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Karl Eschbach 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 Karl Eschbach sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 86 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Eschbach 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 Karl Eschbach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karl Eschbach is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Health Professions, with a notable focus on General Health Professions, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance, including subfields such as Economics and Econometrics.

Their work covers multiple main topics related to healthcare, including:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Karl Eschbach has contributed to several publications, with their recent papers including:

  • Understanding Variation in Postacute Care (2020, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
  • Development and Evaluation of Rehabilitation Service Areas for the United States (2023, BMC Health Services Research)
  • Association of Social Determinants of Health Measures and Successful Community Discharge Across Rehabilitation Service Areas (2022, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
  • The socio-spatial neighborhood estimation method: An approach to operationalizing the neighborhood concept (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Social Determinants of Health and Successful Community Discharge: An Evaluation Using the AHRQ Social Determinants of Health Database (2025, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Timothy Reistetter
  • John Prochaska
  • Allen Haas
  • Julianna M. Dean
  • Daniel C. Jupiter

The venues where Karl Eschbach has published most often comprise:

  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Aging, migration, and mortality: Current status of research on the hispanic paradox

    Kyriakos S. Markides;Karl Eschbach

  • Neighborhood context and mortality among older Mexican Americans: is there a barrio advantage?

    Karl Eschbach;Glenn V. Ostir;Kushang V. Patel;Kyriakos S. Markides

  • Immigration and Ethnic and Racial Inequality in the United States

    Mary C. Waters;Karl Eschbach

  • Death at the border.

    Karl Eschbach;Jacqueline Hagan;Nestor P Rodriguez;Rubén Hernández-León

  • The effect of obesity on disability vs mortality in older Americans.

    Soham Al Snih al snih;Kenneth Ottenbacher;Kyriakos Markides;Yong Fang Kuo

  • The validity of race and Hispanic origin reporting on death certificates in the United States.

    Elizabeth Arias;William S. Schauman;Karl Eschbach;Paul D. Sorlie

  • U.S. Deportation Policy, Family Separation, and Circular Migration

    Jacqueline Hagan;Karl Eschbach;Nestor P Rodriguez

  • Neighbourhood composition and depressive symptoms among older Mexican Americans

    G. V. Ostir;K. Eschbach;Kyriakos Markides;James Goodwin

  • Neighborhood context and self-rated health in older Mexican Americans.

    Kushang V Patel;Karl Eschbach;Laura L Rudkin;M.Kristen Peek

  • ‘What about the couple?’ Interracial marriage and psychological distress ☆

    Jenifer L. Bratter;Karl Eschbach

  • Race/ethnic differences in nonspecific psychological distress : Evidence from the national health interview survey

    Jenifer L. Bratter;Karl Eschbach

  • Allostatic load among non-hispanic whites, non-hispanic blacks, and people of mexican origin: Effects of ethnicity, nativity, and acculturation

    M. Kristen Peek;Malcolm P. Cutchin;Jennifer J. Salinas;Kristin M. Sheffield

  • The Hispanic Mortality Advantage and Ethnic Misclassification on US Death Certificates.

    Elizabeth Arias;Karl Eschbach;William S. Schauman;Eric L. Backlund

  • Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hispanics in the United States

    Hashem B. El-Serag;Melvin Lau;Karl Eschbach;Jessica Davila

  • Neighborhood deprivation and health risk behaviors in NHANES III.

    Jim P. Stimpson;Hyunsu Ju;Mukaila A. Raji;Karl Eschbach

  • Changes in racial identification and the educational attainment of American Indians, 1970–1990

    Karl Eschbach;Khalil Supple;C. Matthew Snipp

  • Evaluation of Mortality Data for Older Mexican Americans: Implications for the Hispanic Paradox

    Kushang V. Patel;Karl Eschbach;Laura A. Ray;Kyriakos S. Markides

  • Hispanic Paradox in Adult Mortality in the United States

    Kyriakos S. Markides;Karl Eschbach

  • 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

  • Neighborhood Composition and Incidence of Cancer among Hispanics in the United States

    Karl Eschbach;Jonathan D. Mahnken;James S. Goodwin

  • Choosing Hispanic Identity: Ethnic Identity Switching among Respondents to High School and Beyond.

    Karl Eschbach;Christina Gómez

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyriakos S. Markides
Kyriakos S. Markides The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
James S. Goodwin
James S. Goodwin The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Yong Fang Kuo
Yong Fang Kuo The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
M. Kristen Peek
M. Kristen Peek The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Ronald J. Angel
Ronald J. Angel The University of Texas at Austin
Jarvis T. Chen
Jarvis T. Chen Harvard University
Robert L. Ohsfeldt
Robert L. Ohsfeldt Texas A&M University
Nicole Lurie
Nicole Lurie Harvard University
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon Georgetown University

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