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Heidi J Larson 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 Heidi J Larson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 268 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heidi J Larson 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 Heidi J Larson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Heidi J Larson is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans social sciences and medicine, with extensive focus on health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, sociology and political science, as well as modeling and simulation.

The key topics of research addressed by Heidi J Larson include vaccine coverage and hesitancy, misinformation and its impacts, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, influenza virus research studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, viral infections and outbreaks research, and hepatitis B virus studies.

Their publication record includes numerous papers in well-regarded venues. Frequent publication outlets include Vaccine, SSRN Electronic Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Medicine, and Vaccines.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Heidi J Larson are:

  • A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment, 2021, The Lancet
  • Mapping global trends in vaccine confidence and investigating barriers to vaccine uptake: a large-scale retrospective temporal modelling study, 2020, The Lancet
  • The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020, Journal of Travel Medicine

Heidi J Larson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Leesa Lin
  • Mark Jit
  • Alexandre de Figueiredo
  • Joseph D. Tucker
  • Tracey Chantler

Best Publications

  • 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, 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

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest

    Michael Holzer;Fritz Sterz;J. M. Darby;S. A. Padosch

  • 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 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

  • A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine.

    Jeffrey V. Lazarus;Scott C. Ratzan;Adam Palayew;Lawrence O. Gostin

  • Understanding vaccine hesitancy around vaccines and vaccination from a global perspective: a systematic review of published literature, 2007-2012.

    Heidi J. Larson;Caitlin Jarrett;Elisabeth Eckersberger;David M.D. Smith

  • The burden of primary liver cancer and underlying etiologies from 1990 to 2015 at the global, regional, and national level : results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Tomi Akinyemiju;Semaw Abera;Semaw Abera;Muktar Ahmed

  • Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA.

    Sahil Loomba;Alexandre de Figueiredo;Simon J. Piatek;Kristen de Graaf

  • The State of Vaccine Confidence 2016: Global Insights Through a 67-Country Survey

    Heidi J. Larson;Heidi J. Larson;Alexandre de Figueiredo;Zhao Xiahong;William S. Schulz

  • 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 incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment.

    Olivier J Wouters;Kenneth C Shadlen;Maximilian Salcher-Konrad;Andrew J Pollard

  • The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak.

    Anneliese Depoux;Anneliese Depoux;Sam Martin;Sam Martin;Emilie Karafillakis;Emilie Karafillakis;Raman Preet;Raman Preet

  • Strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy – A systematic review☆

    Caitlin Jarrett;Rose Wilson;Maureen O’Leary;Elisabeth Eckersberger

  • 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

  • Addressing the vaccine confidence gap

    Heidi J Larson;Louis Z Cooper;Juhani Eskola;Samuel L Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Mohsen Naghavi
Mohsen Naghavi Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Ali H. Mokdad
Ali H. Mokdad University of Washington
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences

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