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Michael VonKorff

Michael VonKorff

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
16926
World Ranking
6798
National Ranking
3686

Michael VonKorff publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael VonKorff sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 64 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Michael VonKorff D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael VonKorff is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Medicine. Their work encompasses a range of topics with a strong focus on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Mental Health Treatment and Access. Other main areas of interest include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, and Child and Adolescent Health.

The scientist's publication record includes several recent papers across prominent journals. These include:

  • Primary Care Opioid Taper Plans Are Associated with Sustained Opioid Dose Reduction, 2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Reducing Common Mental Disorder Prevalence in Populations, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • What should a nation do to prevent common mental disorders? Meet seven conditions for effective prevention, 2024, Mental Health & Prevention
  • Debate: Giving prevention a chance to prove its worth in lowering common mental disorder prevalence: how long will it take?, 2021, Child and Adolescent Mental Health

VonKorff frequently collaborates with researchers including Johan Ormel, Mark D. Sullivan, Denise M. Boudreau, Laura Ichikawa, and David Cronkite. Among these, Johan Ormel appears as a primary frequent coauthor with multiple joint publications.

The venues where VonKorff's work has been published comprise:

  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Mental Health & Prevention
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health

VonKorff's contributions span several subfields, notably Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates psychological frameworks with medical and public health perspectives, especially in understanding and managing mental health and opioid-related conditions in diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • An international study of the relation between somatic symptoms and depression.

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff;Marco Piccinelli;Claudio Fullerton

  • Common Mental Disorders and Disability Across Cultures: Results From the WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care

    J Ormel;M Vonkorff;Tb Ustun;Stefano Pini

  • Prevalence, burden, and treatment of insomnia in primary care.

    G E Simon;M VonKorff

  • HEALTH-CARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE AND ANXIETY DISORDERS IN PRIMARY-CARE

    Gregory Simon;Johan Ormel;Michael VonKorff;William Barlow

  • Health care costs of primary care patients with recognized depression.

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff;William Barlow

  • Recognition, management, and outcomes of depression in primary care.

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff

  • Common mental disorders and disability across cultures. Results from the WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care.

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  • Randomised trial of monitoring, feedback, and management of care by telephone to improve treatment of depression in primary care

    Gregory E Simon;Michael VonKorff;Carolyn Rutter;Edward Wagner

  • Finding common ground: patient-centeredness and evidence-based chronic illness care.

    Edward H. Wagner;Susan M. Bennett;Brian T. Austin;Sarah M. Greene

  • Costs of Health Care Use by Women HMO Members With a History of Childhood Abuse and Neglect

    Edward A. Walker;Jurgen Unutzer;Carolyn Rutter;Ann Gelfand

  • Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC): A Practical Tool to Measure Quality Improvement

    Amy E. Bonomi;Edward H. Wagner;Russell E. Glasgow;Michael VonKorff

  • Somatization and psychiatric disorder in the NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area study.

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff

  • An International Study of Psychological Problems in Primary Care: Preliminary Report From the World Health Organization Collaborative Project on 'Psychological Problems in General Health Care'

    N. Sartorius;T.B. Ustun;J.A.C. Silva;D. Goldberg

  • Cost-effectiveness of a collaborative care program for primary care patients with persistent depression.

    Gregory E. Simon;Wayne J. Katon;Michael VonKorff;Jürgen Unützer

  • Initial antidepressant choice in primary care. Effectiveness and cost of fluoxetine vs tricyclic antidepressants.

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff;John H. Heiligenstein;Dennis A. Revicki

  • Patterns of antidepressant use in community practice

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff;Edward H. Wagner;William Barlow

  • Recovery from depression, work productivity, and health care costs among primary care patients.

    Gregory E Simon;Dennis Revicki;John Heiligenstein;Louis Grothaus

  • Recall of Psychiatric History in Cross-sectional Surveys: Implications for Epidemiologic Research

    Gregory E. Simon;Michael VonKorff

  • QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING HEALTH EFFECTS

    Johan Ormel;Siegwart Lindenberg;Nardi Steverink;Michael Vonkorff

  • Telephone assessment of depression severity.

    Gregory E. Simon;Dennis Revicki;Michael VonKorff

  • Diabetes complications and depression as predictors of health service costs

    Gregory E. Simon;Gregory E. Simon;Wayne J. Katon;Elizabeth H.B. Lin;Elizabeth H.B. Lin;Evette Ludman;Evette Ludman

  • SF-36 summary scores: are physical and mental health truly distinct?

    Gregory E. Simon;Dennis A. Revicki;Louis Grothaus;Michael Vonkorff

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory E. Simon
Gregory E. Simon Kaiser Permanente
Edward H. Wagner
Edward H. Wagner Kaiser Permanente
Wayne Katon
Wayne Katon University of Washington
William E. Whitehead
William E. Whitehead University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Evette J. Ludman
Evette J. Ludman Kaiser Permanente
Johan Ormel
Johan Ormel University Medical Center Groningen
Elizabeth H. B. Lin
Elizabeth H. B. Lin Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Edward A. Walker
Edward A. Walker University of Washington
Carolyn M. Rutter
Carolyn M. Rutter RAND Corporation

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