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D-Index
55
Citations
10718
World Ranking
2043
National Ranking
150

Lesley Barclay 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 Lesley Barclay sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 214 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lesley Barclay 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 Lesley Barclay sits on this spectrum.

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
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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lesley Barclay is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Medicine and Health Professions. Barclay's work is categorized under several subfields including General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their main research topics include:

  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Education Systems and Policy

Lesley Barclay has contributed to a variety of recent academic papers. Some notable publications include:

  • A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter (2020) published in Contemporary Nurse
  • Stigmatized for standing up for my child: A qualitative study of non-vaccinating parents in Australia (2021) published in SSM - Population Health
  • Using Facebook to recruit to a national online survey investigating complementary medicine product use in pregnancy and lactation: A case study of method (2020) published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
  • Women's reasons for taking complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation: Results from a national Australian survey (2022) published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
  • Artspace: Enabling young women's recovery through visual arts: A qualitative study (2020) published in Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Midwifery, Contemporary Nurse, and SSM - Population Health.

Barclay often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Larisa Ariadne Justine Barnes
  • Parisa Aslani
  • Kirsten McCaffery
  • Margaret Rolfe
  • Donna Hartz

Barclay's body of work addresses critical issues in health communication, maternal and child health, and public health initiatives, incorporating qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Their contributions expand understanding in areas such as vaccine hesitancy, breastfeeding behaviors, and complementary medicine use during pregnancy and lactation.

Best Publications

  • Constructing Fatherhood: Discourses and Experiences

    Deborah Lupton;Lesley Barclay

  • Becoming a mother — an analysis of women's experience of early motherhood

    Lesley Barclay;Louise Everitt;Frances Rogan;Virginia Schmied

  • Defining Social Support in Context: A Necessary Step in Improving Research, Intervention, and Practice

    Philippa Williams;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • The experiences of new fatherhood: a socio‐cultural analysis

    Lesley Barclay;Deborah Lupton

  • ‘Big build’: hidden depression in men

    Suzanne Brownhill;Kay Wilhelm;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • Struggling to mother: a consequence of inhibitive nursing interactions in the neonatal nursery.

    Jennifer Fenwick;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • "Becoming a mother'--developing a new theory of early motherhood.

    F Rogan;V Shmied;L M Barclay;L Everitt

  • ‘Chatting’: an important clinical tool in facilitating mothering in neonatal nurseries

    Jennifer Fenwick;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • Connection and pleasure, disruption and distress: women's experience of breastfeeding.

    Virginia Schmied;Lesley Barclay

  • Birth Models That Work

    Robbie E. Davis-Floyd;Lesley Barclay;Jan Tritten;Betty-Anne Daviss

  • Women's experiences of continuity of midwifery care in a randomised controlled trial in Australia

    Caroline S E Homer;Gregory K Davis;Margaret Cooke;Lesley M Barclay

  • Collaboration in maternity care: a randomised controlled trial comparing community-based continuity of care with standard hospital care.

    Caroline S.E. Homer;Gregory K. Davis;Pat M. Brodie;Athena Sheehan

  • Effect of shifting policies on traditional birth attendant training.

    Sue Kruske;Lesley M. Barclay

  • The novice birthing : theorising first-time mothers' experiences of birth at home and in hospital in Australia

    Hannah G. Dahlen;Lesley M. Barclay;Caroline S.E. Homer

  • Craving closeness: a grounded theory analysis of women's experiences of mothering in the Special Care Nursery.

    Jennifer Fenwick;Lesley Barclay;Virginia Schmied

  • Randomised-controlled trial of two antenatal education programmes

    Jane Svensson;Lesley Barclay;Margaret Cooke

  • Improving maternity services for Indigenous women in Australia: moving from policy to practice.

    Sue Kildea;Sally Tracy;Juanita Sherwood;Fleur Magick-Dennis

  • Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

    Sue Kruske;Sue V. Kildea;Lesley M. Barclay

  • The concerns and interests of expectant and new parents: assessing learning needs.

    Jane Svensson;Lesley Barclay;Margaret Cooke

  • Men's experiences during their partner's first pregnancy: a grounded theory analysis.

    L Barclay;J Donovan;A Genovese

  • The measurement of forces between particles in disperse systems

    L. M. Barclay;A. H. Harrington;R. H. Ottewill

  • 'Closing the Gap': How maternity services can contribute to reducing poor maternal infant health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

    Sue V. Kildea;Sue Kruske;Lesley M. Barclay;Sally Tracy

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten McCaffery
Kirsten McCaffery University of Sydney
Parisa Aslani
Parisa Aslani University of Sydney
Allison Tong
Allison Tong University of Sydney
David J. Kavanagh
David J. Kavanagh Queensland University of Technology
Julie Leask
Julie Leask University of Sydney
Deborah Lupton
Deborah Lupton University of New South Wales
Stacy M Carter
Stacy M Carter University of Wollongong
Euan M. Wallace
Euan M. Wallace Monash University
Anne Buist
Anne Buist University of Melbourne
Kay Wilhelm
Kay Wilhelm University of Notre Dame

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