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D-Index
66
Citations
136245
World Ranking
924
National Ranking
12

Guoqing Hu 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 Guoqing Hu sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 228 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guoqing Hu 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 Guoqing Hu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Guoqing Hu is affiliated with Central South University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Emergency Medicine, General Health Professions, and Health. Their research encompasses a wide array of topics, emphasizing Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Traffic and Road Safety, Health disparities and outcomes, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Global Health Care Issues, and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

The scientist's recent scholarly work includes publications such as:

  • Population ageing and mortality during 1990-2017: A global decomposition analysis (2020) published in PLoS Medicine
  • Negative cognitive and psychological correlates of mandatory quarantine during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China (2020) published in American Psychologist
  • Morbidity and mortality from road injuries: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020) published in Injury Prevention
  • Global road traffic injury statistics: Challenges, mechanisms and solutions (2020) published in Chinese Journal of Traumatology
  • Factors Influencing Depression and Mental Distress Related to COVID-19 Among University Students in China: Online Cross-sectional Mediation Study (2021) published in JMIR Mental Health

Guoqing Hu frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Most frequent co-authors include:

  • David C. Schwebel
  • Peishan Ning
  • Peixia Cheng
  • Wangxin Xiao
  • Zhenzhen Rao

They regularly publish in venues such as:

  • Abstracts
  • PubMed
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The focus of Guoqing Hu's work largely revolves around the prevention and epidemiology of injuries, with considerable attention to traffic and road safety as well as health disparities within public health contexts. Their research has contributed data and analyses that support a better understanding of global health patterns, risk factors, and the impact of urban transport on public well-being.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

    Spencer L James;Alice Theadom;Richard G Ellenbogen;Marlena S Bannick

  • Cause-specific mortality for 240 causes in China during 1990-2013: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

    Maigeng Zhou;Haidong Wang;Jun Zhu;Wanqing Chen

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States

    Ali H. Mokdad;Katherine Ballestros;Michelle Echko;Scott Glenn

  • The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

    Juanita A Haagsma;Nicholas Graetz;Ian Bolliger;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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