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D-Index
39
Citations
8167
World Ranking
5584
National Ranking
400

Dean Lusher 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 Dean Lusher sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dean Lusher 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 Dean Lusher 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: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

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

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

Overview

Dean Lusher is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and has a research portfolio primarily focused within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology. Their publication record spans subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Strategy and Management, and Modeling and Simulation.

Their work explores themes such as Social Capital and Networks, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Knowledge Management and Sharing, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Disaster Response and Management.

Recent papers authored by Dean Lusher feature diverse topics and publication venues, including:

  • "Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces" (2020), Journal of Sport and Social Issues
  • "The dynamic course of psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires" (2020), Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Network failure: Biotechnology firms, clusters and collaborations far from the world superclusters" (2020), Research Policy
  • "Industrial symbiosis in Australia: The social relations of making contact in a matchmaking marketplace for SMEs" (2020), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Recruiting and retaining community-based participants in a COVID-19 longitudinal cohort and social networks study: lessons from Victoria, Australia" (2023), BMC Medical Research Methodology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Dean Lusher include:

  • Peng Wang
  • Lisa Gibbs
  • H. Colin Gallagher
  • Anna L. Wilkinson
  • Alisa Pedrana

The venues where Dean Lusher has published more than once include:

  • Social Networks
  • Journal of Sport and Social Issues
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • Research Policy

The combination of research topics and fields reflects a multidisciplinary approach, bridging social science theories with applied psychological methods, particularly in responding to public health crises such as COVID-19 and natural disasters. Their work also addresses issues of innovation systems, community sports environments, and industrial symbiosis, indicating a broad engagement with both social and organizational dynamics.

Best Publications

  • An introduction to exponential random graph (p * ) models for social networks

    Garry Robins;Pip Pattison;Yuval Kalish;Dean Lusher

  • Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks: Theory, Methods and Applications

    Dean Lusher;Johan Koskinen;Garry Robins

  • The Application of Social Network Analysis to Team Sports

    Dean Lusher;Garry Robins;Peter Kremer

  • Psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires

    Richard A Bryant;Richard A Bryant;Elizabeth Waters;Lisa Gibbs;H Colin Gallagher

  • Robotic movement elicits visuomotor priming in children with autism

    Andrea C. Pierno;Morena Mari;Dean Lusher;Umberto Castiello;Umberto Castiello

  • The Focused Organization of Advice Relations: A Study in Boundary Crossing

    Alessandro Lomi;Dean Lusher;Philippa E. Pattison;Garry Robins

  • Hegemonic and Other Masculinities in Local Social Contexts

    Dean Lusher;Garry Robins

  • The Neurocognitive Components of Pitch Processing: Insights from Absolute Pitch

    Sarah J. Wilson;Dean Lusher;Catherine Y. Wan;Paul Dudgeon

  • Separating Adaptive Maintenance (Resilience) and Transformative Capacity of Social-Ecological Systems

    Samuel Gregory Wilson;Leonie J Pearson;Yoshihisa Kashima;Dean Lusher

  • Mental Health and Social Networks After Disaster

    Richard A Bryant;H Colin Gallagher;Lisa Gibbs;Philippa Pattison

  • Intergroup contact in context: the mediating role of social norms and group-based perceptions on the contact-prejudice link

    Abe Ata;Brock Bastian;Dean Lusher

  • Motor contagion from gaze: the case of autism

    Cristina Becchio;Andrea Pierno;Morena Mari;Dean Lusher

  • Observing a human or a robotic hand grasping an object: Differential motor priming effects

    Umberto Castiello;D Lusher;M Mari;Martin Edwards

  • The acquisition of perceived descriptive norms as social category learning in social networks

    Yoshihisa Kashima;Samuel Gregory Wilson;Dean Lusher;Leonie J Pearson

  • Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery - a longitudinal mixed method study of the medium to long term impacts of bushfires on mental health and social connectedness

    Lisa Gibbs;Elizabeth Waters;Richard A Bryant;Philippa Pattison

  • Diversity work in community sport organizations: Commitment, resistance and institutional change

    Ramón Spaaij;Jonathan Magee;Karen Farquharson;Sean Gorman

  • ‘Yes we are inclusive’: Examining provision for young people with disabilities in community sport clubs

    Ruth Jeanes;Ramón Spaaij;Ramón Spaaij;Jonathan Magee;Karen Farquharson

  • Illustrations: simulation, estimation and goodness of fit

    Garry Robins;Dean Lusher

  • Longitudinal study of changing psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires.

    Richard A Bryant;Richard A Bryant;Lisa Gibbs;Hugh Colin Gallagher;Phillipa Pattison

  • The effect of group involvement on post-disaster mental health: A longitudinal multilevel analysis.

    H Colin Gallagher;Karen Block;Lisa Gibbs;David Forbes

  • The formation of social network structure

    Dean Lusher;Garry Robins

  • A Relational Hyperlink Analysis of an Online Social Movement

    Dean Lusher;Robert Ackland

  • Psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires: Social connections and psychological outcomes

    H. C. Gallagher;L. Gibbs;E. Waters;K. Block

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry Robins
Garry Robins University of Melbourne
Lisa Gibbs
Lisa Gibbs University of Melbourne
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Ramon Spaaij
Ramon Spaaij Victoria University
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters University of Melbourne
Philippa Pattison
Philippa Pattison University of Sydney
Umberto Castiello
Umberto Castiello University of Padua
Peter Kremer
Peter Kremer Deakin University
Sarah J. Wilson
Sarah J. Wilson University of Melbourne

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