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David Blane 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 David Blane sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 199 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Blane 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 David Blane sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David Blane is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within health professions and social sciences, focusing on various interdisciplinary topics related to employment, health outcomes, and social transitions.

The primary fields of study associated with David Blane include:

  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

The subfields within these areas encompass:

  • General Health Professions
  • Demography
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Pharmacology
  • Economics and Econometrics

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management

David Blane has published in several academic journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
  • Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • Ageing and Society

Recent papers authored by or associated with David Blane include:

  • To Work or Not to Work? The Effect of Higher Pension Age on Cardiovascular Health (2020), Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • Social-to-biological transitions research: review of progress and development (2024), Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
  • Public health and general practice working together (2025), British Journal of General Practice
  • Labour force transitions and changes in quality of life at age 50-55 years: evidence from a birth cohort study (2023), Ageing and Society
  • Social-biological transitions research: review of progress and development - commentary authors' reply to debate contributions (2024), Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with David Blane include:

  • Mel Bartley
  • Thomas O'Toole
  • Meena Kumari
  • Michelle Kelly-Irving
  • Chiara Ardito

David Blane is also recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • A measure of quality of life in early old age: the theory, development and properties of a needs satisfaction model (CASP-19).

    Martin Hyde;R. D. Wiggins;P. Higgs;D. B. Blane

  • Education and occupational social class: which is the more important indicator of mortality risk?

    G Davey Smith;C Hart;D Hole;P MacKinnon

  • Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study.

    George Davey Smith;Carole Hart;David Blane;David Hole

  • Lifetime socioeconomic position and mortality: prospective observational study

    George Davey Smith;Carole Hart;David Blane;Charles Gillis

  • The Black report on socioeconomic inequalities in health 10 years on.

    G D Smith;M Bartley;D Blane

  • Quality of life at older ages: evidence from the English longitudinal study of aging (wave 1)

    Gopalakrishnan Netuveli;Richard D. Wiggins;Zoe Hildon;Scott M. Montgomery Montgomery

  • Quality of life in older ages

    Gopalakrishnan Netuveli;David Blane

  • Collecting retrospective data: Accuracy of recall after 50 years judged against historical records

    L.R. Berney;D.B. Blane

  • Can we disentangle life course processes of accumulation, critical period and social mobility? An analysis of disadvantaged socio-economic positions and myocardial infarction in the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program.

    Johan Hallqvist;John Lynch;Mel Bartley;Thierry Lang

  • Association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with socioeconomic position during childhood and during adulthood

    D. Blane;C. L. Hart;G. D. Smith;C. R. Gillis

  • Social selection: what does it contribute to social class differences in health?

    David Blane;George Davey Smith;Mel Bartley

  • Explanations for socio-economic differentials in mortality

    George Davey Smith;David Blane;Mel Bartley

  • When does cardiovascular risk start? Past and present socioeconomic circumstances and risk factors in adulthood.

    Eric Brunner;Martin J Shipley;David Blane;George Davey Smith

  • Adverse childhood experiences and premature all-cause mortality

    Michelle Kelly-Irving;Michelle Kelly-Irving;Benoit Lepage;Dominique Dedieu;Dominique Dedieu;Mel Bartley

  • Mental health and resilience at older ages: bouncing back after adversity in the British Household Panel Survey

    Gopal Netuveli;Richard D Wiggins;Scott Montgomery;Zoe Hildon

  • Examining Resilience of Quality of Life in the Face of Health-Related and Psychosocial Adversity at Older Ages: What is “Right” About the Way We Age?

    Zoe Hildon;Scott M. Montgomery;Scott M. Montgomery;David Blane;Richard D. Wiggins

  • Quality of life in the third age: key predictors of the CASP-19 measure

    Richard D. Wiggins;Paul F. D. Higgs;Martin Hyde;David B. Blane

  • The Evaluation of a Self-enumerated Scale of Quality of Life (CASP-19) in the Context of Research on Ageing: A Combination of Exploratory and Confirmatory Approaches

    Richard D Wiggins;Gopal Netuveli;Martin Hyde;Paul Higgs

  • Researching Quality of Life in Early Old Age: The Importance of the Sociological Dimension

    Paul Higgs;Martin Hyde;Richard Wiggins;David Blane

  • Health and Deprivation: Inequality and the North

    D. Blane;Peter Townsend;Peter Phillimore;Alastair Beattie

Frequent Co-Authors

Mel Bartley
Mel Bartley University College London
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery Örebro University
Martin Hyde
Martin Hyde Swansea University
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol
Stéphane Cullati
Stéphane Cullati University of Fribourg
Matthias Kliegel
Matthias Kliegel University of Geneva
Richard D. Wiggins
Richard D. Wiggins University College London
Boris Cheval
Boris Cheval École Normale Supérieure de Rennes
Thierry Lang
Thierry Lang Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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