2026 Mandy Ryan: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	68	516	463	59	54	209	18467

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Mandy Ryan is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of economics, econometrics, and finance with a focus on health systems and economic evaluations. Their research integrates decision sciences, public health, and genomics, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to health economics and policy.

Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications in notable journals, predominantly within the realms of health economics and public health. Frequent publication venues include:

BMJ Open (5 publications)
Health Economics (2 publications)
Social Science & Medicine (2 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy (2 publications)

Mandy Ryan's research fields encompass:

Economics and Econometrics
General Decision Sciences
Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Modeling and Simulation

Work topics addressed in their studies include:

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Delphi Technique in Research
Healthcare Policy and Management

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Mandy Ryan are:

Understanding public preferences and trade-offs for government responses during a pandemic: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment in the UK, 2020, BMJ Open
Continuing the sequence? Towards an economic evaluation of whole genome sequencing for the diagnosis of rare diseases in Scotland, 2021, Journal of Community Genetics
Public acceptability of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control a pandemic in the UK: a discrete choice experiment, 2022, BMJ Open
Keeping an eye on cost: What can eye tracking tell us about attention to cost information in discrete choice experiments?, 2023, Health Economics
Will the Public Engage with New Pharmacy Roles? Assessing Future Uptake of a Community Pharmacy Health Check Using a Discrete Choice Experiment, 2022, Patient

Mandy Ryan has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, most notably:

Luis Enrique Loría-Rebolledo
Mesfin G. Genie
Verity Watson
Michael Abbott
Rodolfo Hernández

Their contributions to research have been recognized by the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2006.

Best Publications

Contemporary Guidance for Stated Preference Studies

Robert J. Johnston;Kevin J. Boyle;Wiktor Adamowicz;Jeff Bennett

1490
Citations
Discrete choice experiments in health economics: A review of the literature

Esther W. de Bekker-Grob;Mandy Ryan;Karen Gerard

1427
Citations
Using conjoint analysis to elicit preferences for health care.

Mandy Ryan;Shelley Farrar

1271
Citations
Using discrete choice experiments to value health and health care

Mandy Ryan;Karen Gerard;Mabel Amaya-Amaya

874
Citations
Using discrete choice experiments to value health care programmes: current practice and future research reflections.

Mandy Ryan;Karen Gerard

855
Citations
Eliciting public preferences for healthcare: a systematic review of techniques.

M Ryan;D A Scott;C Reeves;A Bate

794
Citations
What are shared and social values of ecosystems

Jasper O. Kenter;Jasper O. Kenter;Liz O'Brien;Neal Hockley;Neil Ravenscroft

573
Citations
Discrete choice experiments in health care.

Mandy Ryan

541
Citations
Using Conjoint Analysis to Assess Women's Preferences for Miscarriage Management

Mandy Ryan;Jenny Hughes

505
Citations
Using conjoint analysis to take account of patient preferences and go beyond health outcomes : an application to in vitro fertilisation

Mandy Ryan

482
Citations
Use of discrete choice experiments to elicit preferences

M Ryan;A Bate;C J Eastmond;A Ludbrook

340
Citations
Rationalising the 'irrational': a think aloud study of discrete choice experiment responses.

Mandy Ryan;Verity Watson;Vikki Entwistle

273
Citations
Weighting and valuing quality-adjusted life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY Project

R. Baker;Ian Bateman;C. Donaldson;M. Jones-Lee

267
Citations
Estimating the monetary value of health care: lessons from environmental economics.

Nick Hanley;Mandy Ryan;Robert Wright

242
Citations
Using discrete choice experiments to estimate a preference-based measure of outcome--An application to social care for older people

Mandy Ryan;Ann Netten;Diane Skåtun;Paul Smith

236
Citations
Valuing health care using willingness to pay: a comparison of the payment card and dichotomous choice methods.

Mandy Ryan;David A Scott;Cam Donaldson

235
Citations
Discrete choice experiments in a nutshell

Mandy Ryan;Karen Gerard;Mabel Amaya-Amaya

222
Citations
The veil of experience: do consumers prefer what they know best?

G. Salkeld;M. Ryan;L. Short

213
Citations
Agency in health care: getting beyond first principles.

Gavin Mooney;Mandy Ryan

204
Citations
Methodological issues in the application of conjoint analysis in health care

Mandy Ryan;Emma McIntosh;Phil Shackley

194
Citations
How to conduct a discrete choice experiment for health workforce recruitment and retention in remote and rural areas : a user guide with case studies

Peter C. Rockers;Mandy Ryan;Julie R. Kolstad;Carmen Dolea

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cam Donaldson Glasgow Caledonian University

Karen Gerard University of Southampton

Frances Griffiths University of Warwick

Anthony Scott University of Melbourne

Edwin van Teijlingen Bournemouth University

Ian J. Bateman University of Exeter

Stephen Birch University of Queensland

Matt Sutton University of Manchester

Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College

Ioan Fazey University of York

External Links

Personal website of Mandy Ryan

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