Kevin Fiscella

23.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
339 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Kevin Fiscella is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Fiscella has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in General Health Professions, 75 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 67 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kevin Fiscella's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (70 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (53 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (47 papers). Kevin Fiscella is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (70 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (53 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (47 papers). Kevin Fiscella collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Kevin Fiscella's co-authors include Peter Franks, Ronald M. Epstein, Sean Meldrum, Marthe R. Gold, Paul R. Duberstein, Carolyn M. Clancy, Jennifer K. Carroll, Cleveland G. Shields, Mechelle Sanders and Paul Winters and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Fiscella

325 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Inequality in Quality 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2005 2002 2010 2017 250 500 750
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. Inequality in Quality
    2000 951 citations Kevin Fiscella, Peter Franks et al. JAMA profile →
  2. Measuring patient-centered communication in Patient–Physician consultations: Theoretical and practical issues
    2005 857 citations Ronald M. Epstein, Peter Franks et al. profile →
  3. Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured
    2002 707 citations Kevin Fiscella, Peter Franks et al. profile →
  4. Why The Nation Needs A Policy Push On Patient-Centered Health Care
    2010 640 citations Ronald M. Epstein, Kevin Fiscella et al. profile →
  5. Who Uses Mobile Phone Health Apps and Does Use Matter? A Secondary Data Analytics Approach
    2017 351 citations Jennifer K. Carroll, Anne Moorhead et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
  6. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Health Care
    2015 346 citations Kevin Fiscella, Mechelle Sanders profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Fiscella United States 64 7.5k 3.6k 2.6k 2.1k 2.0k 339 16.7k
Peter Franks United States 71 6.7k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 363 19.4k
Steven H. Woolf United States 64 7.1k 0.9× 5.7k 1.6× 2.6k 1.0× 3.1k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 204 21.0k
Elizabeth Murray United Kingdom 67 9.4k 1.3× 3.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 259 17.7k
Laurence Moore United Kingdom 50 6.6k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 235 19.2k
Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo United States 72 3.6k 0.5× 4.7k 1.3× 3.0k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 337 21.4k
David W. Baker United States 70 14.8k 2.0× 2.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 2.9k 1.5× 250 24.5k
Michael Pignone United States 76 7.3k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 5.9k 2.3× 2.4k 1.1× 2.7k 1.4× 330 24.8k
Nicole Lurie United States 63 6.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 3.4k 1.6× 1.8k 0.9× 285 18.4k
Peter Craig United Kingdom 28 7.5k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 815 0.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 114 17.6k
Rob Sanson‐Fisher Australia 69 7.2k 1.0× 6.6k 1.8× 5.0k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.3× 619 19.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Fiscella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Fiscella

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Adler, David, Nancy Wood, Kevin Fiscella, et al.. (2025). Low‐cost interventions to increase uptake of cervical cancer screening among emergency department patients: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Academic Emergency Medicine. 32(7). 776–784.
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Saeed, Fahad, et al.. (2025). Patient Activation, Social Support, Physician Trust, and Shared Dialysis Decision-Making: A Cross-Sectional Investigation. Kidney Medicine. 7(6). 101014–101014. 1 indexed citations
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Sanders, Mechelle, et al.. (2024). Opioid Dose Reductions by Sex and Race in a Cohort of Patients in a Family Medicine Clinic. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 37(3). 383–388. 1 indexed citations
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Sanders, Mechelle & Kevin Fiscella. (2024). Underfunding for Research Training and Career Development: The Impact on Family Medicine Research. Family Medicine. 56(5). 317–320. 2 indexed citations
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Saeed, Fahad, Frances R. Nedjat‐Haiem, Paul R. Duberstein, et al.. (2024). Palliative Care Acceptability for Older Adults with Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Nephrologists. Kidney Medicine. 6(10). 100883–100883. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Tong Tong, Yan Zeng, Aaron Lee, et al.. (2023). Impact of Nystatin Oral Rinse on Salivary and Supragingival Microbial Community among Adults with Oral Candidiasis. Microorganisms. 11(6). 1497–1497.
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Sanders, Mechelle, et al.. (2023). Addressing Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias: Mandatory Modules Are Not Enough. Family Medicine. 55(4). 253–258. 2 indexed citations
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Sufrin, Carolyn, et al.. (2022). Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in U.S. Jails. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(6). 1573–1575. 13 indexed citations
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Shields, Cleveland G., et al.. (2022). Patient activation reduces effects of implicit bias on doctor–patient interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(32). e2203915119–e2203915119. 12 indexed citations
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Liljenquist, Kendra, et al.. (2022). Time Spent at Well-Child Care Visits for English- and Spanish-Speaking Parents. Academic Pediatrics. 23(2). 359–362. 8 indexed citations
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Noel, Marcus Smith & Kevin Fiscella. (2019). Disparities in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment and Outcomes. Health Equity. 3(1). 532–540. 95 indexed citations
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Carroll, Jennifer K., Anne Moorhead, Raymond Bond, et al.. (2017). Who Uses Mobile Phone Health Apps and Does Use Matter? A Secondary Data Analytics Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19(4). e125–e125. 351 indexed citations breakdown →
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Franks, Peter, Daniel J. Tancredi, Paul Winters, & Kevin Fiscella. (2010). Including Socioeconomic Status in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Estimation. The Annals of Family Medicine. 8(5). 447–453. 40 indexed citations
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Shields, Cleveland G., et al.. (2009). Patient-centered communication and prognosis discussions with cancer patients. Patient Education and Counseling. 77(3). 437–442. 32 indexed citations
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Fiscella, Kevin, Peter Franks, Marthe R. Gold, & Carolyn M. Clancy. (2000). Inequalities in Racial Access to Health Care—Reply. JAMA. 284(16). 2053–2053. 9 indexed citations
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Fiscella, Kevin, Peter Franks, Marthe R. Gold, & Carolyn M. Clancy. (2000). Inequalities in racial access to health care [1] (multiple letters). JAMA. 284(16). 1 indexed citations
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Lue, Bee‐Horng, et al.. (1996). Family involvement in routine health care: a survey of patients' behaviors and preferences.. PubMed. 42(6). 572–6. 30 indexed citations

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