Ezekiel Emanuel

20.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
172 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Ezekiel Emanuel is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ezekiel Emanuel has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in General Health Professions, 82 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ezekiel Emanuel's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (50 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (50 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (30 papers). Ezekiel Emanuel is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (50 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (50 papers) and Healthcare cost, quality, practices (30 papers). Ezekiel Emanuel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Ezekiel Emanuel's co-authors include Ziad Obermeyer, Govind Persad, Emily Oshima Lee, Aaron Glickman, Alan Wertheimer, Connor Boyle, Maxwell J. Smith, Ross Upshur, Cathy Zhang and Beatriz Thomé and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Ezekiel Emanuel

168 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

Predicting the Future — B... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2016 2020 2013 2009 2016 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. Predicting the Future — Big Data, Machine Learning, and Clinical Medicine
    2016 2.0k citations Ezekiel Emanuel et al. profile →
  2. Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
    2020 2.0k citations Ezekiel Emanuel, Govind Persad et al. profile →
  3. Shared Decision Making to Improve Care and Reduce Costs
    2013 556 citations Ezekiel Emanuel et al. profile →
  4. Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions
    2009 545 citations Govind Persad, Ezekiel Emanuel et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe
    2016 434 citations Ezekiel Emanuel et al. JAMA profile →
  6. Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries
    2016 385 citations Ezekiel Emanuel et al. JAMA profile →
  7. Cost of Joint Replacement Using Bundled Payment Models
    2017 250 citations Amol S. Navathe, Joshua M. Liao et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →
  8. The Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education
    2020 194 citations Ezekiel Emanuel JAMA profile →
  9. Discontinuation and Reinitiation of Dual-Labeled GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Among US Adults With Overweight or Obesity
    2025 67 citations Patricia J. Rodriguez, Vincent Zhang et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ezekiel Emanuel United States 45 3.5k 3.0k 2.1k 1.2k 1.2k 172 12.0k
Ross Upshur Canada 57 4.7k 1.3× 2.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 666 0.6× 373 12.9k
Rifat Atun United States 70 6.9k 2.0× 3.4k 1.1× 3.6k 1.7× 741 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 442 22.6k
William M. Tierney United States 74 4.7k 1.3× 2.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 708 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 373 19.3k
Azeem Majeed United Kingdom 75 7.3k 2.1× 3.8k 1.3× 3.4k 1.6× 877 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 714 23.2k
Richard Lilford United Kingdom 65 3.8k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 2.9k 1.3× 953 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 422 16.5k
Walter Ricciardi Italy 61 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 399 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 663 14.0k
Jeroan J. Allison United States 62 3.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 413 0.3× 753 0.6× 334 12.5k
Rafael Lozano United States 50 3.9k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 342 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 194 18.6k
Steven M. Asch United States 73 8.1k 2.3× 5.1k 1.7× 4.6k 2.2× 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 575 24.7k
David A. Asch United States 74 7.4k 2.1× 5.2k 1.7× 3.6k 1.7× 727 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 435 20.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ezekiel Emanuel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ezekiel Emanuel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rodriguez, Patricia J., Vincent Zhang, Samuel Gratzl, et al.. (2025). Discontinuation and Reinitiation of Dual-Labeled GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Among US Adults With Overweight or Obesity. JAMA Network Open. 8(1). e2457349–e2457349. 67 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCoy, Matthew S., et al.. (2025). What justifies public engagement in health financing decisions?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(1). 32–36. 2 indexed citations
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Schaefer, G. Owen, Ezekiel Emanuel, Caesar Atuire, et al.. (2023). Equitable global allocation of monkeypox vaccines. Vaccine. 41(48). 7084–7088. 4 indexed citations
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Gross, Cary P., et al.. (2023). Holding Medical Professional Society Scientific Meetings Only in States That Protect Abortion Rights—Clinical and Ethical Considerations. JAMA Internal Medicine. 183(4). 283–283. 2 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Manish, et al.. (2023). Long term efficacy of psilocybin in patients with cancer and major depressive disorder (MDD).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 12021–12021. 1 indexed citations
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Agrawal, Manish, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Psilocybin Therapy for Patients With Cancer and Major Depression Disorder. JAMA Oncology. 9(6). 864–864. 26 indexed citations
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Goldberg, David S., Alejandro Mantero, Craig Newcomb, et al.. (2021). Predicting survival after liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma using the LiTES-HCC score. Journal of Hepatology. 74(6). 1398–1406. 26 indexed citations
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Wagner, Caroline E., Chadi M. Saad-Roy, Sinead E. Morris, et al.. (2021). Vaccine nationalism and the dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2. Science. 373(6562). eabj7364–eabj7364. 66 indexed citations
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Liao, Joshua M., Robin Wang, Ezekiel Emanuel, et al.. (2020). Spillover effects of mandatory hip and knee replacement surgery bundles in medicare. Healthcare. 8(4). 100447–100447. 4 indexed citations
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Glickman, Aaron, et al.. (2019). Next Phase in Effective Cost Control in Health Care. JAMA. 321(12). 1151–1151. 10 indexed citations
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Reese, Peter P., Matthew B. Allen, Caroline P. Carney, et al.. (2018). Outcomes for individuals turned down for living kidney donation. Clinical Transplantation. 32(12). e13408–e13408. 14 indexed citations
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Persad, Govind & Ezekiel Emanuel. (2016). The ethics of expanding access to cheaper, less effective treatments. The Lancet. 388(10047). 932–934. 18 indexed citations
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Navathe, Amol S., Aditi P. Sen, Meredith B. Rosenthal, et al.. (2016). New strategies for aligning physicians with health system incentives.. PubMed. 22(9). 610–2. 4 indexed citations
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Liao, Joshua M., Ezekiel Emanuel, & Amol S. Navathe. (2016). Six health care trends that will reshape the patient-provider dynamic. Healthcare. 4(3). 148–150. 7 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Ezekiel. (2016). How Well Is the Affordable Care Act Doing?. JAMA. 315(13). 1331–1331. 5 indexed citations
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Persad, Govind, et al.. (2008). The Current State of Medical School Education in Bioethics, Health Law, and Health Economics. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 36(1). 89–94. 37 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Ezekiel. (2003). Ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research: readings and commentary. Ethics & Behavior. 23(3). 567817–567817. 2 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Ezekiel, et al.. (2000). Attitudes and Practices of U.S. Oncologists regarding Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Annals of Internal Medicine. 133(7). 527–532. 136 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Ezekiel. (1996). Cost Savings at the End of Life. JAMA. 275(24). 1907–1907. 182 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Ezekiel. (1993). A communitarian health-care package.. PubMed. 3(3). 49–56. 2 indexed citations

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