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D-Index
53
Citations
21705
World Ranking
2223
National Ranking
1071

William T. Riley 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 T. Riley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 142 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.

William T. Riley 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 T. Riley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William T. Riley is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily focused on Medicine and Health Professions, with significant publications in subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics addressed in Riley's work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Riley has contributed to a number of papers, including:

  • "Association of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers of Alzheimer Disease" (2021, JAMA Neurology)
  • "Advancing digital health equity: Directions for behavioral and social science research" (2022, Translational Behavioral Medicine)
  • "Social Determinants of Health and Implementation Research: Three Decades of Progress and a Need for Convergence" (2021, Ethnicity & Disease)
  • "Ending Sexual Harassment in Science: Designing and Administering a Survey That Can Lead to an Improved Organizational Climate" (2021, Academic Medicine)
  • "An Examination of Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Through National Institutes of Health Studies" (2020, Public Health Reports)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Riley include:

  • Sarah A. Gaussoin
  • Jeff D. Williamson
  • Lenore J. Launer
  • Nicholas M. Pajewski
  • Walter T. Ambrosius

The scientist has published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Ethnicity & Disease
  • PLoS ONE
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA Neurology

Best Publications

  • The patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008

    David Cella;William Riley;Arthur Stone;Nan Rothrock

  • Item banks for measuring emotional distress from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®): depression, anxiety, and anger.

    Paul A. Pilkonis;Seung W. Choi;Steven P. Reise;Angela M. Stover

  • Health behavior models in the age of mobile interventions: are our theories up to the task?

    William T Riley;Daniel E Rivera;Audie A Atienza;Wendy Nilsen

  • Mobile health technology evaluation: The mHealth evidence workshop

    Santosh Kumar;Wendy J. Nilsen;Amy Abernethy;Audie Atienza

  • The conception of the ABCD study: From substance use to a broad NIH collaboration

    Nora D. Volkow;George F. Koob;Robert T. Croyle;Diana W. Bianchi

  • Tobacco Use and Cessation in Psychiatric Disorders: National Institute of Mental Health Report

    Douglas M. Ziedonis;Brian Hitsman;Jean C. Beckham;Michael Zvolensky

  • Precision Public Health for the Era of Precision Medicine

    Muin J. Khoury;Michael F. Iademarco;William T. Riley

  • Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association

    Lora E. Burke;Jun Ma;Kristen M.J. Azar;Gary G. Bennett

  • Clinical validity of PROMIS Depression, Anxiety, and Anger across diverse clinical samples

    Benjamin D. Schalet;Paul A. Pilkonis;Lan Yu;Nathan Dodds

  • Obesity among those with mental disorders: a National Institute of Mental Health meeting report.

    David B. Allison;John W. Newcomer;Andrea L. Dunn;James A. Blumenthal

  • Representativeness of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Internet panel.

    Honghu Liu;David Cella;Richard Gershon;Jie Shen

  • Relative to the general US population, chronic diseases are associated with poorer health-related quality of life as measured by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)

    Nan E. Rothrock;Ron D. Hays;Karen Spritzer;Susan E. Yount

  • College smoking-cessation using cell phone text messaging.

    Jami L. Obermayer;William T. Riley;Ofer Asif;Jersino Jean-Mary

  • Pragmatic measures: what they are and why we need them.

    Russell E. Glasgow;William T. Riley

  • Anger and Hostility in Depression

    William T. Riley;Frank A. Treiber;M. Gail Woods

  • Rapid, responsive, relevant (R3) research: a call for a rapid learning health research enterprise

    William T Riley;Russell E Glasgow;Lynn Etheredge;Amy P Abernethy

  • Advancing the Science of mHealth

    Wendy Nilsen;Santosh Kumar;Albert Shar;Carrie Varoquiers

  • Internet and mobile phone text messaging intervention for college smokers

    William Riley;Jami Obermayer;Jersino Jean-Mary

  • Agile science: creating useful products for behavior change in the real world.

    Eric B. Hekler;Predrag Klasnja;William T. Riley;Matthew P. Buman

  • Patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) domain names and definitions revisions: Further evaluation of content validity in IRT-derived item banks

    William T. Riley;Nan Rothrock;Bonnie Bruce;Christopher Christodolou

Frequent Co-Authors

David Cella
David Cella Northwestern University
Daniel E. Rivera
Daniel E. Rivera Arizona State University
Eric B. Hekler
Eric B. Hekler University of California, San Diego
Ron D. Hays
Ron D. Hays University of California, Los Angeles
Audie A. Atienza
Audie A. Atienza National Institutes of Health
Dan R. Berlowitz
Dan R. Berlowitz University of Massachusetts Lowell
Matthew P. Buman
Matthew P. Buman Arizona State University
Paul A. Pilkonis
Paul A. Pilkonis University of Pittsburgh
William M. P. Klein
William M. P. Klein National Institutes of Health
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health

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