David Rakel

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

David Rakel is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, General Health Professions and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Rakel has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in David Rakel's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (13 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (12 papers) and Health, psychology, and well-being (6 papers). David Rakel is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (13 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (12 papers) and Health, psychology, and well-being (6 papers). David Rakel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. David Rakel's co-authors include Bruce Barrett, Victoria Maizes, Aleksandra Zgierska, Luke Fortney, Charlene Luchterhand, Larissa I. Zakletskaia, Lucille Marchand, Theresa J. Hoeft, Betty Chewning and Jo C. Scheder and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Academic Medicine and Patient Education and Counseling.

In The Last Decade

David Rakel

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Abbreviated Mindfulness Intervention for Job Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Compassion in Primary Care Clinicians: A Pilot Study

2013 324 citations Luke Fortney, Charlene Luchterhand et al. The Annals of Family Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Rakel United States	16	611	494	407	379	311	37	1.5k
Zelda Di Blasi Ireland	14	448 0.7×	484 1.0×	281 0.7×	222 0.6×	241 0.8×	29	1.5k
Benjamin Kligler United States	29	646 1.1×	386 0.8×	294 0.7×	953 2.5×	446 1.4×	113	2.3k
Victoria Maizes United States	18	440 0.7×	396 0.8×	124 0.3×	745 2.0×	248 0.8×	50	1.4k
Michael S. Krasner United States	7	936 1.5×	368 0.7×	752 1.8×	122 0.3×	493 1.6×	12	1.7k
Ruth Q. Wolever United States	26	749 1.2×	221 0.4×	1.3k 3.3×	212 0.6×	272 0.9×	74	3.0k
Eiad AlFaris Saudi Arabia	18	576 0.9×	168 0.3×	522 1.3×	143 0.4×	342 1.1×	49	1.5k
Lucille Marchand United States	14	275 0.5×	307 0.6×	106 0.3×	207 0.5×	290 0.9×	38	825
Marlaine C. Smith United States	21	562 0.9×	150 0.3×	209 0.5×	291 0.8×	288 0.9×	71	1.5k
Marit By Rise Norway	19	603 1.0×	179 0.4×	223 0.5×	70 0.2×	83 0.3×	60	1.4k
Bonnie B. O’Connor United States	16	208 0.3×	198 0.4×	136 0.3×	525 1.4×	149 0.5×	30	1.3k

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Edgoose, Jennifer, Yohualli Balderas-Medina Anaya, & David Rakel. (2024). Face-to-Face Relationships Still Matter in a Digital Age: A Call for a 5th C in the Core Tenets of Primary Care. The Annals of Family Medicine. 22(5). 453–455.

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Rakel, David & Robert Rountree. (2019). Shifting Toward Salutogenesis in Health Care: A Clinical Conversation with David Rakel, MD, and Robert Rountree, MD. Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 25(6). 273–279.

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Shamblen, Stephen R., et al.. (2016). Impact of a Clinical Educational Effort in Driving Transformation in Health Care.. PubMed. 48(9). 711–719. 4 indexed citations

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Henriquez, Kelsey M., Mary S. Hayney, David Rakel, & Bruce Barrett. (2016). Procalcitonin Levels in Acute Respiratory Infection. Viral Immunology. 29(2). 128–131. 8 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, Marlon P. Mundt, Tola Ewers, et al.. (2013). Value associated with mindfulness meditation and moderate exercise intervention in acute respiratory infection: The MEPARI Study. Family Practice. 30(4). 390–397. 15 indexed citations

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Fortney, Luke, Charlene Luchterhand, Larissa I. Zakletskaia, Aleksandra Zgierska, & David Rakel. (2013). Abbreviated Mindfulness Intervention for Job Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Compassion in Primary Care Clinicians: A Pilot Study. The Annals of Family Medicine. 11(5). 412–420. 324 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrett, B. R., David Rakel, David Rabago, et al.. (2011). Placebo Effects and the Common Cold: A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Annals of Family Medicine. 9(4). 312–322. 31 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, Luke Fortney, Victor S. Sierpina, & Mary Jo Kreitzer. (2011). Mindfulness in Medicine. EXPLORE. 7(2). 124–126. 7 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2010). Is saw palmetto helpful for benign prostatic hyperplasia?. MOspace Institutional Repository (University of Missouri). 1 indexed citations

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Hernke, Michael T., et al.. (2010). Sustainability, Synthetic Chemicals, and Human Exposure. EXPLORE. 6(3). 186–188. 5 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2008). CAM Education: Promoting a Salutogenic Focus in Health Care. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 14(1). 87–93. 15 indexed citations

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Wald, Arnold & David Rakel. (2008). Behavioral and Complementary Approaches for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 23(3). 284–292. 32 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2008). Healing the healer: A tool to encourage student reflection towards health. Medical Teacher. 30(6). 633–635. 15 indexed citations

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Rakel, David. (2008). The Salutogenesis-Oriented Session: Creating Space and Time for Healing in Primary Care. EXPLORE. 4(1). 42–47. 9 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2007). Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curricular Elements to Foster Medical Student Self-Awareness. Academic Medicine. 82(10). 951–955. 27 indexed citations

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Barrett, Bruce, et al.. (2006). Placebo, Meaning, and Health. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 49(2). 178–198. 59 indexed citations

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Maizes, Victoria, Howard Silverman, Patricia Lebensohn, et al.. (2006). The Integrative Family Medicine Program: An Innovation in Residency Education. Academic Medicine. 81(6). 583–589. 33 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2004). Optimal Healers: Igniting the Spark and Fanning the Flame. Training Academic Medical Faculty in Optimal Healing. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(1). 113–120. 2 indexed citations

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Rakel, David, et al.. (2004). Optimal Healers: Igniting the Spark and Fanning the Flame. Training Academic Medical Faculty in Optimal Healing. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(supplement 1). S–113. 2 indexed citations

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Barrett, Bruce, Lucille Marchand, Jo C. Scheder, et al.. (2003). Themes of Holism, Empowerment, Access, and Legitimacy Define Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine in Relation to Conventional Biomedicine. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 9(6). 937–947. 131 indexed citations

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