2026 Frank J. Chaloupka: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	96	127	115	97	86	380	37731
Medicine	99	8565	8047	4410	4080	436	37866

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

Overview

Frank J. Chaloupka is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research contributions predominantly focus on topics related to smoking behavior, public health policies, and economic aspects of health interventions.

Their frequent publication venues include:

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Tobacco Control
PLoS ONE
Tobacco Regulatory Science
Preventive Medicine

Chaloupka's co-authors frequently include:

Matthew L. Boulton
William Wadland
Robert B. Wallace
Patrick Remington
Niko Kaciroti

The main subfields of study in Chaloupka's work consist of:

Physiology
Economics and Econometrics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Global Health Care Issues
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Economic and Environmental Valuation

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Chaloupka include:

"E-cigarette Product Preferences among Adult Smokers: A Discrete Choice Experiment," 2020, Tobacco Regulatory Science
"Do e-cigarette sales reduce the demand for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products in the US? Evidence from the retail sales data," 2020, Preventive Medicine
"Introducing the PLOS special collection of economic cases for NCD prevention and control: A global perspective," 2020, PLoS ONE
"Correction: Introducing the PLOS special collection of economic cases for NCD prevention and control: A global perspective," 2020, PLoS ONE
"Alcohol excise taxes as a percentage of retail alcohol prices in 26 OECD countries," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

The economics of smoking

Frank J Chaloupka;Frank J Chaloupka;Kenneth E Warner

1938
Citations
Food store availability and neighborhood characteristics in the United States.

Lisa Powell;Sandra J. Slater;Donka Mirtcheva;Yanjun Bao

1440
Citations
Curbing the Epidemic Goverment s and the Economics of Tobacco Control

Prabhat Jha;Frank J. Chaloupka

1411
Citations
The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.

Kelly D. Brownell;Thomas Farley;Walter C. Willett;Barry M. Popkin

1014
Citations
Rational Addictive Behavior and Cigarette Smoking

Frank J Chaloupka

982
Citations
Tobacco control in developing countries.

Prabhat Jha;Frank J. Chaloupka

914
Citations
Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy

Frank J Chaloupka;Ayda Yurekli;Geoffrey T Fong

837
Citations
The effects of price on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems

Frank J. Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Henry Saffer

819
Citations
Price, Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking

Frank J. Chaloupka;Michael Grossman

775
Citations
Effect of restrictions on smoking at home, at school, and in public places on teenage smoking: cross sectional study

Melanie A Wakefield;Frank J Chaloupka;Nancy J Kaufman;C Tracy Orleans

739
Citations
Availability of Physical Activity–Related Facilities and Neighborhood Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics: A National Study

Lisa Powell;Sandra J. Slater;Frank J. Chaloupka;Deborah Harper

725
Citations
Effectiveness of tax and price policies in tobacco control

Frank J Chaloupka;Kurt Straif;Maria E Leon

714
Citations
Assessing the potential effectiveness of food and beverage taxes and subsidies for improving public health: a systematic review of prices, demand and body weight outcomes

Lisa M. Powell;Jamie F. Chriqui;Tamkeen Khan;Roy Wada

709
Citations
Food Prices and Obesity: Evidence and Policy Implications for Taxes and Subsidies

Lisa M. Powell;Frank J. Chaloupka

645
Citations
Associations between access to food stores and adolescent body mass index.

Lisa M. Powell;M. Christopher Auld;Frank J. Chaloupka;Patrick M. O’Malley

632
Citations
The effect of tobacco advertising bans on tobacco consumption

Henry Saffer;Frank Chaloupka

595
Citations
The effects of tobacco control policies on smoking rates: a tobacco control scorecard.

David T. Levy;Frank Chaloupka;Joseph Gitchell

574
Citations
PRICE, TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES AND SMOKING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS

Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Wechsler

570
Citations
Curbing the epidemic: Governments and the economics of tobacco control: The World Bank

Frank J. Chaloupka

561
Citations
Electronic Cigarettes A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

Aruni Bhatnagar;Laurie P. Whitsel;Kurt M. Ribisl;Chris Bullen

471
Citations
Food Prices and Obesity: Evidence and Policy Implications

Lisa M. Powell;Frank J. Chaloupka

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago

Michael Grossman City University of New York

Jamie F. Chriqui University of Illinois at Chicago

Geoffrey T. Fong University of Waterloo

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula University of Southern California

Lloyd D. Johnston University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Melanie Wakefield Cancer Council Victoria

Henry Saffer National Bureau of Economic Research

Patrick M. O'Malley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Henry Wechsler Harvard University

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