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Richard M. Frankel

Health Professions · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1975
Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareInnovations in Medical EducationEmpathy and Medical EducationPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareElectronic Health Records Systems

Publications

358

Citations

15,385

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

52

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
AI-generated

Richard M. Frankel studies how doctors and patients communicate, and how medical professionals are trained and behave in clinical settings. His work covers topics like patient-provider conversations, professionalism in healthcare, shared decision-making, and how technology such as electronic health records affects the clinical encounter. Much of his research draws on qualitative methods to understand experiences in medical education and practice.

Patient-provider communicationMedical education and professionalismShared decision-makingQualitative research methods in medicineHealth records and clinical technology

Publication activity has gradually declined over the past decade, from around 18-20 papers per year in the late 2010s to single digits in the most recent years.

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

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

3 earlier awards
  • NSF 9714101Aug 1997 – Jul 2001 · $293k awarded

    Iron-Oxide and -Sulfide Mineral Particles as Biomarkers

  • NSF 8903987Jan 1990 – Jun 1992 · $54k awarded

    RUI: Collaborative Research: Magnetic Properties of Bacterial Magnetite

  • NSF 8902474Jan 1989 – Dec 1991 · $51k awarded

    Redox Properties and Iron Storage Capability of Mammalian Ferritin

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 261 established Health Professions PIs within our index
Citations: 15,385cohort median 1,725
h-index: 63cohort median 21
Publications / year (recent): 8.4cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 38% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 45 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.4/year recently
2017: 19 publications172018: 18 publications182019: 20 publications20192020: 14 publications202021: 15 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 13 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 2 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: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 2 collaborators at the same institution2019: 6 collaborators at the same institution2020: 4 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine×9
  • Patient Education and Counseling×7
  • Journal of Pediatric Urology×6
  • Academic Medicine×5
  • PMC×4
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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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