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56
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1851
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72

Hans Bosma 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 Hans Bosma sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 221 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Bosma 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 Hans Bosma sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans Bosma is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a total of 136 publications in Medicine and 57 in Health Professions.

Their work covers various subfields, including:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Main topics of Bosma's research include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on public and chronic health issues. Notable publications include:

  • Does Loneliness Have a Cost? A Population-Wide Study of the Association Between Loneliness and Healthcare Expenditure (2021), published in International Journal of Public Health
  • Burden of disease of type 2 diabetes mellitus: cost of illness and quality of life estimated using the Maastricht Study (2020), published in Diabetic Medicine
  • Vicious cycle of chronic disease and poverty: a qualitative study in present day Nepal (2020), published in International Health
  • Associations of Dietary Patterns with Incident Depression: The Maastricht Study (2021), published in Nutrients
  • Associations of Arterial Stiffness With Cognitive Performance, and the Role of Microvascular Dysfunction (2020), published in Hypertension

Frequent publication venues where Bosma's work appears include:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMC Public Health
  • European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
  • TSG - Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen

Bosma collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among them:

  • Annemarie Koster
  • Miranda T. Schram
  • Coen D.A. Stehouwer
  • Simone J. P. M. Eussen
  • Rachelle Meisters

Best Publications

  • Contribution of job control and other risk factors to social variations in coronary heart disease incidence

    MG Marmot;H Bosma;H Hemingway;E Brunner

  • Low job control and risk of coronary heart disease in whitehall ii (prospective cohort) study

    Hans Bosma;Michael G Marmot;Harry Hemingway;Amanda C Nicholson

  • Reviewing the effort-reward imbalance model: drawing up the balance of 45 empirical studies

    Natasja van Vegchel;Jan de Jonge;Hans Bosma;Wilmar Schaufeli

  • Job strain, effort-reward imbalance and employee well-being: a large-scale cross-sectional study.

    Jan de Jonge;Hans Bosma;Richard Peter;Johannes Siegrist

  • Two alternative job stress models and the risk of coronary heart disease.

    Hans Bosma;Richard Peter;Johannes Siegrist;Michael Marmot

  • Psychosocial work characteristics and social support as predictors of SF-36 health functioning: the Whitehall II study.

    Stephen Alfred Stansfeld;Hans Bosma;Harry Hemingway;Michael G. Marmot

  • Cognitive functioning in healthy older adults aged 64-81: a cohort study into the effects of age, sex, and education.

    S.A.H. van Hooren;A.M. Valentijn;H. Bosma;R.W.H.M. Ponds

  • Change in Sensory Functioning Predicts Change in Cognitive Functioning: Results from a 6‐Year Follow‐Up in the Maastricht Aging Study

    Susanne A. M. Valentijn;Martin P. J. Van Boxtel;Susan A. H. Van Hooren;Hans Bosma

  • Job-Worker Mismatch and Cognitive Decline

    Andries de Grip;Hans Bosma;Dick Willems;Martin van Boxtel

  • Associations of total amount and patterns of sedentary behaviour with type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: The Maastricht Study

    Julianne D. van der Berg;Coen D. A. Stehouwer;Hans Bosma;Jeroen H. P. M. van der Velde

  • Inflammation markers in relation to cognition in a healthy aging population

    C.E Teunissen;M.P.J van Boxtel;H Bosma;E Bosmans

  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and All-Cause Mortality

    Hans Bosma;H. Dike van de Mheen;Gerard J. J. M. Borsboom;Johan P. Mackenbach

  • How is your health in general? A qualitative study on self-assessed health.

    J.G. Simon;J.B. De Boer;I.M.A. Joung;H. Bosma

  • Self-rated health and mortality in a Lithuanian and a Dutch population.

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  • Summed score of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was a reliable and valid method for depression screening in chronically ill elderly patients

    Femke Lamers;Catharina C.M. Jonkers;Hans Bosma;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Dutch version of the Aggression Questionnaire

    Cor Meesters;Peter Muris;Hans Bosma;Erik Schouten

  • Social class in childhood and general health in adulthood: questionnaire study of contribution of psychological attributes

    Hans Bosma;H Dike van de Mheen;Johan P Mackenbach

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and importance of perceived control: cohort study

    Hans Bosma;Carola Schrijvers;Johan P Mackenbach

  • Mental Work Demands Protect Against Cognitive Impairment: MAAS Prospective Cohort Study

    Hans Bosma;Martin P. J. van Boxtel;Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds;Peter J. Houx

  • Socioeconomic differences in incident depression in older adults: the role of psychosocial factors, physical health status, and behavioral factors

    Annemarie Koster;Hans Bosma;Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx

  • Subjective sleep problems in later life as predictors of cognitive decline. Report from the Maastricht Ageing Study (MAAS)

    Marko Jelicic;Hans Bosma;Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds;Martin P. J. Van Boxtel

  • Engaged lifestyle and cognitive function in middle and old-aged, non-demented persons: a reciprocal association?

    Hans Bosma;Martin P J van Boxtel;R W H M Ponds;Marko Jelicic

  • The effect of two types of memory training on subjective and objective memory performance in healthy individuals aged 55 years and older: a randomized controlled trial

    Susanne A.M. Valentijn;Susan A.H. van Hooren;Hans Bosma;Dory M. Touw

  • Predictors of attrition in a longitudinal cognitive aging study: the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS).

    C E M Van Beijsterveldt;M P J van Boxtel;H Bosma;P J Houx

  • EDUCATION AND AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF MENTAL WORKLOAD

    H. Bosma;M.P.J. van Boxtel;R.W.H.M. Ponds;P.J.H. Houx

  • Associations between lifestyle and depressed mood: longitudinal results from the Maastricht Aging Study.

    Coen H. van Gool;Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen;Hans Bosma;Martin P.J. van Boxtel

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemarie Koster
Annemarie Koster Maastricht University
Jelle Jolles
Jelle Jolles Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Martin P.J. van Boxtel
Martin P.J. van Boxtel Maastricht University
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen Maastricht University
Coen D.A. Stehouwer
Coen D.A. Stehouwer Maastricht University
Nicolaas C. Schaper
Nicolaas C. Schaper Maastricht University
Marjan van den Akker
Marjan van den Akker Goethe University Frankfurt
M.P.J. van Boxtel
M.P.J. van Boxtel Maastricht University
Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds
Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds Maastricht University
Frans J. M. Feron
Frans J. M. Feron Maastricht University

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