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Geoff Der 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 Geoff Der sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Geoff Der 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 Geoff Der sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Geoff Der is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple areas within medicine and psychology, concentrating on intersecting themes from cardiology to cognitive neuroscience.

Their research has addressed topics including:

  • Obesity and health practices
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Autism spectrum disorder research
  • Cognitive abilities and testing
  • Infant development and preterm care
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Geoff Der has contributed to the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

More specific subfields within their publications include:

  • Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine
  • Pharmacy
  • Health
  • Neuropsychology and physiological psychology
  • Cognitive neuroscience

Their recent papers cover a range of health and medical topics, published between 2021 and 2024. These include:

  • "Sitting as a moral practice: Older adults' accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours" (2021) in Sociology of Health & Illness
  • "Childhood neurodevelopmental markers and risk of premature mortality: Follow-up to age 60-65 years in the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study" (2021) in PLoS ONE
  • "Atrioventricular Interval Modulation (AVIM) therapy for ambulatory systolic blood pressure (aSBP) reduction with a dual chamber pacemaker: comparison of conduction system vs. right ventricular pacing" (2024) in EP Europace

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Victoria J. Palmer
  • Cindy M. Gray
  • Claire Fitzsimons
  • Nanette Mutrie
  • Sally Wyke

Publication venues where Geoff Der has frequently contributed are:

  • Sociology of Health & Illness
  • PLoS ONE
  • EP Europace

Best Publications

  • Age and sex differences in reaction time in adulthood: results from the United Kingdom Health and Lifestyle Survey

    Geoff Der;Ian J. Deary

  • A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS

    Geoff Der;Brian S. Everitt

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

  • Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis

    Geoff Der;G David Batty;Ian J Deary

  • Reaction times and intelligence differences: A population-based cohort study

    Ian J. Deary;Geoff Der;Graeme Ford

  • Incidence and outcome of schizophrenia in whites, African-Caribbeans and Asians in London.

    D Bhugra;J Leff;R Mallett;G Der

  • Intelligence in youth and all-cause-mortality: systematic review with meta-analysis

    Catherine M Calvin;Ian J Deary;Candida Fenton;Beverly A Roberts

  • Peer victimization and depression in early–mid adolescence: A longitudinal study

    Helen Sweeting;Robert Young;Patrick West;Geoff Der

  • Do housing tenure and car access predict health because they are simply markers of income or self esteem? A Scottish study.

    Sally Macintyre;Anne Ellaway;Geoff Der;Graeme Ford

  • Neuroticism, extraversion, and mortality in the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey: a 21-year prospective cohort study.

    Beverly A. Shipley;Alexander Weiss;Geoff Der;Michelle D. Taylor

  • Reaction time, age, and cognitive ability: Longitudinal findings from age 16 to 63 years in representative population samples

    Ian J. Deary;Geoff Der

  • Is schizophrenia disappearing

    G. Der;S. Gupta;R.M. Murray

  • Depression and disability in Parkinson's disease: a follow-up of 132 cases

    Richard Brown;B Maccarthy;A M Gotham;G J Der

  • What features of the home and the area might help to explain observed relationships between housing tenure and health? Evidence from the west of Scotland

    Sally Macintyre;Anne Ellaway;Rosemary Hiscock;Ade Kearns

  • Age Differences in Intra-Individual Variability in Simple and Choice Reaction Time: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Dominika Dykiert;Geoff Der;Geoff Der;John M. Starr;Ian J. Deary

  • Reaction Time Explains IQ's Association with Death

    Ian J. Deary;Geoff Der

  • A confirmatory factor analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale: comparing empirically and theoretically derived structures.

    Martin Dunbar;Graeme Ford;Kate Hunt;Geoff Der

  • Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of death in 68 year follow-up: prospective population study

    Catherine Calvin;G. D. Batty;G. D. Batty;Geoff Der;Geoff Der;Caroline Brett;Caroline Brett

  • First-Contact Incidence Rates of Schizophrenia in Trinidad and One-Year Follow-up

    Dinesh Bhugra;Marcel Hilwig;Bill Hossein;Helene Marceau

  • Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population based cohort study in the west of Scotland

    G David Batty;Geoff Der;Sally Macintyre;Ian J Deary

  • Psychotic illness in ethnic minorities: clarification from the 1991 census

    J. Van Os;D. J. Castle;N. Takei;G. Der

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
G. David Batty
G. David Batty University College London
Douglas Carroll
Douglas Carroll University of Birmingham
Anna C. Phillips
Anna C. Phillips University of Birmingham
Kate Hunt
Kate Hunt University of Stirling
Catharine R. Gale
Catharine R. Gale University of Southampton
Michaela Benzeval
Michaela Benzeval University of Essex
Sally Macintyre
Sally Macintyre MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Patrick West
Patrick West University of Glasgow
Helen Sweeting
Helen Sweeting University of Glasgow

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