Richard L. Kravitz

25.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
291 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Richard L. Kravitz is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard L. Kravitz has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in General Health Professions, 71 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Richard L. Kravitz's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (71 papers), Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (56 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (33 papers). Richard L. Kravitz is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (71 papers), Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare (56 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (33 papers). Richard L. Kravitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Richard L. Kravitz's co-authors include Robert A. Bell, Peter Franks, Ronald M. Epstein, Naihua Duan, Michael S. Wilkes, Ron D. Hays, Paul R. Duberstein, Edward Krupat, Rahman Azari and Cathy D. Sherbourne and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard L. Kravitz

286 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Health Information on the Internet

2001 957 citations Marc N. Elliott, Richard L. Kravitz et al. profile →
Measuring patient-centered communication in Patient–Physician consultations: Theoretical and practical issues

2005 857 citations Ronald M. Epstein, Peter Franks et al. profile →
Physicians' characteristics influence patients' adherence to medical treatment: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

1993 654 citations Richard L. Kravitz et al. profile →
Mobile Health Technology Evaluation

2013 617 citations Richard L. Kravitz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard L. Kravitz United States	67	9.0k	3.4k	3.1k	1.5k	1.5k	291	18.1k
Susan L. Ettner United States	52	4.7k 0.5×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	607 0.4×	241	16.0k
Peter Franks United States	71	6.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	325 0.2×	363	19.4k
Stephen B. Soumerai United States	71	5.4k 0.6×	6.4k 1.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	242	19.5k
Paul D. Cleary United States	85	13.8k 1.5×	5.8k 1.7×	5.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	482 0.3×	348	29.2k
Richard G. Frank United States	55	5.9k 0.7×	5.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	934 0.6×	365	14.5k
Alejandro R. Jadad Canada	46	3.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	500 0.3×	143	28.6k
David Henry Australia	66	2.9k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	338	25.1k
Lisa Bero United States	64	5.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	4.7k 1.5×	670 0.4×	3.2k 2.1×	324	18.3k
Nicky Britten United Kingdom	56	7.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	289 0.2×	193	17.1k
Russell S. Phillips United States	84	5.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	5.8k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	483 0.3×	302	21.0k

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Scherzer, Rebecca, Michelle M. Estrella, Richard L. Kravitz, et al.. (2025). Individualized Net Benefit of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults in SPRINT. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 73(5). 1441–1453. 1 indexed citations

Hamline, Michelle Y., et al.. (2024). Physician and Practice Characteristics Influencing Telemedicine Uptake Among Frontline Clinicians in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Response: National Survey Study. JMIR Formative Research. 8. e50751–e50751. 1 indexed citations

Smith, C. Wayne, Jarett D. Berry, Rebecca Scherzer, et al.. (2024). Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Individuals With Low Diastolic Blood Pressure and Elevated Troponin Levels in SPRINT. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(6). e032493–e032493. 1 indexed citations

Duan, Naihua, Daniel Norman, Christopher H. Schmid, Ida Sim, & Richard L. Kravitz. (2022). Personalized Data Science and Personalized (N-of-1) Trials: Promising Paradigms for Individualized Health Care. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(SI3). 7 indexed citations

Chittamuru, Deepti, et al.. (2022). Health Information Seeking From an Intelligent Web-Based Symptom Checker: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(8). e36322–e36322. 26 indexed citations

Kravitz, Richard L., et al.. (2021). Visit Linearity in Primary Care Visits for Patients with Chronic Pain on Long-term Opioid Therapy. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(1). 78–86. 5 indexed citations

Kravitz, Richard L., Ida Sim, Deborah Ward, et al.. (2021). Chronic pain treatment preferences change following participation in N-of-1 trials, but not always in the expected direction. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 139. 167–176. 2 indexed citations

Fenton, Joshua J., Paul R. Duberstein, Ronald M. Epstein, et al.. (2019). Prognostic accuracy of patients, caregivers, and oncologists in advanced cancer. Cancer. 125(15). 2684–2692. 24 indexed citations

Henry, Stephen G., Debora A. Paterniti, Bo Feng, et al.. (2018). Patients’ Experience With Opioid Tapering: A Conceptual Model With Recommendations for Clinicians. Journal of Pain. 20(2). 181–191. 64 indexed citations

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Fenton, Joshua J., Anthony Jerant, Richard L. Kravitz, et al.. (2017). Reliability of Physician-Level Measures of Patient Experience in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 32(12). 1323–1329. 13 indexed citations

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Jerant, Anthony, et al.. (2016). Physician training in self-efficacy enhancing interviewing techniques (SEE IT): Effects on patient psychological health behavior change mediators. Patient Education and Counseling. 99(11). 1865–1872. 12 indexed citations

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Perez, Susan, et al.. (2015). Characterizing the Processes for Navigating Internet Health Information Using Real-Time Observations: A Mixed-Methods Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(7). e173–e173. 16 indexed citations

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Orrange, Sharon, et al.. (2014). Reasons for and predictors of patients' online health information seeking following a medical appointment. Family Practice. 31(5). 550–556. 68 indexed citations

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Chen, Connie, David Haddad, Joshua Selsky, et al.. (2012). Making Sense of Mobile Health Data: An Open Architecture to Improve Individual- and Population-Level Health. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 14(4). e112–e112. 77 indexed citations

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Epstein, Ronald M., Paul R. Duberstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, et al.. (2010). “I Didn’t Know What Was Wrong:” How People With Undiagnosed Depression Recognize, Name and Explain Their Distress. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 25(9). 954–961. 75 indexed citations

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Shields, Cleveland G., et al.. (2007). Exploring and Validating Patient Concerns: Relation to Prescribing for Depression. The Annals of Family Medicine. 5(1). 21–28. 49 indexed citations

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Franz, Carol E., et al.. (2006). Caught in the Act? Prevalence, Predictors, and Consequences of Physician Detection of Unannounced Standardized Patients. Health Services Research. 41(6). 2290–2302. 30 indexed citations

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Young, Henry N., Robert A. Bell, Ronald M. Epstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, & Richard L. Kravitz. (2006). Types of information physicians provide when prescribing antidepressants. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 21(11). 1172–1177. 36 indexed citations

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Kravitz, Richard L., Peter Franks, Mitchell D. Feldman, et al.. (2006). What drives referral from primary care physicians to mental health specialists? A randomized trial using actors portraying depressive symptoms. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 21(6). 584–589. 52 indexed citations

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Kravitz, Richard L., et al.. (2002). Characterizing Patient Requests and Physician Responses in Office Practice. Health Services Research. 37(1). 215–236. 26 indexed citations

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