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Nancy E. Kass publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy E. Kass sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 201 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Nancy E. Kass D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy E. Kass sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Nancy E. Kass is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on ethics in clinical research and medical practice, particularly within the domains of health professions and medicine. Their contributions span various topics related to biomedical ethics, health systems, economic evaluations, and health policy implementation science.

The main fields of study in which they have published include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Their subfields of study reflect a broad engagement with healthcare and related economic aspects:

  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Physiology
  • Health

Nancy E. Kass's research topics specifically cover:

  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Joseph Ali
  • Stephanie R. Morain
  • Ruth Faden
  • Derek C. Angus
  • Amy P. Abernethy

Their work has been published repeatedly in several academic venues, illustrating sustained contributions to high-impact journals and platforms. These venues include:

  • JAMA
  • Ethics & Human Research
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
  • UNC Libraries

Notable recent papers by Nancy E. Kass include:

  • "The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States" (2020), published in Vaccine
  • "Immunity certification for COVID-19: ethical considerations" (2020), published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • "The Integration of Clinical Trials With the Practice of Medicine" (2024), published in JAMA
  • "Randomized comparison of two interventions to enhance understanding during the informed consent process for research" (2021), published in Clinical Trials
  • "Modernizing the Data Infrastructure for Clinical Research to Meet Evolving Demands for Evidence" (2024), published in JAMA

Nancy E. Kass was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain

    James F. Childress;Ruth R. Faden;Ruth D. Gaare;Lawrence O. Gostin

  • An Ethics Framework for Public Health

    Nancy E. Kass

  • An Ethics Framework for a Learning Health Care System: A Departure from Traditional Research Ethics and Clinical Ethics

    Ruth R. Faden;Nancy E. Kass;Steven N. Goodman;Peter Pronovost

  • Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception

    Gail E Henderson;Larry R Churchill;Arlene M Davis;Michele M Easter

  • Adrenoleukodystrophy: Incidence, new mutation rate, and results of extended family screening

    Lena Bezman;Ann B. Moser;Gerald V. Raymond;Piero Rinaldo

  • Violence by male partners against women during the childbearing year: a contextual analysis.

    Patricia J. O'Campo;Andrea Carlson Gielen;Ruth R. Faden;Xiaonan Xue

  • Trust, The fragile foundation of contemporary biomedical research.

    Nancy E. Kass;Jeremy Sugarman;Ruth Faden;Monica Schoch-Spana

  • Ethical review of health research: a perspective from developing country researchers

    A A Hyder;S A Wali;A N Khan;N B Teoh

  • Interpersonal conflict and physical violence during the childbearing year

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Patricia J. O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Nancy E. Kass

  • The Research-Treatment Distinction: A Problematic Approach for Determining Which Activities Should Have Ethical Oversight

    Nancy E. Kass;Ruth R. Faden;Steven N. Goodman;Peter Pronovost

  • Informed consent, comparative effectiveness, and learning health care.

    Ruth R. Faden;Tom L. Beauchamp;Nancy E. Kass

  • Health-related quality of life among people with HIV disease: results from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

    Eric G Bing;Ron D. Hays;L. P Jacobson;Baibai Chen

  • The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States.

    Monica Schoch-Spana;Emily K. Brunson;Rex Long;Alexandra Ruth

  • Public Health Ethics: From Foundations and Frameworks to Justice and Global Public Health:

    Nancy E. Kass

  • The Structure and Function of Research Ethics Committees in Africa: A Case Study

    Nancy E Kass;Adnan Ali Hyder;Ademola Ajuwon;John Appiah-Poku

  • The informed consent process in a rural African setting: a case study of the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.

    Paulina Onvomaha Tindana;Paulina Onvomaha Tindana;Paulina Onvomaha Tindana;Nancy E. Kass;Patricia Akweongo

  • Views of US researchers about informed consent in international collaborative research

    Liza Dawson;Liza Dawson;Nancy E. Kass

  • Women's protective sexual behaviors: a test of the health belief model.

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Ruth R. Faden;Patricia O'Campo;Nancy Kass

  • Outcome of a research ethics training workshop among clinicians and scientists in a Nigerian university

    Ademola J Ajuwon;Nancy Kass

  • What patients say about medical research.

    Jeremy Sugarman;Nancy E. Kass;Steven N. Goodman;Patricia Perentesis

  • Understanding respect: learning from patients

    Neal Dickert;N E Kass

  • The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics

    Anna C. Mastroianni;Jeffrey P. Kahn;Nancy Kass

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth R. Faden
Ruth R. Faden Johns Hopkins University
Holly A. Taylor
Holly A. Taylor Tufts University
Andrea Carlson Gielen
Andrea Carlson Gielen Johns Hopkins University
Patricia O'Campo
Patricia O'Campo University of Toronto
Steven N. Goodman
Steven N. Goodman Stanford University
Peter J. Pronovost
Peter J. Pronovost Case Western Reserve University
Tom L. Beauchamp
Tom L. Beauchamp Georgetown University
Adnan A. Hyder
Adnan A. Hyder George Washington University
Lawrence O. Gostin
Lawrence O. Gostin Georgetown University
Chris Beyrer
Chris Beyrer Johns Hopkins University

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