William C. Hsiao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William C. Hsiao between 1973 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William C. Hsiao published across 52 years, from 1973 to 2024, averaging 2.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2007. 6 of the 152 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1973 2024

152 publications in total across all disciplines

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William C. Hsiao: publications per year, 1973 to 2024
Year	Publications
1973	1
1974	0
1975	0
1976	0
1977	0
1978	1
1979	1
1980	0
1981	0
1982	0
1983	0
1984	2
1985	1
1986	1
1987	4
1988	14
1989	4
1990	2
1991	0
1992	6
1993	2
1994	1
1995	6
1996	3
1997	1
1998	2
1999	1
2000	2
2001	6
2002	3
2003	3
2004	1
2005	3
2006	6
2007	18
2008	13
2009	8
2010	1
2011	3
2012	1
2013	1
2014	3
2015	4
2016	4
2017	2
2018	1
2019	1
2020	6
2021	0
2022	3
2023	5
2024	1
Total	152

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William C. Hsiao 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 William C. Hsiao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434	141
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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William C. Hsiao 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 William C. Hsiao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129	57
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

William C. Hsiao is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, focusing on research at the intersection of health economics and healthcare systems. Their work primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Health Professions, with specific emphasis on General Health Professions, Finance, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to global health care issues, health care system reforms, and healthcare policy and management. Notable papers include:

The Case Against Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance For Low- And Low-Middle-Income Countries, 2020, Health Affairs
Financing and provision of healthcare for two billion people in low-income nations: Is the cooperative healthcare model a solution?, 2023, Social Science & Medicine
Comprehensive Assessment of Health System Performance in Odisha, India, 2022, Health Systems & Reform
PHA4GE Quality Control Contextual Data Tags: Standardized Annotations for Sharing Public Health Sequence Datasets with Known Quality Issues to Facilitate Testing and Training, 2023, Preprints.org
Comments on Abdo Yazbeck et al. paper: Contributory health insurance, 2023, Social Science & Medicine

William C. Hsiao's research frequently investigates topics such as global maternal and child health, patient satisfaction in healthcare, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as biomedical text mining and ontologies. Their work has appeared predominantly in the journal Social Science & Medicine, along with publications in Health Affairs, Health Systems & Reform, Preprints.org, and Population Medicine.

Global Health Care Issues
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Healthcare Policy and Management
Global Maternal and Child Health
Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies

Frequent collaborators include Winnie Yip, Emma Griffiths, Abdo S. Yazbeck, William D. Savedoff, and Joseph Kutzin. These co-authors reflect a network engaged in diverse aspects of health systems analysis and public health research.

Best Publications

Early appraisal of China's huge and complex health-care reforms

Winnie Chi-Man Yip;William C Hsiao;Wen Chen;Shanlian Hu

1514
Citations
Privatization and Its Discontents — The Evolving Chinese Health Care System

David Blumenthal;William Hsiao

776
Citations
Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan

Jui-Fen Rachel Lu;William C. Hsiao

740
Citations
The Chinese Health System At A Crossroads

Winnie Yip;William C. Hsiao

650
Citations
Estimating Physicians' Work for a Resource-Based Relative-Value Scale

William C. Hsiao;Peter Braun;Douwe Yntema;Edmund R. Becker

472
Citations
Harnessing the privatisation of China's fragmented health-care delivery

Winnie Yip;William Hsiao

466
Citations
Realignment of incentives for health-care providers in China

Winnie Chi-Man Yip;William Hsiao;Qingyue Meng;Wen Chen

445
Citations
Equity in health and health care: the Chinese experience.

Yuanli Liu;William C Hsiao;Karen Eggleston

433
Citations
Resource-based relative values. An overview.

William C. Hsiao;Peter Braun;Daniel Dunn;Edmund R. Becker

409
Citations
THE CHINESE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: LESSONS FOR OTHER NATIONS

William C.L. Hsiao

408
Citations
China's health care reform: A tentative assessment

Winnie Yip;William Hsiao

346
Citations
China's Health System and Its Reform : A Review of Recent Studies

Adam Wagstaff;Winnie Yip;Magnus Lindelow;William C. Hsiao

343
Citations
Non-evidence-based policy: how effective is China's new cooperative medical scheme in reducing medical impoverishment?

Winnie Yip;William C. Hsiao

335
Citations
Getting Health Reform Right

Marc Roberts;William Hsiao;Peter Berman;Michael Reich

310
Citations
Social health insurance for developing nations

William C. Hsiao;R. Paul Shaw

306
Citations
Results and policy implications of the resource-based relative-value study.

William C. Hsiao;Peter Braun;Daniel Dunn;Edmund R. Becker

301
Citations
Effectiveness of community health financing in meeting the cost of illness.

Alexander S. Preker;Guy Carrin;David Dror;Melitta Jakab

286
Citations
Lessons from the East — China's Rapidly Evolving Health Care System

David Blumenthal;William C. Hsiao

274
Citations
Medical expenditure and rural impoverishment in China.

Yuanli Liu;Keqin Rao;William C. Hsiao

261
Citations
Community-based health insurance in poor rural China: the distribution of net benefits.

Hong Wang;Winnie Yip;Licheng Zhang;Lusheng Wang

232
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Winnie Yip Harvard University

Edmund R. Becker Emory University

Peter Berman University of British Columbia

Adam Wagstaff World Bank

Gary Van Domselaar Public Health Agency of Canada

Alan Maynard University of York

David Blumenthal Harvard University

Fiona S. L. Brinkman Simon Fraser University

Danuta M. Skowronski University of British Columbia

Mel Krajden University of British Columbia

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