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Jennifer Piatt

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2006Rising activity
Spinal Cord Injury ResearchSocial Robot Interaction and HRIDigital Mental Health InterventionsInclusion and Disability in Education and SportCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Publications

91

Citations

1,050

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Jennifer Piatt studies how recreation and leisure activities can support the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities and other populations, including individuals with spinal cord injuries, veterans with combat-related disabilities, and older adults. Her work spans recreational therapy interventions, mental health outcomes, and inclusion issues such as sexual health and access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She often uses trials, focus groups, and interviews to understand lived experiences and program effects.

Recreational and therapeutic recreation therapySpinal cord injury and disabilityMental health and copingInclusion, sexuality, and disabilityAging and older-adult health promotion

Publication activity has been steady across the last decade, with a notable peak in 2023-2024 (10-11 papers per year) and an average of about 7 per year over the last five years.

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

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 1,050cohort median 616
h-index: 16cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 7.4cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 29% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 26 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 10 publications232024: 11 publications11242025: 6 publications252026: 4 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 1 collaborator at the same institution2019: 3 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Recreation Therapy×15
  • Therapeutic Recreation Journal×5
  • Sexuality and Disability×4
  • Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation×2
  • The Journal of Sex Research×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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