Ivan Barofsky

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ivan Barofsky is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan Barofsky has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ivan Barofsky's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (8 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (5 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Ivan Barofsky is often cited by papers focused on Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (8 papers), Obesity and Health Practices (5 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Ivan Barofsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Malaysia. Ivan Barofsky's co-authors include Kevin R. Fontaine, Paul H. Sugarbaker, Susan J. Bartlett, Steven A. Rosenberg, David Osoba, R Berzon, Dennis A. Revicki, Diane L. Fairclough, Margaret Rothman and Nancy Kline Leidy and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Ivan Barofsky

61 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Obesity and health‐related quality of life 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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. Obesity and health‐related quality of life
    2001 562 citations Kevin R. Fontaine, Ivan Barofsky Obesity Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ivan Barofsky United States 26 908 704 535 490 465 62 3.5k
Charles Taft Sweden 34 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 937 1.8× 514 1.0× 545 1.2× 82 6.1k
Christina C. Wee United States 37 829 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 621 1.2× 941 1.9× 603 1.3× 89 4.3k
Nerys Woolacott United Kingdom 36 1.3k 1.4× 1.8k 2.5× 414 0.8× 279 0.6× 978 2.1× 99 6.2k
Anna Rydén Sweden 28 1.0k 1.1× 346 0.5× 548 1.0× 401 0.8× 479 1.0× 80 3.1k
Karin Helweg‐Larsen Denmark 27 321 0.4× 452 0.6× 781 1.5× 207 0.4× 245 0.5× 113 4.0k
H.‐H. König Germany 28 506 0.6× 596 0.8× 652 1.2× 291 0.6× 385 0.8× 96 4.1k
Toni P. Miles United States 36 886 1.0× 697 1.0× 325 0.6× 98 0.2× 960 2.1× 112 5.0k
Milada Cvancarova Småstuen Norway 37 1.2k 1.3× 859 1.2× 502 0.9× 196 0.4× 649 1.4× 241 5.5k
Anne Wolf United States 23 384 0.4× 2.2k 3.1× 663 1.2× 657 1.3× 1.0k 2.2× 33 4.4k
Michael Vallis Canada 34 336 0.4× 548 0.8× 1.3k 2.4× 558 1.1× 359 0.8× 137 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ivan Barofsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan Barofsky

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barofsky, Ivan. (2011). Why perform a quality or quality-of-life assessment?. Quality of Life Research. 21(4). 633–636. 4 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan. (2011). Can quality or quality-of-life be defined?. Quality of Life Research. 21(4). 625–631. 45 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan, P.S. Erickson, & Mark S. Eberhardt. (2004). Comparison of a single global item and an index of a multi-item health status measure among persons with and without diabetes in the US. Quality of Life Research. 13(10). 1671–1681. 15 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan. (2004). Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction. Quality of Life Research. 13(5). 1021–1024. 14 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Kevin R., Ivan Barofsky, Susan J. Bartlett, Shawn C. Franckowiak, & Ross E. Andersen. (2003). Weight loss and health-related quality of life: Results at 1-year follow-up. Eating Behaviors. 5(1). 85–88. 54 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan. (2003). Patients' rights, quality of life, and health care system performance. Quality of Life Research. 12(5). 473–484. 14 indexed citations
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Hsia, Judith, Edwin L. Alderman, Joel Verter, et al.. (2002). Women's Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen trial:. Controlled Clinical Trials. 23(6). 708–727. 20 indexed citations
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Cella, David, Monika Bullinger, Charles Scott, & Ivan Barofsky. (2002). Group vs Individual Approaches to Understanding the Clinical Significance of Differences or Changes in Quality of Life. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 77(4). 384–392. 138 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Kevin R. & Ivan Barofsky. (2001). Obesity and health‐related quality of life. Obesity Reviews. 2(3). 173–182. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barofsky, Ivan. (2001). Health-Related Quality of Life: Methods of Assessment. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 56(Suppl. 1). 51–54. 4 indexed citations
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Revicki, Dennis A., David Osoba, Diane L. Fairclough, et al.. (2000). Recommendations on health-related quality of life research to support labeling and promotional claims in the United States. Quality of Life Research. 9(8). 887–900. 433 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Kevin R., Ivan Barofsky, Ross E. Andersen, et al.. (1999). Impact of weight loss on Health-Related Quality of Life. Quality of Life Research. 8(3). 275–277. 134 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan & Kevin R. Fontaine. (1998). Do Psychogenic Dysphagia Patients Have an Eating Disorder?. Dysphagia. 13(1). 24–27. 21 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan, et al.. (1997). Pain in the obese: Impact on Health-Related Quality-of-Life. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 19(4). 408–410. 107 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan. (1992). The status of psychosocial research in the rehabilitation of the cancer patient. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 8(3). 190–201. 7 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan & Marcia W. Legro. (1991). Definition and Measurement of Fatigue. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 13(Supplement_1). S94–S97. 52 indexed citations
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Gotsch, Audrey R., et al.. (1985). Hospice. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 3(2). 83–96. 7 indexed citations
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Simons‐Morton, Bruce G., et al.. (1984). Great Sensations: A Program to Encourage Heart Healthy Snacking by High School Students. Journal of School Health. 54(8). 288–291. 11 indexed citations
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Barofsky, Ivan, et al.. (1970). A ganglioneuroma in the adrenal medulla of a rat bearing a preoptic-anterior hypothalamic lesion.. PubMed. 30(12). 2913–6. 1 indexed citations

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