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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 45 3709 3420 1772 1604 130 30941

Jack P. Shonkoff publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jack P. Shonkoff between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jack P. Shonkoff published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 2.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2000. 5 of the 136 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2000. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 27 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 4 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 5 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1978 2025

136 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jack P. Shonkoff: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 2
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 1
1985 2
1986 2
1987 4
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 2
1993 2
1994 3
1995 2
1996 0
1997 0
1998 4
1999 4
2000 27
2001 5
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 1
2006 3
2007 1
2008 2
2009 2
2010 6
2011 3
2012 9
2013 4
2014 3
2015 1
2016 4
2017 7
2018 2
2019 1
2020 1
2021 5
2022 3
2023 3
2024 3
2025 2
Total 136
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Jack P. Shonkoff 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 Jack P. Shonkoff sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 124–133 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 130 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453 130
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Jack P. Shonkoff 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 Jack P. Shonkoff sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 45 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260 45
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Jack P. Shonkoff is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, focusing on research in social sciences and health professions. Their work spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, general health professions, clinical psychology, and education.

The main topics covered in Shonkoff's research involve child and adolescent health, early childhood education and development, racial and ethnic identity research, migration, health and trauma, birth, development, and health, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, and ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare.

Shonkoff has published extensively in a range of academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PEDIATRICS
  • Annual Review of Public Health
  • Child Development Perspectives
  • Pediatric Research
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health," 2021, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and Resilience," 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • "Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice," 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • "Translating the Biology of Adversity and Resilience Into New Measures for Pediatric Practice," 2022, PEDIATRICS
  • "Neighborhood Opportunity and Mortality Among Children and Adults in Their Households," 2023, PEDIATRICS

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Shonkoff are:

  • Natalie Slopen
  • W. Thomas Boyce
  • Pat Levitt
  • David R. Williams
  • Fernando D. Martínez

Shonkoff's research contributes to understanding the biological and social determinants impacting childhood development and health outcomes. This includes investigations into adversity, resilience, and the role of racism and social environments on health from early life onwards.

Among professional recognitions, Shonkoff was made a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1999.

Best Publications

  • From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Deborah A. Phillips

  • The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Andrew S. Garner

  • Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and the Childhood Roots of Health Disparities: Building a New Framework for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

    Jack P. Shonkoff;W. Thomas Boyce;Bruce S. McEwen

  • A New Definition of Children With Special Health Care Needs

    Merle McPherson;Polly Arango;Harriette Fox;Cassie Lauver

  • Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce.

    Eric I. Knudsen;James Joseph Heckman;Judy L. Cameron;Jack P. Shonkoff

  • Early childhood adversity, toxic stress, and the role of the pediatrician: translating developmental science into lifelong health.

    Dependent Care;Section on Developmental

  • Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy.

    Jack P. Shonkoff

  • An Epidemiologic Profile of Children With Special Health Care Needs

    Paul W. Newacheck;Bonnie Strickland;Jack P. Shonkoff;James M. Perrin

  • Children with Disabilities: A Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Parent Well-Being.

    Penny Hauser-Cram;Marji Erickson Warfield;Jack P. Shonkoff;Marty Wyngaarden Krauss

  • An Integrated Scientific Framework for Child Survival and Early Childhood Development

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Linda Richter;Jacques van der Gaag;Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

  • Rethinking evidence-based practice and two-generation programs to create the future of early childhood policy.

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Philip A. Fisher

  • Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the U.S. Interactions With Family Immigration History and Income

    Natalie Slopen;Jack P. Shonkoff;Michelle A. Albert;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Early intervention for disabled infants and their families: a quantitative analysis.

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Penny Hauser-Cram

  • Leveraging the biology of adversity to address the roots of disparities in health and development

    Jack P. Shonkoff

  • Development of infants with disabilities and their families: implications for theory and service delivery.

    J P Shonkoff;P Hauser-Cram;M W Krauss;C C Upshur

  • Protecting brains, not simply stimulating minds.

    Jack P. Shonkoff

  • Science Does Not Speak for Itself: Translating Child Development Research for the Public and Its Policymakers

    Jack P. Shonkoff;Susan Nall Bales

  • Impacts of Early Childhood Education on Medium- and Long-Term Educational Outcomes.

    Dana Charles McCoy;Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest;Greg J. Duncan

  • Science, Policy, and Practice: Three Cultures in Search of a Shared Mission

    Jack P. Shonkoff

  • Capitalizing on Advances in Science to Reduce the Health Consequences of Early Childhood Adversity

    Jack P. Shonkoff

  • Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care, and Section on Developmental and Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, Committee on Early Translating Developmental Science Into Lifelong Health Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician:

    David L. Wood;I. Dobbins;Marian F. Earls;Andrew S. Garner

  • Early Intervention for Disabled Infants and Their Families—a Quantitative Analysis of Program Impacts

    J. P. Shonkoff;P. Hauser-cram;M. Krauss;C. Upshur

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah A. Phillips
Deborah A. Phillips Georgetown University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
Marty Wyngaarden Krauss
Marty Wyngaarden Krauss Brandeis University
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Pat Levitt
Pat Levitt University of Southern California
Linda Richter
Linda Richter University of the Witwatersrand
Eric I. Knudsen
Eric I. Knudsen Stanford University
W. Thomas Boyce
W. Thomas Boyce University of California, San Francisco
Philip A. Fisher
Philip A. Fisher Stanford University
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago

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