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Marjan van den Akker

Marjan van den Akker

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 47 3323 3058 88 77 193 12410

Marjan van den Akker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Marjan van den Akker between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Marjan van den Akker published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 8.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2021. 23 of the 252 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2021. 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 15 publications
1996 2025

252 publications in total across all disciplines

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Marjan van den Akker: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 2
1997 0
1998 1
1999 0
2000 1
2001 4
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 1
2006 2
2007 4
2008 6
2009 4
2010 6
2011 7
2012 16
2013 6
2014 20
2015 20
2016 14
2017 13
2018 10
2019 13
2020 15
2021 25
2022 21
2023 12
2024 8
2025 15
Total 252
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Marjan van den Akker 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 Marjan van den Akker 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, 184–193 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: 193 publications — 61st percentile

61% 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
184–193 319 193
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
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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Marjan van den Akker 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 Marjan van den Akker 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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 47
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
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

Marjan van den Akker is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus on the subfields of Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Marjan van den Akker has published extensively, contributing to a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • BMJ Open
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • European Journal of Public Health

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Comorbidity versus multimorbidity: Why it matters, 2021, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
  • Magnitude and determinants of multimorbidity and health care utilization among patients attending public versus private primary care: a cross-sectional study from Odisha, India, 2020, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Current state of research on the clinical benefits of herbal medicines for non-life-threatening ailments, 2023, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Impact of comorbidity on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients in primary care, 2020, Primary Health Care Research & Development
  • End-of-Life Care Preferences of Older Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Frequent collaborators in van den Akker's work include:

  • Christiane Muth
  • Truc Sophia Dinh
  • Ferdinand M. Gerlach
  • Ana Isabel González-González
  • Maria-Sophie Brueckle

Best Publications

  • Multimorbidity in General Practice: Prevalence, Incidence, and Determinants of Co-Occurring Chronic and Recurrent Diseases

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Sjef Roos

  • Comorbidity or multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;J André Knottnerus

  • Multimorbidity patterns: a systematic review

    Alexandra Prados-Torres;Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga;Jorge Hancco-Saavedra;Beatriz Poblador-Plou;Beatriz Poblador-Plou

  • Multimorbidity and quality of life: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

    Tatjana T. Makovski;Susanne Schmitz;Maurice P. Zeegers;Saverio Stranges

  • Multimorbidity's many challenges

    Martin Fortin;Hassan Soubhi;Catherine Hudon;Elizabeth A Bayliss

  • Higher incidence of depression preceding the onset of Parkinson's disease: A register study

    Albert F.G. Leentjens;Marjan Van den Akker;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Richel Lousberg

  • Prognostic value of handgrip strength in people aged 60 years and older: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joke M. Rijk;Paul R. K. M. Roos;Laura Deckx;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker

  • Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity: a comparative study of two sources

    Martin Fortin;Catherine Hudon;Jeannie Haggerty;Marjan van den Akker

  • The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary care consultations

    Christiane Muth;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Jeanet W Blom;Christian D Mallen

  • Problems in determining occurrence rates of multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Sjef Roos;J.André Knottnerus

  • Clusters of lifestyle behaviors : Results from the Dutch SMILE study

    H. de Vries;J.P. Van 't Riet;M.G. Spigt;J.F.M. Metsemakers

  • Risk factors for loneliness in patients with cancer: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

    Laura Deckx;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Frank Buntinx

  • Prevalence and outcomes of multimorbidity in South Asia: a systematic review.

    Sanghamitra Pati;Subhashisa Swain;Mohammad Akhtar Hussain;Marjan van den Akker

  • Lifestyle for Brain Health (LIBRA): a new model for dementia prevention

    Olga J. G. Schiepers;Sebastian Köhler;Kay Deckers;Kate Irving

  • A meta-analysis on depression and subsequent cancer risk.

    Marjolein Ej Oerlemans;Marjan van den Akker;Agnes G Schuurman;Eliane Kellen

  • Cardiovascular disease patients have increased risk for comorbidity : A cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

    Candan Kendir;Marjan van den Akker;Rein Vos;Job Metsemakers

  • Learning and Caring in Communities of Practice: Using Relationships and Collective Learning to Improve Primary Care for Patients with Multimorbidity

    Hassan Soubhi;Elizabeth A. Bayliss;Martin Fortin;Catherine Hudon

  • Multimorbidity and comorbidity revisited: refining the concepts for international health research.

    Kathryn Nicholson;Tatjana T. Makovski;Lauren E. Griffith;Parminder Raina

  • Comorbidity versus multimorbidity: Why it matters:

    Christopher Harrison;Martin Fortin;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Frances Mair

  • Integrated disease management improves one-year quality of life in primary care COPD patients: a controlled clinical trial

    Niels H Chavannes;Marlous Grijsen;Marjan van den Akker;Huub Schepers

  • The relation between depression, coping and health locus of control: Differences between older and younger patients, with and without cancer

    Jurian W. F. Aarts;Laura Deckx;Doris L. van Abbema;Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Buntinx
Frank Buntinx KU Leuven
J. André Knottnerus
J. André Knottnerus Maastricht University
Hans Bosma
Hans Bosma Maastricht University
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Martin Fortin
Martin Fortin Université de Sherbrooke
Rafael Perera
Rafael Perera University of Oxford
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen Maastricht University
Frans R.J. Verhey
Frans R.J. Verhey Maastricht University
Martin P.J. van Boxtel
Martin P.J. van Boxtel Maastricht University
Walter E. Haefeli
Walter E. Haefeli Heidelberg University

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