2026 DeWitt S. Goodman: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	90	12272	6286	223	27647

Overview

DeWitt S. Goodman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, focusing on pediatrics and related subfields. Their research encompasses multiple areas within pediatric care, emergency medicine, and pulmonary health.

Their work has been published primarily in well-regarded venues, including:

The Journal of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Hospital Pediatrics
Pediatric Pulmonology
JAMA Network Open

Goodman's main fields of study include Medicine with a particular emphasis on these subfields:

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medicine
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
General Health Professions
Economics and Econometrics

Their research covers a range of significant topics related to child health and intensive care:

Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Healthcare Policy and Management
Infant Development and Preterm Care
Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Child and Adolescent Health
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Among recent scholarly contributions by Goodman are several papers focusing on pediatric critical care and child health outcomes. Notable publications include:

Epidemiology of Pediatric Critical Care Admissions in 43 United States Children's Hospitals, 2014-2019, 2022, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Child Opportunity Index and Emergent PICU Readmissions: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study of 43 U.S. Hospitals, 2023, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Hospitalizations at United States Children's Hospitals and Severity of Illness by Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index, 2022, The Journal of Pediatrics
Home nursing for children with home mechanical ventilation in the United States: Key informant perspectives, 2020, Pediatric Pulmonology
Association Between Resilience and Psychological Morbidity in Parents of Critically Ill Children, 2020, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Goodman frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Julia A. Heneghan
Sriram Ramgopal
Matt Hall
Carolyn C. Foster
Colin Rogerson

Best Publications

Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults

DeWitt S. Goodman;Stephen B. Hulley;Luther T. Clark;C. E. Davis

1973
Citations
Retinol-binding protein: the transport protein for vitamin A in human plasma

Masamitsu Kanai;Amiram Raz;DeWitt S. Goodman

1235
Citations
Vitamin A and retinoids in health and disease.

DeWitt S. Goodman

732
Citations
Amyloid fibril protein in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, Portuguese type. Definition of molecular abnormality in transthyretin (prealbumin).

M J Saraiva;S Birken;P P Costa;D S Goodman

621
Citations
The Effects of Diseases of the Liver, Thyroid, and Kidneys on the Transport of Vitamin A in Human Plasma

Frank Rees Smith;DeWitt S. Goodman

608
Citations
Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein

DeWitt S. Goodman

545
Citations
VITAMIN A AND CAROTENOIDS. I. INTESTINAL ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF 14C-LABELLED VITAMIN A ALCOHOL AND BETA-CAROTENE IN THE RAT.

Helen S. Huang;DeWitt S. Goodman

531
Citations
The intestinal absorption and metabolism of vitamin A and beta-carotene in man.

D S Goodman;R Blomstrand;B Werner;H S Huang

462
Citations
Retinoids and retinoid-binding protein expression in rat adipocytes.

C. Tsutsumi;M. Okuno;L. Tannous;R. Piantedosi

427
Citations
Regulation of Retinol-binding Protein Metabolism by Vitamin A Status in the Rat

Yasutoshi Muto;John Edgar Smith;Peter O. Milch;DeWitt S. Goodman

416
Citations
THE FORMATION OF CHOLESTEROL ESTERS WITH RAT LIVER ENZYMES.

DeWitt S. Goodman;Daniel Deykin;Tatsuji Shiratori

416
Citations
Transthyretin: a choroid plexus-specific transport protein in human brain. The 1986 S. Weir Mitchell award.

Joseph Herbert;Josiah N. Wilcox;Kim-Thu C. Pham;Robert T. Fremeau

405
Citations
Vitamin A Transport in Human Vitamin A Toxicity

Frank Rees Smith;DeWitt S. Goodman

401
Citations
Turnover of plasma cholesterol in man

DeWitt S. Goodman;Robert P. Noble

396
Citations
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION AND METABOLISM OF NEWLY ABSORBED VITAMIN A IN THE RAT

DeWitt S. Goodman;Helen S. Huang;Tatsuji Shiratori

384
Citations
Studies of the Release from Human Platelets of the Growth Factor for Cultured Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells

Larry D. Witte;Karen L. Kaplan;Hymie L. Nossel;Bruce A. Lages

359
Citations
8 – Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein

Dewitt S. Goodman

357
Citations
Tangier Disease: Combined Clinical Staff Conference at the National Institutes of Health

Donald S. Fredrickson;Paul H. Altrocchi;Louis V. Avioli;De Witt S. Goodman

351
Citations
Demonstration of transthyretin mRNA in the brain and other extrahepatic tissues in the rat.

D R Soprano;J Herbert;K J Soprano;E A Schon

337
Citations
Heterogeneity in storage pool deficiency: studies on granule-bound substances in 18 patients including variants deficient in alpha-granules, platelet factor 4, beta-thromboglobulin, and platelet-derived growth factor

Harvey J. Weiss;Harvey J. Weiss;Larry D. Witte;Larry D. Witte;Karen L. Kaplan;Karen L. Kaplan;Bruce A. Lages;Bruce A. Lages

335
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Blaner Columbia University

Maria João Saraiva University of Porto

Eric A. Schon Columbia University Medical Center

William E. Connor Oregon Health & Science University

Daniel Steinberg University of California, San Diego

Ira J. Goldberg New York University

Olga Stein Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Robert E. Canfield Columbia University

Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo

Massimo Zeviani University of Padua

External Links

Personal website of DeWitt S. Goodman

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