OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Health and Social Behavior is 22. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Structural Intersectionality as a New Direction for Health Disparities Research	159
Health and Health Care of Sexual and Gender Minorities	61
Gender and Social Isolation across the Life Course	55
Structural Racism and Quantitative Causal Inference: A Life Course Mediation Framework for Decomposing Racial Health Disparities	48
Sociology of Chronic Pain	45
“We’re a Little Biased”: Medicine and the Management of Bias through the Case of Contraception	40
Is John Henryism a Health Risk or Resource?: Exploring the Role of Culturally Relevant Coping for Physical and Mental Health among Black Americans	37
Colorism and Physical Health: Evidence from a National Survey	36
Health Power Resources Theory: A Relational Approach to the Study of Health Inequalities	34
The Resurgence of Medical Education in Sociology: A Return to Our Roots and an Agenda for the Future	32
Stigma, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health during China’s COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods Investigation	31
Do Racial Differences in Coping Resources Explain the Black–White Paradox in Mental Health? A Test of Multiple Mechanisms	31
Social Cost and Health: The Downside of Social Relationships and Social Networks	31
Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patterns of Change in Canadian Workers	31
Missing Pieces: Engaging Sociology of Disability in Medical Sociology	29
Ongoing Remote Work, Returning to Working at Work, or in between during COVID-19: What Promotes Subjective Well-Being?	26
Diversions: How the Underrepresentation of Research on Advantaged Groups Leaves Explanations for Health Inequalities Incomplete	26
Contributions and Challenges in Health Lifestyles Research	26
State–Level Sexism and Gender Disparities in Health Care Access and Quality in the United States	25
“Following Your Gut” or “Questioning the Scientific Evidence”: Understanding Vaccine Skepticism among More-Educated Dutch Parents	25
Stigma Resistance and Well-Being in the Context of the Mental Illness Identity	24
Trends in U.S. Population Health: The Central Role of Policies, Politics, and Profits	24
Physical Disability at Work: How Functional Limitation Affects Perceived Discrimination and Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace	22