David Hemenway

15.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
270 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

David Hemenway is a scholar working on Health, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hemenway has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Health, 128 papers in Clinical Psychology and 72 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Hemenway's work include Gun Ownership and Violence Research (151 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (116 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (44 papers). David Hemenway is often cited by papers focused on Gun Ownership and Violence Research (151 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (116 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (44 papers). David Hemenway collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Tanzania. David Hemenway's co-authors include Deborah Azrael, Sara J. Solnick, Matthew Miller, Matthew Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Erin Grinshteyn, Lisa Hepburn, Catherine Barber, Lois K. Lee and Eric W. Fleegler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

David Hemenway

258 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

Violent Death Rates: The US Compared with Other High-inco... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Violent Death Rates: The US Compared with Other High-income OECD Countries, 2010
    2015 275 citations David Hemenway et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Hemenway United States 60 6.0k 5.6k 3.4k 1.9k 1.4k 270 10.6k
Anthony B. Zwi Australia 40 5.3k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 4.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 4.3k 3.1× 218 13.5k
Etienne Krug United States 21 5.2k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.9× 41 10.8k
James Nazroo United Kingdom 55 3.3k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 3.8k 2.7× 190 11.9k
Ann Bowling United Kingdom 53 4.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 4.6k 3.3× 149 13.4k
Alison While United Kingdom 53 950 0.2× 1.4k 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 4.0k 2.9× 335 10.6k
Lois M. Verbrugge United States 47 4.0k 0.7× 937 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 4.5k 3.2× 94 11.6k
Jonathan E. Fielding United States 57 1.3k 0.2× 1.2k 0.2× 1.5k 0.4× 2.4k 1.2× 5.6k 4.0× 213 11.9k
Frederick J. Zimmerman United States 48 917 0.2× 1.3k 0.2× 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 154 10.4k
Robert A. C. Ruiter Netherlands 48 1.3k 0.2× 1.1k 0.2× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 2.6k 1.9× 288 9.3k
Catherine E. Ross United States 39 4.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 4.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 4.7k 3.3× 83 12.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Hemenway

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hemenway

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hemenway

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jain, Vageesh & David Hemenway. (2025). Firearm Homicides by Police in the United States: Who is Shot and How Many Times?. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 68(5). 982–988.
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Hemenway, David, et al.. (2023). Black Household gun ownership and black suicide rates across U.S. States. Journal of the National Medical Association. 115(2). 263–269. 1 indexed citations
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Specht, Aaron J., et al.. (2022). Firearm licensure, lead levels and suicides in Massachusetts. Preventive Medicine. 166. 107377–107377. 1 indexed citations
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Negin, Joel, Philip Alpers, Natasha Nassar, & David Hemenway. (2021). Australian Firearm Regulation at 25 — Successes, Ongoing Challenges, and Lessons for the World. New England Journal of Medicine. 384(17). 1581–1583. 4 indexed citations
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Mouch, Charles A., Ali Rowhani‐Rahbar, Stephen Hargarten, et al.. (2019). A scoping review of patterns, motives, and risk and protective factors for adolescent firearm carriage. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 42(4). 763–810. 70 indexed citations
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Hemenway, David. (2017). Commentary: Easy home gun access and adolescent depression. Social Science & Medicine. 203. 60–63. 3 indexed citations
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Hemenway, David, Deborah Azrael, & Matthew J. Miller. (2017). Selling a gun to a stranger without a background check: acceptable behaviour?. Injury Prevention. 24(3). 213–217. 5 indexed citations
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Pabayo, Roman, et al.. (2016). Sweetened beverage consumption is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Public Health Nutrition. 19(17). 3062–3069. 15 indexed citations
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Hemenway, David, et al.. (2015). ‘May issue’ gun carrying laws and police discretion: Some evidence from Massachusetts. Journal of Public Health Policy. 36(3). 324–334. 5 indexed citations
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Perry, Melissa J., et al.. (2011). Humanitarian Relief Workers and Trauma-related Mental Illness. Epidemiologic Reviews. 34(1). 145–155. 146 indexed citations
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Solnick, Sara J. & David Hemenway. (2011). The ‘Twinkie Defense’: the relationship between carbonated non-diet soft drinks and violence perpetration among Boston high school students. Injury Prevention. 18(4). 259–263. 35 indexed citations
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Setoguchi, Soko, et al.. (2008). Effectiveness of a law to reduce alcohol-impaired driving in Japan (Inj Prev) (2008) 14, 19-23. Injury Prevention. 14(4). 7 indexed citations
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Miller, Matthew, Deborah Azrael, & David Hemenway. (2006). Belief in the Inevitability of Suicide: Results from a National Survey. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 36(1). 1–11. 30 indexed citations
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Miller, Matthew, David Hemenway, & Deborah Azrael. (2004). Firearms and Suicide in the Northeast. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 57(3). 626–632. 54 indexed citations
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Miller, Margaret, Deborah Azrael, & David Hemenway. (2004). The epidemiology of case fatality rates for suicide in the northeast. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 43(6). 723–730. 165 indexed citations
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Miller, Matthew J., et al.. (2002). ‘Road rage’ in Arizona: armed and dangerous. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 34(6). 807–814. 32 indexed citations
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Bergstein, Jack M., et al.. (1996). Guns in Young Hands. PubMed. 41(5). 794–798. 38 indexed citations
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Hemenway, David. (1994). Economics of Childhood Immunization. Economic Inquiry. 32(3). 518. 6 indexed citations
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Hemenway, David, et al.. (1994). The incidence of stairway injuries in Austria. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 26(5). 675–679. 54 indexed citations
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Cashman, Suzanne B., et al.. (1991). Quality of Care in a Chain of Walk-in Centers. QRB - Quality Review Bulletin. 17(4). 120–125. 3 indexed citations

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