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 Barbara Prainsack sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 226 publications — 73rd percentile
73% 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 Barbara Prainsack sits on this spectrum.
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.
Barbara Prainsack is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Information Systems.
The main topics of their work include Ethics in Clinical Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.
Prainsack has published frequently in several academic venues. The most common publication outlets include:
Among recent papers relevant to the broader field of public health and ethics are:
Frequent co-authors working alongside Prainsack include:
Barbara Prainsack has contributed to several book publications, mainly with Policy Press, where four editions of The Pandemic Within were published in 2021. Additionally, a version of the same book was released by Bristol University Press eBooks in 2021.
Recognition for their academic work includes being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.
Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx
Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx
Edward S. Dove;Susan E. Kelly;Federica Lucivero;Mavis Machirori
Michael P. Recht;Marc Dewey;Keith Dreyer;Curtis Langlotz
Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx
Lucia Martinelli;Vanja Kopilaš;Matjaž Vidmar;Ciara Heavin
Alison Harvey;Angela Brand;Stephen T. Holgate;Lars V. Kristiansen
Barbara Prainsack
Barbara Prainsack;Jenny Reardon;Richard Alan Hindmarsh;Herbert Gottweis
Herbert Gottweis;Alan Petersen
Lynn F. Cherkas;Juliette M. Harris;Elana Levinson;Tim D. Spector
Anna Middleton;Richard Milne;Mohamed A. Almarri;Shamim Anwer
Peter M. Schneider;Barbara Prainsack;Manfred Kayser
Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx
Barbara Prainsack
Emil Nafis Iftekhar;Viola Priesemann;Rudi Balling;Simon Bauer
Viola Priesemann;Rudi Balling;Melanie M Brinkmann;Sandra Ciesek
Barbara Prainsack
Richard Alan Hindmarsh;Barbara Prainsack
Bettina Maria Zimmermann;Amelia Fiske;Barbara Prainsack;Nora Hangel
Richard Milne;Katherine I Morley;Katherine I Morley;Katherine I Morley;Heidi Carmen Howard;Emilia Niemiec
Richard Tutton;Barbara Prainsack
Barbara Prainsack;Victor Toom
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