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James F. Burgess

James F. Burgess

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
40
Citations
6273
World Ranking
5391
National Ranking
2543

James F. Burgess 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 James F. Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James F. Burgess 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 James F. Burgess sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James F. Burgess was affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields including Health Professions, Medicine, and Computer Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as General Health Professions, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Emergency Medical Services, Economics and Econometrics, and Biophysics.

Their work frequently addressed topics such as Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Team Dynamics and Performance, and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare.

James F. Burgess co-authored research with several frequent collaborators, including Matthew Jose, Laura Cuthbertson, Martin P. Charns, Meng-Yun Lin, and Amresh Hanchate.

The scientist's publications appeared in a variety of venues, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach. These included:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Health Services Research

Some of their notable recent papers were:

  • "Applying a Model of Teamwork Processes to Emergency Medical Services" (2020), Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • "Do accountable care organizations differ according to physician-hospital integration?" (2021), Medicine
  • "Exploring the Association Between Organizational Culture and Large-Scale Adverse Events: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration" (2020), The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
  • "Learning orientation-invariant representations enables accurate and robust morphologic profiling of cells and organelles" (2022), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Association between physician-hospital integration and inpatient care delivery in accountable care organizations: An instrumental variable analysis" (2024), Health Services Research

In addition to articles, James F. Burgess published a book under the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology titled "THE BUDDHIST STUPAS OF AMARAVATI AND JAGGAYYAPETA IN THE KRISHNA DISTRICT, MADRAS PRESIDENCY, SURVEYED IN 1882" (2021).

Best Publications

  • A Re-conceptualization of Access for 21st Century Healthcare

    John C. Fortney;James F. Burgess;James F. Burgess;Hayden B. Bosworth;Hayden B. Bosworth;Brenda M. Booth

  • Why We Should Not Be Indifferent to Specification Choices for Difference-in-Differences.

    Andrew M. Ryan;James F. Burgess;M.P.H. Justin B. Dimick M.D.

  • Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital cost.

    Joan D. Penrod;Partha Deb;Cornelia Dellenbaugh;James F. Burgess

  • Hospital Ownership and Technical Inefficiency

    James F. Burgess;Paul W. Wilson

  • Quality competition, welfare, and regulation

    Ching-to Albert Ma;James F. Burgess

  • Adoption of Mobile Apps for Depression and Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Survey Study on Patient Interest and Barriers to Engagement

    Jessica Lipschitz;Jessica Lipschitz;Christopher J Miller;Christopher J Miller;Timothy P Hogan;Timothy P Hogan;Katherine E Burdick;Katherine E Burdick

  • Employee turnover and operational performance: the moderating effect of group‐oriented organisational culture

    David C. Mohr;Gary J. Young;James F. Burgess

  • Now trending: Coping with non-parallel trends in difference-in-differences analysis:

    Andrew M Ryan;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Ariel Linden;James F Burgess

  • Variation In Inefficiency Among Us Hospitals

    James F. Burgess;Paul W. Wilson

  • The effect of distance to VA facilities on the choice and level of utilization of VA outpatient services.

    James F. Burgess;Donna Avery DeFiore

  • Decomposing hospital productivity changes, 1985–1988: A nonparametric Malmquist approach

    James F. Burgess;Paul W. Wilson

  • Veteran-centered barriers to VA mental healthcare services use

    Ann M. Cheney;Christopher J. Koenig;Christopher J. Miller;Christopher J. Miller;Kara Zamora

  • Medical profiling: improving standards and risk adjustments using hierarchical models.

    James F. Burgess;Cindy L. Christiansen;Sarah E. Michalak;Carl N. Morris

  • The Early Effects of Medicare's Mandatory Hospital Pay-for-Performance Program

    Andrew M. Ryan;James F. Burgess;Michael F. Pesko;M.P.H. William B. Borden M.D.

  • Effects of paying physicians based on their relative performance for quality.

    Gary J. Young;Mark Meterko;Howard Beckman;Errol Baker

  • Are primary care services a substitute or complement for specialty and inpatient services

    John C. Fortney;Diane E. Steffick;James F. Burgess;Matt L. Maciejewski

  • Use of Outpatient Care in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare among Veterans Receiving Primary Care in Community-Based and Hospital Outpatient Clinics

    Chuan Fen Liu;Michael Chapko;Michael Chapko;Chris L. Bryson;Chris L. Bryson;James F. Burgess;James F. Burgess

  • Treatment options for Graves disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

    Haejin In;Elizabeth N. Pearce;Arthur K. Wong;James F. Burgess

  • Specialty and full-service hospitals: a comparative cost analysis.

    Kathleen Carey;James F. Burgess;Gary J. Young

  • Reliance on Veterans Affairs outpatient care by Medicare-eligible veterans.

    Chuan Fen Liu;Willard G. Manning;James F. Burgess;Paul L. Hebert

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary J. Young
Gary J. Young Northeastern University
David C. Mohr
David C. Mohr Northwestern University
Dan R. Berlowitz
Dan R. Berlowitz University of Massachusetts Lowell
Christopher J. Miller
Christopher J. Miller University of California, Davis
Mark Meterko
Mark Meterko Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Howard Cabral
Howard Cabral Boston University
Lewis E. Kazis
Lewis E. Kazis Boston University
Jeffrey M. Pyne
Jeffrey M. Pyne University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Andrew M. Ryan
Andrew M. Ryan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Diana J. Burgess
Diana J. Burgess United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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