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Elizabeth Frankenberg 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 Elizabeth Frankenberg sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth Frankenberg 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 Elizabeth Frankenberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elizabeth Frankenberg is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily engages with social sciences, with a focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, emergency medical services, soil science, and environmental engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics including disaster response and management, agricultural risk and resilience, disaster management and resilience, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, posttraumatic stress disorder research, resilience and mental health, and climate change, adaptation, and migration.

Key recent publications by Elizabeth Frankenberg include:

  • Mapping Forest Aboveground Biomass Using Multisource Remotely Sensed Data (2022), published in Remote Sensing
  • Effects of a natural disaster on mortality risks over the longer term (2020), published in Nature Sustainability
  • Saltwater intrusion and sea level rise threatens U.S. rural coastal landscapes and communities (2024), published in Anthropocene
  • Effects of Housing Aid on Psychosocial Health after a Disaster (2022), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Flood Extent Mapping During Hurricane Florence With Repeat-Pass L-Band UAVSAR Images (2022), published in Water Resources Research

Frequent co-authors of Frankenberg include:

  • Cecep Sumantri
  • Duncan Thomas
  • Tamlin M. Pavelsky
  • Conghe Song

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Remote Sensing
  • Anthropocene
  • Nature Sustainability
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Bargaining Power Within Couples and Use of Prenatal and Delivery Care in Indonesia

    Kathleen Beegle;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

  • Education in a crisis

    Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki

  • The real costs of Indonesias economic crisis: preliminary findings from the Indonesia Family Life Surveys.

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle

  • Economic Shocks, Wealth and Welfare

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;James Smith;Duncan Thomas

  • Education, Vulnerability, and Resilience after a Natural Disaster

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki;Cecep Sumantri;Wayan Suriastini

  • Lost but Not Forgotten Attrition and Follow-up in the Indonesia Family Life Survey

    Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;James P. Smith

  • Health, nutrition and prosperity: a microeconomic perspective

    Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg

  • Health consequences of forest fires in Indonesia

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Douglas McKee;Duncan Thomas

  • The 1993 Indonesian Family Life Survey: overview and field report.

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Lynn A. Karoly;Paul Gertler;Sulistinah Achmad

  • The Effects of Mortality on Fertility: Population Dynamics After a Natural Disaster

    Jenna Nobles;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

  • Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Southeast Asia

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Lee Lillard;Robert J. Willis

  • The effects of access to health care on infant mortality in Indonesia.

    Elizabeth Frankenberg

  • Mental Health in Sumatra After the Tsunami

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Jed Friedman;Thomas Gillespie;Nicholas Ingwersen

  • Cutting the costs of attrition: Results from the Indonesia Family Life Survey.

    Duncan Thomas;Firman Witoelar;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki

  • Wages, Employment and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Indonesia

    James P. Smith;Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Kathleen Beegle

  • Self-Rated Health and Mortality: Does the Relationship Extend to a Low Income Setting?∗:

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Nathan R. Jones

  • Assessment and prediction of natural hazards from satellite imagery

    Thomas W. Gillespie;Jasmine Chu;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

  • Women's Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: Do Services Make a Difference?

    Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

  • Findings from two decades of family planning research

    John A. Ross;Elizabeth Frankenberg

  • Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence

    Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Jed Friedman;Jean-Pierre Habicht

  • Lost but Not Forgotten

    Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;James P. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Duncan Thomas
Duncan Thomas Duke University
James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University
Thomas W. Gillespie
Thomas W. Gillespie University of California, Los Angeles
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel H. Preston
Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania
Irma T. Elo
Irma T. Elo University of Pennsylvania
Robert S. Pynoos
Robert S. Pynoos University of California, Los Angeles
Robert J. Willis
Robert J. Willis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lee A. Lillard
Lee A. Lillard RAND Corporation

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