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Mai Stafford 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 Mai Stafford sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 197 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mai Stafford 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 Mai Stafford sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mai Stafford is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in Mai Stafford's work include:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Medical Coding and Health Information
  • Obesity and Health Practices

Mai Stafford has contributed to numerous publications, with some of the frequent publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Health Services Research
  • British Journal of General Practice
  • BMC Public Health
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mai Stafford include:

  • "Primary care consultation length by deprivation and multimorbidity in England: an observational study using electronic patient records" (2020) - British Journal of General Practice
  • "Challenging racism in the use of health data" (2021) - The Lancet Digital Health
  • "Ethnic inequalities in multiple long-term health conditions in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and narrative synthesis" (2023) - BMC Public Health
  • "Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high-income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona" (2021) - Health Services Research
  • "Association Between Lifetime Affective Symptoms and Premature Mortality" (2020) - JAMA Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Brenda Hayanga, Laia Bécares, Sarah R Deeny, Hannah Knight, and Walter P. Wodchis, demonstrating a pattern of collaborative research.

Best Publications

  • Association between fear of crime and mental health and physical functioning.

    Mai Stafford;Tarani Chandola;Michael Marmot

  • Neighbourhood deprivation and health: does it affect us all equally?

    Mai Stafford;Michael Marmot

  • Gender differences in the associations between health and neighbourhood environment.

    M. Stafford;S. Cummins;S. Macintyre;A. Ellaway

  • Is the SF-36 a valid measure of change in population health? Results from the Whitehall II study

    Harry Hemingway;Mai Stafford;Stephen Stansfeld;Martin Shipley

  • Rates and correlates of employment in people with schizophrenia in the UK, France and Germany

    Steven Marwaha;Sonia Johnson;Paul Bebbington;Mai Stafford

  • The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire: the Whitehall II Study.

    H Hemingway;A Nicholson;M Stafford;R Roberts

  • Association of Diurnal Patterns in Salivary Cortisol with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality: Findings from the Whitehall II Study

    Meena Kumari;Martin Shipley;Mai Stafford;Mika Kivimaki

  • The buffering effects of ethnic density on experienced racism and health

    Laia Bécares;James Nazroo;Mai Stafford

  • How do objective and subjective assessments of neighbourhood influence social and physical functioning in older age? Findings from a British survey of ageing.

    Ann Bowling;Mai Stafford

  • Neighbourhood environment and its association with self rated health: evidence from Scotland and England

    Steven Cummins;Mai Stafford;Sally Macintyre;Michael Marmot

  • Dietary patterns and 15-y risks of major coronary events, diabetes, and mortality

    Eric J Brunner;Annhild Mosdøl;Daniel R Witte;Pekka Martikainen

  • Public Health and Fear of Crime A Prospective Cohort Study

    Jonathan Jackson;Mai Stafford

  • Efficacy and safety of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant-formula milk: a randomised trial

    Alan Lucas;Mai Stafford;Ruth Morley;Rebecca Abbott

  • Pathways to obesity: identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and diet.

    Mai Stafford;Steven Cummins;Anne Ellaway;Amanda Sacker

  • Low Workplace Social Capital as a Predictor of Depression The Finnish Public Sector Study

    Anne Kouvonen;Tuula Oksanen;Jussi Vahtera;Mai Stafford

  • Ethnic Density Effects on Physical Morbidity, Mortality, and Health Behaviors: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Laia Bécares;Richard Shaw;James Nazroo;Mai Stafford

  • A multilevel analysis of social capital and self-rated health: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey.

    John W. Snelgrove;Hynek Pikhart;Mai Stafford

  • Using a birth cohort to study ageing: representativeness and response rates in the National Survey of Health and Development

    M. Stafford;S. Black;I. Shah;R. Hardy

  • Impact of ethnic density on adult mental disorders: narrative review.

    Richard J. Shaw;Karl Atkin;Laia Bécares;Christo B. Albor

  • Neighbourhood social capital and common mental disorder: testing the link in a general population sample.

    Mai Stafford;Mary De Silva;Stephen Stansfeld;Michael Marmot

Frequent Co-Authors

James Nazroo
James Nazroo University of Manchester
Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London
Marcus Richards
Marcus Richards University College London
Theodore D. Cosco
Theodore D. Cosco University of Oxford
Laia Bécares
Laia Bécares King's College London
Rebecca Hardy
Rebecca Hardy University College London
Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Stephen Stansfeld
Stephen Stansfeld Queen Mary University of London

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