2026 Peter Conrad: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	57	1711	1536	822	728	189	27513

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Current World Ranking

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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189

27513

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

27513

World Ranking

1711

National Ranking

822

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Lee Founders Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Overview

Peter Conrad is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Medicine, with specific attention to Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Peter Conrad has contributed to academic discourse through publications in venues such as:

Proceedings of IMPRS
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

Their recent papers include:

"Association between Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation One Week after ICU Admission and Post-Discharge Mortality in Critically Ill Patients," published in 2023 in Proceedings of IMPRS
"Medicalization," published in 2025 in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

Frequent collaborators in their research have included Baker Nasser, Alexis Macha, Sikandar Khan, Anthony J. Perkins, and Sophia Wang.

Peter Conrad's research activity spans across the complex interface of intensive care clinical challenges, epidemiological methods, and cardiovascular patient outcomes.

In 2007, they were recognized with the Lee Founders Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

Best Publications

Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness

Peter Conrad;Joseph W. Schneider

4013
Citations
The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders

Peter Conrad

3879
Citations
Medicalization and Social Control

Peter Conrad

3327
Citations
The Shifting Engines of Medicalization

Peter Conrad

1648
Citations
The meaning of medications: another look at compliance

Peter Conrad

1274
Citations
The Social Construction of Illness Key Insights and Policy Implications

Peter Conrad;Kristin K. Barker

1216
Citations
The Discovery of Hyperkinesis: Notes on the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior

Peter Conrad

998
Citations
Medicalization, markets and consumers.

Peter Conrad;Valerie Leiter

593
Citations
From Hyperactive Children to ADHD Adults: Observations on the Expansion of Medical Categories

Peter Conrad;Deborah Potter

565
Citations
Qualitative research on chronic illness: A commentary on method and conceptual development

Peter Conrad

485
Citations
IN THE CLOSET WITH ILLNESS: EPILEPSY, STIGMA POTENTIAL AND INFORMATION CONTROL*

Joseph W. Schneider;Peter Conrad

480
Citations
Handbook of medical sociology

Chloe E. Bird;Peter Conrad;Allen M. Fremont;Stefan Timmermans

461
Citations
Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society

Annemarie Goldstein Jutel;Peter Conrad

401
Citations
Uses of expertise: sources, quotes, and voice in the reporting of genetics in the news

Peter Conrad

392
Citations
The Medicalization of Society

Peter Conrad

320
Citations
WELLNESS AS VIRTUE: MORALITY AND THE PURSUIT OF HEALTH

Peter Conrad

293
Citations
Public Eyes and Private Genes: Historical Frames, News Constructions, and Social Problems

Peter Conrad

278
Citations
Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Adolescents, 1994 to 2001

Cindy Parks Thomas;Peter Conrad;Rosemary Casler;Elizabeth Goodman

271
Citations
Identifying hyperactive children: The medicalization of deviant behavior

Peter Conrad

271
Citations
Having Epilepsy: The Experience and Control of Illness

Peter Conrad;W. Schneider Joseph

266
Citations
The Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives

Peter Conrad

244
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chloe E. Bird RAND Corporation

Allan V. Horwitz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Phil Brown Northeastern University

Jonathan Gabe Royal Holloway University of London

Stefan Timmermans University of California, Los Angeles

David E. Kern Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne

Linda H. Aiken University of Pennsylvania

Thomas D. Bird University of Washington

Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne

External Links

Wikipedia of Peter Conrad Personal website of Peter Conrad Google Scholar page

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