Eric Finkelstein

33.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
365 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Eric Finkelstein is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Finkelstein has authored 365 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 98 papers in General Health Professions and 82 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Eric Finkelstein's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (82 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (64 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (47 papers). Eric Finkelstein is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (82 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (64 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (47 papers). Eric Finkelstein collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and United Kingdom. Eric Finkelstein's co-authors include Justin G. Trogdon, William H. Dietz, Ian C. Fiebelkorn, Joel W. Cohen, Ted R. Miller, Guijing Wang, Olga Khavjou, Phaedra S. Corso, Jennifer Stevens and Katherine Kosa and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Eric Finkelstein

352 papers receiving 18.8k citations

Hit Papers

Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2011 2009 2006 2012 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
    2011 2.4k citations Justin G. Trogdon, Eric Finkelstein et al. profile →
  2. Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
    2009 2.0k citations Eric Finkelstein, Justin G. Trogdon et al. profile →
  3. The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults
    2006 1.1k citations Eric Finkelstein et al. profile →
  4. Obesity and Severe Obesity Forecasts Through 2030
    2012 1.0k citations Eric Finkelstein, Justin G. Trogdon et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
  5. National Medical Spending Attributable To Overweight And Obesity: How Much, And Who's Paying?
    2003 819 citations Eric Finkelstein et al. profile →
  6. ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY
    2004 519 citations Eric Finkelstein et al. profile →
  7. Prevalence and economic burden of depression and anxiety symptoms among Singaporean adults: results from a 2022 web panel
    2023 77 citations Irene Teo, Eric Finkelstein 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
Eric Finkelstein Singapore 60 7.4k 4.2k 2.7k 2.2k 2.1k 365 19.9k
Truls Østbye United States 73 4.7k 0.6× 4.9k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 577 20.1k
K.M. Venkat Narayan United States 79 5.0k 0.7× 3.9k 0.9× 3.7k 1.4× 3.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 472 27.2k
Paul G Shekelle United States 83 4.8k 0.6× 7.3k 1.7× 2.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 4.0k 1.9× 377 28.3k
Martin White United Kingdom 70 6.4k 0.9× 6.4k 1.5× 2.8k 1.0× 868 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 399 20.7k
Simon J. Griffin United Kingdom 72 7.8k 1.1× 4.3k 1.0× 5.0k 1.8× 1.1k 0.5× 890 0.4× 423 20.4k
Jos W. R. Twisk Netherlands 94 6.7k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 5.3k 1.9× 4.8k 2.2× 1.1k 0.5× 801 36.9k
Barry I. Graubard United States 85 7.8k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 5.1k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 963 0.5× 467 29.2k
Fernando Rodríguez‐Artalejo Spain 71 7.3k 1.0× 3.3k 0.8× 6.3k 2.3× 4.3k 1.9× 1.5k 0.7× 659 21.2k
Shiriki Kumanyika United States 72 12.5k 1.7× 5.8k 1.4× 4.0k 1.5× 2.1k 1.0× 609 0.3× 274 22.4k
Edward W. Gregg United States 94 6.4k 0.9× 4.1k 1.0× 7.2k 2.6× 3.8k 1.7× 1.4k 0.7× 353 37.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Finkelstein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teo, Irene, Michelle Chow, Isha Chaudhry, et al.. (2025). Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the Last Year of Life: The COMPASS Cancer Cohort Study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 69(4). e257–e264.
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Stona, Anne‐Claire, et al.. (2025). The economic burden of anxiety and depression in Indonesia: evidence from a cross-sectional web panel survey. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1667726–1667726. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Hailey, John A. Gallis, Sandy Askew, et al.. (2024). Weight Gain Prevention Outcomes From a Pragmatic Digital Health Intervention With Community Health Center Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e50330–e50330. 1 indexed citations
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Alsukait, Reem F., et al.. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Study to Test Front-of-Pack (FOP) Nutrition Labels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nutrients. 15(13). 2904–2904. 3 indexed citations
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Bekker‐Grob, Esther W. de, Juan Marcos González, F. Reed Johnson, et al.. (2022). 13th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research. Patient. 15(6). 729–738. 1 indexed citations
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Malkin, Jesse D., Drishti Baid, Reem F. Alsukait, et al.. (2022). The economic burden of overweight and obesity in Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264993–e0264993. 30 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Semra, Teresa C. Chen, Chin Wen Tan, et al.. (2022). Parturients’ Stated Preferences for Labor Analgesia: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Patient Preference and Adherence. Volume 16. 983–994. 3 indexed citations
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Jafar, Tazeen H., Ngiap Chuan Tan, John Carson Allen, et al.. (2022). Integration of a multicomponent intervention for hypertension into primary healthcare services in Singapore—A cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 19(6). e1004026–e1004026. 12 indexed citations
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Baid, Drishti, et al.. (2021). Return on Investment of Workplace Wellness Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 61(2). 256–266. 19 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Chetna, Irene Teo, Semra Özdemir, et al.. (2020). Socio-economic inequalities in suffering at the end of life among advanced cancer patients: results from the APPROACH study in five Asian countries. International Journal for Equity in Health. 19(1). 158–158. 13 indexed citations
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Fook‐Chong, Stephanie, Yih Yng Ng, Eric Finkelstein, et al.. (2015). Interventional strategies associated with improvements in survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Singapore over 10 years. Resuscitation. 89. 155–161. 55 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Eric. (2014). How big of a problem is obesity?. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 10(4). 569–570. 26 indexed citations
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Vedanthan, Rajesh, Jemima Kamano, Violet Naanyu, et al.. (2014). Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 15(1). 143–143. 32 indexed citations
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Rees, Gwyneth, David Mellor, Edith E. Holloway, et al.. (2013). Integrated Depression Management: A Proposed Trial of a New Model of Care in a Low Vision Rehabilitation Setting. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 20(5). 321–329. 20 indexed citations
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Bilger, Marcel, et al.. (2013). Cognitive burden in discrete choice experiments: the case of preferences for end-of-life care in Singapore. 1 indexed citations
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Tangka, Florence K. L., Justin G. Trogdon, Lisa C. Richardson, et al.. (2010). Cancer treatment cost in the United States. Cancer. 116(14). 3477–3484. 131 indexed citations
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Brown, Derek S., et al.. (2009). Estimating Older Adults' Preferences for Walking Programs via Conjoint Analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36(3). 201–207.e4. 40 indexed citations
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McKinnon, Robin A., C. Tracy Orleans, Shiriki Kumanyika, et al.. (2009). Considerations for an Obesity Policy Research Agenda. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36(4). 351–357. 70 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Eric & Lisa Rowen. (2009). The Economics of Obesity: An Interview with Eric Finkelstein, PhD. Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care. 4(3). 161–167.

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