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1856
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888

Joseph S. Gonnella 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 Joseph S. Gonnella sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 152 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph S. Gonnella 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 Joseph S. Gonnella sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joseph S. Gonnella is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University in the United States. Their research work is primarily concentrated in the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental health, Aging, Health, and Nutrition and Dietetics as subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Innovations in Medical Education, Empathy and Medical Education, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Health disparities and outcomes, Medical Education and Admissions, Diversity and Career in Medicine, as well as Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills.

Among the recent publications are:

  • Clinical empathy: definition, measurement, correlates, group differences, erosion, enhancement, and healthcare outcomes, 2023, Discover Health Systems
  • Extreme Longevity: Analysis of the Direct or Indirect Influence of Environmental Factors on Old, Nonagenarians, and Centenarians in Cilento, Italy, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The effect of Humanitude care methodology on improving empathy: a six-year longitudinal study of medical students in Japan, 2021, BMC Medical Education
  • Clinical Status, Nutritional Behavior, and Lifestyle, and Determinants of Community Well-Being of Patients from the Perspective of Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study of Young Older Adults, Nonagenarians, and Centenarians in Salerno and Province, Italy, 2022, Nutrients
  • Old, Nonagenarians, and Centenarians in Cilento, Italy and the Association of Lifespan with the Level of Some Physicochemical Elements in Tap Drinking Water, 2023, Nutrients

Joseph S. Gonnella frequently publishes in venues such as Nutrients, Academic Medicine, Discover Health Systems, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and BMC Medical Education.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Mohammadreza Hojat, Silvana Mirella Aliberti, Richard H. W. Funk, Mario Capunzo, and Luigi Schiavo.

Best Publications

  • The Devil is in the Third Year: A Longitudinal Study of Erosion of Empathy in Medical School

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Michael J. Vergare;Kaye Maxwell;George Brainard

  • Physician empathy: definition, components, measurement, and relationship to gender and specialty.

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Joseph S. Gonnella;Thomas J. Nasca;Salvatore Mangione

  • Physicians' Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Daniel Z. Louis;Fred W. Markham;Richard Wender

  • The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Data:

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Salvatore Mangione;Thomas J. Nasca;Mitchell J. M. Cohen

  • An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Salvatore Mangione;Thomas J Nasca;Susan Rattner

  • Empathy in medical students as related to academic performance, clinical competence and gender

    M Hojat;J S Gonnella;S Mangione;T J Nasca

  • The Relationship Between Physician Empathy and Disease Complications: An Empirical Study of Primary Care Physicians and Their Diabetic Patients in Parma, Italy

    Stefano Del Canale;Daniel Z. Louis;Vittorio Maio;Xiaohong Wang

  • Staging of disease. A case-mix measurement.

    Joseph S. Gonnella;Mark C. Hornbrook;Daniel Z. Louis

  • The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: further psychometric data and differences by gender and specialty at item level.

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Joseph S Gonnella;Thomas J Nasca;SalvatorE Mangione

  • Measurement of empathy among Japanese medical students: psychometrics and score differences by gender and level of medical education.

    Hitomi U. Kataoka;Norio Koide;Koji Ochi;Mohammadreza Hojat

  • Patient perceptions of physician empathy, satisfaction with physician, interpersonal trust, and compliance

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Daniel Z. Louis;Kaye Maxwell;Fred Markham

  • Comparisons of American, Israeli, Italian and Mexican physicians and nurses on the total and factor scores of the Jefferson scale of attitudes toward physician–nurse collaborative relationships

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Joseph S Gonnella;Thomas J Nasca;Sylvia K. Fields

  • Impartial judgment by the "gatekeepers" of science: fallibility and accountability in the peer review process.

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Joseph S Gonnella;Addeane S Caelleigh

  • Empathy scores in medical school and ratings of empathic behavior in residency training 3 years later.

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Salvatore Mangione;Thomas J Nasca;Joseph S Gonnella

  • Physician empathy in medical education and practice: experience with the Jefferson scale of physician empathy

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Joseph S Gonnella;Salvatore Mangione;Thomas J Nasca

  • Relationships between scores of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI).

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Salvatore Mangione;Gregory C. Kane;Joseph S. Gonnella

  • Empathy in medical students as related to specialty interest, personality, and perceptions of mother and father

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Marvin Zuckerman;Marvin Zuckerman;Mike Magee;Salvatore Mangione

  • Students' psychosocial characteristics as predictors of academic performance in medical school.

    M Hojat;M Robeson;I Damjanov;J J Veloski

  • A brief instrument to measure patients' overall satisfaction with primary care physicians.

    Mohammadreza Hojat;Daniel Z Louis;Kaye Maxwell;Fred W Markham

  • Impact of a DRG-based hospital financing system on quality and outcomes of care in Italy.

    D Z Louis;E J Yuen;M Braga;A Cicchetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohammadreza Hojat
Mohammadreza Hojat Thomas Jefferson University
Marvin Zuckerman
Marvin Zuckerman University of Delaware
Wulf Palinski
Wulf Palinski University of California, San Diego
Vincenzo Berghella
Vincenzo Berghella Thomas Jefferson University
Claudio Napoli
Claudio Napoli University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
George C. Brainard
George C. Brainard Thomas Jefferson University

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