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58
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1642
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302

Alan Walker 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 Alan Walker sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 291 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alan Walker 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 Alan Walker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alan Walker is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant concentration in subfields such as demography, sociology and political science, general health professions, health, and political science and international relations.

The main topics covered in Alan Walker's work include:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Global Health Care Issues

Alan Walker has contributed articles to various publication venues with frequent appearances in:

  • Rapporter från Åldrande och social förändring
  • European Journal of Ageing
  • BioMed Research International
  • Health & Social Care in the Community
  • Asian Population Studies

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Alan Walker include:

  • "Understanding unequal ageing: towards a synthesis of intersectionality and life course analyses," 2020, European Journal of Ageing
  • "Active Ageing across the Life Course: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention," 2021, BioMed Research International
  • "The impact of community care services on the preference for ageing in place in urban China," 2020, Health & Social Care in the Community
  • "Why China needs an active social policy on ageing," 2021, Asian Population Studies
  • "The Chinese System of Community Care for Older Adults," 2022, Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alan Walker include:

  • Liam Foster
  • Junshan Zhou
  • Huoyun Zhu
  • Gerhard Naegele
  • Chang Lyul Jung

Best Publications

  • A strategy for active ageing

    Alan Walker

  • Active and Successful Aging: A European Policy Perspective

    Liam Foster;Alan Walker

  • Britain divided : the growth of social exclusion in the 1980s and 1990s

    Alan Walker;Carol Walker

  • Active ageing: A strategic policy solution to demographic ageing in the European Union

    Alan Walker;Tony Maltby;Tony Maltby

  • The Caring Relationship: Elderly People and their Families

    Hazel Qureshi;Alan Walker

  • Towards a Political Economy of Old Age

    Alan Walker

  • Employers and older workers: attitudes and employment practices

    Philip Taylor;Alan Walker

  • The social quality of Europe

    Wolfgang Beck;Laurent van der Maesen;Alan Walker

  • The Ageing Workforce: Employers' Attitudes towards Older People

    Philip E. Taylor;Alan Walker

  • The Social Creation of Poverty and Dependency in Old Age

    Alan Walker

  • Commentary: The Emergence and Application of Active Aging in Europe

    Alan Walker

  • Social Quality: A Vision for Europe

    W. Beck;L.J.G. van der Maesen;G.C.F. Thomese;A. Walker

  • Active ageing in employment: Its meaning and potential

    Alan Walker

  • A European perspective on quality of life in old age

    Alan Walker

  • The new generational contract : intergenerational relations, old age and welfare

    Alan Walker

  • East Asian welfare regimes in transition: From Confucianism to globalisation

    Alan Walker;Chack-kie Wong

  • Ageing and Social Policy: A Critical Assessment

    Chris Phillipson;Alan Walker

  • Policies and practices towards older workers: a framework for comparative research

    Philip Taylor;Alan Walker

  • Understanding unequal ageing: towards a synthesis of intersectionality and life course analyses

    Daniel Holman;Alan Walker

  • Community care : the family, the state, and social policy

    Alan Walker

  • The caring relationship

    Hazel Qureshi;Alan Walker

  • Growing Older: Quality Of Life In Old Age

    Catherine Hagan Hennessy;Catherine Walker;Alan Walker

  • Age and Employment

    Alan Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Phillipson
Chris Phillipson University of Manchester
Carol Jagger
Carol Jagger Newcastle University
Marian Barnes
Marian Barnes University of Brighton
David Wilkinson
David Wilkinson The Francis Crick Institute
Robert H. Anderson
Robert H. Anderson Newcastle University
Arthur van Soest
Arthur van Soest Tilburg University
Victor W. Marshall
Victor W. Marshall University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood Newcastle University
Hans-Werner Wahl
Hans-Werner Wahl Heidelberg University

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