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D-Index
53
Citations
10496
World Ranking
2309
National Ranking
163

Alex Broom 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 Alex Broom sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 357 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alex Broom 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 Alex Broom 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
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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alex Broom is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans across various specialized subfields including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

Broom's research focuses on topics such as Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, and Mental Health and Patient Involvement.

They have authored papers including:

  • Antimicrobial resistance as a problem of values? Views from three continents (2020), published in Critical Public Health
  • The Paradoxical Effects of COVID-19 on Cancer Care: Current Context and Potential Lasting Impacts (2020), published in Clinical Cancer Research
  • The administration of harm: From unintended consequences to harm by design (2022), published in Critical Social Policy

Their frequent co-authors include Katherine Kenny, Jennifer Broom, Michelle Peterie, Leah Williams Veazey, and Emma Kirby.

Alex Broom has published in prominent venues, with multiple contributions to Social Science & Medicine, BMJ Open, Qualitative Health Research, Sociology of Health & Illness, and Infection Disease & Health.

In addition to journal articles, they have edited or contributed to books such as Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia: Critical Perspectives (2021), published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology.

Best Publications

  • Virtually He@lthy: The Impact of Internet Use on Disease Experience and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

    Alex Broom

  • The role of gender, environment and Individual biography in shaping qualitative interview data

    Alex Broom;Kelly Hand;Philip Tovey

  • Women`s use of complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy: a critical review of the literature

    Jon Adams;Chi-Wai Lui;David Sibbritt;Alex Broom

  • Using qualitative interviews in CAM research: a guide to study design, data collection and data analysis.

    Alex Broom

  • Medical specialists’ accounts of the impact of the Internet on the doctor/patient relationship:

    Alex Broom

  • Cultures of resistance? A Bourdieusian analysis of doctors' antibiotic prescribing

    Alexander Broom;Jennifer Broom;Emma Kirby

  • SARS-CoV-2: The viral shedding vs infectivity dilemma.

    Arabella Widders;Alex Broom;Jennifer Broom

  • The eMale: Prostate cancer, masculinity and online support as a challenge to medical expertise

    Alex Broom

  • Prevalence and determinants of complementary and alternative medicine use during pregnancy: results from a nationally representative sample of Australian pregnant women.

    Jane Frawley;Jon Adams;David Sibbritt;Amie Steel

  • Competing paradigms and health research

    Alex Broom;Evan Willis

  • The end of life and the family: hospice patients' views on dying as relational.

    Alex Broom;Emma Kirby

  • Qualitative Researchers’ Understandings of Their Practice and the Implications for Data Archiving and Sharing

    Alex Broom;Lynda Cheshire;Michael Emmison

  • Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine: An International Reader

    Jon Adams;Gavin Andrews;Joanne Barnes;Alex Broom

  • Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine

    Jon Adams;Gavin J. Andrews;Joanne Barnes;Alex Broom

  • The inequalities of medical pluralism: Hierarchies of health, the politics of tradition and the economies of care in Indian oncology

    Alexander Broom;Assa Doron;Philip Tovey

  • Aerosol-generating procedures and infective risk to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2: the limits of the evidence.

    Henry Harding;Alex Broom;Jennifer Broom

  • Oncologists' and specialist cancer nurses' approaches to complementary and alternative medicine and their impact on patient action

    P. Tovey;Alex Broom

  • Prostate Cancer and Masculinity in Australian Society: A Case of Stolen Identity?

    Alex Broom

  • Therapeutic pluralism? Evidence, power and legitimacy in UK cancer services.

    Alex Broom;Philip Tovey

  • Women's Use and Self-Prescription of Herbal Medicine during Pregnancy: An Examination of 1,835 Pregnant Women

    Jane Frawley;Jon Adams;Amie Steel;Alex Broom

  • The role of gender, environment and individual biography in shaping qualitative interview data | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository

    Alex Broom;Kelly Hand;Philip Tovey

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Oliffe
John L. Oliffe University of British Columbia
Kathryn M. Refshauge
Kathryn M. Refshauge University of Sydney
Cindy Gallois
Cindy Gallois University of Queensland
Anita Bundy
Anita Bundy Colorado State University
Simon M Rice
Simon M Rice University of Melbourne
John S. Ogrodniczuk
John S. Ogrodniczuk University of British Columbia
Roger J. Stancliffe
Roger J. Stancliffe University of Sydney
Stephen J. O'Brien
Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Peter Aggleton
Peter Aggleton University of New South Wales

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