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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Medicine 114 4717 4426 464 442 384 49738

Ben Armstrong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ben Armstrong between 1981 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ben Armstrong published across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026, averaging 11.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2011. 15 of the 514 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2011. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 3 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 4 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 10 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 10 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 28 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 1 publication
1981 2026

514 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ben Armstrong: publications per year, 1981 to 2026
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 3
1983 0
1984 1
1985 4
1986 4
1987 2
1988 10
1989 8
1990 8
1991 4
1992 7
1993 2
1994 4
1995 7
1996 8
1997 6
1998 10
1999 5
2000 5
2001 17
2002 13
2003 12
2004 13
2005 12
2006 11
2007 13
2008 10
2009 22
2010 13
2011 28
2012 18
2013 14
2014 20
2015 20
2016 16
2017 27
2018 21
2019 13
2020 12
2021 15
2022 18
2023 16
2024 26
2025 14
2026 1
Total 514
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Ben Armstrong publications per year - data summary

  • Ben Armstrong, a Medicine scholar from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, has 514 publications recorded across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1981 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 28 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1981, 1984 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 46 years in the span carries no publications at all (1983).
  • The rate of publication averages 11.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.4 per year counting only the 45 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 75 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1981-1996: 73 publications (4.6 per year); 1997-2012: 208 publications (13.0 per year); 2013-2026: 233 publications (16.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Ben Armstrong publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Armstrong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 101–120 to 1,796+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 922. Most scientists, 922, have 341–360 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 381–400 publications, is where this scientist sits. 101–120 publications: 5 scientists 121–140 publications: 26 scientists 141–160 publications: 73 scientists 161–180 publications: 155 scientists 181–200 publications: 230 scientists 201–220 publications: 363 scientists 221–240 publications: 487 scientists 241–260 publications: 545 scientists 261–280 publications: 722 scientists 281–300 publications: 768 scientists 301–320 publications: 834 scientists 321–340 publications: 895 scientists 341–360 publications: 922 scientists 361–380 publications: 838 scientists 381–400 publications: 861 scientists 401–420 publications: 918 scientists 421–440 publications: 806 scientists 441–460 publications: 771 scientists 461–480 publications: 751 scientists 481–500 publications: 713 scientists 501–520 publications: 617 scientists 521–540 publications: 610 scientists 541–560 publications: 537 scientists 561–580 publications: 504 scientists 581–600 publications: 509 scientists 601–620 publications: 396 scientists 621–640 publications: 386 scientists 641–660 publications: 371 scientists 661–680 publications: 340 scientists 681–700 publications: 336 scientists 701–720 publications: 307 scientists 721–740 publications: 259 scientists 741–760 publications: 230 scientists 761–780 publications: 228 scientists 781–800 publications: 217 scientists 801–820 publications: 204 scientists 821–840 publications: 186 scientists 841–860 publications: 177 scientists 861–880 publications: 155 scientists 881–900 publications: 139 scientists 901–920 publications: 145 scientists 921–940 publications: 116 scientists 941–960 publications: 133 scientists 961–980 publications: 91 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 96 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 77 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 70 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 63 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 77 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 49 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 54 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 49 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 51 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 35 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 39 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 26 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 37 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 36 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 27 scientists 1,281–1,300 publications: 32 scientists 1,301–1,320 publications: 28 scientists 1,321–1,340 publications: 17 scientists 1,341–1,360 publications: 30 scientists 1,361–1,380 publications: 28 scientists 1,381–1,400 publications: 17 scientists 1,401–1,420 publications: 21 scientists 1,421–1,440 publications: 15 scientists 1,441–1,460 publications: 12 scientists 1,461–1,480 publications: 12 scientists 1,481–1,500 publications: 18 scientists 1,501–1,520 publications: 14 scientists 1,521–1,540 publications: 17 scientists 1,541–1,560 publications: 15 scientists 1,561–1,580 publications: 6 scientists 1,581–1,600 publications: 2 scientists 1,601–1,620 publications: 12 scientists 1,621–1,640 publications: 11 scientists 1,641–1,660 publications: 8 scientists 1,661–1,680 publications: 5 scientists 1,681–1,700 publications: 5 scientists 1,701–1,720 publications: 10 scientists 1,721–1,740 publications: 12 scientists 1,741–1,760 publications: 14 scientists 1,761–1,780 publications: 6 scientists 1,781–1,795 publications: 5 scientists 1,796+ publications: 100 scientists
101–120 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 384 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

