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Usha Sambamoorthi 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 Usha Sambamoorthi sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 419 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Usha Sambamoorthi 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 Usha Sambamoorthi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Usha Sambamoorthi is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a total of 182 publications. Within this broad area, they have contributed substantially to subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work spans key topics including Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Diabetes Management and Education, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, and Health Disparities and Outcomes.

Among the recent papers authored by Usha Sambamoorthi are:

  • The Potential Contribution of Chronic Pain and Common Chronic Pain Conditions to Subsequent Cognitive Decline, New Onset Cognitive Impairment, and Incident Dementia: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model for Future Research, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • The Association of Osteoarthritis and Related Pain Burden to Incident Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Retrospective Cohort Study of U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • The Association of Mobile Health Applications with Self-Management Behaviors among Adults with Chronic Conditions in the United States, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Multimorbidity among Asian Indian, Chinese, and Non-Hispanic White Adults in the United States, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Non-Cancer Chronic Pain Conditions and Risk for Incident Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study of United States Medicare Beneficiaries, 2001-2013, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Sambamoorthi include:

  • Nilanjana Dwibedi
  • R. Constance Wiener
  • Chan Shen
  • T. LeMasters
  • Hao Wang

The main venues where this researcher publishes include Value in Health, with 50 publications. Other outlets featuring their work are the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, PLOS Digital Health, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and Cancer Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Access to services, quality of care, and family impact for children with autism, other developmental disabilities, and other mental health conditions:

    Rini Vohra;Suresh Madhavan;Usha Sambamoorthi;Claire St Peter

  • Racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and access disparities in the use of preventive services among women.

    Usha Sambamoorthi;Donna D McAlpine

  • Medical Expenditures during the Last Year of Life: Findings from the 1992–1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

    Donald R Hoover;Stephen Crystal;Rizie Kumar;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly medicare population: predictors, disparities, and trends.

    Stephen Crystal;Usha Sambamoorthi;James T. Walkup;Ayşe Akincigil

  • Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol: Effect on Infant Growth and Morphologic Characteristics

    Nancy L. Day;Dorcie Jasperse;Gale Richardson;Nadine Robles

  • Out-of-pocket health care costs among older Americans.

    Stephen Crystal;Richard W. Johnson;Jeffrey Harman;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Disability prevalence among adults: estimates for 54 countries and progress toward a global estimate

    Sophie Mitra;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Direct and indirect cost of managing alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States

    Arijita Deb;James Douglas Thornton;Usha Sambamoorthi;Kim Innes

  • Comorbidity Prevalence, Healthcare Utilization, and Expenditures of Medicaid Enrolled Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Rini Vohra;Suresh Madhavan;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • The Role of Servant Leadership and Transformational Leadership in Academic Pharmacy

    George P. Allen;W. Mark Moore;Lynette R. Moser;Kathryn K. Neill

  • Prenatal marijuana use and neonatal outcome.

    Nancy Day;Usha Sambamoorthi;Paul Taylor;Gale Richardson

  • Health care expenditures of living with a disability: total expenditures, out-of-pocket expenses, and burden, 1996 to 2004.

    Sophie Mitra;Patricia A. Findley;Usha Sambamoorthi;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Disability and the Rural Labor Market in India: Evidence for Males in Tamil Nadu

    Sudeshna Mitra;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Clinical, humanistic, and economic burden of osteoarthritis among noninstitutionalized adults in the United States

    Xiaohui Zhao;Drishti Shah;Kavita Gandhi;Wenhui Wei

  • Use of psychotherapy for depression in older adults

    Wenhui Wei;Usha Sambamoorthi;Mark Olfson;James T. Walkup

  • Health behaviors among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors: a US population-based case-control study, with comparisons by cancer type and gender

    Traci J. LeMasters;Sundareswaran S. Madhavan;Usha Sambamoorthi;Sobha Kurian

  • Disability and receipt of clinical preventive services among women.

    Wenhui Wei;Patricia A. Findley;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Excess risk of chronic physical conditions associated with depression and anxiety

    Rituparna Bhattacharya;Chan Shen;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Multiple chronic conditions and healthcare costs among adults

    Usha Sambamoorthi;Xi Tan;Arijita Deb

  • National Trends in Prayer Use as a Coping Mechanism for Health Concerns: Changes From 2002 to 2007

    Amy B. Wachholtz;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Antidepressant treatment and health services utilization among HIV-infected medicaid patients diagnosed with depression.

    Usha Sambamoorthi;James Walkup;Mark Olfson;Stephen Crystal

  • Type of Multimorbidity and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Adults.

    Monira Alwhaibi;Rituparna Bhattacharya;Usha Sambamoorthi

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Crystal
Stephen Crystal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark Olfson
Mark Olfson Columbia University
Donald R. Hoover
Donald R. Hoover Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy L. Day
Nancy L. Day University of Pittsburgh
Martin F. Shapiro
Martin F. Shapiro Cornell University
Amy K. Rosen
Amy K. Rosen VA Boston Healthcare System
Gale A. Richardson
Gale A. Richardson University of Pittsburgh
Bernard G. Schreurs
Bernard G. Schreurs West Virginia University
Philip T. Yanos
Philip T. Yanos City University of New York

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