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Kenneth B. Wells publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth B. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 503 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Kenneth B. Wells D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth B. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Kenneth B. Wells is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within health professions and psychology, with notable contributions to both general health professions and clinical psychology. Their work also engages with social psychology, sociology and political science, and emergency medical services as subfields of study.

The scientist has focused on several main topics of research, including:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Community Health and Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Art Therapy and Mental Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Recent published papers include:

  • Clinical state tracking in serious mental illness through computational analysis of speech, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Improving the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices in community mental health organizations: a study protocol for a matched-pair cluster randomized pilot study of the Collaborative Organizational Approach to Selecting and Tailoring Implementation Strategies (COAST-IS), 2020, Implementation Science Communications
  • A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity, 2020, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • Patient and Provider Cocreation of Mobile Texting Apps to Support Behavioral Health: Usability Study, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth

Kenneth B. Wells has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, notably:

  • Felica Jones
  • Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi
  • Lily Zhang
  • Bowen Chung
  • MarySue V. Heilemann

The scientist's research has appeared in various academic venues, with recurring publications in:

  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine

Kenneth B. Wells has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine, 2018
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1997

Best Publications

  • The functioning and well-being of depressed patients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita L. Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Twelve-Month Use of Mental Health Services in the United States Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

    Philip S. Wang;Michael Lane;Mark Olfson;Harold A. Pincus

  • Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    Anita L. Stewart;Sheldon Greenfield;Ron D. Hays;Kenneth Wells

  • Prevalence and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 1990 to 2003.

    Ronald C. Kessler;Olga Demler;Richard G. Frank;Mark Olfson

  • Unmet Need for Mental Health Care Among U.S. Children: Variation by Ethnicity and Insurance Status

    Sheryl H. Kataoka;Lily Zhang;Kenneth B. Wells

  • Failure and Delay in Initial Treatment Contact After First Onset of Mental Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

    Philip S. Wang;Patricia Berglund;Mark Olfson;Harold A. Pincus

  • The Functioning and Well-Being of Depressed Patients

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • The Quality of Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in the United States

    Alexander S. Young;Ruth Klap;Cathy D. Sherbourne;Kenneth B. Wells

  • Functional Status and Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Conditions

    Anita Stewart;Sheldon Greenfield;Ron D. Hays;Kenneth B. Wells

  • Impact of disseminating quality improvement programs for depression in managed primary care: A randomized controlled trial.

    Kenneth B. Wells;Cathy D. Sherbourne;Michael Schoenbaum;Naihua Duan

  • Functioning and well-being outcomes of patients with depression compared with chronic general medical illnesses

    Ron D. Hays;Kenneth B. Wells;Cathy Donald Sherbourne;William Rogers

  • Barriers to mental health treatment: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson;Nancy A. Sampson;Robert Jin

  • Ethnic Disparities in Unmet Need for Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care

    Kenneth Wells;Ruth Klap;Alan Koike;Cathy Sherbourne

  • Disparity in depression treatment among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.

    Margarita Alegría;Pinka Chatterji;M.P.H. Kenneth Wells;Zhun Cao

  • Psychiatric disorder in a sample of the general population with and without chronic medical conditions.

    Wells Kb;Golding Jm;Burnam Ma

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and functioning and quality of life outcomes in a nationally representative sample of male Vietnam veterans.

    Douglas F. Zatzick;Charles R. Marmar;Daniel S. Weiss;Warren S. Browner

  • Development of a brief screening instrument for detecting depressive disorders.

    M. Audrey Burnam;Kenneth B. Wells;Barbara Leake;John Landsverk

  • Socioeconomic Burden of Subsyndromal Depressive Symptoms and Major Depression in a Sample of the General Population

    Lewis L. Judd;Martin P. Paulus;Kenneth B. Wells;Mark H. Rapaport

  • Strategies for academic and clinician engagement in community-participatory partnered research.

    Loretta Jones;Kenneth Wells

  • The course of depression in adult outpatients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    Kenneth B. Wells;M. Audrey Burnam;Williams Rogers;Ron Hays

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathy D. Sherbourne
Cathy D. Sherbourne RAND Corporation
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa S. Meredith
Lisa S. Meredith RAND Corporation
Willard G. Manning
Willard G. Manning University of Chicago
Jürgen Unützer
Jürgen Unützer University of Washington
John E. Ware
John E. Ware University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
William H. Rogers
William H. Rogers Tufts Medical Center
M. Audrey Burnam
M. Audrey Burnam RAND Corporation
Paul Koegel
Paul Koegel RAND Corporation
Ron D. Hays
Ron D. Hays University of California, Los Angeles

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