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Number of Medicine scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
101–120 5
121–140 26
141–160 73
161–180 155
181–200 230
201–220 363
221–240 487
241–260 545
261–280 722
281–300 768
301–320 834
321–340 895
341–360 922
361–380 838
381–400 861 384
401–420 918
421–440 806
441–460 771
461–480 751
481–500 713
501–520 617
521–540 610
541–560 537
561–580 504
581–600 509
601–620 396
621–640 386
641–660 371
661–680 340
681–700 336
701–720 307
721–740 259
741–760 230
761–780 228
781–800 217
801–820 204
821–840 186
841–860 177
861–880 155
881–900 139
901–920 145
921–940 116
941–960 133
961–980 91
981–1,000 96
1,001–1,020 77
1,021–1,040 70
1,041–1,060 63
1,061–1,080 77
1,081–1,100 49
1,101–1,120 54
1,121–1,140 49
1,141–1,160 51
1,161–1,180 35
1,181–1,200 39
1,201–1,220 26
1,221–1,240 37
1,241–1,260 36
1,261–1,280 27
1,281–1,300 32
1,301–1,320 28
1,321–1,340 17
1,341–1,360 30
1,361–1,380 28
1,381–1,400 17
1,401–1,420 21
1,421–1,440 15
1,441–1,460 12
1,461–1,480 12
1,481–1,500 18
1,501–1,520 14
1,521–1,540 17
1,541–1,560 15
1,561–1,580 6
1,581–1,600 2
1,601–1,620 12
1,621–1,640 11
1,641–1,660 8
1,661–1,680 5
1,681–1,700 5
1,701–1,720 10
1,721–1,740 12
1,741–1,760 14
1,761–1,780 6
1,781–1,795 5
1,796+ 100
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Ben Armstrong publication distribution in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 86 ranges running from 101–120 to 1,796+ publications.
  • Ben Armstrong, a Medicine scholar from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, records 384 publications - the 35th percentile of the discipline.
  • 35% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Ben Armstrong, and about 65% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 441–460 publications range, and Ben Armstrong ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 341–360 publications, holding 922 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 64% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 521–540 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Ben Armstrong D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Armstrong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 75 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 217+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,027. Most scientists, 1,027, have 82–83 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 114–115 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70–71 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Medicine scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 20,134 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 226
72–73 391
74–75 574
76–77 730
78–79 891
80–81 972
82–83 1,027
84–85 1,003
86–87 960
88–89 970
90–91 922
92–93 839
94–95 808
96–97 779
98–99 668
100–101 611
102–103 630
104–105 513
106–107 541
108–109 445
110–111 429
112–113 399
114–115 393 114
116–117 318
118–119 302
120–121 287
122–123 255
124–125 256
126–127 252
128–129 230
130–131 179
132–133 168
134–135 163
136–137 159
138–139 134
140–141 134
142–143 118
144–145 109
146–147 106
148–149 74
150–151 79
152–153 80
154–155 87
156–157 57
158–159 74
160–161 69
162–163 60
164–165 53
166–167 39
168–169 42
170–171 32
172–173 39
174–175 40
176–177 28
178–179 19
180–181 23
182–183 31
184–185 18
186–187 20
188–189 22
190–191 13
192–193 21
194–195 12
196–197 12
198–199 14
200–201 15
202–203 13
204–205 10
206–207 8
208–209 4
210–211 12
212–213 11
214–215 10
216 4
217+ 98
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Ben Armstrong D-index placement in Medicine in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 20,134 Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 75 ranges running from 70–71 to 217+ D-Index.
  • Ben Armstrong, a Medicine scholar from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, records 114 D-Index - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Medicine scientists score the same or lower than Ben Armstrong, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 94–95 D-Index range, and Ben Armstrong ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 82–83 D-Index, holding 1,027 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 106–107 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Ben Armstrong is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work intersects several key areas including climate change and health impacts, air quality and health impacts, and global health care issues.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on the health effects of environmental factors such as temperature, air pollution, and wildfires. Some notable papers include:

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries, 2022, Circulation
  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries, 2020, BMJ

Armstrong collaborates frequently with several scholars in their field, including Antonio Gasparrini, Francesco Sera, Aurelio Tobías, Éric Lavigne, and Masahiro Hashizume.

Their publications are often found in venues such as ISEE Conference Abstracts, The Lancet Planetary Health, Environment International, Nature Communications, and Environmental Epidemiology.

The subfields of study in which Armstrong has contributed include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Physiology
  • Health
  • Global and Planetary Change

Major research topics covered in Armstrong's work involve:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Best Publications

  • Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • Distributed lag non-linear models

    A. Gasparrini;B. Armstrong;M. G. Kenward

  • Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport

    James Woodcock;Phil Edwards;Cathryn Tonne;Ben G Armstrong

  • Time series regression studies in environmental epidemiology

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Antonio Gasparrini;Shakoor Hajat;Liam Smeeth

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

    A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;N. Scovronick;F. Sera;F. Sera;D. Royé

  • Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Francesco Sera;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Reducing and meta-analysing estimates from distributed lag non-linear models.

    Antonio Gasparrini;Ben Armstrong

  • Multivariate meta-analysis for non-linear and other multi-parameter associations.

    A. Gasparrini;B. Armstrong;M. G. Kenward

  • Long-Term Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Mortality in a Dutch Cohort (NLCS-AIR Study)

    Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Piet A. van den Brandt;R. Alexandra Goldbohm

  • International study of temperature,heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project

    Anthony J. McMichael;Paul Wilkinson;R. Sari Kovats;Sam Pattenden

  • Lung cancer risk after exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review and meta-analysis.

    Ben G. Armstrong;Emma J Hutchinson;John Unwin;Tony Fletcher

  • Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and implications for policy makers

    Andy Haines;Anthony J McMichael;Kirk R Smith;Ian Roberts

  • Effect of measurement error on epidemiological studies of environmental and occupational exposures.

    Ben G Armstrong

  • Global variation in the effects of ambient temperature on mortality: a systematic evaluation.

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben Armstrong;Shanshan Li

  • Models for the relationship between ambient temperature and daily mortality.

    Ben Armstrong

  • Impact of high temperatures on mortality: is there an added heat wave effect?

    Shakoor Hajat;Ben Armstrong;Michela Baccini;Annibale Biggeri

  • Effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in the Netherlands: the NLCS-AIR study.

    Bert Brunekreef;Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Leo Schouten

  • Cancer risks associated with occupational exposure to magnetic fields among electric utility workers in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, and France: 1970-1989.

    G. Thériault;M. Goldberg;A. B. Miller;B. Armstrong

  • Health and Climate Change 2 Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport

    J Woodcock;P Edwards;C Tonne;BG Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Wilkinson
Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Masahiro Hashizume
Masahiro Hashizume University of Tokyo
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Eric Lavigne
Eric Lavigne University of Ottawa
Shakoor Hajat
Shakoor Hajat London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Yasushi Honda
Yasushi Honda University of Tsukuba
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University
Ho Kim
Ho Kim Seoul National University
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University

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