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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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87
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52797
World Ranking
229
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105

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Elizabeth A. Stuart 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 Elizabeth A. Stuart sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 456 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth A. Stuart 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 Elizabeth A. Stuart sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Elizabeth A. Stuart is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including medicine and mathematics, with a strong focus on statistics and probability as well as economics and econometrics. Their work frequently crosses into clinical psychology, general health professions, and public health, environmental and occupational health subfields.

Their main research topics encompass advanced causal inference techniques, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, opioid use disorder treatment, COVID-19 and mental health, statistical methods and Bayesian inference, healthcare policy and management, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

Elizabeth A. Stuart has contributed research findings to a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), American Journal of Epidemiology, Statistics in Medicine, UNC Libraries, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Statistics in Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Elizabeth A. Stuart include:

  • "Mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults without a pre-existing mental health condition: Findings from American trend panel survey," 2020, Preventive Medicine
  • "Household COVID-19 risk and in-person schooling," 2021, Science
  • "Meaningful associations in the adolescent brain cognitive development study," 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Mental Distress in the United States at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Association between psychological resilience and changes in mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Trang Quynh Nguyen
  • Megan S. Schuler
  • Ian Schmid
  • Emma E. McGinty
  • Elena Badillo-Goicoechea

Elizabeth A. Stuart also has book publications, notably with RAND Corporation eBooks. One such publication is titled State-Level Opioid Policy Analyses: Moving Beyond the Classic Difference-in-Differences Model, released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Matching Methods for Causal Inference: A Review and a Look Forward

    Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Matching as Nonparametric Preprocessing for Reducing Model Dependence in Parametric Causal Inference

    Daniel E. Ho;Kosuke Imai;Gary King;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • MatchIt: Nonparametric Preprocessing for Parametric Causal Inference

    Daniel E. Ho;Kosuke Imai;Gary King;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Moving towards best practice when using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) using the propensity score to estimate causal treatment effects in observational studies

    Peter C. Austin;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations: What is it and how does it work?

    Melissa J. Azur;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Constantine Frangakis;Philip J. Leaf

  • Misunderstandings between experimentalists and observationalists about causal inference

    Kosuke Imai;Gary King;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Improving propensity score weighting using machine learning.

    Brian K. Lee;Justin Lessler;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Propensity score techniques and the assessment of measured covariate balance to test causal associations in psychological research

    Valerie S. Harder;Elizabeth A. Stuart;James C. Anthony

  • Prognostic score–based balance measures can be a useful diagnostic for propensity score methods in comparative effectiveness research

    Elizabeth A. Stuart;Brian K. Lee;Finbarr P. Leacy

  • Generalizing observational study results: applying propensity score methods to complex surveys.

    Eva H. DuGoff;Megan Schuler;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Multiple Imputation: A Flexible Tool for Handling Missing Data

    Peng Li;Elizabeth A. Stuart;David B. Allison

  • Using propensity scores in difference-in-differences models to estimate the effects of a policy change

    Elizabeth A. Stuart;Haiden A. Huskamp;Kenneth Duckworth;Jeffrey Simmons

  • Weight Trimming and Propensity Score Weighting

    Brian K. Lee;Justin Lessler;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • The use of propensity scores to assess the generalizability of results from randomized trials

    Elizabeth A. Stuart;Stephen R. Cole;Catherine P. Bradshaw;Philip J. Leaf

  • Generalizing Evidence From Randomized Clinical Trials to Target Populations The ACTG 320 Trial

    Stephen R. Cole;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Intervention Targeting Development of Socially Synchronous Engagement in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Rebecca J. Landa;Katherine C. Holman;Allison H. O’Neill;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • Developmental trajectories in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: the first 3 years.

    Rebecca J. Landa;Rebecca J. Landa;Alden L. Gross;Alden L. Gross;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Ashley Faherty

  • A Potential Outcomes View of Value-Added Assessment in Education.

    Donald B. Rubin;Elizabeth A. Stuart;Elaine L. Zanutto

  • Using full matching to estimate causal effects in nonexperimental studies: examining the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and adult outcomes.

    Elizabeth A. Stuart;Kerry M. Green

  • Community Violence and Youth: Affect, Behavior, Substance Use, and Academics

    Michele Cooley-Strickland;Michele Cooley-Strickland;Tanya J. Quille;Robert S. Griffin;Elizabeth A. Stuart

  • BEST PRACTICES IN QUASI- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS Matching Methods for Causal Inference

    Elizabeth A. Stuart;Donald B. Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramin Mojtabai
Ramin Mojtabai Johns Hopkins University
Colleen L. Barry
Colleen L. Barry Johns Hopkins University
Rosa M. Crum
Rosa M. Crum Johns Hopkins University
Miguel A. Hernán
Miguel A. Hernán Harvard University
David S. Salkever
David S. Salkever University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Frauke Kreuter
Frauke Kreuter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Emma E. McGinty
Emma E. McGinty Cornell University
Marc C. Hochberg
Marc C. Hochberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Peter C. Austin
Peter C. Austin University of Toronto
Haiden A. Huskamp
Haiden A. Huskamp Harvard University

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