Donald W. Light

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Donald W. Light is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald W. Light has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 45 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Donald W. Light's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (30 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (23 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (22 papers). Donald W. Light is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (30 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (23 papers) and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (22 papers). Donald W. Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Donald W. Light's co-authors include Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann, Joel Lexchin, Frederic W. Hafferty, Rebecca Warburton, Sol Levine, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Martha Gerrity, Robert F. DeVellis and Patricia Fernández‐Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Donald W. Light

135 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge

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Paul Starr United States

Julia Abelson Canada

Vicente Navarro United States

Victor R. Fuchs United States

Thomas D’Aunno United States

Tom L. Beauchamp United States

David J. Rothman United States

John R. Kimberly United States

Norman Daniels United States

Charles L. Bosk United States

Paul Starr United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald W. Light

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald W. Light

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Light, Donald W. & Joel Lexchin. (2021). The costs of coronavirus vaccines and their pricing. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 114(11). 502–504. 40 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (2020). Addressing Health Care Disparities: A Radical Perspective and Proposal. Frontiers in Sociology. 5. 29–29. 4 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (2011). Drug R&D Costs Questioned. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 31(13). 6–7. 6 indexed citations

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Portes, Alejandro, Patricia Fernández‐Kelly, & Donald W. Light. (2011). Life on the edge: immigrants confront the American health system. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 35(1). 3–22. 84 indexed citations

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Portes, Alejandro, Donald W. Light, & Patricia Fernández‐Kelly. (2009). The U.S. Health System and Immigration: An Institutional Interpretation¹. Sociological Forum. 24(3). 487–514. 26 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (2007). Globalizing Restricted and Segmented Markets: Challenges to Theory and Values in Economic Sociology. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 610(1). 232–245. 5 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (2006). Globalizing restricted and segmented markets: Challenges to theory and values in economic sociology. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Lexchin, Joel & Donald W. Light. (2006). Commercial influence and the content of medical journals. BMJ. 332(7555). 1444–1447. 56 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W. & Joel Lexchin. (2005). Foreign Free Riders and the High Price of U.S. Medicines. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W. & Joel Lexchin. (2004). The International War on Cheap Drugs. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W. & Joel Lexchin. (2004). Will Lower Drug Prices Jeopardize Drug Research? A Policy Fact Sheet. The American Journal of Bioethics. 4(1). 1–4. 10 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (2001). Cost Containment and the Backdraft of Competition Policies. International Journal of Health Services. 31(4). 681–708. 12 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1997). The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security. BMJ. 315(7120). 1476.1–1476.1. 1 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1992). The radical experiment: transforming Britain's national health system to interlocking markets.. PubMed. 13(2). 146–55. 3 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1991). Effectiveness and efficiency under competition: the Cochrane test.. BMJ. 303(6812). 1253–1254. 16 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1990). Labelling waste as inefficiency.. PubMed. 100(5223). 1552–3. 6 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1990). Biting hard on the research bit.. PubMed. 100(5224). 1604–5. 5 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1990). Learning from their mistakes?. PubMed. 100(5221). 1470–2. 10 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1990). Medical house arrest.. PubMed. 100(5225). 1648–9. 6 indexed citations

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Light, Donald W.. (1989). The contribution of the Geographer to the study of Heritage. 127. 4 indexed citations

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