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 James W. Vaupel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 510 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
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 James W. Vaupel sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 112 D-Index — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
James W. Vaupel was affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark. Their research primarily focused on social sciences and health professions, with a significant concentration in demography and general health professions as subfields.
The scientist contributed extensively to literature on topics including insurance, mortality, demography, and risk management. Other prominent areas of work involved global health care issues, health disparities and outcomes, climate change and health impacts, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, as well as birth, development, and health.
Frequent publication venues for their work included:
Coauthors who collaborated on multiple works with James W. Vaupel included Francisco Villavicencio, José Manuel Aburto, Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, Silvia Rizzi, and Kaare Christensen.
Selected recent papers demonstrated the range and scope of their research:
Their scholarly output also included book publications with notable publishers such as Springer Nature and Princeton University Press. Titles included "Exceptional Lifespans" published in 2020 and "Biodemography" published in 2020.
Throughout their career, James W. Vaupel received several recognitions, including fellowships and academy memberships:
Kaare Christensen;Gabriele Doblhammer;Roland Rau;James W Vaupel
Jim Oeppen;James W. Vaupel
James W. Vaupel;Kenneth G. Manton;Eric Stallard
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James W. Vaupel;James R. Carey;Kaare Christensen;Thomas E. Johnson
James W. Vaupel;Anatoli I. Yashin
Owen Jones;Alexander Scheuerlein;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Carlo Giovanni Camarda
Anne Maria Herskind;Matthew McGue;Niels V. Holm;Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Qiushi Feng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh;Kaare Christensen
Anna Oksuzyan;Anna Oksuzyan;Knud Juel;James W. Vaupel;Kaare Christensen
James R. Carey;Pablo Liedo;Dina Orozco;James W. Vaupel
Kaare Christensen;Thomas E. Johnson;James W. Vaupel
Jacob v. B. Hjelmborg;Ivan Iachine;Axel Skytthe;James W. Vaupel
Gabriele Doblhammer;James W. Vaupel
James W. Curtsinger;Hidenori H. Fukui;David R. Townsend;James W. Vaupel
A. R. Thatcher;Väinö Kannisto;James W. Vaupel
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Matt McGue;James W. Vaupel;Niels Holm;Bent Harvald
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Kaare Christensen;Mikael Thinggaard;Anna Oksuzyan;Troels Steenstrup
James W. Vaupel;Annette Baudisch;Martin Dölling;Deborah A. Roach
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