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Alexandra Brewis 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 Alexandra Brewis sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 221 publications — 72nd percentile

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

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

Alexandra Brewis 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 Alexandra Brewis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alexandra Brewis is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences with a focus on nutrition, dietetics, sociology, political science, and health professions. Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics including child nutrition and water access, obesity and health practices, water governance and infrastructure, food security and health in diverse populations, water resources management and optimization, poverty, education, child welfare, as well as eating disorders and behaviors.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexandra Brewis include:

  • Water and mental health (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Participatory approaches in water research: A review (2022), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries (2021), published in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • The Breast Size Satisfaction Survey (BSSS): Breast size dissatisfaction and its antecedents and outcomes in women from 40 nations (2020), published in Body Image

Frequent co-authors of Alexandra Brewis include Amber Wutich, Sarah Trainer, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Melissa Beresford, and Wendy Jepson.

Major publication venues for their work are:

  • American Journal of Human Biology
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Journal of Water and Health
  • Field Methods
  • PLoS ONE

In addition to articles, Alexandra Brewis has authored books published by New York University Press eBooks and Rutgers University Press. Titles include Extreme Weight Loss (2021) and Obesity (2020).

Alexandra Brewis has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017.

Best Publications

  • How and why weight stigma drives the obesity 'epidemic' and harms health.

    A. Janet Tomiyama;Deborah Carr;Ellen M. Granberg;Brenda Major

  • City structure, obesity, and environmental justice: an integrated analysis of physical and social barriers to walkable streets and park access.

    Bethany B. Cutts;Kate J. Darby;Christopher G. Boone;Alexandra Brewis

  • Body Norms and Fat Stigma in Global Perspective

    Alexandra A. Brewis;Amber Wutich;Ashlan Falletta-Cowden;Isa Rodriguez-Soto

  • Stigma and the perpetuation of obesity

    Alexandra A. Brewis

  • Obesity stigma as a globalizing health challenge.

    Alexandra Brewis;Cindi SturtzSreetharan;Amber Wutich

  • Food, Water, and Scarcity Toward a Broader Anthropology of Resource Insecurity

    Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis

  • Obesity: Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives

    Alexandra A. Brewis

  • Paradoxical malnutrition in mother-child pairs: untangling the phenomenon of over- and under-nutrition in underdeveloped economies.

    Megan Jehn;Alexandra Brewis

  • Perceptions of body size in Pacific Islanders.

    AA Brewis;ST McGarvey;J Jones;Boyd A. Swinburn

  • Perceptions of climate change: Linking local and global perceptions through a cultural knowledge approach

    Beatrice Crona;Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis;Meredith Gartin

  • Biocultural aspects of obesity in young Mexican schoolchildren.

    Alexandra Brewis

  • Water and mental health

    Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis;Alexander Tsai

  • Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review

    Katie Meehan;Wendy Jepson;Leila M. Harris;Amber Wutich

  • Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries

    Alexandra Brewis;Cassandra Workman;Amber Wutich;Wendy Jepson

  • Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries

    Justin Stoler;Amber L. Pearson;Amber L. Pearson;Chad Staddon;Amber Wutich

  • Shared Norms and Their Explanation for the Social Clustering of Obesity

    Daniel J. Hruschka;Alexandra A. Brewis;Amber Wutich;Benjamin Morin

  • Marital coitus across the life course.

    Alexandra Brewis;Mary Meyer

  • Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale.

    Sera L Young;Shalean M Collins;Godfred O Boateng;Torsten B Neilands

  • Bariatric Surgery Patients' Perceptions of Weight-Related Stigma in Healthcare Settings Impair Post-surgery Dietary Adherence

    Danielle M. Raves;Alexandra Brewis;Sarah Trainer;Seung Yong Han

  • Vulnerability to fat-stigma in women's everyday relationships.

    Alexandra A. Brewis;Daniel J. Hruschka;Amber Wutich

Frequent Co-Authors

Amber Wutich
Amber Wutich Arizona State University
Sera L. Young
Sera L. Young Northwestern University
Kelli L. Larson
Kelli L. Larson Arizona State University
Matthew C. Freeman
Matthew C. Freeman Emory University
Craig Hadley
Craig Hadley Emory University
Genevieve F. Dunton
Genevieve F. Dunton University of Southern California
Michael J. Boivin
Michael J. Boivin Michigan State University
Michael J. Todd
Michael J. Todd Cornell University
Todd Jackson
Todd Jackson University of Macau
Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr Boston University

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