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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 38 5945 5524 2834 2588 165 6152

Jennifer A. Ailshire publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jennifer A. Ailshire between 2008 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jennifer A. Ailshire published across 19 years, from 2008 to 2026, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2020. 19 of the 224 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2008 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2020. 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 25 publications 2025: 17 publications 2026: 2 publications
2008 2026

224 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jennifer A. Ailshire: publications per year, 2008 to 2026
Year Publications
2008 3
2009 2
2010 4
2011 5
2012 3
2013 5
2014 4
2015 4
2016 3
2017 10
2018 18
2019 19
2020 28
2021 27
2022 20
2023 25
2024 25
2025 17
2026 2
Total 224
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Jennifer A. Ailshire publications per year - data summary

  • Jennifer A. Ailshire, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Southern California, has 224 publications recorded across 19 years, from 2008 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2008 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 28 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2009 and 2026, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.8 per year counting only the 19 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 89 publications, 40% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2008-2014: 26 publications (3.7 per year); 2015-2021: 109 publications (15.6 per year); 2022-2026: 89 publications (17.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

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.

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, 164–173 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: 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.

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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
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391 165
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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Jennifer A. Ailshire publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Jennifer A. Ailshire, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Southern California, records 165 publications - the 49th percentile of the discipline.
  • 49% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer A. Ailshire, and about 51% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Jennifer A. Ailshire falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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.

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, 38 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: 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.

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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 38
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
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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Jennifer A. Ailshire D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Jennifer A. Ailshire, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Southern California, records 38 D-Index - the 26th percentile of the discipline.
  • 26% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer A. Ailshire, and about 74% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Jennifer A. Ailshire ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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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