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Peter A. Muennig 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 Peter A. Muennig sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter A. Muennig 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 Peter A. Muennig sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter A. Muennig is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and health professions, with a notable focus on the intersection of health disparities, employment, welfare, and healthcare policy. Muennig's work examines a range of topics including health disparities and outcomes, employment and welfare studies, healthcare policy and management, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, food security and health in diverse populations, health, environment and cognitive aging, and gender, labor, and family dynamics.

The scientist frequently publishes in venues connected to public health and environmental research. Key publication outlets include the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Milbank Quarterly, PLoS ONE, and Public Health.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Muennig cover various aspects of social policy and health. These include:

  • Can Social Policies Improve Health? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 38 Randomized Trials, 2020, Milbank Quarterly
  • Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Social Mobility and Biological Aging Among Older Adults in the United States, 2022, PNAS Nexus
  • The Health Effects Of Expanding The Earned Income Tax Credit: Results From New York City, 2020, Health Affairs

Muennig's collaborative network includes several frequent coauthors such as Zafar Zafarí, Roman Pabayo, Émilie Courtin, Sze Yan Liu, and Daniel W. Belsky. The frequency of collaboration suggests ongoing research partnerships particularly in areas related to social and health sciences.

The scientist's fields of study further reflect a concentration on general health professions and health-related modeling and simulation, alongside economics and econometrics. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations into how social policies and economic factors influence health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Structural stigma and all-cause mortality in sexual minority populations.

    Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Anna Bellatorre;Yeonjin Lee;Brian Karl Finch

  • The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for All of America’s Children

    Henry M. Levin;Clive Belfield;Peter A. Muennig;Cecilia Rouse

  • Gender and the Burden of Disease Attributable to Obesity

    Peter A. Muennig;Erica Lubetkin;Haomiao Jia;Peter Franks

  • The body politic: the relationship between stigma and obesity-associated disease

    Peter A. Muennig

  • Effects of a Prekindergarten Educational Intervention on Adult Health: 37-Year Follow-Up Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter A. Muennig;Lawrence Schweinhart;Jeanne Montie;Matthew J. Neidell

  • Global drug-resistance patterns and the management of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants to the United States

    Kamran Khan;Peter Muennig;Maryam Behta;Joshua Graff Zivin

  • Designing and Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Medicine and Health Care

    Peter Muennig;Kamran Khan

  • Epilepsy surgery for pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy: a decision analysis.

    Hyunmi Choi;Randall L. Sell;Leslie Lenert;Peter A. Muennig

  • I Think Therefore I Am: Perceived Ideal Weight as a Determinant of Health

    Peter A. Muennig;Haomiao Jia;Rufina Lee;Erica Lubetkin

  • The Public Returns to Public Educational Investments in African-American Males.

    Henry M. Levin;Clive Belfield;Peter A. Muennig;Cecilia Rouse

  • The cost effectiveness of strategies for the treatment of intestinal parasites in immigrants.

    Peter A. Muennig;Daniel Pallin;Randall L. Sell;Man-Suen Chan

  • The burden of disease associated with being African-American in the United States and the contribution of socio-economic status.

    Peter Franks;Peter A. Muennig;Erica Lubetkin;Haomiao Jia

  • The Relative Health Burden of Selected Social and Behavioral Risk Factors in the United States: Implications for Policy

    Peter A. Muennig;Kevin Fiscella;Daniel Tancredi;Peter Franks

  • The Effect of an Early Education Program on Adult Health: The Carolina Abecedarian Project Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter Muennig;Dylan L. Robertson;Gretchen Johnson;Frances Campbell

  • Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population based study

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Associations Between Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Academic Performance in U.S. Undergraduates: A Secondary Analysis of the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment II

    Adrienne Wald;Peter A. Muennig;Kathleen A. O'Connell;Carol Ewing Garber

  • America's Declining Well-Being, Health, and Life Expectancy: Not Just a White Problem.

    Peter A. Muennig;Megan Reynolds;David S. Fink;Zafar Zafari

  • The income-associated burden of disease in the United States

    Peter A. Muennig;Peter Franks;Haomiao Jia;Erica Lubetkin

  • Association between cumulative social risk and ideal cardiovascular health in US adults: NHANES 1999–2006

    Rishi Caleyachetty;Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui;Peter Muennig;Wenyi Zhu

  • Health Status and Hospital Utilization of Recent Immigrants to New York City

    Peter A. Muennig;Marianne C. Fahs

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Franks
Peter Franks University of California, Davis
Kevin Fiscella
Kevin Fiscella University of Rochester Medical Center
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler Harvard University
Ichiro Kawachi
Ichiro Kawachi Harvard University
Sherry Glied
Sherry Glied New York University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Cyrille Delpierre
Cyrille Delpierre Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Mauricio Avendano
Mauricio Avendano King's College London

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