World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Social Sciences and Humanities
South Africa
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
96
Citations
44240
World Ranking
117
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Lucy Gilson is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily spans health professions, medicine, and economics, econometrics, and finance. Within these fields, they have focused extensively on general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, finance, organizational behavior and human resource management, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics covered in Lucy Gilson's work include global maternal and child health, healthcare systems and reforms, global public health policies and epidemiology, health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, primary care and health outcomes, disaster response and management, and global health workforce issues.

Their publication record features recent contributions to various journals, such as:

  • "Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County," 2020, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • "Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature," 2021, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • "Shocks, stress and everyday health system resilience: experiences from the Kenyan coast," 2020, Health Policy and Planning
  • "Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa," 2020, Social Science & Medicine
  • "An innovative leadership development initiative to support building everyday resilience in health systems," 2021, Health Policy and Planning

Their frequent publication venues illustrate a focus on health policy and management research, including:

  • Health Policy and Planning
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • South African Medical Journal

Lucy Gilson has collaborated extensively with several coauthors. The most frequent collaborators include:

  • Edwine Barasa
  • Sassy Molyneux
  • Benjamin Tsofa
  • Nancy Kagwanja
  • Amanda Quintana

Best Publications

  • Team Effectiveness 1997-2007: A Review of Recent Advancements and a Glimpse Into the Future:

    John Mathieu;M. Travis Maynard;Tammy Rapp;Lucy Gilson

  • WHAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW: A REVIEW OF SOCIAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS THAT CAN FOSTER OR HINDER CREATIVITY

    Christina E Shalley;Lucy L Gilson

  • Virtual Teams: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?

    Luis D l Martins;Lucy L. Gilson;M. Travis Maynard

  • Reforming the health sector in developing countries: the central role of policy analysis

    Gill Walt;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson

  • Trust and the development of health care as a social institution

    Lucy Gilson

  • Matching Creativity Requirements and the Work Environment: Effects on Satisfaction and Intentions to Leave

    Christina E. Shalley;Lucy L. Gilson;Terry C. Blum

  • Virtual Teams Research: 10 Years, 10 Themes, and 10 Opportunities

    Lucy L. Gilson;M. Travis Maynard;Nicole C. Jones Young;Matti Vartiainen

  • Doing health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges

    Gill Walt;Jeremy Shiffman;Helen Schneider;Susan F Murray

  • A Little Creativity Goes a Long Way: An Examination of Teams’ Engagement in Creative Processes

    Lucy L. Gilson;Christina E. Shalley

  • INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF GROWTH NEED STRENGTH, WORK CONTEXT, AND JOB COMPLEXITY ON SELF-REPORTED CREATIVE PERFORMANCE

    Christina E. Shalley;Lucy L. Gilson;Terry C. Blum

  • Empowerment and team effectiveness: an empirical test of an integrated model.

    John E. Mathieu;Lucy L. Gilson;Thomas M. Ruddy

  • What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience

    Edwine Barasa;Rahab Mbau;Lucy Gilson

  • CREATIVITY AND STANDARDIZATION: COMPLEMENTARY OR CONFLICTING DRIVERS OF TEAM EFFECTIVENESS?

    Lucy L. Gilson;John E. Mathieu;Christina E. Shalley;Thomas M. Ruddy

  • Empowerment-—Fad or Fab? A Multilevel Review of the Past Two Decades of Research

    M. Travis Maynard;Lucy L. Gilson;John E. Mathieu

  • The terrain of health policy analysis in low and middle income countries: a review of published literature 1994-2007

    Lucy Gilson;Nika Raphaely

  • Editors’ Comment So, What Is a Conceptual Paper?

    Lucy L. Gilson;Caren B. Goldberg

  • Inequalities in health care use and expenditures: empirical data from eight developing countries and countries in transition

    M. Makinen;H. Waters;M. Rauch;N. Almagambetova

  • The Lessons of User Fee Experience in Africa

    Lucy Gilson

  • 'We are Bitter But we are Satisfied': Nurses as Street-Level Bureaucrats in South Africa

    Liz Walker;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson

  • Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Framing the Questions

    Kabir Sheikh;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson;Irene Akua Agyepong;Kara Hanson

  • Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters.

    Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson;Kara Hanson;Kabir Sheikh;Irene Akua Agyepong

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen Schneider
Helen Schneider University of the Western Cape
Anne Mills
Anne Mills London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sassy Molyneux
Sassy Molyneux University of Oxford
Edwine Barasa
Edwine Barasa KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
John E. Mathieu
John E. Mathieu University of Connecticut
Christina E. Shalley
Christina E. Shalley Georgia Institute of Technology
Di McIntyre
Di McIntyre University of Cape Town
Sara Bennett
Sara Bennett Johns Hopkins University
Gill Walt
Gill Walt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kara Hanson
Kara Hanson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a career in Social Sciences and Humanities can take many forms, with flexible online options to help students reach their goals. An online degree in psychology is a popular choice, offering affordable routes into fields like counseling, research, or human resources.

For those interested in social work, enrolling in an online msw program can provide accessible entry to advanced practice, advocacy, and leadership roles within communities. Aspiring clinical psychologists might consider a online psyd program, which prepares graduates for licensure and direct client work.

Time-conscious learners looking for specialized support roles may appreciate accelerated mft programs. These allow students to fast-track their path to a career as a marriage and family therapist. Ultimately, online programs offer flexibility, diverse pathways, and the ability to balance study with work or family commitments while building a meaningful career in these dynamic fields.

Best Scientists Citing Lucy Gilson

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles