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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 39 5686 5280 2690 2451 158 6206

Jennifer Prah Ruger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jennifer Prah Ruger between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jennifer Prah Ruger published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2012. 2 of the 168 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2012. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 9 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1994 2025

168 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jennifer Prah Ruger: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 5
2004 5
2005 10
2006 12
2007 8
2008 10
2009 15
2010 9
2011 9
2012 17
2013 1
2014 9
2015 17
2016 4
2017 3
2018 15
2019 7
2020 6
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
2024 1
2025 1
Total 168
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Jennifer Prah Ruger 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 Prah Ruger 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, 154–163 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: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% 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
154–163 411 158
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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Jennifer Prah Ruger 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 Prah Ruger 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% 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 39
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jennifer Prah Ruger is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Health Professions, with notable contributions across several subfields including General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work encompass Public Health Policies and Education, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health and Conflict Studies, Health Systems involving Economic Evaluations and Quality of Life, Healthcare Policy and Management, Healthcare cost, quality, and practices, and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Micro-costing in health and medicine: a critical appraisal" (2021), published in Health Economics Review
  • "Positive Public Health Ethics: Toward Flourishing and Resilient Communities and Individuals" (2020), published in The American Journal of Bioethics
  • "A Mixed-Methods Study of Social Determinants and Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure" (2023), published in The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
  • "Social justice as a foundation for democracy and health" (2020), published in BMJ
  • "The injustice of COVID-19: we need a moral constitution for our planet's health" (2020), published in The Lancet Planetary Health

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Xiao Xu, Christina M. Lazar, Foster Osei Baah, Bridgette M. Brawner, and Anne M. Teitelman.

The venues where Jennifer Prah Ruger has often published their work comprise Health Economics Review, The American Journal of Bioethics, The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, BMJ, and The Lancet Planetary Health.

In recognition of their contributions, they were awarded the designation of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Health and Social Justice

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Analysis of Costs, Length of Stay, and Utilization of Emergency Department Services by Frequent Users: Implications for Health Policy

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Christopher J. Richter;Edward L. Spitznagel;Lawrence M. Lewis

  • Health capability: conceptualization and operationalization.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • The Changing Role of the WORLD BANK in Global Health

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Toward a Theory of a Right to Health: Capability and Incompletely Theorized Agreements.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Ethics and governance of global health inequalities

    J P Ruger

  • Ethics of the social determinants of health

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Global Health Governance at a Crossroads.

    Nora Y Ng;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Micro-costing studies in the health and medical literature: protocol for a systematic review.

    Xiao Xu;Holly K Grossetta Nardini;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Global Health Justice

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Democracy and health

    Ruger Jp

  • Global health inequalities: an international comparison

    Ruger Jp;Kim Hj

  • Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending by the Poor and Chronically Ill in the Republic of Korea

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Hak-Ju Kim

  • Micro-costing in health and medicine: a critical appraisal.

    Xiao Xu;Christina M. Lazar;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Clinical and economic factors associated with ambulance use to the emergency department.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Christopher J. Richter;Lawrence M. Lewis

  • Coping with health care expenses among poor households: evidence from a rural commune in Vietnam

    Kim Thuy Nguyen;Oanh Thi Hai Khuat;Shuangge Ma;Duc Cuong Pham

  • Health, capability, and justice: toward a new paradigm of health ethics, policy and law.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • EMERGING AND TRANSITIONING COUNTRIES' ROLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Nora Y. Ng

  • Shared Health Governance

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Analysis of Costs, Length of Stay, and Utilization of Emergency Department Services By Frequent Users: Implications for Health Policy

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Lawrence Lewis;Christopher Richter

  • Global health governance as shared health governance

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Impact of health insurance on health care treatment and cost in Vietnam: a health capability approach to financial protection.

    Kim Thuy Nguyen;Oanh Thi Hai Khuat;Shuangge Ma;Duc Cuong Pham

  • Rethinking equal access: Agency, quality, and norms

    Ruger Jp

  • The health capability paradigm and the right to health care in the United States

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Economic Evaluation of Pharmaco- and Behavioral Therapies for Smoking Cessation: A Critical and Systematic Review of Empirical Research

    Christina M. Lazar;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • A Checklist for the Conduct, Reporting, and Appraisal of Microcosting Studies in Health Care: Protocol Development

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Marian Reiff

  • Responses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: a qualitative case study

    Sarah Wood Pallas;Justice Nonvignon;Moses Aikins;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Global Tobacco Control: An integrated approach to global health policy.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • The Elusive Right to Health Care under U.S. Law

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Theodore W Ruger;George J Annas

  • Social justice as a foundation for democracy and health

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Global functions at the World Health Organization.

    Jennifer Prah Ruger;Derek Yach

  • Catastrophic health expenditure

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Governing for the Common Good

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Measuring disparities in health care

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • International institutional legitimacy and the World Health Organization

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Good medical ethics, justice and provincial globalism

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Effects of donor proliferation in development aid for health on health program performance: a conceptual framework.

    Sarah Wood Pallas;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Money, Sex, and Religion — The Supreme Court's ACA Sequel

    George J. Annas;Theodore W. Ruger;Jennifer Prah Ruger

  • Fatal Indifference: The G8, Africa and Global Health

    Jennifer Prah Ruger

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen M. Emmons
Karen M. Emmons Harvard University
Kimberly A. Yonkers
Kimberly A. Yonkers Yale University
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
David E. Bloom
David E. Bloom Harvard University
Shuangge Ma
Shuangge Ma Yale University
George J. Annas
George J. Annas Boston University
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Milton C. Weinstein
Milton C. Weinstein Harvard University
Derek Yach
Derek Yach Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
Nicoli Nattrass
Nicoli Nattrass University of Cape Town

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