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D-Index
54
Citations
19706
World Ranking
2094
National Ranking
1009

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afaf Ibrahim Meleis sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 193 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afaf Ibrahim Meleis sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields within health sciences, including Medicine, Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Cultural Competency in Health Care
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Health and Conflict Studies

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis has authored several recent papers, reflecting engagement with contemporary issues in health professions education and nursing theory. Selected publications include:

  • Challenges and opportunities for educating health professionals after the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, The Lancet
  • Nursing Theory in the Quest for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, Nursing Science Quarterly

Frequent co-authors in Meleis's research include Julio Frenk, Liang-Chia Chen, Latha Chandran, Elizabeth O H Groff, and Roderick King. These collaborations suggest a network of interdisciplinary partnerships within the health sciences field.

Publication venues where the scientist's work appears predominantly include The Lancet and Nursing Science Quarterly, indicating a focus on both broad medical issues and specialized nursing topics.

In recognition of professional contributions, Meleis was appointed as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

    Julio Frenk;Lincoln Chen;Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Jordan Cohen

  • Experiencing Transitions: An Emerging Middle-Range Theory

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis;Linda M. Sawyer;Eun Ok Im;De Anne K.Hilfinger Messias

  • Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Health Professionals for a New Century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

    Julio Frenk;Lincoln Chen;Jordan Cohen;Nigel Crisp

  • Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

    Ana Langer;Afaf Meleis;Felicia M Knaul;Rifat Atun

  • Marginalization: A guiding concept for valuing diversity in nursing knowledge development

    Joanne M. Hall;Patricia E. Stevens;Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Transitions: A Nursing Concern

    Norma Chick;Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Facilitating transitions: Redefinition of the nursing mission

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis;Patricia A. Trangenstein

  • Culturally Competent Scholarship: Substance and Rigor

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Health is empowerment.

    Patricia S. Jones;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Role insufficiency and role supplementation: a conceptual framework.

    Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission

    Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Lincoln Chen;Jordan Cohen;Nigel Crisp

  • Situation-Specific Theories: Philosophical Roots, Properties, and Approach

    Eun-ok Im;Afaf Ibrahim Meleis

  • Nursing epistemology: traditions, insights, questions.

    Phyllis R. Schultz;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Coping With Grief After Involuntary Pregnancy Loss: Perspectives of African American Women

    Paulina Van;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Issues in health care of Middle Eastern patients.

    Juliene G. Lipson;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Between two cultures: identity, roles, and health.

    Afaf I. Meleis

  • The Stress of Immigration and the Daily Lived Experiences of Jordanian Immigrant Women in the United States

    Marianne Hattar-Pollara;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Caregiving between two cultures: an integrative experience.

    Patricia S. Jones;Xinwei Esther Zhang;Karen Jaceldo-Siegl;Afaf I. Meleis

  • Methodological issues in research with immigrants.

    Juliene G. Lipson;Afaf I. Meleis

  • The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A national workforce perspective

    Linda R Cronenwett;Kathleen Dracup;Margaret Grey;Linda McCauley

Frequent Co-Authors

Eun-Ok Im
Eun-Ok Im The University of Texas at Austin
Patricia E. Stevens
Patricia E. Stevens University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Kathleen Dracup
Kathleen Dracup University of California, San Francisco
Julio Frenk
Julio Frenk University of California, Los Angeles
Lincoln C. Chen
Lincoln C. Chen China Medical Board
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
David Serwadda
David Serwadda Makerere University
Patricia M. Davidson
Patricia M. Davidson Johns Hopkins University
Timothy G. Evans
Timothy G. Evans McGill University
Susan M. Wachter
Susan M. Wachter University of Pennsylvania

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