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Social Sciences and Humanities
South Africa
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 74 Citations 21,269 445 World Ranking 283 National Ranking 3

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Structural engineering

David Sanders spends much of his time researching Politics, Environmental health, Public health, Health policy and Pediatrics. His work carried out in the field of Politics brings together such families of science as Popularity, Political economy and Public administration. His Environmental health study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Labelling, Food labelling and Public economics.

He focuses mostly in the field of Public health, narrowing it down to matters related to Health care and, in some cases, Development aid, Free trade, Development economics and Globalization. His study in Health policy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Global health, Foreign direct investment and Health promotion. David Sanders works mostly in the field of Pediatrics, limiting it down to topics relating to Developing country and, in certain cases, Odds ratio and Vitamin.

His most cited work include:

  • The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges (872 citations)
  • The BABAR detector (738 citations)
  • Political Choice in Britain (552 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Sanders mainly investigates Politics, Structural engineering, Public health, Economic growth and Health policy. His Politics research includes elements of Political economy, Development economics and Public administration. His Structural engineering research incorporates elements of Geotechnical engineering and Column.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Psychological intervention and Environmental health in addition to Public health. His work deals with themes such as Global health, Social determinants of health and Health promotion, which intersect with Health policy. His Health promotion research integrates issues from Health education and Public relations.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Politics (15.67%)
  • Structural engineering (13.83%)
  • Public health (12.83%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Public health (12.83%)
  • Structural engineering (13.83%)
  • Health policy (10.83%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David Sanders spends much of his time researching Public health, Structural engineering, Health policy, Economic growth and Nursing. David Sanders combines subjects such as Psychological intervention, Workforce, Environmental health, Child mortality and Infant mortality with his study of Public health. David Sanders has included themes like Rural area and Poverty in his Environmental health study.

His studies in Health policy integrate themes in fields like Public relations, Health promotion, Social determinants of health, Global health and Community health. His Social determinants of health research includes themes of Health equity and Population health. His work carried out in the field of Nursing brings together such families of science as Context, MEDLINE and Breastfeeding.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study (480 citations)
  • Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study (200 citations)
  • Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study. (109 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Structural engineering

His main research concerns Public health, Economic growth, Social determinants of health, Health policy and Health care. The various areas that David Sanders examines in his Public health study include Psychological intervention, Promotion, Disadvantaged and Environmental health. His research integrates issues of Veterinary medicine, Added sugar, Food processing and Chronic disease in his study of Economic growth.

His research in Social determinants of health intersects with topics in Ebola virus, Psychological resilience, Human resources, Health promotion and Health equity. His Health policy research incorporates themes from Demography and Development economics. His study in Health care is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Mortality rate and Low and middle income countries.

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Best Publications

The BABAR detector

B. Aubert;A. Bazan;A. Boucham;D. Boutigny.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2002)

3317 Citations

The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

Hoosen Coovadia;Rachel Jewkes;Peter Barron;David Sanders.
(2009)

1706 Citations

Political Choice in Britain

Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul Whiteley.
(2004)

1292 Citations

The BABAR detector: Upgrades, operation and performance

B. Aubert;R. Barate;D. Boutigny;F. Couderc.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (2013)

1157 Citations

On Message: Communicating the Campaign

H.A. Semetko;P. Norris;J. Curtice;D. Sanders.
(1999)

1009 Citations

Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Mahshid Dehghan;Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Xiaohe Zhang;Sumathi Swaminathan.
(2017)

894 Citations

Performance Politics and the British Voter

Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul F. Whiteley.
(2009)

569 Citations

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): overview and key principles

Boyd Swinburn;Boyd Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;Shiriki Kumanyika.
(2013)

511 Citations

Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities

Mickey. Chopra;Mickey. Chopra;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn;David. Sanders;Peter. Barron.
(2009)

449 Citations

Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Victoria Miller;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan.
(2017)

439 Citations

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