2026 Thomas Bodenheimer: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	80	16890	15883	8470	7833	245	39922

Thomas Bodenheimer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Bodenheimer sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 245 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Thomas Bodenheimer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Bodenheimer sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Thomas Bodenheimer is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and medicine, with an emphasis on the subfields of general health professions, economics and econometrics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Their work encompasses key topics including primary care and health outcomes, healthcare policy and management, diabetes management and education, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, chronic disease management strategies, interprofessional education and collaboration, and innovations in medical education.

Recent papers authored by Thomas Bodenheimer include:

Revitalizing Primary Care, Part 2: Hopes for the Future (2022) published in The Annals of Family Medicine
Revitalizing Primary Care, Part 1: Root Causes of Primary Care's Problems (2022) published in The Annals of Family Medicine
Integrating Physical Therapists Into Primary Care Within A Large Health Care System (2021) published in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Other notable papers in their research network include:

Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure (2021) published in New England Journal of Medicine
Process evaluation of a medical assistant health coaching intervention for type 2 diabetes in diverse primary care settings (2021) published in Translational Behavioral Medicine

Thomas Bodenheimer frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research publications. These include Taylor L. Clark, Addie L. Fortmann, Athena Philis-Tsimikas, Haley Sandoval, and Linda C. Gallo.

Their research is published in venues such as The Annals of Family Medicine, The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Translational Behavioral Medicine, and Families Systems & Health.

In 2008, Thomas Bodenheimer was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Best Publications

Patient Self-management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care

Thomas Bodenheimer;Kate Lorig;Halsted Holman;Kevin Grumbach

5131
Citations
Improving Primary Care for Patients With Chronic Illness

Thomas Bodenheimer;Edward H. Wagner;Kevin Grumbach

4138
Citations
Improving primary care for patients with chronic illness: the chronic care model, Part 2

Thomas Bodenheimer;Edward H. Wagner;Kevin Grumbach

3411
Citations
From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider

Thomas Bodenheimer;Christine Sinsky

3347
Citations
Coordinating Care — A Perilous Journey through the Health Care System

Thomas Bodenheimer

1229
Citations
Uneasy alliance--clinical investigators and the pharmaceutical industry.

Thomas Bodenheimer

1058
Citations
Can health care teams improve primary care practice

Kevin Grumbach;Thomas Bodenheimer

1018
Citations
Primary Care: Current Problems And Proposed Solutions

Thomas Bodenheimer;Hoangmai H. Pham

820
Citations
Confronting The Growing Burden Of Chronic Disease: Can The U.S. Health Care Workforce Do The Job?

Thomas Bodenheimer;Ellen Chen;Heather D. Bennett

720
Citations
External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients With Chronic Diseases

Lawrence Casalino;Robin R. Gillies;Stephen M. Shortell;Julie A. Schmittdiel

648
Citations
The 10 Building Blocks of High-Performing Primary Care

Thomas Bodenheimer;Amireh Ghorob;Rachel Willard-Grace;Kevin Grumbach

561
Citations
Primary care--will it survive?

Thomas Bodenheimer

556
Citations
In Search of Joy in Practice: A Report of 23 High-Functioning Primary Care Practices

Christine A. Sinsky;Rachel Willard-Grace;Andrew M. Schutzbank;Thomas A. Sinsky

533
Citations
THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF MAUTHNER CELL SYNAPSES AND NODES IN GOLDFISH BRAINS.

J. David Robertson;Thomas S. Bodenheimer;David E. Stage

481
Citations
High and rising health care costs. Part 2: technologic innovation.

Thomas Bodenheimer

436
Citations
The American health care system--the movement for improved quality in health care.

Thomas Bodenheimer

413
Citations
High and Rising Health Care Costs. Part 1: Seeking an Explanation

Thomas Bodenheimer

386
Citations
A Primary Care Home for Americans: Putting the House in Order

Kevin Grumbach;Thomas Bodenheimer

377
Citations
Goal-setting for behavior change in primary care: An exploration and status report

Thomas Bodenheimer;Margaret A. Handley

347
Citations
Primary care: proposed solutions to the physician shortage without training more physicians.

Thomas S. Bodenheimer;Mark D. Smith

337
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Grumbach University of California, San Francisco

Stephen M. Shortell University of California, Berkeley

Thomas G. Rundall University of California, Berkeley

Steffie Woolhandler City University of New York

David U. Himmelstein City University of New York

Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University

Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef Maastricht University

Edward H. Wagner Kaiser Permanente

James C. Robinson University of California, Berkeley

Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

External Links

Personal website of Thomas Bodenheimer

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