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Hajo Zeeb 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 Hajo Zeeb sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 322 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hajo Zeeb 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 Hajo Zeeb sits on this spectrum.

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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

Hajo Zeeb is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in health professions and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and broader health studies.

Their research covers major topics such as mobile health and mHealth applications, health and medical studies, health literacy and information accessibility, global public health policies and epidemiology, COVID-19 and mental health, health policy implementation science, and physical activity and health.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Zeeb demonstrate the scope of their research interests. These include:

  • Traffic Noise and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Digital Technologies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older People: Scoping Review (2023), published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Engagement in Health Risk Behaviours before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in German University Students: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study (2021), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Digitization and Health in Germany: Cross-sectional Nationwide Survey (2021), published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting on dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Europe: The Policy Evaluation Network promoting a multidisciplinary approach (2020), published in Food Policy

Frequent co-authors in Zeeb's publications include Tilman Brand, Karina Karolina De Santis, Benjamin Schüz, Sarah Forberger, and Rafael Mikolajczyk.

The venues in which Zeeb publishes regularly reflect a focus on public health and health research, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Das Gesundheitswesen
  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • BMC Public Health

Best Publications

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • 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 incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • 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 disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • International trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma 1953-2008--are recent generations at higher or lower risk?

    Friederike Erdmann;Joannie Lortet-Tieulent;Joachim Schüz;Hajo Zeeb

  • Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Tim M Wolock;Austin Carter;Grant Nguyen

  • Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Haidong Wang;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Matthew M Coates;Megan Coggeshall

  • Low overall mortality of Turkish residents in Germany persists and extends into a second generation: merely a healthy migrant effect?

    O Razum;H Zeeb;H S Akgün;S Yilmaz

  • What do we have to know from migrants' past exposures to understand their health status? a life course approach

    Jacob Spallek;Hajo Zeeb;Oliver Razum

  • The ‘healthy migrant effect’–not merely a fallacy of inaccurate denominator figures

    Oliver Razum;Hajo Zeeb;Sabine Rohrmann

  • Carcinogenicity of night shift work

    Elizabeth M Ward;Dori Germolec;Manolis Kogevinas;David McCormick

  • Social Inequalities and Depressive Symptoms in Adults: The Role of Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status.

    Jens Hoebel;Ulrike E. Maske;Hajo Zeeb;Thomas Lampert

  • Migration und Gesundheit. Schwerpunktbericht der Gesundheitsberichterstattung.

    Oliver Razum;Hajo Zeeb;Uta Meesmann;Liane Schenk

  • Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

    Christopher J. Portier;Bruce K Armstrong;Bruce C Baguley;Xaver Baur

  • Effectiveness of eHealth interventions for the promotion of physical activity in older adults: A systematic review.

    Saskia Muellmann;Sarah Forberger;Tobias Möllers;Eileen Bröring

  • Awareness and knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among school-going adolescents in Europe: a systematic review of published literature

    Florence N Samkange-Zeeb;Lena Spallek;Hajo Zeeb

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Razum
Oliver Razum Bielefeld University
Maria Blettner
Maria Blettner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Jean B. Nachega
Jean B. Nachega University of Pittsburgh
Shafiu Mohammed
Shafiu Mohammed Ahmadu Bello University
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University

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