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Thomas R. Freeman

Health Professions · Indiana University

Established · publishing since 1967Rising activity

Publications

140

Citations

2,787

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
AI-generated

Thomas R. Freeman studies family medicine and primary care, with a focus on patient-centered approaches to medicine, doctor-patient communication, and how family physicians organize and adapt their practices. Much of the recent work examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care and revisits foundational principles and models for family and public health medicine.

Patient-centered careFamily medicine principles and practicePrimary care during COVID-19Public/population health medicinePhysician-patient relationships and communication

Publication activity has grown over the past decade, rising from a few papers per year to a peak in 2024 and remaining steady since.

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

In context
Among 261 established Health Professions PIs within our index
Citations: 2,787cohort median 1,725
h-index: 20cohort median 21
Publications / year (recent): 7.2cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 47% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 28 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 12 publications12242025: 5 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×21
  • Canadian Family Physician×7
  • BMC Health Services Research×3
  • PubMed×3
  • BMJ Open×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 Jul 27, 2026.

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