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Rachel Hinrichs

Health Professions · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Health Sciences Research and EducationPublic Health Policies and EducationAcademic Writing and PublishingMedical Coding and Health InformationSuicide and Self-Harm Studies

Publications

266

Citations

168

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
AI-generated

Rachel Hinrichs works in health sciences librarianship and information practice, focusing on developing and validating systematic literature search strategies (called 'search hedges') for medical databases and on questions around scholarly publishing and open access. The work often supports systematic reviews in clinical and public health topics, such as pediatric research, wheelchair mobility, and dysmenorrhea. Additional projects examine open access to journals and how librarians and faculty address misinformation and news literacy.

Systematic literature search methods and validationHealth sciences librarianshipOpen access and scholarly publishingEvidence synthesis for clinical topicsMisinformation and news literacy

Publication activity peaked around 2017-2019 and has since settled into a lower, relatively steady output averaging about 14 per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 13.8/year recently
2017: 31 publications172018: 37 publications182019: 52 publications52192020: 7 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 23 publications222023: 19 publications232024: 13 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)×9
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)×5
  • Open MIND×5
  • Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA×4
  • Hypothesis Research Journal for Health Information Professionals×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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