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William W. Dressler

William W. Dressler

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
9208
World Ranking
2792
National Ranking
1349

William W. Dressler 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 W. Dressler sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 154 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William W. Dressler 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 W. Dressler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William W. Dressler is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a focus on several subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Food Science, and General Health Professions.

Their research covers multiple main topics, notably:

  • Categorization, perception, and language
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Representations and Identity
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Culinary Culture and Tourism
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

William W. Dressler has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • Cultural Consensus and Cultural Consonance: Advancing a Cognitive Theory of Culture (2020) in Field Methods
  • Flower boys and muscled men: comparing South Korean and American male body ideals using cultural domain analysis (2020) in Anthropology and Medicine
  • Modeling Culture: A Framework (2022) in Ethos
  • Biocultural Strategies for Measuring Psychosocial Stress Outcomes in Field-based Research (2021) in Field Methods
  • Cultural consonance, body image, and disordered eating among young South Korean men (2022) in Social Science & Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include Kathryn S. Oths, H.J. François Dengah, José Ernesto dos Santos, Courtney Andrews, and Lawrence T. Monocello, with collaboration counts ranging from three to six co-authored works.

William W. Dressler has contributed to several publication venues regularly, including Field Methods, Behavioral Sciences, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Anthropology and Medicine, and Ethos.

Best Publications

  • RACE AND ETHNICITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH: Models to Explain Health Disparities

    William W. Dressler;Kathryn S. Oths;Clarence C. Gravlee

  • Extended family relationships, social support, and mental health in a southern black community

    William W. Dressler

  • The Health Consequences of Cultural Consonance: Cultural Dimensions of Lifestyle, Social Support, and Arterial Blood Pressure in an African American Community

    William W. Dressler;James R. Bindon

  • Organizational Culture and Innovation in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations

    Kristina Jaskyte;William W. Dressler

  • Stress and Adaptation in the Context of Culture: Depression in a Southern Black Community

    William W. Dressler

  • Measuring Cultural Consonance: Examples with Special Reference to Measurement Theory in Anthropology

    William W. Dressler;Camila D. Borges;Mauro C. Balieiro;José Ernesto dos Santos

  • Health in the African American Community: Accounting for Health Inequalities

    William W. Dressler

  • Skin color, social classification, and blood pressure in southeastern Puerto Rico.

    Clarence C. Gravlee;William W. Dressler;H. Russell Bernard

  • Culture: The missing link in health research.

    M. Kagawa Singer;W. Dressler;S. George;Claudia R. Baquet

  • Cultural consonance and psychological distress: examining the associations in multiple cultural domains

    William W. Dressler;Mauro C. Balieiro;Rosane P. Ribeiro;José Ernesto Dos Santos

  • Lifestyle, stress, and blood pressure in a southern black community.

    William W. Dressler

  • The Cultural Construction of Social Support in Brazil: Associations with Health Outcomes

    William W. Dressler;Mauro Campos Balieiro;Jose Ernesto Dos Santos

  • Culture, socioeconomic status, and physical and mental health in Brazil.

    William W. Dressler;Mauro Campos Balieiro;Jose Ernesto Dos Santos

  • What's Cultural about Biocultural Research?

    William W. Dressler

  • Social class, skin color, and arterial blood pressure in two societies.

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  • Culture and the risk of disease

    William W Dressler

  • Modernization, stress, and blood pressure: new directions in research.

    William W. Dressler

  • John Henryism, gender, and arterial blood pressure in an African American community.

    William W. Dressler;James R. Bindon;Yasmin H. Neggers

  • Social consistency and psychological distress.

    William W. Dressler

  • Social and cultural dimensions of hypertension in Brazil: a review

    William W. Dressler;José Ernesto dos Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilson A. Silva
Wilson A. Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Hector F. Myers
Hector F. Myers Vanderbilt University
Laura A. Szalacha
Laura A. Szalacha University of South Florida
Nancy E. Schoenberg
Nancy E. Schoenberg University of Kentucky
Peter J. Guarnaccia
Peter J. Guarnaccia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Roberto Lewis-Fernández Columbia University
H. Russell Bernard
H. Russell Bernard Arizona State University
Susan C. Weller
Susan C. Weller The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Thomas S. Weisner
Thomas S. Weisner University of California, Los Angeles
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Bernice A. Pescosolido Indiana University

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