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Elizabeth Waters 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 Waters sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 370 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth Waters 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 Waters sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elizabeth Waters was affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily focused on the field of Health Professions, with published work spanning several related subfields.

Their subfields of study included:

  • General Health Professions
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Periodontics
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Philosophy

The main topics addressed in their research were:

  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society

Elizabeth Waters contributed to research published primarily in the venue Own your potential (DEAKIN), appearing there with two papers. These papers are:

  • Community water fluoridation: is it still worthwhile? (2023) - Own your potential (DEAKIN)
  • Fair relationships and policies to support family day care educators' mental health: A qualitative study (2024) - Own your potential (DEAKIN)

Their frequent coauthors included:

  • Mark Gussy
  • Lisa Gold
  • Elisha Riggs
  • Nicky Kilpatrick
  • L. Corr

Elizabeth Waters's research represented a range of interconnected topics within health professions, water science, and social aspects of health and care. Their work notably explored fluoride's role in community health alongside broader issues impacting healthcare workers and caregiving environments.

Best Publications

  • ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

    Jonathan A. C. Sterne;Miguel A Hernan;Barnaby C Reeves;Jelena Savovic;Jelena Savovic

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children

    Tamara Brown;Theresa Hm Moore;Theresa Hm Moore;Lee Hooper;Yang Gao

  • Applying an equity lens to interventions: using PROGRESS ensures consideration of socially stratifying factors to illuminate inequities in health

    Jennifer O'Neill;Hilary Tabish;Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children

    Elizabeth R. Waters;Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski;Belinda J. Burford;Tamara Brown

  • Cochrane Update. 'Scoping the scope' of a cochrane review.

    Rebecca Armstrong;Belinda J. Hall;Jodie Doyle;Elizabeth Waters

  • Interventions for preventing obesity in children (Review)

    E. Waters;A. de Silva Sanigorski;B. J. Hall;T Brown

  • Health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children.

    Joanne Williams;Melissa Wake;Kylie Hesketh;Elise Maher

  • The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well‐being of students and their academic achievement

    Rebecca Langford;Christopher P Bonell;Hayley E Jones;Theodora Pouliou

  • PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity

    Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew;Peter Tugwell;Peter Tugwell;David Moher

  • Criteria for the systematic review of health promotion and public health interventions.

    N. Jackson;Elizabeth Waters

  • The World Health Organization's Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Rebecca Langford;Christopher Bonell;Hayley Jones;Theodora Pouliou

  • Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for increasing participation in sport

    Nicki W Jackson;Faline S Howes;Sabrina Gupta;Jodie Doyle

  • Healthy eating, activity and obesity prevention: a qualitative study of parent and child perceptions in Australia.

    Kylie Hesketh;Elizabeth Waters;J. Green;L. Salmon

  • A glossary for evidence based public health

    Lucie Rychetnik;Penelope Hawe;Elizabeth Waters;Alexandra Barratt

  • The impact of caring for a child with cerebral palsy: quality of life for mothers and fathers

    E. Davis;A. Shelly;E. Waters;Roslyn Boyd;Roslyn Boyd

  • Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

    Ruchi Baxi;Mohit Sharma;Robert Roseby;Adam Polnay

  • Early childhood caries: Current evidence for aetiology and prevention

    Mark G Gussy;Elizabeth G Waters;Elizabeth G Waters;Orla Walsh;Orla Walsh;Nicola M Kilpatrick

  • The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia - a review of the evidence

    Wendy Loxley;J. Toumbourou;Tim Stockwell;B. Haines

  • Agreement between adolescent self-report and parent reports of health and well-being: results of an epidemiological study.

    Elizabeth Waters;S Stewart-Brown;R Fitzpatrick;R Fitzpatrick

  • Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes.

    Elise Davis;Elizabeth Waters;Andrew Mackinnon;Dinah Reddihough

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa Gibbs
Lisa Gibbs University of Melbourne
Boyd Swinburn
Boyd Swinburn University of Auckland
Melissa Wake
Melissa Wake University of Melbourne
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Naomi Priest
Naomi Priest Australian National University
Steven Allender
Steven Allender Deakin University
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Vivian Welch
Vivian Welch University of Ottawa
Peter Kremer
Peter Kremer Deakin University
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne

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