2026 Stephen B. Soumerai: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	100	8278	7783	4285	3968	347	36778

Overview

Stephen B. Soumerai is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Psychology. The subfields they contribute to include Economics and Econometrics, Clinical Psychology, Family Practice, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The main topics covered in their research are diverse and include:

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Medication Adherence and Compliance
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
Healthcare Policy and Management
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Stephen B. Soumerai has published extensively in journals such as Medical Care, Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, JAMA Health Forum, Health Affairs, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. Frequent publication venues include:

Medical Care
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
JAMA Health Forum
Health Affairs
American Journal of Psychiatry

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on medication adherence, healthcare costs, and mental health outcomes. Notable publications include:

Cost-related Medication Nonadherence and Its Risk Factors Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2020, Medical Care
Reduced Cost-sharing for Preventive Drugs Preferentially Benefits Low-income Patients With Diabetes in High Deductible Health Plans With Health Savings Accounts, 2020, Medical Care
Increases in Suicide Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults Following US Food and Drug Administration Antidepressant Boxed Warnings and Declines in Depression Care, 2020, Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
Affordability of Medical Care Among Medicare Enrollees, 2021, JAMA Health Forum
Experiences of health care costs among people with employer-sponsored insurance and bipolar disorder, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

The scientist regularly collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Dennis Ross-Degnan
Jeanne M. Madden
Christine Y. Lu
Jamie Wallace
J. Frank Wharam

Best Publications

Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series studies in medication use research

A. K. Wagner;S. B. Soumerai;F. Zhang;D. Ross-Degnan

3205
Citations
Systematic Review: The Relationship between Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care

Niteesh K. Choudhry;Robert H. Fletcher;Stephen B. Soumerai

1759
Citations
Principles of educational outreach ('academic detailing') to improve clinical decision making.

Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Jerry Lewis Avorn

1363
Citations
Improving Drug-Therapy Decisions through Educational Outreach

Jerry Lewis Avorn;Stephen Bertram Soumerai

1226
Citations
Evidence of self-report bias in assessing adherence to guidelines.

Alyce S. Adams;Stephen B. Soumerai;Jonathan Lomas;Dennis Ross-Degnan

831
Citations
Coverage by the news media of the benefits and risks of medications

Ray Moynihan;Lisa Bero;Dennis Ross-Degnan;David Henry

711
Citations
Adverse Outcomes of Underuse of β-Blockers in Elderly Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Thomas J. McLaughlin;Donna Lynn Spiegelman;Ellen Hertzmark

708
Citations
Effects of Medicaid drug-payment limits on admission to hospitals and nursing homes.

Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Dennis Ross-Degnan;Jerry Lewis Avorn;Thomas J. McLaughlin

702
Citations
Effects of Limiting Medicaid Drug-Reimbursement Benefits on the Use of Psychotropic Agents and Acute Mental Health Services by Patients with Schizophrenia

Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Thomas J. McLaughlin;Dennis Ross-Degnan;Christina S. Casteris

655
Citations
Reducing antibiotic use in children: a randomized trial in 12 practices.

Jonathan A. Finkelstein;Robert L. Davis;Robert L. Davis;Scott F. Dowell;Joshua P. Metlay

646
Citations
Payment Restrictions for Prescription Drugs under Medicaid

Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Jerry Lewis Avorn;Dennis Ross-Degnan;Steven L. Gortmaker

587
Citations
Effect of Local Medical Opinion Leaders on Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Stephen B. Soumerai;Thomas J. McLAUGHLIN;Jerry H. Gurwitz;Edward Guadagnoli

583
Citations
Improving drug prescribing in primary care: a critical analysis of the experimental literature.

Stephen B. Soumerai;Thomas J. McLaughlin;Jerry Avorn

535
Citations
A randomized trial of a program to reduce the use of psychoactive drugs in nursing homes.

Jerry Avorn;Stephen B. Soumerai;Daniel E. Everitt;Dennis Ross-Degnan

504
Citations
Patients At-Risk for Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence: A Review of the Literature

Becky A. Briesacher;Jerry H. Gurwitz;Stephen B. Soumerai

456
Citations
Physician motivations for nonscientific drug prescribing.

Rebecca K. Schwartz;Stephen B. Soumerai;Jerry Avorn

405
Citations
Psychoactive medication use in intermediate-care facility residents.

Mark Beers;Jerry Lewis Avorn;Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Daniel E. Everitt

391
Citations
Adherence to National Guidelines for Drug Treatment of Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for Undertreatment in Women and the Elderly

Thomas J. McLaughlin;Stephen Bertram Soumerai;Donald J. Willison;Jerry H. Gurwitz

371
Citations
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study

Brian Serumaga;Dennis Ross-Degnan;Anthony J Avery;Rachel A Elliott

344
Citations
Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D.

Jeanne Marie Madden;Amy Graves;Fang Zhang;Alyce S. Adams

333
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis Ross-Degnan Harvard University

Jerry H. Gurwitz University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Jerry Avorn Brigham and Women's Hospital

Richard Platt Harvard University

Ken Kleinman University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sumit R. Majumdar University of Alberta

Dean F. Sittig The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Robert J. Glynn Harvard Medical School

Grace M. Lee Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Stephen B. Soumerai

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