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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 82 328 279 150 126 242 29116
Medicine 81 16482 15501 8283 7663 244 28917

Margaret E. Kruk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Margaret E. Kruk between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Margaret E. Kruk published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 12.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2017. 21 of the 275 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2017. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 10 publications
2004 2025

275 publications in total across all disciplines

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Margaret E. Kruk: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 1
2006 1
2007 3
2008 8
2009 11
2010 15
2011 8
2012 12
2013 5
2014 8
2015 27
2016 18
2017 32
2018 27
2019 18
2020 17
2021 11
2022 13
2023 18
2024 11
2025 10
Total 275
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Margaret E. Kruk 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 Margaret E. Kruk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 234–243 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 242 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170 242
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Margaret E. Kruk 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 Margaret E. Kruk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 82 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21 82
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Margaret E. Kruk is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine, economics, and health professions. The main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Health Professions

Their work also delves into specialized subfields such as:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Margaret E. Kruk has researched a variety of global health and healthcare system topics. The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4, 2020, The Lancet
  • The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion, 2020, The Lancet
  • Disruption in essential health services in Mexico during COVID-19: an interrupted time series analysis of health information system data, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Health system redesign for maternal and newborn survival: rethinking care models to close the global equity gap, 2020, BMJ Global Health

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • BMJ Global Health
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • PLoS Medicine
  • The Lancet
  • BMC Health Services Research

Key frequent collaborators include:

  • Catherine Arsenault
  • Jacinta Nzinga
  • Neena Kapoor
  • Todd P Lewis
  • Amit Aryal

Best Publications

  • High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution

    Margaret E. Kruk;Anna D. Gage;Catherine Arsenault;Keely Jordan

  • [Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation].

    Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence H. Summers;George Alleyne;Kenneth J. Arrow

  • NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

    James E Bennett;Gretchen A Stevens;Colin D Mathers;Ruth Bonita

  • Ending Africa's Poverty Trap

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;John W. McArthur;Guido Schmidt-Traub;Margaret Kruk

  • Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries

    Margaret E Kruk;Anna D Gage;Naima T Joseph;Goodarz Danaei

  • What is a resilient health system? Lessons from Ebola

    Margaret E Kruk;Michael Myers;S Tornorlah Varpilah;Bernice T Dahn

  • COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

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  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Assessing health system performance in developing countries: A review of the literature

    Margaret Elizabeth Kruk;Margaret Elizabeth Kruk;Lynn P. Freedman

  • NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4

    James E Bennett;Vasilis Kontis;Colin D Mathers;Michel Guillot

  • The contribution of primary care to health and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a critical review of major primary care initiatives.

    Margaret Elizabeth Kruk;Denis Porignon;Peter C. Rockers;Wim Van Lerberghe

  • Disrespectful and abusive treatment during facility delivery in Tanzania: a facility and community survey

    Margaret E Kruk;Stephanie Kujawski;Godfrey Mbaruku;Kate Ramsey

  • Women's Preferences for Place of Delivery in Rural Tanzania: A Population-Based Discrete Choice Experiment

    Margaret E. Kruk;Magdalena Paczkowski;Godfrey Mbaruku;Helen de Pinho

  • Disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth: challenging the global quality and accountability agendas

    Lynn P Freedman;Margaret E Kruk

  • Essential surgery: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition

    Charles N Mock;Peter Donkor;Atul Gawande;Dean T Jamison

  • Borrowing and selling to pay for health care in low- and middle-income countries

    Margaret E. Kruk;Emily Goldmann;Sandro Galea

  • Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010–30: review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health

    Ole Frithjof Norheim;Prabhat Jha;Kesetebirhan Admasu;Tore Godal

  • Quality of basic maternal care functions in health facilities of five African countries: an analysis of national health system surveys

    Margaret E Kruk;Hannah H Leslie;Stéphane Verguet;Godfrey M Mbaruku

  • Defining disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth: a research policy and rights agenda.

    Lynn P. Freedman;Kate Ramsey;Timothy Abuya;Benjamin Bellows

  • Building resilient health systems: a proposal for a resilience index

    Margaret E Kruk;Emilia J Ling;Asaf Bitton;Melani Cammett

  • Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania

    Margaret E Kruk;Godfrey Mbaruku;Colin W McCord;Molly Moran

  • Rebuilding health systems to improve health and promote statebuilding in post-conflict countries: A theoretical framework and research agenda

    Margaret E. Kruk;Margaret E. Kruk;Lynn P. Freedman;Grace A. Anglin;Ronald J. Waldman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandro Galea
Sandro Galea Washington University in St. Louis
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Atul A. Gawande
Atul A. Gawande Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stéphane Verguet
Stéphane Verguet Harvard University
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Ole Frithjof Norheim University of Bergen
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Mike English
Mike English Wellcome Trust
Rifat Atun
Rifat Atun Harvard University
Felicia Marie Knaul
Felicia Marie Knaul University of Miami
Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Lisa R. Hirschhorn Northwestern University

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