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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
100
Citations
34149
World Ranking
97
National Ranking
49

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
33936
World Ranking
8321
National Ranking
4302

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Peter A. Ubel is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans major subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Oncology.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of themes such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Peter A. Ubel has contributed to several recent papers published in high-impact journals. Notable examples include:

  • Withdrawal of Life-supporting Treatment in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, JAMA Surgery
  • Minority Tax Reform - Avoiding Overtaxing Minorities When We Need Them Most, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Strategies for research participant engagement: A synthetic review and conceptual framework, 2021, Clinical Trials
  • Workplace Harassment, Cyber Incivility, and Climate in Academic Medicine, 2023, JAMA
  • The ALIGN Framework, 2022, Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter A. Ubel include:

  • Angela Fagerlin
  • Kathryn I. Pollak
  • J. Kelly Davis
  • Monica E. Lemmon
  • Ada Campagna

Peter A. Ubel has published repeatedly in prominent academic journals. Their frequent publication venues comprise:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • The American Journal of Bioethics
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Patient Education and Counseling

In 2019, Peter A. Ubel was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), which reflects their involvement and standing in the medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Measuring Numeracy without a Math Test: Development of the Subjective Numeracy Scale

    Angela Fagerlin;Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher;Peter A. Ubel;Aleksandra Jankovic

  • Gender Differences in Time Spent on Parenting and Domestic Responsibilities by High-Achieving Young Physician-Researchers

    Shruti Jolly;Kent A. Griffith;Rochelle DeCastro;Abigail Stewart

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Guidance Statement: The Cost of Cancer Care

    Neal J. Meropol;Deborah Schrag;Thomas J. Smith;Therese M. Mulvey

  • What Is the Price of Life and Why Doesn't It Increase at the Rate of Inflation?

    Peter A. Ubel;Richard A. Hirth;Michael E. Chernew;A. Mark Fendrick

  • Helping Patients Decide: Ten Steps to Better Risk Communication

    Angela Fagerlin;Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher;Peter A. Ubel

  • Whose quality of life? A commentary exploring discrepancies between health state evaluations of patients and the general public

    Peter A. Ubel;George Loewenstein;Christopher Jepson

  • Incorporating societal concerns for fairness in numerical valuations of health programmes.

    Erik Nord;Jose Luis Pinto;Jeff Richardson;Paul Menzel

  • The impact of the format of graphical presentation on health-related knowledge and treatment choices.

    Sarah T. Hawley;Brian Zikmund-Fisher;Peter Ubel;Aleksandra Jancovic

  • Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Experiences of Academic Medical Faculty.

    Reshma Jagsi;Kent A. Griffith;Rochelle Jones;Chithra R. Perumalswami

  • Reducing the Influence of Anecdotal Reasoning on People's Health Care Decisions: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Statistics?

    Angela Fagerlin;Catharine Wang;Peter A. Ubel

  • Gender differences in the salaries of physician researchers.

    Reshma Jagsi;Kent A. Griffith;Abigail Stewart;Dana Sambuco

  • Ignorance of Hedonic Adaptation to Hemodialysis: A Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

    Jason Riis;George Loewenstein;Jonathan Baron;Christopher Jepson

  • Misimagining the unimaginable: the disability paradox and health care decision making.

    Peter A. Ubel;George Loewenstein;Norbert Schwarz;Dylan Smith

  • When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make?

    Michele Heisler;Sandeep Vijan;Robert M. Anderson;Peter A. Ubel

  • Validation of the subjective numeracy scale: Effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations

    Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher;Dylan M. Smith;Peter A. Ubel;Angela Fagerlin

  • The hazards of correcting myths about health care reform.

    Brendan Nyhan;Jason Reifler;Peter A. Ubel

  • Patient Comprehension of Emergency Department Care and Instructions: Are Patients Aware of When They Do Not Understand?

    Kirsten G. Engel;Kirsten G. Engel;Michele Heisler;Dylan M. Smith;Claire H. Robinson

  • Harnessing the power of default options to improve health care.

    Scott D Halpern;Peter A Ubel;David A Asch

  • Solid-Organ Transplantation in HIV-Infected Patients

    Scott D Halpern;Peter A Ubel;Arthur L Caplan

  • Assessing the economic challenges posed by orphan drugs.

    Michael F. Drummond;David A. Wilson;Panos Kanavos;Peter Ubel

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Fagerlin
Angela Fagerlin University of Utah
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David A. Asch
David A. Asch University of Pennsylvania
George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Baron
Jonathan Baron University of Pennsylvania
Reshma Jagsi
Reshma Jagsi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Abigail J. Stewart
Abigail J. Stewart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James A. Tulsky
James A. Tulsky Harvard University
John C. Hershey
John C. Hershey University of Pennsylvania
Kent A. Griffith
Kent A. Griffith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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