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Blake Poland 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 Blake Poland sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 112 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Blake Poland 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 Blake Poland sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Blake Poland is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and contributes extensively to interdisciplinary research spanning social sciences, health professions, and environmental science. Their scholarly output reflects a focus on public health, climate change, and community resilience, engaging with topics such as climate change and health impacts, disaster management and resilience, and public health policies and education.

Their research primarily explores intersections of health and environmental factors, emphasizing psychosocial adaptation and community-centred resilience in response to environmental challenges. Poland's work frequently appears in several academic venues, particularly:

  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Allergy
  • Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes
  • Global Health Promotion

Some notable recent publications include:

  • "Exiting the Anthropocene: Achieving personal and planetary health in the 21st century" (2022, Allergy)
  • "Indigenous learning on Turtle Island: A review of the literature on land-based learning" (2020, Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes)
  • "A Connected Community Approach: Citizens and Formal Institutions Working Together to Build Community-Centred Resilience" (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Psychosocial adaptation to climate change in High River, Alberta: implications for policy and practice" (2020, Canadian Journal of Public Health)
  • "Neighbourhood climate resilience: lessons from the Lighthouse Project" (2020, Canadian Journal of Public Health)

Poland collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Garrett T. Morgan, Anne Gloger, Suzanne F. Jackson, Norene Lach, and Susan L. Prescott. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach essential for addressing complex health and environmental challenges in their field.

Their scholarly contributions fall broadly into fields such as social sciences, health professions, and environmental science. Within these, subfields of study focus on general health professions, sociology and political science, health toxicology and mutagenesis, emergency medical services, and public health concerning environmental and occupational health.

Main topics explored in their research include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception

Best Publications

  • Transcription Quality as an Aspect of Rigor in Qualitative Research

    Blake D. Poland

  • Mapping new theoretical and methodological terrain for knowledge translation: contributions from critical realism and the arts

    Pia C Kontos;Pia C Kontos;Blake D Poland

  • How Adolescents Use Technology for Health Information: Implications for Health Professionals from Focus Group Studies

    Harvey Skinner;Sherry Biscope;Blake Poland;Eudice Goldberg

  • Family, friend or foe? Critical reflections on the relevance and role of social capital in health promotion and community development.

    Sarah E.L. Wakefield;Blake Poland

  • Focus group research and "the patient's view"

    Pascale Lehoux;Blake Poland;Genevieve Daudelin

  • The social context of smoking: the next frontier in tobacco control?

    B Poland;K Frohlich;R J Haines;E Mykhalovskiy

  • Settings for health promotion : linking theory and practice

    Blake D. Poland;Lawrence W. Green;I. Rootman

  • Settings for Health Promotion: An Analytic Framework to Guide Intervention Design and Implementation

    Blake Poland;Gene Krupa;Douglas McCall

  • Reading Between the Lines: Interpreting Silences in Qualitative Research:

    Blake Poland;Ann Pederson

  • The personal significance of home: habitus and the experience of receiving long-term home care.

    Jan Angus;Pia Kontos;Isabel Dyck;Patricia McKeever

  • Taking account of context in population health intervention research: guidance for producers, users and funders of research

    Peter Craig;Erica Di Ruggiero;Katherine L. Frohlich;Eric Mykhalovskiy

  • Towards a critical social science perspective on health promotion research

    Joan Eakin;Ann Robertson;Blake Poland;David Coburn

  • How place matters: unpacking technology and power in health and social care.

    B. Poland;P. Lehoux;D. Holmes;G. Andrews

  • The Settings Approach to Health Promotion

    Lawrence W. Green;Blake D. Poland;Irving Rootman

  • Quality of internet access: barrier behind internet use statistics

    Harvey Skinner;Sherry Biscope;Blake Poland

  • Wealth equity and health care: a critique of a "population health" perspective on the determinants of health.

    Blake Poland;David Coburn;Ann Robertson;Joan Eakin

  • Drug use, risk and urban order: examining supervised injection sites (SISs) as 'governmentality'

    Benedikt Fischer;Benedikt Fischer;Sarah Turnbull;Blake Poland;Emma Haydon;Emma Haydon

  • The 'considerate' smoker in public space: the micro-politics and political economy of 'doing the right thing'.

    Blake D Poland

  • A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities

    Valerie Tarasuk;Naomi Dachner;Anne-Marie Hamelin;Aleck Ostry

  • Addressing Mental Health in a Changing Climate: Incorporating Mental Health Indicators into Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments

    Katie Hayes;Blake Poland

  • Becoming a ‘real’ smoker: cultural capital in young women's accounts of smoking and other substance use

    Rebecca J. Haines;Blake D. Poland;Joy L. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta Ferrence
Roberta Ferrence University of Toronto
Shelley B. Bull
Shelley B. Bull Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Pascale Lehoux
Pascale Lehoux University of Montreal
Dave Holmes
Dave Holmes University of Ottawa
Donald C. Cole
Donald C. Cole University of Toronto
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Valerie Tarasuk
Valerie Tarasuk University of Toronto
Pia Kontos
Pia Kontos Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Lawrence W. Green
Lawrence W. Green University of California, San Francisco
Valéry Ridde
Valéry Ridde Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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