David Nunan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David Nunan between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David Nunan published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2022. 18 of the 330 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20

1982 2025

330 publications in total across all disciplines

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David Nunan: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year	Publications
1982	1
1983	0
1984	0
1985	2
1986	3
1987	4
1988	14
1989	10
1990	5
1991	4
1992	3
1993	5
1994	3
1995	7
1996	4
1997	4
1998	6
1999	2
2000	1
2001	11
2002	2
2003	4
2004	17
2005	4
2006	1
2007	10
2008	7
2009	4
2010	15
2011	4
2012	17
2013	9
2014	6
2015	13
2016	5
2017	10
2018	13
2019	17
2020	13
2021	11
2022	22
2023	19
2024	12
2025	6
Total	330

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David Nunan 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 Nunan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 213 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285	213
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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David Nunan 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 Nunan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129	57
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

David Nunan is affiliated with Anaheim University in the United States. Their primary area of research lies within the broad field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on statistics, probability, and uncertainty. Their work also extends into subfields such as general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on various main topics including:

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
Health sciences research and education
Ethics in clinical research
Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Delphi technique in research
Health policy implementation science

David Nunan has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Abstracts
Systematic Reviews

Recent papers authored or coauthored by David Nunan include:

"Diabetes and COVID-19: Risks, Management, and Learnings From Other National Disasters," 2020, published in Diabetes Care
"A systematic review and taxonomy of tools for evaluating evidence-based medicine teaching in medical education," 2020, published in Systematic Reviews
"Changing patterns in reporting and sharing of review data in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of the effects of interventions: cross sectional meta-research study," 2022, published in BMJ
"The REPRISE project: protocol for an evaluation of REProducibility and Replicability In Syntheses of Evidence," 2021, published in Systematic Reviews
"What items should be included in an early warning score for remote assessment of suspected COVID-19? qualitative and Delphi study," 2020, published in BMJ Open

David Nunan frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

Sathya Karunananthan
Raju Kanukula
Joanne E. McKenzie
Daniel G. Hamilton
Steve McDonald

Best Publications

Second Language Teaching & Learning

David Nunan

6712
Citations
Designing tasks for the communicative classroom

David Nunan

2605
Citations
Task-based language teaching

David Nunan

1529
Citations
The Impact of English as a Global Language on Educational Policies and Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region.

David Nunan

1438
Citations
Practical English Language Teaching

David Nunan

1371
Citations
Introducing discourse analysis

David Nunan

1262
Citations
Research methods in language learning

Unknown

1189
Citations
Language Teaching Methodology: A Textbook for Teachers

David Nunan

1075
Citations
Task-Based Language Teaching: Acknowledgements

Unknown

977
Citations
The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Ronald Carter;David Nunan

903
Citations
The learner-centred curriculum : a study in second language teaching

David Nunan

783
Citations
The learner-centred curriculum

David Nunan

643
Citations
Communicative Tasks and the Language Curriculum

David Nunan

620
Citations
El diseño de tareas para la clase comunicativa

David Nunan

554
Citations
Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching

Sherri K. Kobrossi;David Nunan

423
Citations
Communicative Language Teaching: Making It Work.

David Nunan

378
Citations
Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning

Philip Benson;David Nunan

340
Citations
The Self-Directed Teacher: Managing the Learning Process.

David Nunan;Clarice Lamb

318
Citations
Pursuing Professional Development: The Self as Source

Kathleen M. Bailey;Andy Curtis;David Nunan

299
Citations
Closing the Gap Between Learning and Instruction

David Nunan

298
Citations
Collaborative language learning and teaching

David Nunan

111
Citations
Communicative Language Teaching: State of the Art

David Nunan

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Carter University of Nottingham

Jack C. Richards University of Sydney

Andy Kirkpatrick Griffith University

Suzanne Romaine University of Oxford

David Crystal Bangor University

Braj B. Kachru University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Edgar W. Schneider University of Regensburg

External Links

Personal website of David Nunan

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