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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 62 1220 1077 88 81 229 31496

Don Nutbeam publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Don Nutbeam between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Don Nutbeam published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2018. 12 of the 255 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2018. 1977: 2 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 5 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 6 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 4 publications
1977 2025

255 publications in total across all disciplines

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Don Nutbeam: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 2
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 1
1983 4
1984 6
1985 4
1986 1
1987 5
1988 1
1989 6
1990 6
1991 8
1992 4
1993 9
1994 5
1995 4
1996 6
1997 4
1998 6
1999 6
2000 6
2001 7
2002 1
2003 4
2004 3
2005 1
2006 1
2007 2
2008 5
2009 7
2010 8
2011 1
2012 5
2013 11
2014 4
2015 6
2016 7
2017 14
2018 16
2019 10
2020 8
2021 13
2022 4
2023 10
2024 8
2025 4
Total 255
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Don Nutbeam 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 Don Nutbeam 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, 224–233 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: 229 publications — 74th percentile

74% 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
214–223 246
224–233 213 229
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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Don Nutbeam 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 Don Nutbeam 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, 62 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: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94 62
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

Don Nutbeam is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, and Health.

Their work covers several main topics including Health Literacy and Information Accessibility, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health Policy Implementation Science, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Don Nutbeam has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health (2020, Annual Review of Public Health)
  • Health Promotion Glossary 2021 (2021, Health Promotion International)
  • Health Literacy and Shared Decision-making: Exploring the Relationship to Enable Meaningful Patient Engagement in Healthcare (2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine)
  • Building health literacy system capacity: a framework for health literate systems (2021, Health Promotion International)
  • Health Promotion Glossary 2021 (2021, Health Promotion International)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Don Nutbeam include Danielle Marie Muscat, Kirsten McCaffery, Julie Ayre, Angela Todd, and Sharon Parker.

The scientist's work has been published in several key venues, such as:

  • Public Health Research & Practice
  • Health Promotion International
  • HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice
  • Global Health Promotion
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century

    Don Nutbeam

  • The evolving concept of health literacy.

    Donald Nutbeam

  • Health Promotion Glossary

    Don Nutbeam

  • Health promotion glossary (1998)

    Don Nutbeam

  • Evaluating Health Promotion—Progress, Problems and solutions

    Don Nutbeam

  • Theory in a Nutshell: A Practical Guide to Health Promotion Theories

    Don Nutbeam;E. Harris;W. Wise

  • WHO Health Promotion Glossary: new terms.

    Benjamin John Smith;Kwok Cho Tang;Don Nutbeam

  • Achieving health and educational goals through schools—a study of the importance of the school climate and the students' satisfaction with school

    O. Samdal;D. Nutbeam;B. Wold;L. Kannas

  • The importance of the social environment for physically active lifestyle--results from an international study.

    T Ståhl;A Rütten;D Nutbeam;A Bauman

  • Defining and measuring health literacy: what can we learn from literacy studies?

    Donald Nutbeam

  • Exploring patient involvement in healthcare decision making across different education and functional health literacy groups.

    Sian K. Smith;Ann Dixon;Lyndal Trevena;Donald Nutbeam

  • Improving health literacy in community populations: a review of progress.

    Don Nutbeam;Bronwyn McGill;Pav Premkumar

  • Opportunities to improve maternal health literacy through antenatal education: an exploratory study

    Susan Renkert;Don Nutbeam

  • Advancing health literacy: a global challenge for the 21st century

    Don Nutbeam;Ilona Kickbusch

  • Schools as social complex adaptive systems: a new way to understand the challenges of introducing the health promoting schools concept.

    Nastaran Keshavarz;Don Nutbeam;Louise Rowling;Freidoon Khavarpour

  • Addressing health literacy in patient decision aids

    Kirsten J. McCaffery;Margaret Holmes-Rovner;Sian K. Smith;David R. Rovner

  • A decision aid to support informed choices about bowel cancer screening among adults with low education: randomised controlled trial

    Sian K. Smith;Lyndal Trevena;Judy M. Simpson;Alexandra Barratt

  • Evaluation in a nutshell: a practical guide to the evaluation of health promotion programs

    A. Bauman;D. Nutbeam

  • Front-line management, staffing and nurse-doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. a survey of Icelandic hospital nurses.

    Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir;Sean P. Clarke;Anne Marie Rafferty;Donald Nutbeam

  • Health Promotion Glossary 2021.

    Don Nutbeam;Danielle M Muscat

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten McCaffery
Kirsten McCaffery University of Sydney
Lyndal Trevena
Lyndal Trevena University of Sydney
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Elizabeth Harris
Elizabeth Harris University of New South Wales
Laurence Moore
Laurence Moore University of Glasgow
Judy M. Simpson
Judy M. Simpson University of Sydney
Paul Little
Paul Little University of Southampton
Ilona Kickbusch
Ilona Kickbusch Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol
Bente Wold
Bente Wold University of Bergen

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