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Neeraj Sood 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 Neeraj Sood sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 252 publications — 79th percentile

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

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

Neeraj Sood 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 Neeraj Sood sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neeraj Sood is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial emphasis on infectious diseases and healthcare economics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, key subfields of research are:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Modeling and Simulation

The scientist's work covers a number of topics related to public health and clinical research, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. These main topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Their scholarship has been published extensively in several venues, including:

  • JAMA Health Forum
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of Health Economics

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Neeraj Sood include:

  • Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Los Angeles County, California, on April 10-11, 2020 (2020) published in JAMA
  • COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California (2021) published in International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Changes in Health Services Use Among Commercially Insured US Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) published in JAMA Network Open
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy response on health care utilization: Evidence from county-level medical claims and cellphone data (2022) published in Journal of Health Economics

Frequent co-authors in Neeraj Sood's research include:

  • Jennifer B. Unger
  • Chun Nok Lam
  • Victoria Shier
  • Yuna H. Bae-Shaaw
  • Ryan Lee

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California.

    Eran Bendavid;Bianca Mulaney;Neeraj Sood;Soleil Shah

  • COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California

    Eran Bendavid;Bianca Mulaney;Neeraj Sood;Soleil Shah

  • Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Los Angeles County, California, on April 10-11, 2020.

    Neeraj Sood;Paul Simon;Peggy Ebner;Daniel Eichner

  • Changes in Health Services Use Among Commercially Insured US Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Christopher M Whaley;Megan F Pera;Jonathan Cantor;Jennie Chang

  • Medicare spending and outcomes after postacute care for stroke and hip fracture.

    Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin;Carrie Hoverman Colla;Partha Deb;Neeraj Sood

  • Immigrants And The Cost Of Medical Care

    Dana P. Goldman;James P. Smith;Neeraj Sood

  • Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality

    Jay Bhattacharya;Neeraj Sood

  • Medicare’s Bundled Payment Pilot For Acute And Postacute Care: Analysis And Recommendations On Where To Begin

    Neeraj Sood;Peter J. Huckfeldt;José J. Escarce;David C. Grabowski

  • HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior

    Darius N. Lakdawalla;Neeraj Sood;Dana P. Goldman

  • Legal Status And Health Insurance Among Immigrants

    Dana P. Goldman;James P. Smith;Neeraj Sood

  • Health cost calculator/flexible spending account calculator

    Michael Schoenbaum;Mark Spranca;Jayanta Bhattacharya;Neeraj Sood

  • Market Size and Innovation: Effects of Medicare Part D on Pharmaceutical Research and Development.

    Margaret E. Blume-Kohout;Neeraj Sood

  • Who Pays for Obesity

    Jay Bhattacharya;Neeraj Sood

  • Healthcare Spending and Preventive Care in High-Deductible and Consumer-Directed Health Plans

    Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin;Amelia M Haviland;Roland McDevitt;Neeraj Sood

  • Government health insurance for people below poverty line in India: quasi-experimental evaluation of insurance and health outcomes

    Neeraj Sood;Eran Bendavid;Arnab Mukherji;Zachary Wagner

  • Association between availability of health service prices and payments for these services.

    Christopher Whaley;Jennifer Schneider Chafen;Sophie Pinkard;Gabriella Kellerman

  • The link between public and private insurance and HIV-related mortality

    Jayanta Bhattacharya;Dana P Goldman;Neeraj Sood

  • Less Intense Postacute Care, Better Outcomes For Enrollees In Medicare Advantage Than Those In Fee-For-Service

    Peter J. Huckfeldt;José J. Escarce;Brendan Rabideau;Pinar Karaca-Mandic

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Response on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from County-level Medical Claims and Cellphone data

    Jonathan H. Cantor;Neeraj Sood;Dena Bravata;Megan Pera

  • Do "Consumer-Directed" health plans bend the cost curve over time?

    Amelia M. Haviland;Amelia M. Haviland;Matthew D. Eisenberg;Ateev Mehrotra;Ateev Mehrotra;Peter J. Huckfeldt

  • Health infrastructure & immunization coverage in rural India.

    Ashlesha Datar;Arnab Mukherji;Neeraj Sood

  • HIV Breakthroughs and Risk Sexual Behavior

    Dana Goldman;Darius Lakdawalla;Neeraj Sood

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana P. Goldman
Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California
Darius N. Lakdawalla
Darius N. Lakdawalla University of Southern California
José J. Escarce
José J. Escarce University of California, Los Angeles
Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya Stanford University
Joseph P. Newhouse
Joseph P. Newhouse Harvard University
Geoffrey F. Joyce
Geoffrey F. Joyce University of Southern California
Arleen Leibowitz
Arleen Leibowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Tomas Philipson
Tomas Philipson University of Chicago
James P. Smith
James P. Smith RAND Corporation
Jörg Liebeherr
Jörg Liebeherr University of Toronto

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