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Gilbert Burnham 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 Gilbert Burnham sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 198 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gilbert Burnham 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 Gilbert Burnham sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gilbert Burnham is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields connected to health professions and medicine, with a focus on areas such as health and conflict studies, migration, health and trauma, and global maternal and child health. They also engage in studies related to healthcare systems and reforms, disaster response and management, as well as COVID-19 epidemiological studies and its impacts on healthcare.

Burnham has contributed to several recent academic papers including:

  • Household recovery in Mosul one year after the defeat of ISIS, 2020, Conflict and Health
  • Violence against doctors in Iraq during the time of COVID-19, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Assessment of Critical Care Surge Capacity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan, 2021, Health Security
  • Resilience of health systems in conflict affected governorates of Iraq, 2014-2018, 2021, Conflict and Health
  • Associations between caesarean births and breastfeeding in the Middle East: a scoping review, 2021, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Their research has appeared in several publication venues with multiple works published in Conflict and Health, SSRN Electronic Journal, and PLOS Global Public Health. Other venues include the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and PLoS ONE.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Burnham include:

  • Sami Alasfar
  • Riyadh Lafta
  • Sara Al-Dahir
  • Sarah Elizabeth Scales
  • Anne-Françoise Donneau

Burnham's main fields of study are health professions and medicine, with subfields emphasizing general health professions, clinical psychology, finance, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and emergency medical services.

Best Publications

  • Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey

    Gilbert Burnham;Riyadh Lafta;Shannon Doocy;Les Roberts

  • Mortality Before and After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Cluster Sample Survey

    Les Roberts;Riyadh Lafta;Richard Garfield;Jamal Khudhairi

  • A balanced scorecard for health services in Afghanistan

    David H Peters;Ayan Ahmed Noor;Lakhwinder P Singh;Faizullah K Kakar

  • Prevalence and care-seeking for chronic diseases among Syrian refugees in Jordan

    Shannon Doocy;Emily Lyles;Timothy Roberton;Laila Akhu-Zaheya

  • Improving facility-based care for sick children in Uganda: training is not enough

    George W Pariyo;Eleanor Gouws;Eleanor Gouws;Jennifer Bryce;Gilbert Burnham

  • Discontinuation of cost sharing in Uganda

    Gilbert M. Burnham;George Pariyo;Edward Galiwango;Fred Wabwire-Mangen

  • Health status and health needs of older refugees from Syria in Lebanon

    Jonathan Strong;Christopher Varady;Najla Chahda;Shannon Doocy

  • Mortality in Iraq Associated with the 2003-2011 War and Occupation: Findings from a National Cluster Sample Survey by the University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study

    Amy Hagopian;Abraham D. Flaxman;Tim K. Takaro;Sahar A. Esa Al Shatari

  • Deaths among humanitarian workers

    Mani Sheik;Maria Isabel Gutierrez;Paul Bolton;Paul Spiegel

  • Sexual and gender based violence against men in the Democratic Republic of Congo: effects on survivors, their families and the community

    Mervyn Christian;Octave Safari;Paul Ramazani;Gilbert Burnham

  • Determinants of skilled birth attendant utilization in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study.

    Maureen Mayhew;Peter M. Hansen;David H. Peters;Anbrasi Edward

  • Tsunami mortality in Aceh Province, Indonesia

    Shannon Doocy;Abdur Rofi;Claire Moodie;Eric Spring

  • Point-of-use water treatment and diarrhoea reduction in the emergency context: an effectiveness trial in Liberia.

    Shannon Doocy;Gilbert Burnham

  • Configuring Balanced Scorecards for Measuring Health System Performance: Evidence from 5 Years' Evaluation in Afghanistan

    Anbrasi Edward;Binay Kumar;Faizullah Kakar;Ahmad Shah Salehi

  • Credit program outcomes: coping capacity and nutritional status in the food insecure context of Ethiopia.

    Shannon Doocy;Shimeles Teferra;Dan Norell;Gilbert Burnham

  • Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey.

    Valeria Cetorelli;Valeria Cetorelli;Isaac Sasson;Nazar Shabila;Gilbert Burnham

  • Health service access and utilization among Syrian refugees in Jordan.

    Shannon Doocy;Emily Lyles;Laila Akhu-Zaheya;Ann Burton

  • Client perceptions of the quality of primary care services in Afghanistan

    Peter Meredith Hansen;David H. Peters;Kavitha Viswanathan;Krishna Dipankar Rao

  • Effectiveness of a pay-for-performance intervention to improve maternal and child health services in Afghanistan: a cluster-randomized trial

    Elina Dale;Anubhav Agarwal;Arunika Agarwal

  • A two-stage cluster sampling method using gridded population data, a GIS, and Google Earth TM imagery in a population-based mortality survey in Iraq

    LP Galway;Nathaniel Bell;Al Shatari Sae;Amy Hagopian

  • Evaluation of clinical signs to diagnose anaemia in Uganda and Bangladesh, in areas with and without malaria.

    H D Kalter;G Burnham;P R Kolstad;M Hossain

  • Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq : a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. Commentary

    Richard Horton;Gilbert Burnham;Riyadh Lafta;Shannon Doocy

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Peters
David H. Peters Johns Hopkins University
Paul Spiegel
Paul Spiegel Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth Hill
Kenneth Hill Stanford University
Caitlin E. Kennedy
Caitlin E. Kennedy Johns Hopkins University
George Pariyo
George Pariyo Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Glass
Nancy Glass Johns Hopkins University
Alastair Ager
Alastair Ager Queen Margaret University
Benjamin Schwartz
Benjamin Schwartz Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Peter J. Winch
Peter J. Winch Johns Hopkins University
Frederick M. Burkle
Frederick M. Burkle Harvard University

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