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D-Index
44
Citations
8034
World Ranking
4150
National Ranking
245

Andrew Sixsmith 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 Andrew Sixsmith sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 266 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Andrew Sixsmith 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 Andrew Sixsmith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Andrew Sixsmith is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and medicine. Their work primarily focuses on demography, psychiatry and mental health, health, general health professions, and public health, environmental and occupational health. Sixsmith's research is consistently linked to aging populations and technology use, addressing significant challenges faced by older adults.

Significant recent papers by Andrew Sixsmith include:

  • Older People's Use of Digital Technology During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2022, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society
  • Digital interventions for depression and anxiety in older adults: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials, 2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • COVID-19, Social Isolation, and Mental Health Among Older Adults: A Digital Catch-22, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Policy Initiatives to Address the Challenges of an Older Population in the Workforce, 2021, Ageing International
  • A protocol for co-creating research project lay summaries with stakeholders: guideline development for Canada's AGE-WELL network, 2020, Research Involvement and Engagement

Frequent coauthors of Sixsmith include Judith Sixsmith, Mei Lan Fang, Becky Horst, Alex Mihailidis, and Norm O'Rourke. This network of collaboration highlights a sustained engagement with multidisciplinary teams in aging and healthcare research.

Sixsmith's publications are regularly featured in venues focusing on aging and healthcare, such as Innovation in Aging, Science and Engineering Ethics, Healthcare Management Forum, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, and Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

The scholar has also contributed to academic books published by Springer International Publishing and Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Notable titles include Knowledge, Innovation, and Impact (2020) and AgeTech, Cognitive Health, and Dementia (2020).

Key research topics addressed by Andrew Sixsmith encompass:

  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

The focus on digital technology and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic reflects an integration of contemporary societal challenges with aging and health disparities research. Sixsmith's work covers both practical interventions and policy initiatives aimed at improving older adults' social and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Relationships between housing and healthy aging in very old age

    Frank Oswald;Hans-Werner Wahl;Oliver Schilling;Carita Nygren

  • A smart sensor to detect the falls of the elderly

    A. Sixsmith;N. Johnson

  • Ageing in Place in the United Kingdom

    Andrew Sixsmith;Judith Sixsmith

  • Importance of the Home Environment for Healthy Aging: Conceptual and Methodological Background of the European ENABLE–AGE Project

    Susanne Iwarsson;Hans-Werner Wahl;Carita Nygren;Frank Oswald

  • Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review

    Stephanie Blackman;Claudine Matlo;Charisse Bobrovitskiy;Ashley Waldoch

  • Healthy ageing and home: The perspectives of very old people in five European countries.

    Judith Sixsmith;Andrew Sixsmith;Agneta Malmgren Fänge;Dorte Naumann

  • Exploring Privilege in the Digital Divide: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

    Mei Lan Fang;Mei Lan Fang;Sarah L Canham;Lupin Battersby;Judith Sixsmith

  • Music and the wellbeing of people with dementia

    Andrew Sixsmith;Grant Gibson

  • Older People’s Use of Digital Technology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • An evaluation of an intelligent home monitoring system.

    Andrew Sixsmith

  • Impacts of Home Modifications on Aging-in-Place

    Eunju Hwang;Linda Cummings;Andrew Sixsmith;Judith Sixsmith

  • The End of Life: A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of People Over the Age of 80 on Issues Surrounding Death and Dying

    Mari Lloyd-Williams;Vida Kennedy;Andrew Sixsmith;Judith Sixsmith

  • Technologies for Active Aging

    Andrew Sixsmith;Gloria Gutman

  • Principles for Fostering the Transdisciplinary Development of Assistive Technologies

    Jennifer Boger;Piper Jackson;Maurice Mulvenna;Judith Sixsmith

  • Place-making with older persons: Establishing sense-of-place through participatory community mapping workshops

    Mei Lan Fang;Mei Lan Fang;Ryan Woolrych;Judith Sixsmith;Sarah L. Canham

  • Relationships Between Objective and Perceived Housing in Very Old Age

    Carita Nygren;Frank Oswald;Susanne Iwarsson;Agneta Fänge

  • Technology and the Challenge of Aging

    Andrew Sixsmith

  • Association of Alcohol Use and Loneliness Frequency Among Middle-Aged and Older Adult Drinkers.

    Sarah L. Canham;Pia M. Mauro;Christopher N. Kaufmann;Andrew Sixsmith

  • Designing technology to support quality of life of people with dementia

    R. Orpwood;A. Sixsmith;J. Torrington;J. Chadd

  • Pyroelectric IR sensor arrays for fall detection in the older population

    A. Sixsmith;N. Johnson;R. Whatmore

  • Developing a technology 'wish-list' to enhance the quality of life of people with dementia

    Andrew J. Sixsmith;Grant Gibson;Roger D. Orpwood;Judith M. Torrington

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Mihailidis
Alex Mihailidis University of Toronto
Hans-Werner Wahl
Hans-Werner Wahl Heidelberg University
Norm O'Rourke
Norm O'Rourke Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Arlene Astell
Arlene Astell University of Toronto
Theodore D. Cosco
Theodore D. Cosco University of Oxford
Sylvain Moreno
Sylvain Moreno Simon Fraser University
David W. Kaufman
David W. Kaufman Boston University
Pia Kontos
Pia Kontos Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Habib Chaudhury
Habib Chaudhury Simon Fraser University
John Torous
John Torous Harvard Medical School

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