David S. Greer

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

David S. Greer is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Greer has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in David S. Greer's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (8 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (6 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers). David S. Greer is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (8 papers), Innovations in Medical Education (6 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 papers). David S. Greer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. David S. Greer's co-authors include Christina Zarcadoolas, Andrew Pleasant, Vincent Mor, John N. Morris, Sylvia Sherwood, Laurence G. Branch, Joseph A. Papsidero, Sidney Katz, Michael Branson and John C. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

David S. Greer

26 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Active Life Expectancy 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 200 400 600
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. Active Life Expectancy
    1983 620 citations David S. Greer 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 S. Greer United States 17 1.1k 795 439 283 236 29 2.3k
Amy B. Bernstein United States 20 850 0.8× 404 0.5× 293 0.7× 116 0.4× 395 1.7× 34 2.4k
Darius E. Jatulis United States 15 887 0.8× 686 0.9× 648 1.5× 163 0.6× 60 0.3× 21 2.4k
Chetna Malhotra Singapore 26 776 0.7× 992 1.2× 397 0.9× 243 0.9× 243 1.0× 150 2.3k
Anita Molzahn Canada 27 769 0.7× 442 0.6× 455 1.0× 120 0.4× 87 0.4× 83 2.1k
Martin Tobias New Zealand 27 1.0k 1.0× 438 0.6× 892 2.0× 112 0.4× 199 0.8× 62 2.8k
William T. Gallo United States 26 1.2k 1.1× 423 0.5× 511 1.2× 111 0.4× 80 0.3× 51 2.0k
Anne Young Australia 27 589 0.5× 584 0.7× 455 1.0× 182 0.6× 46 0.2× 51 2.1k
Joanne Coyle United Kingdom 20 1.1k 1.0× 366 0.5× 170 0.4× 213 0.8× 267 1.1× 31 2.0k
L A Aday United States 16 827 0.8× 236 0.3× 249 0.6× 175 0.6× 181 0.8× 22 1.8k
Stéphane Cullati Switzerland 29 905 0.8× 461 0.6× 628 1.4× 113 0.4× 281 1.2× 159 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David S. Greer

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Fields of papers citing papers by David S. Greer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David S. Greer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David S. Greer. The network helps show where David S. Greer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Greer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David S. Greer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David S. Greer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David S. Greer. David S. Greer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zarcadoolas, Christina, Andrew Pleasant, & David S. Greer. (2007). Advancing health literacy: a framework for understanding and action. Choice Reviews Online. 44(6). 44–3324. 220 indexed citations
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Zarcadoolas, Christina, Andrew Pleasant, & David S. Greer. (2005). Understanding health literacy: an expanded model. Health Promotion International. 20(2). 195–203. 374 indexed citations
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Zarcadoolas, Christina, Andrew Pleasant, & David S. Greer. (2003). Elaborating a Definition of Health Literacy: A Commentary. Journal of Health Communication. 8(sup1). 119–120. 55 indexed citations
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David, Sean P. & David S. Greer. (2001). Social Marketing: Application to Medical Education. Annals of Internal Medicine. 134(2). 125–127. 20 indexed citations
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Banaszak‐Holl, Jane & David S. Greer. (1995). Changing career patterns of deans of medicine, 1940-1992. Academic Medicine. 70(1). 7–13. 10 indexed citations
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Greer, David S., et al.. (1994). Comments on the AAMC policy statement recommending strategies for increasing the production of generalist physicians. Academic Medicine. 69(4). 245–60. 14 indexed citations
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Banaszak‐Holl, Jane & David S. Greer. (1994). Turnover of deans of medicine during the last five decades. Academic Medicine. 69(1). 1–7. 17 indexed citations
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Friedman, Charles P., David S. Greer, Stewart Mennin, et al.. (1990). Charting the Winds of Change: Evaluating Innovative Medical Curricula. PubMed. 65(1). 8–14. 81 indexed citations
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Greer, David S.. (1990). Faculty rewards for the generalist clinician — Teacher. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 5(S1). S53–S58. 25 indexed citations
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Greer, David S., et al.. (1989). An American-Soviet medical scholars exchange program. Academic Medicine. 64(11). 654–6. 1 indexed citations
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Greer, David S.. (1989). International health. Academic Medicine. 64(1). 14–5.
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Greer, David S.. (1988). Medicine in the University. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 32(1). 73–79.
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Egilman, David & David S. Greer. (1987). International Health Needs. International Journal of Dermatology. 26(6). 351–353. 1 indexed citations
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Greer, David S. & Vincent Mor. (1986). An overview of national hospice study findings. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 39(1). 5–7. 64 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Richard J., Vincent Mor, Michael C. Wiemann, David S. Greer, & Jeffrey Hiris. (1986). Analgesic use in terminal cancer patients: Report from the national hospice study. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 39(1). 37–45. 44 indexed citations
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Morris, John N., Vincent Mor, Richard J. Goldberg, et al.. (1986). The effect of treatment setting and patient characteristics on pain in terminal cancer patients: A report from the national hospice study. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 39(1). 27–35. 114 indexed citations
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Morris, John N., Samy Suissa, Sylvia Sherwood, Susan Wright, & David S. Greer. (1986). Last days: A study of the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 39(1). 47–62. 174 indexed citations
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Greer, David S.. (1983). Hospice: Lessons for Geriatricians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 31(2). 67–70. 4 indexed citations
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Tobin, Sheldon S., Sylvia Sherwood, David S. Greer, John N. Morris, & Vincent Mor. (1982). An Alternative to Institutionalization: The Highland Heights Experiment.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 11(6). 729–729. 2 indexed citations
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Greer, David S., et al.. (1980). Failure as a criterion for medical school admission. Academic Medicine. 55(7). 616–8. 3 indexed citations

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