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D-Index
90
Citations
30968
World Ranking
12174
National Ranking
6243

Dean Schillinger publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dean Schillinger sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 350 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Dean Schillinger D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dean Schillinger sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dean Schillinger is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of health professions with a significant focus on public health, health literacy, and medicine. Their scholarly output includes contributions to general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, sociology and political science, and health studies.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Dean Schillinger include:

  • "Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: An Updated Systematic Review," 2020, Medical Decision Making
  • "From "Infodemics" to Health Promotion: A Novel Framework for the Role of Social Media in Public Health," 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • "The Intersections Between Social Determinants of Health, Health Literacy, and Health Disparities," 2020, Studies in health technology and informatics
  • "Social Determinants, Health Literacy, and Disparities: Intersections and Controversies," 2021, HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice
  • "Precision communication: Physicians' linguistic adaptation to patients' health literacy," 2021, Science Advances

Dean Schillinger collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Darren A. DeWalt
  • Danielle S. McNamara
  • Andrew J. Karter
  • Kristine A. Madsen
  • Sanjay Basu

Their work is disseminated through various publication venues where they have multiple contributions. Frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Diabetes Care
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice
  • JAMA Network Open

Dean Schillinger's expertise integrates health literacy with broader social determinants of health and disparities, focusing on how communication influences health outcomes. Their research spans diverse methodologies and disciplines, addressing topics relevant to improving access to health information and effective patient-provider communication within clinical settings and public health frameworks.

Best Publications

  • Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes.

    Dean Schillinger;Kevin Grumbach;John Piette;Frances Wang

  • Closing the Loop: Physician Communication With Diabetic Patients Who Have Low Health Literacy

    Dean Schillinger;John Piette;Kevin Grumbach;Frances Wang

  • Is self-efficacy associated with diabetes self-management across race/ethnicity and health literacy?

    Urmimala Sarkar;Lawrence Fisher;Dean Schillinger

  • Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations

    Cindy Brach;Debra Keller;Lyla M. Hernandez;Cynthia Baur

  • Limited Literacy and Mortality in the Elderly: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

    Rebecca L. Sudore;Kristine Yaffe;Suzanne Satterfield;Tamara B. Harris

  • Functional health literacy and the quality of physician-patient communication among diabetes patients.

    Dean Schillinger;Andrew Bindman;Frances Wang;Anita Stewart

  • Hunger and socioeconomic disparities in chronic disease.

    Hilary K Seligman;Dean Schillinger

  • Social disparities in internet patient portal use in diabetes: evidence that the digital divide extends beyond access

    Urmimala Sarkar;Andrew J Karter;Andrew J Karter;Jennifer Y Liu;Nancy E Adler

  • The Literacy Divide: Health Literacy and the Use of an Internet-Based Patient Portal in an Integrated Health System—Results from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

    Urmimala Sarkar;Andrew J Karter;Jennifer Y Liu;Nancy E Adler

  • Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review

    Yael Schenker;Alicia Fernandez;Rebecca Sudore;Rebecca Sudore;Dean Schillinger

  • Physician language ability and cultural competence. An exploratory study of communication with Spanish-speaking patients.

    Alicia Fernandez;Dean Schillinger;Kevin Grumbach;Anne Rosenthal

  • Language Barriers, Physician-Patient Language Concordance, and Glycemic Control Among Insured Latinos with Diabetes: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

    Alicia Fernandez;Alicia Fernandez;Dean Schillinger;Dean Schillinger;E. Margaret Warton;Nancy Adler

  • Does literacy mediate the relationship between education and health outcomes? A study of a low-income population with diabetes.

    Dean Schillinger;Lauren R. Barton;Andrew J. Karter;Frances Wang

  • Relationship between literacy, knowledge, self-care behaviors, and heart failure-related quality of life among patients with heart failure.

    Aurelia Macabasco-O’Connell;Darren A. DeWalt;Kimberly A. Broucksou;Victoria Hawk

  • Update on Health Literacy and Diabetes

    Stacy Cooper Bailey;Angela G. Brega;Trisha M. Crutchfield;Tom Elasy

  • Health insurance status, cost-related medication underuse, and outcomes among diabetes patients in three systems of care.

    John D. Piette;Todd H. Wagner;Michael B. Potter;Dean Schillinger

  • Elevated Rates of Diabetes in Pacific Islanders and Asian Subgroups: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

    Andrew J. Karter;Dean Schillinger;Dean Schillinger;Alyce S. Adams;Howard H. Moffet

  • Dimensions of Patient‐provider Communication and Diabetes Self‐care in an Ethnically Diverse Population

    John D. Piette;Dean Schillinger;Michael B. Potter;Michele M. Heisler

  • Interventions to Improve Care for Patients with Limited Health Literacy.

    Rebecca L Sudore;Dean Schillinger

  • Physician Communication With Diabetic Patients Who Have Low Health Literacy

    Dean Schillinger;John Piette;Kevin Grumbach;Frances Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Karter
Andrew J. Karter Kaiser Permanente
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo University of California, San Francisco
John D. Piette
John D. Piette University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric Vittinghoff
Eric Vittinghoff University of California, San Francisco
Michael Pignone
Michael Pignone The University of Texas at Austin
Michael S. Wolf
Michael S. Wolf Northwestern University
David W. Baker
David W. Baker Joint Commission
Scott A. Crossley
Scott A. Crossley Vanderbilt University
Danielle S. McNamara
Danielle S. McNamara Arizona State University

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