2026 Elizabeth Frankenberg: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	37	6199	5757	2966	2704	96	6871

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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5757

2966

2704

6871

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

6871

World Ranking

6199

National Ranking

2966

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

544
Citations
Education in a crisis

Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki

392
Citations
The real costs of Indonesias economic crisis: preliminary findings from the Indonesia Family Life Surveys.

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas;Kathleen Beegle

382
Citations
Economic Shocks, Wealth and Welfare

Elizabeth Frankenberg;James Smith;Duncan Thomas

324
Citations
Education, Vulnerability, and Resilience after a Natural Disaster

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki;Cecep Sumantri;Wayan Suriastini

315
Citations
Lost but Not Forgotten Attrition and Follow-up in the Indonesia Family Life Survey

Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;James P. Smith

299
Citations
Health, nutrition and prosperity: a microeconomic perspective

Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg

297
Citations
Health consequences of forest fires in Indonesia

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Douglas McKee;Duncan Thomas

271
Citations
The 1993 Indonesian Family Life Survey: overview and field report.

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

269
Citations
The Effects of Mortality on Fertility: Population Dynamics After a Natural Disaster

Jenna Nobles;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

267
Citations
Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Southeast Asia

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Lee Lillard;Robert J. Willis

254
Citations
The effects of access to health care on infant mortality in Indonesia.

Elizabeth Frankenberg

200
Citations
Mental Health in Sumatra After the Tsunami

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Jed Friedman;Thomas Gillespie;Nicholas Ingwersen

196
Citations
Cutting the costs of attrition: Results from the Indonesia Family Life Survey.

Duncan Thomas;Firman Witoelar;Elizabeth Frankenberg;Bondan Sikoki

181
Citations
Wages, Employment and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Indonesia

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

173
Citations
Self-Rated Health and Mortality: Does the Relationship Extend to a Low Income Setting?∗:

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Nathan R. Jones

171
Citations
Assessment and prediction of natural hazards from satellite imagery

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

160
Citations
Women's Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: Do Services Make a Difference?

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Duncan Thomas

156
Citations
Findings from two decades of family planning research

John A. Ross;Elizabeth Frankenberg

154
Citations
Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence

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

146
Citations
Lost but Not Forgotten

Duncan Thomas;Elizabeth Frankenberg;James P. Smith

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James P. Smith Princeton University

Thomas W. Gillespie University of California, Los Angeles

Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles

Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania

Irma T. Elo University of Pennsylvania

Robert S. Pynoos University of California, Los Angeles

Lee A. Lillard RAND Corporation

External Links

Personal website of Elizabeth Frankenberg

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