102

David U. Himmelstein 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 David U. Himmelstein sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 360 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David U. Himmelstein 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 David U. Himmelstein sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David U. Himmelstein is affiliated with City University of New York in the United States. Their research spans health professions, medicine, and economics, focusing primarily on healthcare policy and management. Other key areas of study include primary care and health outcomes, healthcare cost, quality and practices, global health care issues, employment and welfare studies, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, and health disparities and outcomes.

Himmelstein has published extensively in several prominent medical journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
JAMA Internal Medicine
JAMA Network Open
JAMA

Several of their recent papers include:

Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017 (2020, Annals of Internal Medicine)
Intersecting U.S. Epidemics: COVID-19 and Lack of Health Insurance (2020, Annals of Internal Medicine)
Public policy and health in the Trump era (2021, The Lancet)
Trends in Health Care Use Among Black and White Persons in the US, 1963-2019 (2022, JAMA Network Open)
Medical Documentation Burden Among US Office-Based Physicians in 2019 (2022, JAMA Internal Medicine)

Himmelstein collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

Steffie Woolhandler
Adam Gaffney
Danny McCormick
Samuel Dickman
David H. Bor

Their work addresses multiple subfields within health and social sciences, such as general health professions, economics and econometrics, clinical psychology, health, and oncology. Through these interdisciplinary efforts, Himmelstein contributes to understanding the intersections of healthcare systems, policy implications, and socioeconomic factors.

Best Publications

Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study

Karen Lasser;J. Wesley Boyd;Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

3276
Citations
Timing of new black box warnings and withdrawals for prescription medications.

Karen E. Lasser;Paul D. Allen;Steffie J. Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

1381
Citations
Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study.

David U. Himmelstein;Deborah Thorne;Elizabeth Warren;Steffie Woolhandler

1202
Citations
Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada.

Steffie Woolhandler;Terry Campbell;David U. Himmelstein

993
Citations
The Health and Health Care of US Prisoners: Results of a Nationwide Survey

Andrew P. Wilper;Steffie Woolhandler;J. Wesley Boyd;Karen E. Lasser

912
Citations
Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada: results of a cross-national population-based survey.

Karen E. Lasser;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

792
Citations
Health Insurance and Mortality in US Adults

Andrew P. Wilper;Steffie Woolhandler;Karen E. Lasser;Danny McCormick

681
Citations
Inappropriate drug prescribing for the community-dwelling elderly.

Sharon M. Willcox;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

667
Citations
Inequality and the health-care system in the USA

Samuel L Dickman;David U Himmelstein;David U Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Steffie Woolhandler

637
Citations
Does Investor-Ownership of Nursing Homes Compromise the Quality of Care?:

Charlene Harrington;Steffie Woolhandler;Joseph Mullan;Helen Carrillo

484
Citations
Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy

David U Himmelstein;Elizabeth Warren;Deborah Thorne;Steffie Woolhandler

477
Citations
The deteriorating administrative efficiency of the U.S. health care system.

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

448
Citations
Infective endocarditis in the U.S., 1998-2009: a nationwide study.

David Harkavy Bor;Steffie Woolhandler;Rachel Austen Nardin;John L. Brusch

370
Citations
Costs of Care and Administration at For-Profit and Other Hospitals in the United States

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

349
Citations
Racial disparities in neurologic health care access and utilization in the United States.

Altaf Saadi;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Nicte I. Mejia

316
Citations
Cost without benefit. Administrative waste in U.S. health care.

David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

315
Citations
Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National Study

David U. Himmelstein;Adam Wright;Steffie Woolhandler

311
Citations
Health Care Expenditures of Immigrants in the United States: A Nationally Representative Analysis

Sarita A. Mohanty;Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein;Susmita Pati

302
Citations
Quality of care in investor-owned vs not-for-profit HMOs.

David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Ida Hellander;Sidney M. Wolfe

302
Citations
Reverse targeting of preventive care due to lack of health insurance.

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

296
Citations
A national health program for the United States. A physicians' proposal.

David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

277
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffie Woolhandler City University of New York

Thomas Bodenheimer University of California, San Francisco

Elizabeth Warren Harvard University

Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University

William H. Shrank Humana (United States)

David C. Christiani Harvard University

Kevin Grumbach University of California, San Francisco

Charlene Harrington University of California, San Francisco

Nancy R. Kressin Boston University

Joseph T. Mullan University of California, San Francisco

External Links

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