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Arpan V. Prabhu

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 2000
Social Media in Health EducationHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareRadiology practices and educationAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

Publications

129

Citations

1,698

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2000

Research summary
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Arpan V. Prabhu studies how cancer patients access and understand health information, along with education and training methods in radiation oncology. Their work spans analyzing online health communities (such as Reddit and Instagram), improving patient education materials for readability, and developing tools to assess and train medical residents. They also examine radiotherapy treatment approaches, including re-irradiation for recurrent cancers.

Health literacy and patient education materialsSocial media in health communicationRadiation oncology education and resident trainingRadiotherapy treatment approachesPatient-provider communication

Publication activity has declined over the last decade, dropping from around 30 papers per year in 2017 to only a few in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 1,698cohort median 1,128
h-index: 20cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 3.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 19% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 58 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 30 publications30172018: 19 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 15 publications202021: 15 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics×19
  • JAMA Dermatology×17
  • Brachytherapy×6
  • World Neurosurgery×5
  • Cureus×4
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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