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South Africa
2022

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D-Index
65
Citations
18798
World Ranking
1024
National Ranking
13

Leslie Swartz 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 Leslie Swartz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 458 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leslie Swartz 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 Leslie Swartz 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
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Leslie Swartz is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences and psychology. Their work covers a range of topics, focusing particularly on disability rights, family and disability support, mental health, and trauma.

The scientist has published predominantly in venues such as the South African Journal of Science, African Journal of Disability, Disability & Society, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Violence Against Women.

Recent papers by Leslie Swartz include:

  • Developing mental health literacy and cultural competence in elite sport (2020), Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19? (2021), South African Family Practice
  • COVID-19, disability and the context of healthcare triage in South Africa: Notes in a time of pandemic (2020), African Journal of Disability
  • African families' and caregivers' experiences of raising a child with intellectual disability: A narrative synthesis of qualitative studies (2021), African Journal of Disability
  • Integration into higher education: experiences of disabled students in South Africa (2020), Studies in Higher Education

Frequent collaborators include Jean Luyt, Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Emma Louise McKinney, Siyabulela Mkabile, and Jason Bantjes.

Leslie Swartz's work spans major fields of study:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these fields, key subfields are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology

The main research topics covered include:

  • Disability Rights and Representation
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Leslie Swartz has published a book titled How I Lost My Mother (2021) through Wits University Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

    Crick Lund;Alison Breen;Alan J. Flisher;Ritsuko Kakuma

  • Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019).

    Claudia L Reardon;Brian Hainline;Cindy Miller Aron;David Baron

  • Scaling up mHealth: where is the evidence?

    Mark Tomlinson;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Leslie Swartz;Alexander C. Tsai

  • Post-partum depression and the mother-infant relationship in a South African peri-urban settlement

    Peter J. Cooper;Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz;Matthew Woolgar

  • Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa : randomised controlled trial

    Peter J Cooper;Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz;Mireille Landman

  • Culture and Mental Health: A Southern African View

    Leslie Swartz

  • Psychology: an Introduction

    L. Swartz;C. De la Rey;N. Duncan

  • Structural barriers to ART adherence in Southern Africa: Challenges and potential ways forward

    Kagee A;Remien Rh;Berkman A;Hoffman S

  • Impact of a mother-infant intervention in an indigent peri-urban South African context: pilot study.

    Peter J. Cooper;Mireille Landman;Mark Tomlinson;Christopher Molteno

  • Setting priorities for global mental health research.

    Mark Tomlinson;Igor Rudan;Shekhar Saxena;Leslie Swartz

  • Disability and social change: a South African agenda

    Brian Watermeyer;Leslie Swartz;Theresa Lorenzo;Marguerite Schneider

  • Anorexia nervosa as a culture-bound syndrome.

    Leslie Swartz

  • Point of care in your pocket: a research agenda for the field of m-health

    Alastair van Heerden;Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz

  • Perceived Barriers for Accessing Health Services among Individuals with Disability in Four African Countries

    Arne Henning Eide;Hasheem Mannan;Mustafa Khogali;Gert Van Rooy

  • Research priorities for health of people with disabilities: an expert opinion exercise

    Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz;Alana Officer;Kit Yee Chan

  • Paediatric HIV/AIDS disclosure : towards a developmental and process-oriented approach

    A. Lesch;L. Swartz;Ashraf Kagee;Keymanthri Moodley

  • The Effect of an Animal-Assisted Reading Program on the Reading Rate, Accuracy and Comprehension of Grade 3 Students: A Randomized Control Study

    Marieanna C. le Roux;Leslie Swartz;Estelle Swart

  • Mental health research priorities in low- and middle-income countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

    P. Sharan;C. Gallo;O. Gureje;E. Lamberte

  • Cyborg anxiety: Oscar Pistorius and the boundaries of what it means to be human

    Leslie Swartz;Brian Watermeyer

  • Decolonising research methodologies: lessons from a qualitative research project, Cape Town, South Africa

    Mpoe Johannah Keikelame;Leslie Swartz

  • Scarcity and inequity of mental health research resources in low-and-middle income countries: a global survey.

    Denise Razzouk;Denise Razzouk;Pratap Sharan;Carla Gallo;Oye Gureje

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Tomlinson
Mark Tomlinson Queen's University Belfast
Malcolm MacLachlan
Malcolm MacLachlan National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Ashraf Kagee
Ashraf Kagee Stellenbosch University
Hasheem Mannan
Hasheem Mannan University College Dublin
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Alan J. Flisher
Alan J. Flisher University of Cape Town
John A. Joska
John A. Joska University of Cape Town
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Arvin Bhana
Arvin Bhana University of KwaZulu-Natal
Shekhar Saxena
Shekhar Saxena Harvard University

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