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D-Index
35
Citations
9050
World Ranking
6605
National Ranking
3201

Elissa R. Weitzman 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 Elissa R. Weitzman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 134 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elissa R. Weitzman 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 Elissa R. Weitzman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elissa R. Weitzman is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their research spans several subfields including Speech and Hearing, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, and Digital Mental Health Interventions.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Assessment of Screening Tools to Identify Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Prevention of Substance Use Disorders, 2021, Medical Clinics of North America
  • Self-Reported Health Outcomes of Children and Youth with 10 Chronic Diseases, 2022, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of S2BI for Identifying Alcohol and Cannabis use Disorders among Adolescents Presenting for Primary Care, 2020, Substance Abuse

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Elissa R. Weitzman include:

  • Sharon Levy
  • Lauren E. Wisk
  • Machiko Minegishi
  • Julie Lunstead
  • Rachele Cox

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research

Best Publications

  • Magnitude of and trends in alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24, 1998-2005

    Ralph W Hingson;Wenxing Zha;Elissa R Weitzman

  • Alcohol abuse and dependence among U.S. college students

    John R Knight;Henry Wechsler;Meichun Kuo;Mark Seibring

  • Poor mental health, depression, and associations with alcohol consumption, harm, and abuse in a national sample of young adults in college

    Elissa R. Weitzman

  • Taking up binge drinking in college: the influences of person, social group, and environment

    Elissa R Weitzman;Toben F Nelson;Henry Wechsler

  • The relationship of alcohol outlet density to heavy and frequent drinking and drinking-related problems among college students at eight universities.

    Elissa R Weitzman;Alison Folkman;M.P.H Kerry Lemieux Folkman;Henry Wechsler

  • Giving means receiving: the protective effect of social capital on binge drinking on college campuses.

    Elissa R. Weitzman;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Patient delay in seeking care for heart attack symptoms: findings from focus groups conducted in five U.S. regions.

    John R. Finnegan;Hendrika Meischke;Jane G. Zapka;Laura Leviton

  • Risk and reluctance: understanding impediments to colorectal cancer screening

    Elissa R Weitzman;Jane Zapka;Barbara Estabrook;Karin Valentine Goins

  • The co-occurrence of smoking and drinking among young adults in college: national survey results from the United States.

    Elissa R. Weitzman;Ying-Yeh Chen

  • What Colleges Are Doing About Student Binge Drinking: A Survey of College Administrators.

    H Wechsler;K Kelley;E R Weitzman;J P SanGiovanni

  • Risk modifying effect of social capital on measures of heavy alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse, harms, and secondhand effects: national survey findings

    Elissa R Weitzman;Ying-Yeh Chen

  • Reducing drinking and related harms in college: evaluation of the "A Matter of Degree" program.

    Elissa R. Weitzman;Toben F. Nelson;Hang Lee;Henry Wechsler

  • Sharing Medical Data for Health Research: The Early Personal Health Record Experience

    Elissa R Weitzman;Liljana Kaci;Kenneth D Mandl

  • Research on Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go?

    Sion K. Harris;Sion K. Harris;Matthew C. Aalsma;Elissa R. Weitzman;Elissa R. Weitzman;Diego Garcia-Huidobro;Diego Garcia-Huidobro

  • Acceptability of a personally controlled health record in a community-based setting: implications for policy and design.

    Elissa R Weitzman;Liljana Kaci;Kenneth D Mandl

  • College Student Binge Drinking and the “Prevention Paradox”: Implications for Prevention and Harm Reduction:

    Elissa R. Weitzman;Toben F. Nelson

  • Persistence of heavy drinking and ensuing consequences at heavy drinking colleges.

    Toben F. Nelson;Ziming Xuan;Hang Lee;Elissa R. Weitzman

  • Social but safe? Quality and safety of diabetes-related online social networks.

    Elissa R Weitzman;Elissa R Weitzman;Elissa R Weitzman;Emily Cole;Liljana Kaci;Kenneth D Mandl

  • Comparing web and mail responses in a mixed mode survey in college alcohol use research.

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Alison Diez;Carol J. Boyd;Toben F. Nelson

  • Willingness to share personal health record data for care improvement and public health: a survey of experienced personal health record users

    Elissa R. Weitzman;Elissa R. Weitzman;Skyler Kelemen;Liljana Kaci;Kenneth David Mandl

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth D. Mandl
Kenneth D. Mandl Harvard Medical School
Henry Wechsler
Henry Wechsler Harvard University
Ingrid A. Holm
Ingrid A. Holm Boston Children's Hospital
Toben F. Nelson
Toben F. Nelson University of Minnesota
Robert C. Green
Robert C. Green Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sion Kim Harris
Sion Kim Harris Boston Children's Hospital
Hang Lee
Hang Lee Harvard University
Donald A. Goldmann
Donald A. Goldmann Boston Children's Hospital
James M. Raczynski
James M. Raczynski University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Cassandra L. Smith
Cassandra L. Smith Boston University

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