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Kenneth J. Rothman

Kenneth J. Rothman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
67442
World Ranking
4280
National Ranking
2338

Kenneth J. Rothman 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 J. Rothman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 658 publications — 77th percentile

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

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

Kenneth J. Rothman 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 J. Rothman 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.

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Overview

Kenneth J. Rothman is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, encompassing 230 publications. Within this domain, Rothman has contributed extensively to several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine, Statistics and Probability, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in Rothman's work range across areas such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life; Reproductive Health and Technologies; Reproductive Health and Contraception; Advanced Causal Inference Techniques; Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials; Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes; and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy.

Recent publications by Rothman cover various aspects of epidemiology and public health, including:

  • Lockdown timing and efficacy in controlling COVID-19 using mobile phone tracking (2020, EClinicalMedicine)
  • A Prospective Cohort Study of COVID-19 Vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 Infection, and Fertility (2022, American Journal of Epidemiology)
  • A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of exposure to environmental selenium and the risk of type 2 diabetes in nonexperimental studies (2021, Environmental Research)
  • Satellite-detected tropospheric nitrogen dioxide and spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Northern Italy (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Propensity Score Weighting and Trimming Strategies for Reducing Variance and Bias of Treatment Effect Estimates: A Simulation Study (2021, American Journal of Epidemiology)

Rothman's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Lauren A. Wise (79 joint publications)
  • Elizabeth E. Hatch (71 joint publications)
  • Amelia K. Wesselink (56 joint publications)
  • Ellen M. Mikkelsen (36 joint publications)
  • Tanran R. Wang (29 joint publications)

Rothman's work is published in a number of prominent venues, with multiple publications in these outlets:

  • UNC Libraries (20 publications)
  • Human Reproduction (13 publications)
  • Fertility and Sterility (9 publications)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (8 publications)
  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • No adjustments are needed for multiple comparisons.

    Kenneth J. Rothman

  • Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations

    Sander Greenland;Stephen J. Senn;Kenneth J. Rothman;John B. Carlin

  • Epidemiology: An introduction

    Kenneth J. Rothman

  • Modern Epidemiology 3rd edition

    Kenneth J. Rothman DrPH;Timothy L. Lash;Sander Greenland;Kenneth J. Rothman

  • Variable Selection for Propensity Score Models

    M. Alan Brookhart;Sebastian Schneeweiss;Kenneth J. Rothman;Kenneth J. Rothman;Robert J. Glynn

  • Causation and Causal Inference in Epidemiology

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Sander Greenland

  • BMI-related errors in the measurement of obesity.

    Kenneth Rothman

  • Epidemiologic Analysis with a Programmable Calculator

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Hohn D. Boice;Harland Austin

  • TERATOGENICITY OF HIGH VITAMIN A INTAKE

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Lynn L. Moore;Martha R. Singer;Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen

  • Multivitamin/Folic Acid Supplementation in Early Pregnancy Reduces the Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects

    Aubrey Milunsky;Hershel Jick;Susan S. Jick;Carol L. Bruell

  • The continuing unethical use of placebo controls

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Karin B. Michels

  • Why representativeness should be avoided

    Kenneth J Rothman;John E J Gallacher;Elizabeth E Hatch

  • Concepts of interaction.

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Sander Greenland;Alexander M. Walker

  • The reporting odds ratio and its advantages over the proportional reporting ratio.

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Stephan Lanes;Susan T. Sacks

  • The effect of joint exposure to alcohol and tobacco on risk of cancer of the mouth and pharynx

    Kenneth J Rothman;Andrew Keller

  • Case–Control Studies

    Kenneth Rothman

  • A review of the application of propensity score methods yielded increasing use, advantages in specific settings, but not substantially different estimates compared with conventional multivariable methods.

    Til Stürmer;Manisha Joshi;Robert J. Glynn;Jerry Avorn

  • Exposure to Fumonisins and the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects along the Texas-Mexico Border

    Stacey Ann Missmer;Lucina Suarez;Marilyn Felkner;Elaine Wang

  • Six Persistent Research Misconceptions

    Kenneth J. Rothman;Kenneth J. Rothman

  • Mortality in current and former users of clozapine.

    Alexander M. Walker;Lee L. Lanza;Felix Arellano;Kenneth J. Rothman

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Toft Sørensen
Henrik Toft Sørensen Aarhus University
Hershel Jick
Hershel Jick Boston University
Robert J. Glynn
Robert J. Glynn Harvard Medical School
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Jonathan L. Halperin
Jonathan L. Halperin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sebastian Schneeweiss
Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital
Til Stürmer
Til Stürmer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alexander M. Walker
Alexander M. Walker Harvard University
Hans-Christoph Diener
Hans-Christoph Diener University of Duisburg-Essen
Jerry Avorn
Jerry Avorn Brigham and Women's Hospital

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