2026 Christine Milligan: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	42	4694	4341	798	739	149	8524

Overview

Christine Milligan is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across social sciences and health professions, with a particular focus on general health professions. The subfields of their work include demography, health, social psychology, and aspects of health toxicology and mutagenesis.

Their research topics cover a range of issues related to health disparities and outcomes, mental health and patient involvement, urban green space and health, migration, aging, tourism studies, geriatric care and nursing homes, art therapy, mental health, and dementia and cognitive impairment.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Christine Milligan include:

"The benefits of community-based participatory arts activities for people living with dementia: a thematic scoping review," 2020, Arts & Health
"Therapeutic landscape experiences of everyday geographies within the wider community: A scoping review," 2021, Social Science & Medicine
"Self-Efficacy of Older People Using Technology to Self-Manage COPD, Hypertension, Heart Failure, or Dementia at Home: An Overview of Systematic Reviews," 2020, The Gerontologist
"In the moment with music: an exploration of the embodied and sensory experiences of people living with dementia during improvised music-making," 2021, Ageing and Society
"Wilderness as therapeutic landscape in later life: Towards an understanding of place-based mechanisms for wellbeing through nature-adventure activity," 2021, Social Science & Medicine

Frequent co-authors with multiple collaborative publications include:

Garuth Chalfont (3 publications)
Meghánn Catherine Ward (2 publications)
Emma Rose (2 publications)
Mary Elliott (2 publications)
Céu Mateus (2 publications)

Christine Milligan has published in established academic venues, where multiple publications have appeared:

Social Science & Medicine (3 publications)
Arts & Health (1 publication)
The Gerontologist (1 publication)
Ageing and Society (1 publication)
Area (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, Christine Milligan has contributed to book publications. One such work is "Vignette Research", published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc in 2024, which has accumulated citations.

Best Publications

Embodying emotion sensing space: introducing emotional geographies

Joyce Davidson;Christine Milligan

1052
Citations
"Cultivating health": therapeutic landscapes and older people in northern England.

Christine Milligan;Anthony Gatrell;Amanda Bingley

785
Citations
Landscapes of Care

Christine Milligan;Janine Wiles

728
Citations
Restorative places or scary spaces? The impact of woodland on the mental well-being of young adults.

Christine Milligan;Amanda Bingley

421
Citations
There's No Place Like Home: Place and Care in an Ageing Society

Christine Milligan

374
Citations
Out of the shadows: exploring contemporary geographies of voluntarism

Nicholas R. Fyfe;Christine Milligan

288
Citations
Telecare and older people: Who cares where?

Christine Milligan;Celia Roberts;Maggie Mort

270
Citations
Digging deep: using diary techniques to explore the place of health and well-being amongst older people.

Christine Milligan;Amanda Bingley;Anthony Gatrell

243
Citations
‘Bearing the burden’: towards a restructured geography of caring

Christine Milligan

240
Citations
Preserving Space for Volunteers: Exploring the Links between Voluntary Welfare Organisations, Volunteering and Citizenship:

Christine Milligan;Nicholas R. Fyfe

217
Citations
Location or dis-location? Towards a conceptualization of people and place in the care-giving experience

Christine Milligan

204
Citations
Geographies of Care: Space, Place and the Voluntary Sector

Christine Milligan

187
Citations
Geographies of Care

Christine Milligan

180
Citations
From Home to ‘Home’: Situating Emotions within the Caregiving Experience:

Christine Milligan

176
Citations
Landscapes of voluntarism:new spaces of health, welfare and governance

Christine Milligan;David Conradson

161
Citations
Place and wellbeing: shedding light on activity interventions for older men

Christine Milligan;Sheila Payne;Amanda Bingley;Zoe Cockshott

136
Citations
Geographical Gerontology: Mapping a Disciplinary Intersection

Gavin J. Andrews;Christine Milligan;David Rosser Phillips;Mark W. Skinner

136
Citations
Space, Citizenship, and Voluntarism: Critical Reflections on the Voluntary Welfare Sector in Glasgow

Nicholas R Fyfe;Christine Milligan

132
Citations
Geographies of Voluntarism: mapping the terrain

Christine Milligan

103
Citations
Calling for Care: ‘Disembodied’ Work, Teleoperators and Older People Living at Home

Celia Roberts;Margaret Mort;Christine Milligan

97
Citations
What is diary method

Ruth Bartlett;Christine Milligan

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol Thomas Lancaster University

Robin Kearns University of Auckland

Chris Hatton Manchester Metropolitan University

Jane Simpson Lancaster University

John Keady University of Manchester

Janine Wiles University of Auckland

Liz Bondi University of Edinburgh

Kate M. Bennett University of Liverpool

Wendy Larner Victoria University of Wellington

Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales

External Links

Personal website of Christine Milligan Google Scholar page

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