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Debbie Laliberte Rudman

Debbie Laliberte Rudman

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 38 6004 5579 357 341 137 5140

Debbie Laliberte Rudman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Debbie Laliberte Rudman between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Debbie Laliberte Rudman published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2022. 18 of the 183 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2022. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
1997 2025

183 publications in total across all disciplines

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Debbie Laliberte Rudman: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 1
1999 0
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 0
2005 1
2006 5
2007 3
2008 3
2009 6
2010 4
2011 1
2012 5
2013 14
2014 9
2015 8
2016 11
2017 15
2018 13
2019 10
2020 10
2021 11
2022 17
2023 14
2024 10
2025 8
Total 183
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Debbie Laliberte Rudman 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 Debbie Laliberte Rudman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 134–143 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 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.

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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
134–143 434 137
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
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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Debbie Laliberte Rudman 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 Debbie Laliberte Rudman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 38 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% 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 38
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
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

Debbie Laliberte Rudman is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans several key fields within the social sciences and health professions, focusing extensively on occupational therapy and related disciplines.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Subfields of specific interest consist of:

  • General Health Professions
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Demography
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Health

Their scholarly output addresses a number of topical areas, with notable attention to:

  • Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Innovative Education and Learning Practices

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Examining Community-Based Housing Models to Support Aging in Place: A Scoping Review" (2020), published in The Gerontologist
  • "Humor in rehabilitation professions: a scoping review" (2022), published in Disability and Rehabilitation
  • "Decolonising civic integration: a critical analysis of texts used in Dutch civic integration programmes" (2021), published in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • "Community Health Care Workers' Experiences on Enacting Policy on Technology with Citizens with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia" (2020), published in Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
  • "Mobilizing Occupation for Social Transformation: Radical Resistance, Disruption, and Re-Configuration: Mobiliser l'occupation pour une transformation sociale: résistance radicale, perturbation et reconfiguration" (2021), published in Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

The scholar has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Occupational Science
  • Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement

Collaborations occur regularly with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Carri Hand
  • Colleen McGrath
  • Rebecca M. Aldrich
  • Lílian Magalhães
  • Jami McFarland

In addition to journal publications, the researcher has contributed to book literature, with a notable work titled "Case studies for Social Transformation through Occupation" published by Queen Margaret University in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Shaping the active, autonomous and responsible modern retiree: an analysis of discursive technologies and their links with neo-liberal political rationality

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • The use of tacit and explicit knowledge in public health: a qualitative study

    Anita Kothari;Debbie Rudman;Maureen Dobbins;Michael Rouse

  • Ageism and the Older Worker: A Scoping Review.

    Kelly Harris;Sarah Krygsman;Jessica Waschenko;Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Holding On and Letting Go: The Perspectives of Pre-seniors and Seniors on Driving Self-Regulation in Later Life

    Deborah Laliberte Rudman;Judith Friedland;Mary Chipman;Paola Sciortino

  • Enacting the Critical Potential of Occupational Science: Problematizing the ‘Individualizing of Occupation’

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Embodying positive aging and neoliberal rationality: Talking about the aging body within narratives of retirement.

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • The performances and places of identity: Conceptualizing intersections of occupation, identity and place in the process of migration

    Suzanne Huot;Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Occupational terminology: Occupational possibilities

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Human occupation in contest in Enabling occupational II: Advancing an occupational therapy vision for health, well being & justice through occupation.

    H. Polatajko;C. Backman;S. Baptiste;J. Davis

  • Understanding the Potential of Occupation: A Qualitative Exploration of Seniors’ Perspectives on Activity

    Deborah Laliberte Rudman;Joanne Valiant Cook;Helene Polatajko

  • A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Uptake of Critical Perspectives in Occupational Science

    Lisette Farias;Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Bridging Conceptions of Quality in Moments of Qualitative Research

    Michael John Ravenek;Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • Illustrating the Importance of Critical Epistemology to Realize the Promise of Occupational Justice.

    Lisette Farias;Debbie Laliberte Rudman;Lilian Magalhães

  • Shaping knowledge regarding occupation: examining the cultural underpinnings of the evolving concept of occupational identity.

    Deborah Laliberte Rudman;Silke Dennhardt

  • Moving Beyond 'Aging In Place' to Understand Migration and Aging: Place Making and the Centrality Of Occupation.

    Karin Johansson;Debbie Laliberte Rudman;Margarita Mondaca;Melissa Park

  • Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of risk and insecurity.

    Amanda Grenier;Chris Phillipson;Debbie Laliberte Rudman;Stephanie Hatzifilalithis

  • Forever productive: the discursive shaping of later life workers in contemporary Canadian newspapers.

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman;Daniel Molke

  • Understanding Political Influences on Occupational Possibilities: An Analysis of Newspaper Constructions of Retirement

    Deborah Laliberte Rudman

  • Embracing and Enacting an ‘Occupational Imagination’: Occupational Science as Transformative

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman

  • A vision for occupational science: Reflecting on our disciplinary culture

    Debbie Laliberte Rudman;Silke Dennhardt;Daniel Fok;Suzanne Huot

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason A. Gilliland
Jason A. Gilliland University of Western Ontario
Andrew M. Johnson
Andrew M. Johnson University of Western Ontario
Eric A. Roy
Eric A. Roy University of Waterloo
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California
Arlene Astell
Arlene Astell University of Toronto
Maureen Dobbins
Maureen Dobbins McMaster University
Anita Kothari
Anita Kothari University of Western Ontario
Chris Phillipson
Chris Phillipson University of Manchester
Nancy Edwards
Nancy Edwards University of Ottawa

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