2026 Tyler J. VanderWeele: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	117	29	24	17	15	488	61448

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
2017 - COPSS Presidents' Award For fundamental contributions to causal inference and the understanding of causal mechanisms; for profound advancement of epidemiologic theory and methods and the application of statistics throughout medical and social sciences; and for excellent service to the profession including exceptional contributions to teaching, mentoring, and bridging many academic disciplines with statistics
2014 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Tyler J. VanderWeele is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on social psychology, health, general health professions, clinical psychology, and statistics and probability.

The primary areas of study include psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, optimism, hope, and well-being, religion, spirituality, and psychology, advanced causal inference techniques, employment and welfare studies, and grief, bereavement, and mental health.

VanderWeele has published extensively, with numerous recent papers that highlight methodological rigor and application in epidemiology and psychology. Selected recent papers include:

"Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian Randomization" (2021, JAMA)
"Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration" (2021, BMJ)
"A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analyses of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies" (2021, JAMA)
"Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward" (2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
"Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health" (2022, JAMA)

Their frequent co-authors reflect a collaborative research approach across disciplines and include Byron R. Johnson, Ying Chen, Richard G. Cowden, R. Noah Padgett, and Eric S. Kim.

VanderWeele's work appears regularly in prominent scholarly venues such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Wellbeing, Epidemiology, The Journal of Positive Psychology, and Social Science & Medicine.

Among the recognitions received, VanderWeele was awarded the COPSS Presidents' Award in 2017 for contributions to causal inference, epidemiologic theory, and statistical applications in medical and social sciences. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2014.

Best Publications

Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value

Tyler J. VanderWeele;Peng Ding

5029
Citations
Mediation analysis allowing for exposure-mediator interactions and causal interpretation: theoretical assumptions and implementation with SAS and SPSS macros.

Linda Valeri;Tyler J. VanderWeele

2192
Citations
Power and instrument strength requirements for Mendelian randomization studies using multiple genetic variants

Brandon L Pierce;Habibul Ahsan;Tyler J VanderWeele

1854
Citations
Mediation Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide

Tyler J. VanderWeele

1852
Citations
Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration

Veronika W Skrivankova;Rebecca C Richmond;Benjamin A R Woolf;Neil M Davies;Neil M Davies

1603
Citations
Principles of confounder selection.

Tyler J. VanderWeele

1367
Citations
Recommendations for presenting analyses of effect modification and interaction

Mirjam J Knol;Tyler J VanderWeele

1334
Citations
On the promotion of human flourishing

Tyler J. VanderWeele

1119
Citations
A Tutorial on Interaction

Tyler J. VanderWeele;Mirjam J. Knol

1107
Citations
Using the E-Value to Assess the Potential Effect of Unmeasured Confounding in Observational Studies

Sebastien Haneuse;Tyler J VanderWeele;David Arterburn;David Arterburn

917
Citations
Odds Ratios for Mediation Analysis for a Dichotomous Outcome

Tyler J. VanderWeele;Stijn Vansteelandt

900
Citations
Estimating measures of interaction on an additive scale for preventive exposures.

Mirjam J. Knol;Tyler J. VanderWeele;Rolf H. H. Groenwold;Olaf H. Klungel

793
Citations
Web Site and R Package for Computing E-values.

Maya B. Mathur;Peng Ding;Corinne A. Riddell;Tyler J. VanderWeele

672
Citations
A unification of mediation and interaction: a 4-way decomposition.

Tyler J. VanderWeele

669
Citations
Marginal structural models for the estimation of direct and indirect effects.

Tyler J. VanderWeele

668
Citations
Effect of a housing and case management program on emergency department visits and hospitalizations among chronically ill homeless adults: a randomized trial.

Laura S. Sadowski;Romina A. Kee;Tyler J. VanderWeele;David Buchanan

622
Citations
Methodological challenges in Mendelian randomization

Tyler J. VanderWeele;Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen;Marilyn Cornelis;Peter Kraft

620
Citations
On the causal interpretation of race in regressions adjusting for confounding and mediating variables

Tyler J. VanderWeele;Whitney R. Robinson

585
Citations
Sensitivity Analysis Without Assumptions

Peng Ding;Tyler J. VanderWeele

578
Citations
Causal mediation analysis with survival data.

Tyler J. VanderWeele

539
Citations
Why Is Spiritual Care Infrequent at the End of Life? Spiritual Care Perceptions Among Patients, Nurses, and Physicians and the Role of Training

Michael J. Balboni;Adam Sullivan;Adaugo Amobi;Andrea C. Phelps

468
Citations
Bias formulas for sensitivity analysis for direct and indirect effects

Tyler J. VanderWeele

449
Citations
Effect of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults

S. Sadowski;Romina A. Kee;Tyler J. VanderWeele;David Buchanan

33
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University

Laura D. Kubzansky Harvard University

Peter Kraft Harvard University

Harold G. Koenig Duke University

Xihong Lin Harvard University

Janet W. Rich-Edwards Harvard University

Michelle A. Williams Harvard University

Reiko Nishihara Harvard University

Theresa S. Betancourt Boston College

Susan E. Hankinson University of Massachusetts Amherst

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