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 Arlene Astell sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 231 publications — 74th percentile
74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
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 Arlene Astell sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile
23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Arlene Astell is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has an extensive publication record in fields related to health professions, medicine, and social sciences. Their work primarily spans general health professions, demography, psychiatry and mental health, human-computer interaction, and sociology and political science as subfields.
The main research topics addressed by Astell include technology use by older adults, dementia and cognitive impairment research, geriatric care and nursing homes, aging and gerontology research, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, health disparities and outcomes, and stroke rehabilitation and recovery.
Astell has authored several recent papers, including:
Frequent co-authors collaborating with Astell include Erica Dove, Jennifer Boger, Louise Nygård, David A. Clayton, and Ann-Charlotte Nedlund.
Their work has been published in a variety of venues, with the most frequent being Alzheimer's & Dementia, Dementia, Innovation in Aging, Gerontechnology, and PLoS ONE. Astell has also contributed to the book titled AgeTech for Staying Connected, published in 2025 by Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health.
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