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2026

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D-Index
76
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34947
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
81

Chris Bonell 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 Chris Bonell sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 401 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chris Bonell 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 Chris Bonell 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: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Chris Bonell is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. The research conducted spans multiple fields primarily within health and social sciences, focusing extensively on health professions, social sciences, and medicine.

Their research subfields cover:

  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Modeling and Simulation

The main topics of their work include:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Community Health and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Frequent co-authors associated with Bonell's work are:

  • G. J. Meléndez-Torres (55 publications)
  • Russell Viner (41 publications)
  • Catherine H Mercer (39 publications)
  • Kirstin Mitchell (34 publications)
  • Raquel Bosó Pérez (33 publications)

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to a variety of journals and platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 12 publications
  • BMJ Open - 10 publications
  • Public Health Research - 10 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal - 8 publications
  • Trials - 6 publications

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Chris Bonell include:

  • School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared With Adults, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • School Closures During Social Lockdown and Mental Health, Health Behaviors, and Well-being Among Children and Adolescents During the First COVID-19 Wave, 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Determining the optimal strategy for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and the risk of occurrence of a second COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK: a modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • The sustainability of public health interventions in schools: a systematic review, 2020, Implementation Science

Their scholarly contributions also include book publications such as Realist Trials and Systematic Reviews, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

    Graham Moore;Suzanne Audrey;Mary Barker;Lyndal Bond

  • Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

    George C Patton;George C Patton;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;John S Santelli;David A Ross;David A Ross

  • School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including COVID-19: a rapid systematic review.

    Russell M Viner;Simon J Russell;Helen Croker;Jessica Packer

  • Process evaluation in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions.

    Ann Oakley;Vicki Strange;Chris Bonell;Elizabeth Allen

  • Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people's health during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

    Ali H. Mokdad;Mohammad H ossein Forouzanfar;Farah Daoud;Arwa A. Mokdad

  • Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared With Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Russell M. Viner;Oliver T. Mytton;Chris Bonell;G. J. Melendez-Torres

  • The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well‐being of students and their academic achievement

    Rebecca Langford;Christopher P Bonell;Hayley E Jones;Theodora Pouliou

  • The World Health Organization's Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Rebecca Langford;Christopher Bonell;Hayley Jones;Theodora Pouliou

  • Realist randomised controlled trials: a new approach to evaluating complex public health interventions.

    Chris Bonell;Adam Fletcher;Matthew Morton;Theo Lorenc

  • Determining the optimal strategy for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and the risk of occurrence of a second COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK: a modelling study.

    Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths;Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths;Cliff C Kerr;Robyn M Stuart;Robyn M Stuart;Dina Mistry

  • Process evaluation in complex public health intervention studies: The need for guidance

    Graham Moore;Suzanne Audrey;Mary Barker;Lyndal Bond

  • Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

    James R Hargreaves;Christopher P Bonell;Tania Boler;Delia Boccia

  • From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation

    Graham F Moore;Rhiannon E Evans;Jemma Hawkins;Hannah Littlecott

  • The sustainability of public health interventions in schools: a systematic review

    Lauren Herlitz;Lauren Herlitz;Helen MacIntyre;Tom Osborn;Chris Bonell

  • School Effects on Young People’s Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies

    Adam Fletcher;Chris Bonell;James Hargreaves

  • ‘Dark logic’: theorising the harmful consequences of public health interventions

    Chris Bonell;Farah Jamal;G J Melendez-Torres;Steven Cummins

  • Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions

    Christopher Philip Bonell;James R Hargreaves;Simon N Cousens;David A Ross

  • Organisational interventions for improving wellbeing and reducing work‐related stress in teachers

    Ali Naghieh;Paul Montgomery;Christopher P Bonell;Marc Thompson

  • Realist complex intervention science: Applying realist principles across all phases of the Medical Research Council framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions

    Adam Fletcher;Farah Jamal;Graham Moore;Rhiannon E. Evans

  • Development of a framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions

    Jemma Hawkins;Kim Madden;Adam Fletcher;Luke Midgley

  • Effects of the Learning Together intervention on bullying and aggression in English secondary schools (INCLUSIVE): a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Chris Bonell;Elizabeth Allen;Emily Warren;Jennifer McGowan

  • Evidence-based nursing: a stereotyped view of quantitative and experimental research could work against professional autonomy and authority.

    Chris Bonell

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Fletcher
Adam Fletcher Cardiff University
Rona Campbell
Rona Campbell University of Bristol
Simon Murphy
Simon Murphy Cardiff University
Russell M. Viner
Russell M. Viner University College London
Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter Weatherburn
Peter Weatherburn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Laurence Moore
Laurence Moore University of Glasgow
Lyndal Bond
Lyndal Bond Victoria University
Diana Elbourne
Diana Elbourne London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ford Hickson
Ford Hickson University of London

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