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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Medicine D-index 71 Citations 21,279 151 World Ranking 14529 National Ranking 7572

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Awards & Achievements

2013 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Mental health
  • Public health
  • Social science

Acculturation, Demography, Mental health, Gerontology and Psychiatry are his primary areas of study. William A. Vega interconnects Social psychology, Affect, Psychosocial, Developmental psychology and Stressor in the investigation of issues within Acculturation. He combines subjects such as Psychopathology and Environmental health with his study of Demography.

In his study, Social support is strongly linked to Depression, which falls under the umbrella field of Mental health. His research investigates the connection between Gerontology and topics such as Public health that intersect with problems in Age of onset, Health care and Self-rated health. The various areas that he examines in his Psychiatry study include Prevalence, Socioeconomic status and Clinical psychology.

His most cited work include:

  • Lifetime Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders Among Urban and Rural Mexican Americans in California (820 citations)
  • Perceived discrimination and depression among Mexican-origin adults in California. (681 citations)
  • Comorbidity of substance use disorders with mood and anxiety disorders: Results of the international consortium in psychiatric epidemiology (627 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Psychiatry, Gerontology, Demography, Mental health and Public health. Psychiatric epidemiology is closely connected to Clinical psychology in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Psychiatry. William A. Vega works mostly in the field of Gerontology, limiting it down to concerns involving Psychological intervention and, occasionally, Intervention.

His study looks at the relationship between Demography and fields such as Acculturation, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His Mental health research incorporates elements of Psychopathology and Depression. His work carried out in the field of Public health brings together such families of science as Health care, Addiction and Environmental health.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (27.18%)
  • Gerontology (27.18%)
  • Demography (28.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Public health (21.36%)
  • Gerontology (27.18%)
  • Psychiatry (27.18%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Public health, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Health care. His Public health research incorporates themes from Poverty and Environmental health. His Gerontology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Mental health and Payment.

His work on Alcohol tobacco, Late life depression and Psychosis as part of general Psychiatry research is often related to Spanish speaking, thus linking different fields of science. His Clinical psychology research focuses on Depression and how it relates to Baby boom, Quality of Life Research and Intervention. His study explores the link between Health policy and topics such as Emergency department that cross with problems in Demography.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Disparities in Latino substance use, service use, and treatment: implications for culturally and evidence-based interventions under health care reform. (84 citations)
  • Age-Friendly Communities Initiative: Public Health Approach to Promoting Successful Aging (49 citations)
  • Aging in Mexico: Population Trends and Emerging Issues. (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Health care
  • Public health

His primary areas of study are Public health, Environmental health, Substance abuse, Health care and Health care reform. The Public health study combines topics in areas such as Affordable housing, Demography and Gerontology. In Gerontology, he works on issues like Payment, which are connected to Health psychology and Mental health.

His research investigates the connection between Environmental health and topics such as Drug that intersect with issues in Psychological intervention and Health equity. His Health care research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Successful aging and Social engagement. His work focuses on many connections between Health care reform and other disciplines, such as Family medicine, that overlap with his field of interest in Systematic review, Path analysis, Clinical psychology, Substance abuse treatment and Accreditation.

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Best Publications

Lifetime Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders Among Urban and Rural Mexican Americans in California

William A. Vega;Bohdan Kolody;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Ethel Alderete.
Archives of General Psychiatry (1998)

1302 Citations

Perceived discrimination and depression among Mexican-origin adults in California.

Brian Karl Finch;Bohdan Kolody;William A. Vega.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2000)

982 Citations

Comorbidity of substance use disorders with mood and anxiety disorders: Results of the international consortium in psychiatric epidemiology

Kathleen R. Merikangas;Rajni L. Mehta;Beth E. Molnar;Ellen E. Walters.
Addictive Behaviors (1998)

967 Citations

Acculturation Stress, Social Support, and Self-Rated Health Among Latinos in California

Brian Karl Finch;William A. Vega.
Journal of Immigrant Health (2003)

855 Citations

Acculturation, familism, and alcohol use among Latino adolescent males: Longitudinal relations

Andreas G. Gil;Eric F. Wagner;William A. Vega.
Journal of Community Psychology (2000)

838 Citations

Ethnic minorities and mental health.

William A. Vega;Ruben G. Rumbaut.
Review of Sociology (1991)

772 Citations

Considering context, place and culture: the National Latino and Asian American Study.

Margarita Alegria;David Takeuchi;Glorisa Canino;Naihua Duan.
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (2004)

766 Citations

Hispanic Families in the 1980s: A Decade of Research.

William A. Vega.
Journal of Marriage and Family (1990)

717 Citations

Acculturative stress and personal adjustment among hispanic adolescent boys

Andres G. Gil;William A. Vega;Juanita M. Dimas.
Journal of Community Psychology (1994)

660 Citations

Gaps in Service Utilization by Mexican Americans With Mental Health Problems

William A. Vega;Bohdan Kolody;Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola;Ralph Catalano.
American Journal of Psychiatry (1999)

544 Citations

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