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Gerald Midgley 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 Gerald Midgley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 162 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gerald Midgley 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 Gerald Midgley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gerald Midgley is affiliated with the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on decision sciences, with significant work in management science and operations research. Their expertise extends to related subfields including sociology and political science, management of technology and innovation, artificial intelligence, and general health professions.

The research topics covered by Midgley include:

  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Cognitive Science and Mapping
  • Information Systems Theories and Implementation
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Facility Location and Emergency Management
  • Community Health and Development

Midgley has published extensively, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Systems Research and Behavioral Science
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Journal of Systems Thinking
  • Palgrave Communications
  • Journal of the Operational Research Society

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Midgley include:

  • "A systems perspective on systemic innovation," 2021, Systems Research and Behavioral Science
  • "Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened?" 2020, Palgrave Communications
  • "Operational Research: methods and applications," 2023, Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • "Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: Creating a common, cross-agency understanding," 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "The Four Waves of Systems Thinking," 2023, Journal of Systems Thinking

Frequent collaborators in Gerald Midgley's work include Erik Lindhult, Amanda Gregory, Gabriele Bammer, Michael O'Rourke, and Deborah O'Connell. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications with Midgley, reflecting a collaborative and interdisciplinary research approach.

Best Publications

  • Systemic Intervention: Philosophy, Methodology, and Practice

    Gerald Midgley

  • Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;James Patterson

  • The theory and practice of boundary critique: developing housing services for older people

    Gerald Midgley;Isaac Munlo;Mandy Brown

  • Systemic Intervention for Public Health

    Gerald Midgley

  • The sacred and profane in critical systems thinking

    Gerald Midgley

  • Science as Systemic Intervention: Some Implications of Systems Thinking and Complexity for the Philosophy of Science

    Gerald Midgley

  • Towards a new framework for evaluating systemic problem structuring methods

    Gerald Midgley;Robert Y. Cavana;John Brocklesby;Jeff L. Foote

  • Pluralism and the legitimation of systems science

    Gerald Midgley

  • Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened?

    Gabriele Bammer;Gabriele Bammer;Michael O’Rourke;Deborah O’Connell;Linda Neuhauser

  • Systems thinking for evaluation

    Gerald Midgley

  • What Is This Thing Called CST

    Gerald Midgley

  • Dealing with coercion: Critical Systems Heuristics and beyond

    Gerald Midgley

  • Theoretical Pluralism in Systemic Action Research

    Gerald Midgley

  • What is Community Operational Research

    Gerald Midgley;Michael P. Johnson;George Chichirau

  • Community operational research : OR and systems thinking for community development

    Gerald Midgley;Alejandro Ochoa-Arias

  • Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions

    Amanda J. Gregory;Jonathan P. Atkins;Gerald Midgley;Anthony M. Hodgson

  • Developing the methodology of TSI: From the oblique use of methods to creative design

    Gerald Midgley

  • Systemic evaluation: a participative, multi-method approach

    Alan Boyd;Ted Geerling;Wendy J. Gregory;Carolyn Kagan

  • A systems perspective on systemic innovation

    Gerald Midgley;Erik Lindhult

  • Broadening the boundaries: an application of critical systems thinking to IS planning in Colombia

    José-Rodrigo Córdoba;Gerald Midgley

  • Systems Thinking: Volume I General Systems Theory, Cybernetics and Complexity

    Unknown

  • Community Operational Research

    Gerald Midgley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Johnson
Michael P. Johnson Pennsylvania State University
Thanos Papadopoulos
Thanos Papadopoulos University of Kent
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Gabriele Bammer
Gabriele Bammer Australian National University
Ross Brennan
Ross Brennan University of Hertfordshire
Mark Howden
Mark Howden Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Karen O'Brien
Karen O'Brien University of Oslo
Ioan Fazey
Ioan Fazey University of York
Petra Tschakert
Petra Tschakert Curtin University

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