🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Thomas W. Valente

University of Southern California

ORCID: 0000-0002-8824-5816

Also affiliated with California Southern University

Health ProfessionsPhysics and AstronomyPsychologyMedicine

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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0Author DataRank

Indexed papers

1in pilot corpus
datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology
Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 1 indexed paper attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Papers

Driven by 15 papers. Top paper: “Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya”.

Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya

BMC Health Services Research(2020)10.1186/s12913-020-05199-1
N/A
1.6DataRank · unranked
51 citations

Mackenzie N. Naert, Benjamin Andama, Rae Dong, David Edelman, Carol R. Horowitz +13 more

Variations in network boundary and type: A study of adolescent peer influences

Social Networks(2013)10.1016/j.socnet.2013.02.008
N/A
0.617DataRank · unranked
60 citations

Kayo Fujimoto, Jennifer B. Unger, Daniel W. Soto, Daniella Meeker, Thomas W. Valente

A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase PrEP Uptake for HIV Prevention: 55-Week Results From PrEPChicago

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes(2020)10.1097/qai.0000000000002518
N/A
0.590DataRank · unranked
50 citations

Lindsay E. Young, Arthi Ramachandran, Stuart Michaels, Hildie Cohen, Ishida Robinson +12 more

Network characteristics of a referral system for patients with hypertension in Western Kenya: results from the Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS) study

BMC Health Services Research(2022)10.1186/s12913-022-07699-8
N/A
0.406DataRank · unranked
14 citations

Thomas W. Valente, Josephine Andesia, Benson Njuguna, Juliet Miheso, Tim Mercer +13 more

Social Network Influences on Adolescent E-cigarette Use

Substance Use & Misuse(2023)10.1080/10826084.2023.2188429
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
32 citations

Sarah E. Piombo, Katie M. Edwards, Emily A. Waterman, Victoria L. Banyard, Thomas W. Valente

Impact of social networks and norms on e-cigarette use among adolescents in Southern California: a prospective cohort study

BMJ Public Health(2023)10.1136/bmjph-2023-000163
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
16 citations

Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis, Thomas W. Valente, Sarah E. Piombo

Healthy immigrant community study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a social network intervention for cardiovascular risk reduction among Hispanic and Somali adults

Contemporary Clinical Trials(2024)10.1016/j.cct.2024.107465
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
8 citations

Luz Molina, Miriam Goodson, Graciela Porraz Capetillo, Ahmed Osman, Yahye Ahmed +14 more

Leveraging Emergent Social Networks to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Low-Income Parents With Preschool-Aged Children

SAGE Open(2021)10.1177/21582440211031606
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Shari L. Barkin, Edward H. Ip, Santiago Saldana, Evan C. Sommer, Thomas W. Valente +2 more

Considerations for Social Networks and Health Data Sharing: An Overview

Annals of Epidemiology(2024)10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.12.014
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Tom Wolff, Gabriel Varela, jimi adams, Peter J. Mucha, Brea L. Perry +3 more

Contagion and Interpersonal Influence: Distinguishing Mechanisms of Behavior Change Using Social Network Theory

Connections(2024)10.21307/connections-2019.041
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Thomas W. Valente

Network Dynamics of Social Influence on E-cigarette Use Among an Ethnically Diverse Adolescent Cohort

Nicotine & Tobacco Research(2025)10.1093/ntr/ntaf065
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
5 citations

Kayla de la Haye, Thomas W. Valente, Sarah E. Piombo

“We worked together to change things about our lives”: a longitudinal qualitative analysis exploring Hispanic/Latino and Somali immigrant health promoters’ perspectives on a social network intervention to address cardiovascular disease disparities

BMC Public Health(2025)10.1186/s12889-025-21682-y
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Manisha Salinas, Laura Suarez Pardo, Jhenitza P. Raygoza, Ahmed A. Mohamed, Enid Campos +12 more

Social network influences on adolescent substance use: Exposure, perceptions, and ethnicity

Social Science & Medicine(2025)10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118290
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Kristina Miljković, Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis, Sarah E. Piombo, Thomas W. Valente

Young adult peer crowds, e-cigarette advertising exposure, and e-cigarette use: Test of a mediation model

Drug and Alcohol Dependence(2024)10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111064
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
3 citations

Crissy T. Kawamoto, Sharon Lipperman‐Kreda, Samia Amin, Paxton Charles, Ana Danko +3 more

Social networks of oncology clinicians as a means for increasing survivorship clinic referral

Communications Medicine(2022)10.1038/s43856-022-00153-0
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Kimberly A. Miller, David R. Freyer, Joel Milam, Anamara Ritt‐Olson, Gino K. In +2 more