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D-Index
43
Citations
9112
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4367
National Ranking
2086

Daniel Maxwell 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 Daniel Maxwell sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Daniel Maxwell 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 Daniel Maxwell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Daniel Maxwell is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields connected to health, nutrition, and climate impacts on populations, particularly focusing on food security and health in diverse populations.

The scientist has published work in several scholarly venues with significant contributions in the following journals:

  • Food Policy
  • Earth's Future
  • Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Climate Risk Management

Their recent papers include:

  • Viewpoint: Determining famine: Multi-dimensional analysis for the twenty-first century (2020, Food Policy)
  • Analysing Famine (2021, Journal of Humanitarian Affairs)
  • Using the household hunger scale to improve analysis and classification of severe food insecurity in famine-risk conditions: Evidence from three countries (2023, Food Policy)

Daniel Maxwell has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Erin Lentz
  • Peter Hailey
  • Merry Fitzpatrick
  • Erin Coughlan de Perez
  • Chris Funk

The main subfields of their research are diverse and include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science

Their work covers several primary topics such as:

  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Health and Conflict Studies

Best Publications

  • Measuring food insecurity: the frequency and severity of “coping strategies”

    Daniel G. Maxwell

  • Food Aid After Fifty Years Recasting Its Role

    Christopher B. Barrett;Daniel Maxwell

  • The Political Economy of Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Daniel G. Maxwell

  • Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana

    Daniel G. Maxwell;Carol E. Levin;Margaret Armar-Klemesu;Marie T. Ruel

  • Alternative food security strategy: A household analysis of urban agriculture in Kampala

    Daniel G Maxwell

  • The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Addressing Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises

    Luca Alinovi;Dan Maxwell;Luca Russo

  • Alternative food-security indicators: revisiting the frequency and severity of `coping strategies'

    Daniel Maxwell;Clement Ahiadeke;Carol Levin;Margaret Armar-Klemesu

  • How do indicators of household food insecurity measure up? An empirical comparison from Ethiopia

    Daniel Maxwell;Bapu Vaitla;Jennifer Coates

  • URBAN CHALLENGES TO FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY: A REVIEW OF FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH, AND CAREGIVING IN THE CITIES

    Marie T. Ruel;James L. Garrett;Saul Sutkover Morris;Daniel G. Maxwell

  • Shaping the humanitarian world

    Peter Walker;Daniel G Maxwell

  • Does urban agriculture help prevent malnutrition? Evidence from Kampala

    Daniel G. Maxwell;Carol E. Levin;Joanne Csete

  • Land Tenure and Food Security: Exploring Dynamic Linkages

    Daniel Maxwell;Keith Wiebe

  • GOOD CARE PRACTICES CAN MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND LOW MATERNAL SCHOOLING ON CHILDREN'S NUTRITIONAL STATUS: EVIDENCE FROM ACCRA

    Marie T. Ruel;Carol E. Levin;Margaret Armar-Klemesu;Daniel G. Maxwell

  • Working Women in an Urban Setting: Traders, Vendors and Food Security in Accra

    Carol E Levin;Marie T Ruel;Saul S Morris;Daniel G Maxwell

  • Measuring food insecurity: Can an indicator based on localized coping behaviors be used to compare across contexts?

    Daniel Maxwell;Richard Caldwell;Mark Langworthy

  • Cities Feeding People: An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa

    Axumite G. Egziabher;Diana Lee-Smith;Daniel G. Maxwell;Pyar Ali Memon

  • Poor Maternal Schooling Is the Main Constraint to Good Child Care Practices in Accra

    Margaret Armar-Klemesu;Marie T. Ruel;Daniel G. Maxwell;Carol E. Levin

  • How Do Different Indicators of Household Food Security Compare? Empirical Evidence from Tigray

    Daniel Maxwell;Jennifer Coates;Bapu Vaitla

  • The 2011 Somalia famine: Context, causes, and complications

    Daniel Maxwell;Merry Fitzpatrick

  • LAND TENURE AND FOOD SECURITY: A REVIEW OF CONCEPTS, EVIDENCE, AND METHODS

    Daniel G. Maxwell;Keith D. Wiebe

  • Good care practices can mitigate the negative effects of poverty and low maternal schooling on children's nutritional status

    Marie T. Ruel;Carol E. Levin;Margaret Armar-Klemesu;Daniel G. Maxwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Barrett
Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University
Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb Tufts University
Christopher Duggan
Christopher Duggan Boston Children's Hospital
Patrice L. Engle
Patrice L. Engle California Polytechnic State University
Stephen Devereux
Stephen Devereux Institute of Development Studies
Lawrence Haddad
Lawrence Haddad Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Philip E. Tetlock
Philip E. Tetlock University of Pennsylvania
Sarah L. Booth
Sarah L. Booth Tufts University

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