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Matthew Lee Smith

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1980Rising activity
Health disparities and outcomesDiabetes Management and EducationChronic Disease Management StrategiesBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionPhysical Activity and Health

Publications

495

Citations

10,094

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
AI-generated

Matthew Lee Smith conducts public health and social science research focused on managing chronic health conditions and reducing health disparities, particularly among older adults and racial/ethnic minority men. His work spans diabetes self-management, fall prevention, social isolation and loneliness, and evaluating the effectiveness of health programs and digital health tools.

Health disparities in chronic diseaseDiabetes self-management and educationFall prevention and healthy agingSocial isolation and lonelinessHealth program evaluation frameworks

Publication activity has been consistently high over the past decade, with a dip around 2022 followed by a rise to peak output in 2024–2025.

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: 10,094cohort median 1,128
h-index: 40cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 28.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 151 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 28.0/year recently
2017: 40 publications172018: 29 publications182019: 37 publications192020: 31 publications202021: 35 publications212022: 16 publications222023: 26 publications232024: 44 publications242025: 45 publications45252026: 9 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Frontiers in Public Health×40
  • Innovation in Aging×31
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health×20
  • Health Behavior Research×8
  • PsycTESTS Dataset×7
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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