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Lisa F. Berkman 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 Lisa F. Berkman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 444 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lisa F. Berkman 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 Lisa F. Berkman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 144 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Lisa F. Berkman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including general health professions, health, psychiatry and mental health, sociology, political science, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers multiple main topics, such as health disparities and outcomes, dementia and cognitive impairment research, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, workplace health and well-being, employment and welfare studies, global health care issues, and retirement, disability, and employment.

Some of the prominent recent papers include:

  • The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University-Lancet Commission, 2022, The Lancet
  • Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases, 2020, JAMA
  • Organisational- and group-level workplace interventions and their effect on multiple domains of worker well-being: A systematic review, 2021, Work & Stress
  • Work Redesign for the 21st Century: Promising Strategies for Enhancing Worker Well-Being, 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • Association of Social Support With Brain Volume and Cognition, 2021, JAMA Network Open

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Stephen Tollman
  • Meagan T. Farrell
  • Ryan G. Wagner
  • Lindsay C. Kobayashi
  • Darina T. Bassil

Berkman has published regularly in several venues, notably:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

The scientist holds memberships in prestigious organizations, including the National Academy of Medicine since 2000 and the Academia Europaea since 2008.

Best Publications

  • A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.

    Jack M. Guralnik;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Luigi Ferrucci;Robert J. Glynn

  • Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: a nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents

    Berkman Lf;Syme Sl

  • From social integration to health: Durkheim in the new millennium.

    Lisa F. Berkman;Thomas Glass;Ian Brissette;Teresa E. Seeman

  • Social ties and mental health.

    Ichiro Kawachi;Lisa F. Berkman

  • Lower Extremity Function and Subsequent Disability Consistency Across Studies, Predictive Models, and Value of Gait Speed Alone Compared With the Short Physical Performance Battery

    Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Carl F. Pieper;Suzanne G. Leveille

  • Two Shorter Forms of the CES-D Depression Symptoms Index:

    Frank J. Kohout;Lisa F. Berkman;Denis A. Evans;Joan Cornoni-Huntley

  • Effects of treating depression and low perceived social support on clinical events after myocardial infarction: the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (ENRICHD) Randomized Trial.

    Lisa F Berkman;James Blumenthal;Matthew Burg;Robert M Carney

  • Neighborhoods and health

    Ichiro Kawachi;Lisa F. Berkman

  • THE ROLE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN HEALTH PROMOTION

    Lisa F. Berkman

  • Genetic Susceptibility to Death from Coronary Heart Disease in a Study of Twins

    M E Marenberg;N Risch;L F Berkman;B Floderus

  • Social Disengagement and Incident Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons

    Shari S. Bassuk;Thomas A. Glass;Lisa F. Berkman

  • Emotional support and survival after myocardial infarction. A prospective, population-based study of the elderly.

    Lisa F. Berkman;Linda Leo-Summers;Ralph I. Horwitz

  • Population based study of social and productive activities as predictors of survival among elderly Americans

    Thomas A Glass;Carlos Mendes de Leon;Richard A Marottoli;Lisa F Berkman

  • Depression, Heart Rate Variability, and Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Robert M. Carney;James A. Blumenthal;Phyllis K. Stein;Lana Watkins

  • DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FUNCTIONING IN THE ELDERLY

    Lisa F. Berkman;Cathy S. Berkman;Stanislav Kasl;Daniel H. Freeman

  • Measuring sleep: accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of wrist actigraphy compared to polysomnography.

    Miguel Marino;Miguel Marino;Yi Li;Michael N. Rueschman;J. W. Winkelman

  • World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions

    Stephen Kaptoge;Lisa Pennells;Dirk De Bacquer;Marie Therese Cooney

  • Social relationships, social support, and patterns of cognitive aging in healthy, high-functioning older adults: MacArthur studies of successful aging.

    Teresa E. Seeman;Tina M. Lusignolo;Marilyn Albert;Lisa Berkman

  • Differences in life expectancy due to race and educational differences are widening, and many may not catch up.

    S. Jay Olshansky;Toni C. Antonucci;Lisa F. Berkman;Robert H. Binstock

  • CONSEQUENCES OF DRIVING CESSATION: DECREASED OUT-OF-HOME ACTIVITY LEVELS

    R A Marottoli;Cfm de Leon;T A Glass;C S Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Ichiro Kawachi
Ichiro Kawachi Harvard University
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
M. Maria Glymour
M. Maria Glymour Boston University
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Stephen Tollman
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand
Orfeu M. Buxton
Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University
Mauricio Avendano
Mauricio Avendano King's College London
Stanislav V. Kasl
Stanislav V. Kasl Yale University
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon Georgetown University

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