Steffie Woolhandler publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steffie Woolhandler between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steffie Woolhandler published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 8.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2020. 27 of the 372 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20

1981 2025

372 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steffie Woolhandler: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year	Publications
1981	2
1982	0
1983	3
1984	9
1985	2
1986	4
1987	3
1988	5
1989	7
1990	7
1991	10
1992	3
1993	4
1994	7
1995	7
1996	5
1997	4
1998	8
1999	8
2000	2
2001	1
2002	12
2003	8
2004	7
2005	7
2006	6
2007	11
2008	13
2009	15
2010	4
2011	2
2012	6
2013	9
2014	14
2015	4
2016	16
2017	12
2018	12
2019	13
2020	21
2021	21
2022	18
2023	13
2024	13
2025	14
Total	372

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Steffie Woolhandler 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 Steffie Woolhandler sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 343 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69	343
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Steffie Woolhandler 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 Steffie Woolhandler sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46	73
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Steffie Woolhandler is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within health professions, medicine, and economics, with a significant focus on healthcare policy, management, and the evaluation of health outcomes.

Their work addresses key topics including:

Healthcare Policy and Management
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
Global Health Care Issues
Employment and Welfare Studies
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Health disparities and outcomes

Steffie Woolhandler's frequent coauthors include:

David U. Himmelstein
Adam Gaffney
Danny McCormick
Samuel Dickman
David H. Bor

The researcher has published extensively in several notable journals, including:

Journal of General Internal Medicine (17 publications)
Annals of Internal Medicine (10 publications)
JAMA Internal Medicine (9 publications)
JAMA (7 publications)
JAMA Network Open (6 publications)

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Steffie Woolhandler showcase important themes in health and policy, such as:

Intersecting U.S. Epidemics: COVID-19 and Lack of Health Insurance, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
Public policy and health in the Trump era, 2021, The Lancet
COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails in the United States, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine (authored by Laura Hawks)
Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine (authored by David U. Himmelstein)
Trends in Health Care Use Among Black and White Persons in the US, 1963-2019, 2022, JAMA Network Open (authored by Samuel Dickman)

Their main fields of study cover:

Health Professions
Medicine
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broader domains, their work further focuses on specific subfields such as:

General Health Professions
Economics and Econometrics
Clinical Psychology
Health
Oncology

Best Publications

Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study

Karen Lasser;J. Wesley Boyd;Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

3276
Citations
Timing of new black box warnings and withdrawals for prescription medications.

Karen E. Lasser;Paul D. Allen;Steffie J. Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

1381
Citations
Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study.

David U. Himmelstein;Deborah Thorne;Elizabeth Warren;Steffie Woolhandler

1202
Citations
Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada.

Steffie Woolhandler;Terry Campbell;David U. Himmelstein

993
Citations
The Health and Health Care of US Prisoners: Results of a Nationwide Survey

Andrew P. Wilper;Steffie Woolhandler;J. Wesley Boyd;Karen E. Lasser

912
Citations
Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada: results of a cross-national population-based survey.

Karen E. Lasser;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

792
Citations
Health Insurance and Mortality in US Adults

Andrew P. Wilper;Steffie Woolhandler;Karen E. Lasser;Danny McCormick

681
Citations
Inappropriate drug prescribing for the community-dwelling elderly.

Sharon M. Willcox;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

667
Citations
Inequality and the health-care system in the USA

Samuel L Dickman;David U Himmelstein;David U Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Steffie Woolhandler

637
Citations
Minority Physicians’ Role in the Care of Underserved Patients: Diversifying the Physician Workforce May Be Key in Addressing Health Disparities

Lyndonna M. Marrast;Leah Zallman;Steffie Woolhandler;David H. Bor

618
Citations
Does Investor-Ownership of Nursing Homes Compromise the Quality of Care?:

Charlene Harrington;Steffie Woolhandler;Joseph Mullan;Helen Carrillo

484
Citations
Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy

David U Himmelstein;Elizabeth Warren;Deborah Thorne;Steffie Woolhandler

477
Citations
The deteriorating administrative efficiency of the U.S. health care system.

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

448
Citations
Infective endocarditis in the U.S., 1998-2009: a nationwide study.

David Harkavy Bor;Steffie Woolhandler;Rachel Austen Nardin;John L. Brusch

370
Citations
Costs of Care and Administration at For-Profit and Other Hospitals in the United States

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

349
Citations
Racial disparities in neurologic health care access and utilization in the United States.

Altaf Saadi;David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Nicte I. Mejia

316
Citations
Cost without benefit. Administrative waste in U.S. health care.

David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler

315
Citations
Hospital Computing and the Costs and Quality of Care: A National Study

David U. Himmelstein;Adam Wright;Steffie Woolhandler

311
Citations
Health Care Expenditures of Immigrants in the United States: A Nationally Representative Analysis

Sarita A. Mohanty;Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein;Susmita Pati

302
Citations
Quality of care in investor-owned vs not-for-profit HMOs.

David U. Himmelstein;Steffie Woolhandler;Ida Hellander;Sidney M. Wolfe

302
Citations
Reverse targeting of preventive care due to lack of health insurance.

Steffie Woolhandler;David U. Himmelstein

296
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David U. Himmelstein City University of New York

Thomas Bodenheimer University of California, San Francisco

Elizabeth Warren Harvard University

David C. Christiani Harvard University

William H. Shrank Humana (United States)

Gordon H. Guyatt McMaster University

Kevin Grumbach University of California, San Francisco

Charlene Harrington University of California, San Francisco

Nancy R. Kressin Boston University

Joseph T. Mullan University of California, San Francisco

External Links

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