2026 Marina Karanikolos: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	36	6349	5900	1024	952	108	11393

Overview

Marina Karanikolos is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple aspects of health systems and economics, with a particular focus on healthcare professions and economic frameworks applied to health-related issues.

The main fields of study connected to their work include:

Health Professions
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broad fields, their subfields of study are:

General Health Professions
Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Emergency Medical Services
Oncology

The scientist's research covers several main topics, reflecting interdisciplinary and policy-relevant interests:

Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Disaster Response and Management
Global Health Care Issues
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Healthcare Policy and Management
Employment and Welfare Studies

Marina Karanikolos has published in various peer-reviewed venues, with frequent contributions to:

European Journal of Public Health
Health Policy
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Recent notable papers include:

Strengthening health systems resilience. Key concepts and strategies (2020), Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Nordic responses to Covid-19: Governance and policy measures in the early phases of the pandemic (2021), Health Policy
What have European countries done to prevent the spread of COVID-19? Lessons from the COVID-19 Health system response monitor (2022), Health Policy
Early health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean countries: A tale of successes and challenges (2021), Health Policy
Lessons learned from the Baltic countries' response to the first wave of COVID-19 (2021), Health Policy

Collaborations have been an important part of their career, with frequent co-authors including:

Jonathan Cylus
Anna Sagan
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
Martin McKee
Philip Haywood

Best Publications

Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe

Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Philipa Mladovsky;Jonathan Cylus;Sarah Thomson

1864
Citations
Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

1058
Citations
Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy.

Alexander Kentikelenis;Marina Karanikolos;Irene Papanicolas;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu

915
Citations
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;John Everett Mumford;Megan Knight

657
Citations
Greece's health crisis: from austerity to denialism

Alexander Kentikelenis;Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Martin McKee

647
Citations
Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;Degu Abate;Solomon M. Abay

575
Citations
Norway: Health System Review.

Ingrid Sperre Saunes;Marina Karanikolos;Anna Sagan

512
Citations
Austerity and health: the impact in the UK and Europe

David Stuckler;Aaron Reeves;Rachel Loopstra;Marina Karanikolos

452
Citations
Finland: health system review.

Ilmo Keskimaki;Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen;Eeva Reissell;Meri Koivusalo

428
Citations
Health services for children in western Europe

Ingrid Wolfe;Matthew Thompson;Peter Gill;Giorgio Tamburlini

317
Citations
Health policy responses to the financial crisis in Europe

Philipa Mladovsky;Divya Srivastava;Jonathan Cylus;Marina Karanikolos

316
Citations
Austerity: a failed experiment on the people of Europe

Martin McKee;Martin McKee;Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Paul Belcher;David Stuckler

294
Citations
ECONOMIC CRISIS, HEALTH SYSTEMS AND HEALTH IN EUROPE: IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY

Sarah Thomson;Josep Figueras;Tamás Evetovits;Matthew Jowett

280
Citations
Towards an understanding of resilience: responding to health systems shocks

Johanna Hanefeld;Susannah Mayhew;Helena Legido-Quigley;Helena Legido-Quigley;Frederick Martineau

273
Citations
Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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261
Citations
The unequal health of Europeans: successes and failures of policies

Johan P Mackenbach;Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Martin McKee;Martin McKee

223
Citations
Effects of the financial crisis and Troika austerity measures on health and health care access in Portugal.

Helena Legido-Quigley;Helena Legido-Quigley;Marina Karanikolos;Sonia Hernandez-Plaza;Sonia Hernandez-Plaza;Clã¡udia de Freitas;Clã¡udia de Freitas

166
Citations
Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Health in High-Income Oecd Countries: A Narrative Review.

Marina Karanikolos;Pia Heino;Martin McKee;David Stuckler

158
Citations
The four health systems of the United Kingdom: how do they compare?: Summary report

G Bevan;M Karanikolos;J Exley;E Nolte

154
Citations
Strengthening health systems resilience: Key concepts and strategies

Steve Thomas;Anna Sagan;James Larkin;Jonathan Cylus

130
Citations
Data Resource Profile: The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

Vishal S Arora;Marina Karanikolos;Amy Clair;Aaron Reeves

91
Citations
Strengthening health systems resilience: Key concepts and strategies [Internet]

Steve Thomas;Anna Sagan;James Larkin;Jonathan Cylus

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

David Stuckler Bocconi University

Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Sanjay Basu Stanford University

Aaron Reeves University of Oxford

Bernd Rechel London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Helena Legido-Quigley National University of Singapore

Syed Mohamed Aljunid Kuwait University

Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India

Fares Alahdab Mayo Clinic

External Links

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