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Juan Merlo

Juan Merlo

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
73
Citations
19645
World Ranking
636
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Juan Merlo is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences. Their scholarly work spans various subfields, including General Health Professions, Health, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Surgery.

The primary focus of their research revolves around health disparities and outcomes, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, food security and health in diverse populations, healthcare policy and management, advanced causal inference techniques, obesity and health practices, and primary care and health outcomes.

Their recent publication record includes work published in notable academic journals such as the International Journal for Equity in Health, BMJ Open, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, PLoS ONE, and Scientific Reports. Frequent publication venues are:

  • International Journal for Equity in Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports

Juan Merlo's recent papers include:

  • Partitioning variation in multilevel models for count data., 2020, Psychological Methods
  • An intersectional analysis providing more precise information on inequities in self-rated health, 2021, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • A tutorial for conducting intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA), 2024, SSM - Population Health
  • Low adherence to statin treatment during the 1st year after an acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased 2nd-year mortality risk-an inverse probability of treatment weighted study on 54,872 patients, 2020, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
  • Understanding the complexity of socioeconomic disparities in smoking prevalence in Sweden: a cross-sectional study applying intersectionality theory, 2021, BMJ Open

Frequent collaborators of this researcher include:

  • Raquel Pérez-Vicente
  • George Leckie
  • Maria Wemrell
  • Johan Öberg
  • Kani Khalaf

Juan Merlo's research addresses complex health issues, often integrating advanced statistical methods and intersectional approaches to better understand inequities and outcomes in healthcare settings. Their work touches on the application of multilevel modeling and causal inference techniques, contributing to fields involving patient adherence, public health disparities, and socioeconomic factors influencing health behaviors.

Best Publications

  • A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: using measures of clustering in multilevel logistic regression to investigate contextual phenomena

    Juan Merlo;Basile Chaix;Henrik Ohlsson;Anders Beckman

  • Appropriate Assessment of Neighborhood Effects on Individual Health: Integrating Random and Fixed Effects in Multilevel Logistic Regression

    Klaus Larsen;Juan Merlo

  • Social capital and health : does egalitarianism matter? A literature review

    M Kamrul Islam;Juan Merlo;Ichiro Kawachi;Martin Lindström

  • A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: linking the statistical concept of clustering to the idea of contextual phenomenon

    Juan Merlo;Basile Chaix;Min Yang;John Lynch

  • Intermediate and advanced topics in multilevel logistic regression analysis

    Peter C. Austin;Peter C. Austin;Peter C. Austin;Juan Merlo

  • The validity of obesity based on self-reported weight and height: Implications for population studies.

    Maria Nyholm;Bo Gullberg;Juan Merlo;Cristina Lundqvist-Persson

  • Socioeconomic Inequality in Exposure to Bullying During Adolescence: A Comparative, Cross-Sectional, Multilevel Study in 35 Countries

    Pernille Due;Juan Merlo;Yossi Harel-Fisch;Mogens Trab Damsgaard

  • A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: investigating contextual phenomena in different groups of people

    Juan Merlo;Min Yang;Basile Chaix;John Lynch

  • An Interactive Mapping Tool to Assess Individual Mobility Patterns in Neighborhood Studies

    Basile Chaix;Basile Chaix;Yan Kestens;Camille Perchoux;Camille Perchoux;Camille Perchoux;Noëlla Karusisi;Noëlla Karusisi

  • A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: interpreting neighbourhood differences and the effect of neighbourhood characteristics on individual health

    Juan Merlo;Basile Chaix;Min Yang;John Lynch

  • Inequity in access to dental care services explains current socioeconomic disparities in oral health: The Swedish National Surveys of Public Health 2004–2005

    Sarah Wamala;Juan Merlo;Gunnel Boström

  • Multilevel analytical approaches in social epidemiology: measures of health variation compared with traditional measures of association

    Juan Merlo

  • Intimate partner violence against women and the Nordic paradox

    Enrique Gracia;Juan Merlo

  • Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) within an intersectional framework.

    Juan Merlo

  • Comparison of a Spatial Perspective with the Multilevel Analytical Approach in Neighborhood Studies: The Case of Mental and Behavioral Disorders due to Psychoactive Substance Use in Malmö, Sweden, 2001

    Basile Chaix;Juan Merlo;S V Subramanian;John Lynch

  • Neighbourhoods in eco-epidemiologic research: delimiting personal exposure areas. A response to Riva, Gauvin, Apparicio and Brodeur.

    Basile Chaix;Juan Merlo;David Evans;Cinira Leal

  • Comparison of a spatial approach with the multilevel approach for investigating place effects on health: the example of healthcare utilisation in France

    Basile Chaix;Juan Merlo;Pierre Chauvin

  • An Original Stepwise Multilevel Logistic Regression Analysis of Discriminatory Accuracy: The Case of Neighbourhoods and Health.

    Juan Merlo;Philippe Wagner;Philippe Wagner;Nermin Ghith;George Leckie

  • Measures of clustering and heterogeneity in multilevel Poisson regression analyses of rates/count data.

    Peter C. Austin;Peter C. Austin;Peter C. Austin;Henrik Stryhn;George Leckie;Juan Merlo

  • Children’s exposure to nitrogen dioxide in Sweden: investigating environmental injustice in an egalitarian country

    Basile Chaix;Susanna Gustafsson;Michael Jerrett;Håkan Kristersson

  • Socioeconomic position, macroeconomic environment and overweight among adolescents in 35 countries.

    P. Due;M. T. Damsgaard;M. Rasmussen;B. E. Holstein

  • Atrial fibrillation and its association with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in a Swedish community

    Carl-Johan Östgren;J Merlo;L Rastam;U lindblad

Frequent Co-Authors

Basile Chaix
Basile Chaix Sorbonne University
Martin Lindström
Martin Lindström Lund University
Maria Rosvall
Maria Rosvall University of Gothenburg
Per-Olof Östergren
Per-Olof Östergren Lund University
Bjørn Evald Holstein
Bjørn Evald Holstein University of Southern Denmark
Yan Kestens
Yan Kestens University of Montreal
Pierre Chauvin
Pierre Chauvin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Enrique Gracia
Enrique Gracia University of Valencia
Alastair H. Leyland
Alastair H. Leyland University of Glasgow
Åke Lernmark
Åke Lernmark Lund University

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