2026 Jay Bhattacharya: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2573	2348	1257	1134	212	10712

Jay Bhattacharya 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 Jay Bhattacharya sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 212 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jay Bhattacharya 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 Jay Bhattacharya sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jay Bhattacharya is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their research spans multiple subfields such as economics and econometrics, general health professions, infectious diseases, modeling and simulation, and oncology.

Their published work includes a focus on COVID-19 epidemiological studies, healthcare policy and management, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, global health care issues, health systems and economic evaluations, quality of life, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and primary care and health outcomes.

Jay Bhattacharya's recent publications include:

COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Los Angeles County, California, on April 10-11, 2020 (2020), published in JAMA
COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California (2021), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
Assessing mandatory stay-at-home and business closure effects on the spread of COVID-19 (2021), published in European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Racial disparities in knowledge, attitudes and practices related to COVID-19 in the USA (2020), published in Journal of Public Health

The frequent co-authors they have collaborated with include:

Eran Bendavid
John P. A. Ioannidis
Neeraj Sood
Alexander T. Sandhu
Rose Do

Their work is frequently published in venues including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Health Economics

Best Publications

The Timing of Early Antibiotics and Hospital Mortality in Sepsis

Vincent X. Liu;Vikram Fielding-Singh;John D. Greene;Jennifer M. Baker

1004
Citations
COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California.

Eran Bendavid;Bianca Mulaney;Neeraj Sood;Soleil Shah

768
Citations
Heterogeneity in Healthy Aging

David J. Lowsky;S. Jay Olshansky;Jay Bhattacharya;Dana P. Goldman

572
Citations
COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California

Eran Bendavid;Bianca Mulaney;Neeraj Sood;Soleil Shah

548
Citations
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Los Angeles County, California, on April 10-11, 2020.

Neeraj Sood;Paul Simon;Peggy Ebner;Daniel Eichner

472
Citations
Welfare-Enhancing Technological Change and the Growth of Obesity.

Darius Noshir Lakdawalla;Tomas J. Philipson;Jay Bhattacharya

313
Citations
Association of Vision Loss With Cognition in Older Adults.

Stephanie P. Chen;Jay Bhattacharya;Suzann Pershing;Suzann Pershing

275
Citations
Estimating probit models with self‐selected treatments

Jay Bhattacharya;Dana P. Goldman;Daniel F. McCaffrey

257
Citations
Assessing mandatory stay-at-home and business closure effects on the spread of COVID-19.

Eran Bendavid;Christopher C Oh;Jay Bhattacharya;John P. A. Ioannidis

239
Citations
Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality

Jay Bhattacharya;Neeraj Sood

212
Citations
HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa

Eran Bendavid;Charles B. Holmes;Jay Bhattacharya;Grant Miller;Grant Miller

207
Citations
Health Care Spending and Utilization in Public and Private Medicare.

Vilsa Curto;Liran Einav;Amy Finkelstein;Jonathan D Levin

181
Citations
Who Pays for Obesity

Jay Bhattacharya;Neeraj Sood

175
Citations
Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis

Marcella Alsan;Marcella Alsan;Lena Schoemaker;Karen Eggleston;Karen Eggleston;Nagamani Kammili

171
Citations
Cost Implications of Reduced Work Hours and Workloads for Resident Physicians

Teryl K Nuckols;Jay Bhattacharya;Dianne Miller Wolman;Cheryl Ulmer

165
Citations
The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis *

Jay Bhattacharya;Christina Gathmann;Grant Miller

148
Citations
Racial disparities in knowledge, attitudes and practices related to COVID-19 in the USA.

Wilson M Alobuia;Nathan P Dalva-Baird;Joseph D Forrester;Eran Bendavid

142
Citations
Forecasting the nursing home population.

Darius Lakdawalla;Dana P Goldman;Jay Bhattacharya;Michael D Hurd

135
Citations
Social Isolation and Medicare Spending: Among Older Adults, Objective Social Isolation Increases Expenditures while Loneliness Does Not.

Jonathan G. Shaw;Monica Farid;Claire Noel-Miller;Neesha Joseph

135
Citations
Diabetes, Its Treatment, and Catastrophic Medical Spending in 35 Developing Countries

Crystal M. Smith-Spangler;Jay Bhattacharya;Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert

133
Citations
Who Pays for Obesity

Jay Bhattacharya

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan M. Garber Baylor College of Medicine

Darius N. Lakdawalla University of Southern California

Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California

Neeraj Sood University of Southern California

Glenn M. Chertow Stanford University

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer Baylor College of Medicine

Steven M. Asch Stanford University

Liran Einav Stanford University

Jonathan Levin Stanford University

Geoffrey F. Joyce University of Southern California

External Links

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