Deborah A. Frank

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Deborah A. Frank is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah A. Frank has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in General Health Professions, 65 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 31 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Deborah A. Frank's work include Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (56 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (54 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (52 papers). Deborah A. Frank is often cited by papers focused on Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (56 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (54 papers) and Homelessness and Social Issues (52 papers). Deborah A. Frank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Canada. Deborah A. Frank's co-authors include John T. Cook, Timothy Heeren, Diana B. Cutts, Maureen M. Black, Barry Zuckerman, Patrick H. Casey, Alan Meyers, Ruth Rose‐Jacobs, Mariana Chilton and Howard Cabral and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Deborah A. Frank

149 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity

2010 995 citations Maureen M. Black, S. M. Coleman et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
Association of Food Insecurity with Children's Behavioral, Emotional, and Academic Outcomes: A Systematic Review

2017 300 citations Deborah A. Frank et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah A. Frank United States	53	5.4k	2.7k	2.6k	1.8k	1.6k	150	10.2k
Patrick H. Casey United States	48	5.5k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	125	11.2k
Barbara Laraia United States	49	4.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	4.1k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	165	10.0k
Alícia Matijasevich Brazil	48	2.4k 0.4×	3.8k 1.4×	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	408	9.9k
Robert C. Whitaker United States	50	3.7k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	8.8k 3.4×	1.4k 0.8×	3.5k 2.2×	119	14.6k
Karri Silventoinen Finland	55	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.6×	978 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	261	12.2k
John J. Reilly United Kingdom	65	2.7k 0.5×	3.3k 1.2×	11.1k 4.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	344	16.6k
John H. Himes United States	49	1.7k 0.3×	3.1k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	943 0.6×	189	10.9k
Stephen R. Zubrick Australia	63	2.3k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	469 0.3×	5.2k 3.3×	305	13.4k
Kylie D. Hesketh Australia	58	2.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	7.2k 2.8×	658 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	244	11.0k
Aviva Must United States	69	4.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	13.2k 5.2×	2.0k 1.1×	3.9k 2.5×	229	22.6k

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Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger de, David K. Jones, Diana B. Cutts, et al.. (2025). “But who takes care of the mom?”: The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life. Social Science & Medicine. 372. 117948–117948. 1 indexed citations

Lê‐Scherban, Félice, S. M. Coleman, Deborah A. Frank, et al.. (2025). Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health. Social Science & Medicine. 366. 117695–117695. 1 indexed citations

Parker, Margaret G., Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Megan Sandel, et al.. (2023). Associations of household unmet basic needs and health outcomes among very low birth weight children. Journal of Perinatology. 43(3). 364–370. 3 indexed citations

Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger de, Allison Bovell-Ammon, Ana Poblacion, et al.. (2023). Child Care Feeding Programs Associated With Food Security and Health for Young Children From Families With Low Incomes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(10). 1429–1439. 4 indexed citations

Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger de, Daniel P. Miller, Julia Raifman, et al.. (2023). Reduced health care utilization among young children of immigrants after Donald Trump's election and proposed public charge rule. Health Affairs Scholar. 1(2). qxad023–qxad023. 4 indexed citations

Parker, Margaret G., Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Megan Sandel, et al.. (2022). Household unmet basic needs in the first 1000 days and preterm birth status. Journal of Perinatology. 42(3). 389–396. 9 indexed citations

Sandel, Megan, Diana B. Cutts, Alan Meyers, et al.. (2015). Co-enrollment for Child Health: How Receipt and Loss of Food and Housing Subsidies Relate to Housing Security and Statutes for Streamlined, Multi-Subsidy Application. Journal of Applied Research on Children Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 5(2). 12 indexed citations

Richardson, Mark A., Wanda Grant-Knight, Marjorie Beeghly, et al.. (2015). Psychological Distress Among School-Aged Children with and Without Intrauterine Cocaine Exposure: Perinatal Versus Contextual Effects. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 44(3). 547–560. 5 indexed citations

Liebschutz, Jane M., Denise Crooks, Ruth Rose‐Jacobs, et al.. (2015). Prenatal substance exposure: What predicts behavioral resilience by early adolescence?. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 29(2). 329–337. 6 indexed citations

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Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger de, et al.. (2013). Food Insecurity among Children in Massachusett s. New England journal of public policy. 25(1). 9. 1 indexed citations

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Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger de, et al.. (2012). Household Hardships, Public Programs, and Their Associations with the Health and Development of Very Young Children: Insights from Children's HealthWatch. Journal of Applied Research on Children Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 3(1). 4. 12 indexed citations

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Cook, John T., Deborah A. Frank, Suzette Levenson, et al.. (2006). Child Food Insecurity Increases Risks Posed by Household Food Insecurity to Young Children’s Health. Journal of Nutrition. 136(4). 1073–1076. 224 indexed citations

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Frank, Deborah A., Carla D. Savage, & James A. Sellers. (2002). On the Number of Graphical Forest Partitions. Ars Combinatoria. 65. 33–37. 1 indexed citations

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Cook, John T., Deborah A. Frank, Carol D. Berkowitz, et al.. (2002). Welfare Reform and the Health of Young Children. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 156(7). 678–678. 54 indexed citations

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Frank, Deborah A., et al.. (2001). Growth, Development, and Behavior in Early Childhood Following Prenatal Cocaine Exposure. JAMA. 285(12). 1613–1613. 47 indexed citations

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Seymour, Harry N., et al.. (1998). Semantic Development of African-American Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine. Seminars in Speech and Language. 19(2). 167–187. 29 indexed citations

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Frank, Deborah A., Perri Klass, Felton J. Earls, & Leon Eisenberg. (1996). Infants and Young Children in Orphanages: One View From Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry. PEDIATRICS. 97(4). 569–578. 124 indexed citations

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Peterson, Karen E., et al.. (1995). Assessing unmet need for services for pediatric undernutrition. HSPH MPH Student Research Team.. PubMed. 11(3 Suppl). 39–44. 2 indexed citations

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Barrett, David E. & Deborah A. Frank. (1987). The effects of undernutrition on children's behavior. 17 indexed citations

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Zuckerman, Barry, et al.. (1984). Adolescent pregnancy: Biobehavioral determinants of outcome. The Journal of Pediatrics. 105(6). 857–863. 77 indexed citations

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