John Ruiz

7.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
115 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

John Ruiz is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ruiz has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Clinical Psychology, 22 papers in Health and 20 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in John Ruiz's work include Health disparities and outcomes (18 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (9 papers) and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers). John Ruiz is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (18 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (9 papers) and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers). John Ruiz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. John Ruiz's co-authors include Timothy W. Smith, Patrick R. Steffen, Timothy B. Smith, Linda C. Gallo, Bert N. Uchino, Carlos Roberto Jaén, Tumaini R. Coker, James Stevermer, Esa M. Davis and Kelly Glazer and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John Ruiz

106 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Hispanic Mortality Paradox: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Longitudinal Literature

2013 328 citations John Ruiz et al. profile →
Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

2022 210 citations Karina W. Davidson, Michael J. Barry et al. JAMA profile →
Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

2022 192 citations Carol M. Mangione, Michael J. Barry et al. JAMA profile →
Screening for Breast Cancer

2024 123 citations Wanda K. Nicholson, Michael Silverstein et al. JAMA profile →
Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults

2023 116 citations Michael J. Barry, Wanda K. Nicholson et al. JAMA profile →
Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents

2022 110 citations Carol M. Mangione, Michael J. Barry et al. JAMA profile →
Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures

2025 26 citations Wanda K. Nicholson, Michael Silverstein et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Ruiz United States	35	1.2k	783	772	767	608	115	4.5k
Juned Siddique United States	38	1.4k 1.1×	668 0.9×	691 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	363 0.6×	130	5.4k
Eric van Sonderen Netherlands	35	828 0.7×	545 0.7×	958 1.2×	860 1.1×	691 1.1×	60	4.7k
Laura A. Pratt United States	22	916 0.7×	727 0.9×	584 0.8×	956 1.2×	515 0.8×	32	4.1k
Karen L. Weihs United States	39	1.3k 1.0×	873 1.1×	328 0.4×	726 0.9×	360 0.6×	111	5.3k
Naja Hulvej Rod Denmark	40	1.0k 0.8×	418 0.5×	411 0.5×	1.6k 2.0×	622 1.0×	211	5.0k
Adelita V. Ranchor Netherlands	41	1.3k 1.1×	710 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	1.0k 1.3×	529 0.9×	199	6.3k
Hilary A. Tindle United States	39	1.0k 0.8×	447 0.6×	767 1.0×	607 0.8×	465 0.8×	183	6.4k
Bao‐Liang Zhong China	34	1.1k 0.9×	587 0.7×	511 0.7×	635 0.8×	953 1.6×	159	4.4k
Michael E. Hyland United Kingdom	41	751 0.6×	623 0.8×	834 1.1×	882 1.1×	210 0.3×	192	7.7k
Emese Verdes Switzerland	15	960 0.8×	955 1.2×	432 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	23	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by John Ruiz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Ruiz

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Nicholson, Wanda K., Michael Silverstein, John B. Wong, et al.. (2025). Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures. JAMA. 333(6). 498–498. 26 indexed citations breakdown →

Epel, Elissa, Kelly D. Brownell, Judith Rodin, et al.. (2025). Transforming health psychology and behavioral medicine to address the climate crisis: A call for strategic research and advocacy.. Health Psychology. 44(6). 563–577.

Ruiz, John, Shana D. Hughes, Melissa Flores, et al.. (2024). Neighborhood ethnic density and disparities in proximal blood donation opportunities. Transfusion. 64(6). 1008–1015. 3 indexed citations

Nicholson, Wanda K., Michael Silverstein, John B. Wong, et al.. (2024). Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. JAMA. 332(1). 51–51. 26 indexed citations

Ruiz, John, Hannah M. C. Schreier, Matthew Allison, et al.. (2023). Mean affect and affect variability may interact to predict inflammation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 109. 168–174. 2 indexed citations

Ruiz, John, Simon Bacon, Gary G. Bennett, et al.. (2023). Behavioral Medicine Research Council (BMRC) statement papers: A new approach to consensus building in behavioral medicine science.. Health Psychology. 42(5). 285–286.

Segerstrom, Suzanne C., Michael A. Diefenbach, Kyra Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Open Science in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: A Statement From the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(5). 357–367. 3 indexed citations

Mangione, Carol M., Michael J. Barry, Wanda K. Nicholson, et al.. (2023). Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults. JAMA. 329(17). 1487–1487. 28 indexed citations

Mangione, Carol M., Michael J. Barry, Wanda K. Nicholson, et al.. (2022). Hormone Therapy for the Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Persons. JAMA. 328(17). 1740–1740. 33 indexed citations

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Farmer, Heather R., Danica C. Slavish, John Ruiz, et al.. (2022). Racial/ethnic variations in inflammatory markers: exploring the role of sleep duration and sleep efficiency. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 45(6). 855–867. 5 indexed citations

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Davidson, Karina W., Simon Bacon, Gary G. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Accomplishing breakthroughs in behavioural medicine research. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(7). 813–815. 1 indexed citations

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Delker, Erin, Bandar Alyami, Linda C. Gallo, et al.. (2021). Chronic Stress Burden, Visceral Adipose Tissue, and Adiposity-Related Inflammation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Psychosomatic Medicine. 83(8). 834–842. 10 indexed citations

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Krupp, Karl, Purnima Madhivanan, William D. S. Killgore, et al.. (2021). Neurological Manifestations in COVID-19: An Unrecognized Crisis in Our Elderly?. PubMed. 3(3).

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Ruiz, John, Daniel J. Taylor, Melissa Flores, et al.. (2019). Associations Between Objective Sleep and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Community Sample. Psychosomatic Medicine. 81(6). 545–556. 27 indexed citations

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Hernández, Rosalba, Héctor M. González, Wassim Tarraf, et al.. (2018). Association of dispositional optimism with Life’s Simple 7’s Cardiovascular Health Index: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Sociocultural Ancillary Study (SCAS). BMJ Open. 8(3). e019434–e019434. 20 indexed citations

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Tobias, Carol, et al.. (2011). Building Blocks for Peer Success: Lessons Learned from a Train-the-Trainer Program. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 26(1). 53–59. 30 indexed citations

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Ruiz, John, Bert N. Uchino, & Timothy W. Smith. (2005). Hostility and sex differences in the magnitude, duration, and determinants of heart rate response to forehead cold pressor: Parasympathetic aspects of risk. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 60(3). 274–283. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Timothy W., John Ruiz, & Bert N. Uchino. (2004). Mental Activation of Supportive Ties, Hostility, and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Laboratory Stress in Young Men and Women.. Health Psychology. 23(5). 476–485. 81 indexed citations

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Smith, Timothy W., Kelly Glazer, John Ruiz, & Linda C. Gallo. (2004). Hostility, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Coronary Heart Disease: An Interpersonal Perspective on Personality, Emotion, and Health. Journal of Personality. 72(6). 1217–1270. 342 indexed citations

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Smith, Timothy W., John Ruiz, & Bert N. Uchino. (2000). Vigilance, active coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during social interaction in young men.. Health Psychology. 19(4). 382–392. 77 indexed citations

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