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Daisy Fancourt 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 Daisy Fancourt sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 330 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daisy Fancourt 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 Daisy Fancourt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

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Overview

Daisy Fancourt is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with notable contributions in clinical psychology, health, social psychology, general health professions, and conservation.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to COVID-19 and mental health, health disparities and outcomes, art therapy and mental health, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, music therapy and health, health, psychology, and well-being, as well as physical activity and health.

Fancourt's recent influential papers include the following:

  • Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England: a longitudinal observational study (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Implications for public health communications (2020, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)
  • Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Public Health)
  • Loneliness during a strict lockdown: Trajectories and predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic in 38,217 United Kingdom adults (2020, Social Science & Medicine)
  • Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward (2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Daisy Fancourt include:

  • Feifei Bu
  • Andrew Steptoe
  • Alexandra Burton
  • Elise Paul
  • Hei Wan Mak

Fancourt often publishes in a variety of venues, most frequently in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting

Best Publications

  • Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: Implications for public health communications

    Elise Paul;Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England: a longitudinal observational study.

    Daisy Fancourt;Andrew Steptoe;Feifei Bu

  • What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?: A scoping review

    Daisy Fancourt;Saoirse Finn

  • Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    F. Bu;A. Steptoe;D. Fancourt

  • The psychoneuroimmunological effects of music: A systematic review and a new model

    Daisy Fancourt;Daisy Fancourt;Adam Ockelford;Abi Belai

  • Mental health during the First Year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a review and recommendations for moving forward

    L Aknin;J-E De Neve;E Dunn;D Fancourt

  • Loneliness during a strict lockdown: Trajectories and predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic in 38,217 United Kingdom adults.

    Feifei Bu;Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action.

    Daisy Fancourt;Henry Aughterson;Saoirse Finn;Emma Walker

  • Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

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  • Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition.

    Katrine Bach Habersaat;Cornelia Betsch;Margie Danchin;Cass R. Sunstein

  • Abuse, self-harm and suicidal ideation in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Eleonora Iob;Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • The Cummings effect: politics, trust, and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Daisy Fancourt;Andrew Steptoe;Liam Wright

  • Loneliness, worries, anxiety, and precautionary behaviours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of 200,000 Western and Northern Europeans

    Tibor V. Varga;Feifei Bu;Agnete S. Dissing;Leonie K. Elsenburg

  • Leading a meaningful life at older ages and its relationship with social engagement, prosperity, health, biology, and time use.

    Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • Singing modulates mood, stress, cortisol, cytokine and neuropeptide activity in cancer patients and carers.

    Daisy Fancourt;Aaron Williamon;Livia A Carvalho;Andrew Steptoe

  • Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.

    Daisy Fancourt;Daisy Fancourt;Daisy Fancourt;Rosie Perkins;Rosie Perkins;Sara Ascenso;Livia A. Carvalho

  • Social relationships and depression during the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analysis of the COVID-19 Social Study.

    Andrew Sommerlad;Louise Marston;Jonathan Huntley;Jonathan Huntley;Gill Livingston;Gill Livingston

  • Predictors of uncertainty and unwillingness to receive the COVID-19 booster vaccine: An observational study of 22,139 fully vaccinated adults in the UK

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  • Levels of Severity of Depressive Symptoms Among At-Risk Groups in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Eleonora Iob;Philipp Frank;Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • Arts in Health: Designing and researching interventions

    Daisy Fancourt

  • Are we all in this together? Longitudinal assessment of cumulative adversities by socioeconomic position in the first 3 weeks of lockdown in the UK.

    Liam Wright;Andrew Steptoe;Daisy Fancourt

  • Effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: three-arm randomised controlled trial.

    D Fancourt;R Perkins

  • What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?

    Daisy Fancourt;Saoirse Finn

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Steptoe
Andrew Steptoe University College London
Aaron Williamon
Aaron Williamon Royal College of Music
Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael I. Polkey
Michael I. Polkey National Institutes of Health
Jamie Brown
Jamie Brown University College London
Gill Livingston
Gill Livingston University College London
Andrew E. Clark
Andrew E. Clark Paris School of Economics
George B. Ploubidis
George B. Ploubidis University College London
Elizabeth W. Dunn
Elizabeth W. Dunn University of British Columbia
Lara B. Aknin
Lara B. Aknin Simon Fraser University

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