Ellen Idler

20.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
69 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Ellen Idler is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Idler has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Health, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ellen Idler's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (33 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (24 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (14 papers). Ellen Idler is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (33 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (24 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (14 papers). Ellen Idler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Ellen Idler's co-authors include Yael Benyamini, S. V. Kasl, Ronald J. Angel, Stanislav V. Kasl, Howard Leventhal, Elaine A. Leventhal, Jon H. Lemke, Peter Fayers, Howard Leventhal and Shawna V. Hudson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Idler

66 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

Self-Rated Health and Mortality: A Review of Twenty-Seven Community Studies

1997 6.7k citations Ellen Idler, Yael Benyamini profile →
Health Perceptions and Survival: Do Global Evaluations of Health Status Really Predict Mortality?

1991 812 citations Ellen Idler, S. V. Kasl profile →
Self-rated health and mortality in the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.

1990 734 citations Ellen Idler, Ronald J. Angel American Journal of Public Health profile →
Self-Ratings of Health: Do they also Predict change in Functional Ability?

1995 709 citations Ellen Idler, S. V. Kasl The Journals of Gerontology Series B profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen Idler United States	37	9.3k	7.5k	3.1k	2.4k	2.0k	69	15.1k
Yael Benyamini Israel	38	5.5k 0.6×	5.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	132	12.0k
S. Leonard Syme United States	52	6.3k 0.7×	8.0k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	123	18.0k
George A. Kaplan United States	62	8.1k 0.9×	7.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	122	17.8k
Kenneth F. Ferraro United States	55	5.2k 0.6×	4.0k 0.5×	5.3k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	174	12.0k
Catherine E. Ross United States	39	4.2k 0.5×	4.7k 0.6×	4.3k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	83	12.2k
Stanislav V. Kasl United States	70	3.8k 0.4×	4.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	199	16.0k
David Blane United Kingdom	48	5.2k 0.6×	4.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	921 0.5×	120	10.1k
Pekka Martikainen Finland	72	7.8k 0.8×	9.6k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	537	17.1k
James Nazroo United Kingdom	55	3.3k 0.4×	3.8k 0.5×	4.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	190	11.9k
Neal Krause United States	75	11.4k 1.2×	4.7k 0.6×	6.6k 2.1×	5.1k 2.1×	5.2k 2.6×	379	17.5k

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Idler, Ellen, et al.. (2024). Self-rated health predicts mortality -- but it depends on your age. Social Science & Medicine. 362. 117439–117439.

Idler, Ellen, et al.. (2022). Narratives and counter-narratives in religious responses to COVID-19: A computational text analysis. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0262905–e0262905. 11 indexed citations

Idler, Ellen, et al.. (2017). Religion, a social determinant of mortality? A 10-year follow-up of the Health and Retirement Study. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0189134–e0189134. 64 indexed citations

Powell, Richard A., Linda L. Emanuel, George Handzo, et al.. (2015). Transcending differences to study the transcendent: an exploratory study of researchers’ and chaplains’ reflections on interdisciplinary spiritual care research collaboration. BMC Palliative Care. 14(1). 12–12. 7 indexed citations

Idler, Ellen. (2014). Religion as a Social Determinant of Health. 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014). 4 indexed citations

Garrido, Melissa M., Ellen Idler, Howard Leventhal, & Deborah Carr. (2012). Pathways From Religion to Advance Care Planning: Beliefs About Control Over Length of Life and End-of-Life Values. The Gerontologist. 53(5). 801–816. 52 indexed citations

Idler, Ellen, David A. Boulifard, Erich W. Labouvie, et al.. (2009). Looking Inside the Black Box of “Attendance at Services”: New Measures for Exploring an Old Dimension in Religion and Health Research. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 19(1). 1–20. 57 indexed citations

Idler, Ellen, Julie McLaughlin, & S. V. Kasl. (2009). Religion and the Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 64B(4). 528–537. 74 indexed citations

Contrada, Richard J., David A. Boulifard, Eric B. Hekler, et al.. (2008). Psychosocial factors in heart surgery: Presurgical vulnerability and postsurgical recovery.. Health Psychology. 27(3). 309–319. 52 indexed citations

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Grøenvold, Mogens, Morten Aagaard Petersen, Ellen Idler, et al.. (2007). Psychological distress and fatigue predicted recurrence and survival in primary breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 105(2). 209–219. 277 indexed citations

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Contrada, Richard J., et al.. (2004). Psychosocial Factors in Outcomes of Heart Surgery: The Impact of Religious Involvement and Depressive Symptoms.. Health Psychology. 23(3). 227–238. 121 indexed citations

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Idler, Ellen, S. V. Kasl, & Judith C. Hays. (2001). Patterns of Religious Practice and Belief in the Last Year of Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 56(6). S326–S334. 45 indexed citations

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Benyamini, Yael, Ellen Idler, Howard Leventhal, & Elaine A. Leventhal. (2000). Positive Affect and Function as Influences on Self-Assessments of Health: Expanding Our View Beyond Illness and Disability. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 55(2). P107–P116. 296 indexed citations

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Idler, Ellen & S. V. Kasl. (1997). Religion among Disabled and Nondisabled Persons I: Cross-sectional Patterns in Health Practices, Social Activities, and Well-being Ellen. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 52B(6). S294–S305. 187 indexed citations

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Idler, Ellen & S. V. Kasl. (1997). Religion among Disabled and Nondisabled Persons II: Attendance at Religious Services as a Predictor of the Course of Disability. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 52B(6). S306–S316. 253 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Victoria L., S. V. Kasl, & Ellen Idler. (1996). Self-Rated Health and Physical Disability in Elderly Survivors of a Major Medical Event. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 51B(2). S96–S104. 119 indexed citations

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Idler, Ellen & S. V. Kasl. (1995). Self-Ratings of Health: Do they also Predict change in Functional Ability?. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 50B(6). S344–S353. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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Idler, Ellen, Marcia G. Ory, Ronald P. Abeles, & Paula Darby Lipman. (1992). Aging, Health, and Behavior.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(6). 863–863. 35 indexed citations

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Idler, Ellen & Ronald J. Angel. (1990). Self-rated health and mortality in the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.. American Journal of Public Health. 80(4). 446–452. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

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Idler, Ellen. (1987). Religious Involvement and the Health of the Elderly: Some Hypotheses and an Initial Test. Social Forces. 66(1). 226–226. 170 indexed citations

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