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David Stuckler

David Stuckler

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
100
Citations
44578
World Ranking
92
National Ranking
1

David Stuckler 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 Stuckler sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 485 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Stuckler 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 Stuckler sits on this spectrum.

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

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Italy Leader Award

Overview

David Stuckler is affiliated with Bocconi University in Italy and has made contributions across multiple domains within the social sciences, health professions, and medicine. Their research intersects a variety of topics including employment and welfare studies, global health care issues, health disparities and outcomes, global public health policies and epidemiology, COVID-19 and mental health, consumer attitudes and food labeling, and vaccine coverage and hesitancy.

Stuckler's recent publications demonstrate a focus on public health challenges and policy, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable papers include:

  • "If the world fails to protect the economy, COVID-19 will damage health not just now but also in the future" (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • "Ethnic/racial minorities' and migrants' access to COVID-19 vaccines: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators" (2022, Journal of Migration and Health)
  • "COVID-19 and the collapse of global trade: building an effective public health response" (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "Mechanisms for addressing and managing the influence of corporations on public health policy, research and practice: a scoping review" (2020, BMJ Open)
  • "Austerity and the Rise of the Nazi Party" (2021, The Journal of Economic History)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Stuckler include:

  • Martin McKee (47 joint works)
  • Anna Odone (25 joint works)
  • Andrea Amerio (21 joint works)
  • Luca Cavalieri d'Oro (18 joint works)
  • Licia Iacoviello (18 joint works)

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in leading journals, with repeated publications in the following venues:

  • European Journal of Public Health (15 publications)
  • Globalization and Health (4 publications)
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe (4 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (3 publications)
  • Public Health Nutrition (3 publications)

Stuckler's research fields highlight a concentration in social sciences (70 publications), health professions (68 publications), and medicine (68 publications). Within these fields, their subfield expertise includes general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, organizational behavior and human resource management, and sociology and political science.

Their scholarly focus is reflected in topics that cover employment and welfare studies, global health care issues, health disparities and outcomes, epidemiology and public health policies, as well as issues related to vaccines and mental health challenges arising from the COVID-19 crisis.

Best Publications

  • Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis

    Robert Beaglehole;Ruth Bonita;Richard Horton;Cary Adams

  • Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries

    Rob Moodie;David Stuckler;Carlos Monteiro;Nick Sheron

  • The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe: an empirical analysis

    David Stuckler;David Stuckler;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Marc Suhrcke;Adam Coutts

  • Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe

    Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Philipa Mladovsky;Jonathan Cylus;Sarah Thomson

  • Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-related Misinformation on Social Media

    Yuxi Wang;Martin McKee;Aleksandra Torbica;David Stuckler

  • Epidemiologic and economic consequences of the global epidemics of obesity and diabetes

    Derek Yach;David Stuckler;Kelly D Brownell

  • Comparative performance of private and public healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

    Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Jason Randolph Andrews;Sandeep Kishore;Rajesh Ramesh Panjabi

  • The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills

    David Stuckler;Sanjay Basu

  • Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy.

    Alexander Kentikelenis;Marina Karanikolos;Irene Papanicolas;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu

  • Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

    David Stuckler;Martin McKee;Shah Ebrahim;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu

  • Impact of 2008 global economic crisis on suicide: time trend study in 54 countries

    Shu-Sen Chang;David Stuckler;David Stuckler;Paul Yip;David Gunnell

  • The mental health risks of economic crisis in Spain: evidence from primary care centres, 2006 and 2010.

    Margalida Gili;Miquel Roca;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Martin McKee

  • Big Food, Food Systems, and Global Health

    David Stuckler;Marion Nestle;Marion Nestle

  • Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: a cross-national analysis

    David Stuckler;Lawrence King;Martin McKee

  • Greece's health crisis: from austerity to denialism

    Alexander Kentikelenis;Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Martin McKee

  • Effects of the 2008 recession on health: a first look at European data

    David Stuckler;David Stuckler;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;Marc Suhrcke;Adam Coutts

  • Suicides associated with the 2008-10 economic recession in England: time trend analysis

    Ben Barr;David Taylor-Robinson;Alex Scott-Samuel;Michael McKee

  • If the world fails to protect the economy, COVID-19 will damage health not just now but also in the future.

    Martin McKee;David Stuckler

  • UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: addressing four questions

    Robert Beaglehole;Ruth Bonita;George Alleyne;Richard Horton

  • Relationship of Soft Drink Consumption to Global Overweight, Obesity, and Diabetes: A Cross-National Analysis of 75 Countries

    Sanjay Basu;Martin McKee;Gauden Galea;David Stuckler

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Aaron Reeves
Aaron Reeves University of Oxford
Lawrence King
Lawrence King University of Massachusetts Amherst
Marina Karanikolos
Marina Karanikolos London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Shah Ebrahim
Shah Ebrahim London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marc Suhrcke
Marc Suhrcke University of York
Michael McKee
Michael McKee Appalachian State University
Alexander Kentikelenis
Alexander Kentikelenis Bocconi University
Jan C. Semenza
Jan C. Semenza European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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