2026 Ken R. Smith: 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	79	409	348	194	163	440	21908

Overview

Ken R. Smith is affiliated with the Huntsman Cancer Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

Smith's published work covers a range of topics including Cancer Risks and Factors, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Birth, Development, and Health, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy, and Health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Smith include Alison Fraser, Huong Meeks, Heidi A. Hanson, Michael Newman, and Mia Hashibe.

Smith has published numerous papers in various venues, with a higher concentration in Innovation in Aging, Cancer Research, arXiv (Cornell University), Historical Life Course Studies, and Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Selected recent papers include:

"Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"Differences in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence Among Women Residing in Urban and Rural Communities in the United States" (2021, JAMA Network Open)
"Risk of Prostate Cancer Associated With Familial and Hereditary Cancer Syndromes" (2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
"The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research" (2022, Historical Life Course Studies)
"Rural-urban disparities in colorectal cancer survival and risk among men in Utah: a statewide population-based study" (2020, Cancer Causes & Control)

Smith has authored a book titled Harvesting, published in 2023 by Radboud University Press eBooks.

Best Publications

Association between telomere length in blood and mortality in people aged 60 years or older

Richard M Cawthon;Ken R Smith;Ken R Smith;Elizabeth O'Brien;Anna Sivatchenko

2162
Citations
Expression of the angiogenic factors vascular endothelial cell growth factor, acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor growth factor beta-1, platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor, placenta growth factor, and pleiotrophin in human primary breast cancer and its relation to angiogenesis.

Micheie Relf;Susan LeJeune;Prudence A. E. Scott;Stephen Fox

984
Citations
Prope tolerance, perioperative campath 1H, and low-dose cyclosporin monotherapy in renal allograft recipients.

Roy Calne;Peter Friend;Susan Moffatt;Andrew Bradley

548
Citations
Psychological responses to BRCA1 mutation testing: preliminary findings.

Robert T. Croyle;Ken R. Smith;Jeffrey R. Botkin;Bonnie Baty

421
Citations
Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity.

Barbara B. Brown;Ikuho Yamada;Ken R. Smith;Ken R. Smith;Cathleen D. Zick

394
Citations
Phantom of the area: poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States.

Norman J. Waitzman;Ken R. Smith

368
Citations
Characteristics of Missed or Interval Colorectal Cancer and Patient Survival: A Population-Based Study

N. Jewel Samadder;N. Jewel Samadder;Karen Curtin;Karen Curtin;Thérèse M.F. Tuohy;Lisa Pappas

329
Citations
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, DIET, AND RISK OF COLON CANCER IN UTAH

Martha L. Slattery;Mary Catherine Schumacher;Ken R. Smith;Dee W. West

286
Citations
Increased In Vivo Regeneration of Cortisol in Adipose Tissue in Human Obesity and Effects of the 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Inhibitor Carbenoxolone

Thekkepat C. Sandeep;Ruth Andrew;Natalie Z.M. Homer;Robert C. Andrews

273
Citations
Walkability and body mass index density, design, and new diversity measures.

Ken R. Smith;Ken R. Smith;Barbara B. Brown;Ikuho Yamada;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

263
Citations
Differential fitness costs of reproduction between the sexes

Dustin J. Penn;Ken R. Smith

256
Citations
Genetic testing for a BRCA1 mutation: Prophylactic surgery and screening behavior in women 2 years post testing

Jeffrey R. Botkin;Ken R. Smith;Robert T. Croyle;Bonnie J. Baty

255
Citations
Results of a randomized trial comparing BCNU plus radiotherapy, streptozotocin plus radiotherapy, BCNU plus hyperfractionated radiotherapy, and BCNU following misonidazole plus radiotherapy in the postoperative treatment of malignant glioma.

Melvin Deutsch;Sylvan B. Green;Thomas A. Strike;Peter C. Burger

245
Citations
Running to the Store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity ☆

Cathleen D. Zick;Ken R. Smith;Jessie X. Fan;Barbara B. Brown

233
Citations
Too old to have children? Lessons from natural fertility populations

Marinus J.C. Eijkemans;Frans van Poppel;Dik F. Habbema;Ken R. Smith

233
Citations
Harvesting more than vegetables: the potential weight control benefits of community gardening.

Cathleen D. Zick;Ken R. Smith;Lori Kowaleski-Jones;Claire Uno

230
Citations
Marital transitions poverty and gender differences in mortality.

Cathleen D. Zick;Ken R. Smith

227
Citations
Greater Risk of Dementia When Spouse Has Dementia? The Cache County Study

Maria C. Norton;Ken R. Smith;Truls Østbye;Truls Østbye;JoAnn T. Tschanz

221
Citations
Linked lives, dependent demise? Survival analysis of husbands and wives.

Ken R. Smith;Cathleen D. Zick

217
Citations
Separate but Lethal: The Effects of Economic Segregation on Mortality in Metropolitan America

Norman J. Waitzman;Ken R. Smith

208
Citations
Reactive oxygen signaling and MAPK activation distinguish Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV)-positive versus EBV-negative Burkitt's lymphoma

Francesca Cerimele;Traci Battle;Rebecca Lynch;David A. Frank

201
Citations
Familial Excess Longevity in Utah Genealogies

Richard A. Kerber;Elizabeth O'Brien;Ken R. Smith;Richard M. Cawthon

199
Citations
A Multidimensional Model of Venture Growth

Ken Smith;J. Robert Baum;Edwin A Locke

160
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathleen D. Zick University of Utah

Barbara B. Brown University of Utah

JoAnn T. Tschanz Utah State University

Hilary Coon University of Utah

Nicola J. Camp University of Utah

Patricia A. Ganz University of California, Los Angeles

Richard M. Cawthon University of Utah

Jennifer A. Doherty University of Utah

Ming Wen University of Hong Kong

Lisa A. Cannon-Albright University of Utah

External Links

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