2026 Jennifer Karas Montez: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	30	7632	7092	3712	3383	88	7237

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

7632

7092

3712

3383

7237

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

7237

World Ranking

7632

National Ranking

3712

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Best Publications

Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy

Debra Umberson;Jennifer Karas Montez

3216
Citations
Cumulative Childhood Adversity, Educational Attainment, and Active Life Expectancy Among U.S. Adults

Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D. Hayward

321
Citations
Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form

Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward

318
Citations
Trends in the Educational Gradient of U.S. Adult Mortality From 1986 Through 2006 by Race, Gender, and Age Group

Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer;Mark D. Hayward;Hyeyoung Woo

266
Citations
US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy

Jennifer Karas Montez;Jason Beckfield;Julene Kemp Cooney;Jacob M. Grumbach

260
Citations
The Significance of Education for Mortality Compression in the United States

Dustin C. Brown;Mark D. Hayward;Jennifer Karas Montez;Robert A. Hummer

184
Citations
Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova;Mark D. Hayward;Steven H. Woolf

172
Citations
Childhood Adversities and Adult Cardiometabolic Health: Does the Quantity, Timing, and Type of Adversity Matter?

Esther M. Friedman;Jennifer Karas Montez;Connor Mc Devitt Sheehan;Tara L. Guenewald

165
Citations
Educational attainment and adult health: under what conditions is the association causal?

Jennifer Karas Montez;Esther M. Friedman

165
Citations
Country of Birth and Language Are Uniquely Associated with Intakes of Fat, Fiber, and Fruits and Vegetables among Mexican-American Women in the United States

Jennifer Karas Montez;Karl Eschbach

151
Citations
Trends in Mortality Risk by Education Level and Cause of Death Among US White Women From 1986 to 2006

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova

128
Citations
Why Is the Educational Gradient of Mortality Steeper for Men

Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D. Hayward;Dustin C. Brown;Robert A. Hummer

125
Citations
Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality

Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D. Hayward

109
Citations
Explaining the Widening Education Gap in Mortality among U.S. White Women

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova

105
Citations
Explaining Inequalities in Women's Mortality between U.S. States.

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova;Mark D. Hayward

99
Citations
Trends in the educational gradient of mortality among US adults aged 45 to 84 years: bringing regional context into the explanation.

Jennifer Karas Montez;Lisa F. Berkman

94
Citations
Why is life expectancy declining among low-educated women in the United States?

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova

79
Citations
Disparities in Disability by Educational Attainment Across US States.

Jennifer Karas Montez;Anna Zajacova;Mark D. Hayward

75
Citations
Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association.

Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D Hayward;Anna Zajacova

74
Citations
Do U.S. states' socioeconomic and policy contexts shape adult disability?

Jennifer Karas Montez;Mark D. Hayward;Douglas Alan Wolf

64
Citations

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Jennifer Karas Montez

D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy

Cumulative Childhood Adversity, Educational Attainment, and Active Life Expectancy Among U.S. Adults

Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States: A Systematic Analysis of Functional Form

Trends in the Educational Gradient of U.S. Adult Mortality From 1986 Through 2006 by Race, Gender, and Age Group

US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy

The Significance of Education for Mortality Compression in the United States

Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?

Childhood Adversities and Adult Cardiometabolic Health: Does the Quantity, Timing, and Type of Adversity Matter?

Educational attainment and adult health: under what conditions is the association causal?

Country of Birth and Language Are Uniquely Associated with Intakes of Fat, Fiber, and Fruits and Vegetables among Mexican-American Women in the United States

Trends in Mortality Risk by Education Level and Cause of Death Among US White Women From 1986 to 2006

Why Is the Educational Gradient of Mortality Steeper for Men

Early Life Conditions and Later Life Mortality

Explaining the Widening Education Gap in Mortality among U.S. White Women

Explaining Inequalities in Women's Mortality between U.S. States.

Trends in the educational gradient of mortality among US adults aged 45 to 84 years: bringing regional context into the explanation.

Why is life expectancy declining among low-educated women in the United States?

Disparities in Disability by Educational Attainment Across US States.

Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association.

Do U.S. states' socioeconomic and policy contexts shape adult disability?

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