2026 John Hills: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	43	409	62	274	8341

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Publications

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Political Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

John Hills was affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research focused primarily on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with particular attention to clinical psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, developmental and educational psychology, and conservation.

The scientist's main topics of work included counseling, therapy, and family dynamics; religion, society, and development; community health and development; educational and psychological assessments; psychotherapy techniques and applications; and art therapy and mental health.

John Hills authored several research papers, with notable publications including:

A Duoethnographic Study of Power and Privilege in the Psychotherapeutic Space: Dialogical Research as Professional Development, 2023, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Modelling change in self-narratives and embodied experience: A multicase study and autoethnography, 2021, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Brian Nolan (ed) (2018), Generating Prosperity for Working Families in Affluent Countries, Oxford University Press, £65.00, pp. 432, hbk., 2020, Journal of Social Policy

Throughout their career, John Hills collaborated with several co-authors including Raelton Gibbs, Fevronia Christodoulidi, and Divine Charura.

Frequent publication venues comprised:

International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Journal of Social Policy

Best Publications

Getting the measure of fuel poverty: final report of the Fuel Poverty Review

John Hills

761
Citations
Understanding social exclusion

John Hills;Julian Le Grand;David Piachaud

618
Citations
Ends and Means: The future roles of social housing in England

John Hills

514
Citations
An anatomy of economic inequality in the UK: report of the National Equality Panel

John Hills;Mike Brewer;Stephen Jenkins;Ruth Lister

468
Citations
Social security in developing countries

Ehtisham Ahmad;Jean Dreze;John Hills;Amartya Sen

388
Citations
Inequality and the state

John Hills

367
Citations
Exclusion, Employment and Opportunity

Anthony Atkinson;John Hills

362
Citations
A more equal society? : new Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion

John Hills;Kitty Stewart

285
Citations
Fuel poverty: the problem and its measurement

John Hills

242
Citations
Unravelling Housing Finance: Subsidies, Benefits, and Taxation

John Hills

236
Citations
Inquiry into income and wealth

Peter M. Barclay;John Hills

233
Citations
Towards a more equal society?: poverty, inequality and policy since 1997

John Hills;Tom Sefton;Kitty Stewart

213
Citations
Income and Wealth: The Latest Evidence

John Hills

195
Citations
The state of welfare : the welfare state in Britain since 1974

Nicholas Barr;John Hills;Julian Le Grand

167
Citations
Thatcherism, New Labour and the welfare state

John Hills

163
Citations
The dynamic of welfare: the welfare state and the life cycle

Jane Falkingham;John Hills

139
Citations
New inequalities : the changing distribution of income and wealth in the United Kingdom

John Hills

137
Citations
POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NEW DATA ON INCOME MOBILITY

Karen Gardiner;John Hills

129
Citations
The state of welfare

Howard Glennerster;John Hills

125
Citations
Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us

John Hills

118
Citations
Following or Leading Public Opinion? Social Security Policy and Public Attitudes Since 1997

John Hills

92
Citations
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

Howard Glennerster;John Hills;Kathleen Kiernan;Carol Propper

62
Citations
An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK - Report of the National Equality Panel

John Hills

2
Citations
Wealth inequality and accumulation

John Hills

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Glennerster London School of Economics and Political Science

Holly Sutherland University of Essex

Julian Le Grand London School of Economics and Political Science

Jane Falkingham University of Southampton

Anthony B. Atkinson London School of Economics and Political Science

Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science

Kathleen Kiernan University of York

Janet C. Gornick City University of New York

Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics and Political Science

John Micklewright University College London

External Links

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