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Jennifer A. Ailshire 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 Jennifer A. Ailshire sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jennifer A. Ailshire 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 Jennifer A. Ailshire sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jennifer A. Ailshire is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within social sciences and medicine, focusing particularly on the intersections of health and aging. The primary subfields of their work include health, general health professions, demography, sociology and political science, and health toxicology and mutagenesis.

The main topics addressed in their research reflect a range of issues related to population health and aging. These include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Migration, aging, and tourism studies
  • Geriatric care and nursing homes
  • Global health care issues
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies
  • Climate change and health impacts

Jennifer A. Ailshire has published extensively, with recent papers addressing public health and aging concerns. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Media trust and infection mitigating behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures and Loneliness Among Older Adults," 2021, The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Long COVID and symptom trajectory in a representative sample of Americans in the first year of the pandemic," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Dried blood spots: Effects of less than optimal collection, shipping time, heat, and humidity," 2020, American Journal of Human Biology
  • "Measuring More Than Exposure: Does Stress Appraisal Matter for Black-White Differences in Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults?," 2020, Innovation in Aging

Their work is frequently published in a set of core venues, which include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Public Policy & Aging Report

Jennifer A. Ailshire collaborates regularly with a group of recurring co-authors, among them:

  • Eileen M. Crimmins
  • Katrina M. Walsemann
  • Margarita Osuna
  • Eun Young Choi
  • Yeon Jin Choi

Best Publications

  • “Every shut eye, ain’t sleep”: The role of racism-related vigilance in racial/ethnic disparities in sleep difficulty

    Margaret T. Hicken;Hedwig Lee;Jennifer Ailshire;Sarah A. Burgard

  • Mobility Disability and the Urban Built Environment

    Philippa Clarke;Jennifer A. Ailshire;Michael Bader;Jeffrey D. Morenoff

  • Using Google Earth to Conduct a Neighborhood Audit: Reliability of a Virtual Audit Instrument

    Philippa Clarke;Jennifer Ailshire;Robert Melendez;Michael Bader

  • Are U.S. adults reporting less sleep?: Findings from sleep duration trends in the National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2017.

    Connor M Sheehan;Stephen E Frochen;Katrina M Walsemann;Jennifer A Ailshire

  • Gender and Time for Sleep among U.S. Adults

    Sarah A. Burgard;Jennifer A. Ailshire

  • Cognitive function in the community setting: the neighbourhood as a source of ‘cognitive reserve’?

    Philippa J Clarke;Jennifer A Ailshire;James S House;Jeffrey D Morenoff

  • Putting Work to Bed: Stressful Experiences on the Job and Sleep Quality

    Sarah A. Burgard;Jennifer A. Ailshire

  • "Urban Built Environments and Trajectories of Mobility Disability: Findings from a National Sample of Community-Dwelling American Adults (1986–2001)"

    Philippa Clarke;Jennifer A. Ailshire;Paula Lantz

  • Fine particulate matter air pollution and cognitive function among U.S. older adults.

    Jennifer A. Ailshire;Philippa Clarke

  • Disentangling the Stress Process: Race/Ethnic Differences in the Exposure and Appraisal of Chronic Stressors Among Older Adults.

    Lauren L Brown;Uchechi A Mitchell;Jennifer A Ailshire

  • Participation among adults with disability: the role of the urban environment.

    Philippa J. Clarke;Jennifer A. Ailshire;Els R. Nieuwenhuijsen;Marijke W. de Kleijn – de Vrankrijker

  • Measurement of the Local Food Environment: A Comparison of Existing Data Sources

    Michael D. M. Bader;Jennifer A. Ailshire;Jeffrey D. Morenoff;James S. House

  • The Great Recession and Health People, Populations, and Disparities

    Sarah A. Burgard;Jennifer A. Ailshire;Lucie Kalousova

  • Family Relationships and Troubled Sleep among U.S. Adults: Examining the Influences of Contact Frequency and Relationship Quality

    Jennifer A. Ailshire;Sarah A. Burgard

  • Media trust and infection mitigating behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

    Erfei Zhao;Qiao Wu;Eileen M Crimmins;Jennifer A Ailshire

  • Neighborhood social stressors, fine particulate matter air pollution, and cognitive function among older U.S. adults.

    Jennifer Ailshire;Amelia Karraker;Philippa Clarke

  • Telomere Length Among Older U.S. Adults: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Age:

    Lauren Brown;Belinda Needham;Jennifer Ailshire

  • The Unequal Burden of Weight Gain: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Social Disparities in BMI Trajectories from 1986 to 2001/2002

    Jennifer A. Ailshire;James S. House

  • Psychosocial Factors Associated with Longevity in the United States: Age Differences between the Old and Oldest-Old in the Health and Retirement Study

    Jennifer A. Ailshire;Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Becoming Centenarians: Disease and Functioning Trajectories of Older U.S. Adults as They Survive to 100

    Jennifer A. Ailshire;Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez;Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Length of residence and social integration: The contingent effects of neighborhood poverty

    Danya Keene;Michael Bader;Jennifer Ailshire

  • Body Mass Trajectories and Mortality Among Older Adults: A Joint Growth Mixture–Discrete-Time Survival Analysis

    Anna Zajacova;Jennifer Ailshire

Frequent Co-Authors

Eileen M. Crimmins
Eileen M. Crimmins University of Southern California
Katrina M. Walsemann
Katrina M. Walsemann University of Maryland, College Park
Philippa Clarke
Philippa Clarke University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sarah A. Burgard
Sarah A. Burgard University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael D. M. Bader
Michael D. M. Bader American University
Jeffrey D. Morenoff
Jeffrey D. Morenoff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karen D. Lincoln
Karen D. Lincoln University of Southern California
Robert Joseph Taylor
Robert Joseph Taylor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr Boston University

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