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D-Index
72
Citations
18060
World Ranking
694
National Ranking
129

Mel Bartley 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 Mel Bartley sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mel Bartley 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 Mel Bartley sits on this spectrum.

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: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mel Bartley is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Medicine, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with particular focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Education.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to health disparities and outcomes, employment and welfare studies, birth, development, and health, early childhood education and development, occupational health and safety research, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, and health, environment, and cognitive aging.

They have coauthored multiple studies with frequent collaborators including Michelle Kelly-Irving, Laura D. Howe, Yvonne Kelly, David Blane, and Rebecca Lacey.

Mel Bartley has published in a range of academic venues, notably:

  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B

Significant papers include:

  • "The Clustering of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Are Gender and Poverty Important?" (2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence)
  • "Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium" (2020, Frontiers in Public Health)
  • "Adverse childhood experiences and early life inflammation in the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children" (2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology)
  • "Intergenerational Social Mobility and Allostatic Load in Midlife and Older Ages: A Diagonal Reference Modeling Approach" (2022, The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
  • "Examining the impact of different social class mechanisms on health inequalities: A cross-sectional analysis of an all-age UK household panel study" (2022, Social Science & Medicine)

Best Publications

  • Health Inequality: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods

    Mel Bartley

  • Unemployment and ill health: understanding the relationship.

    Mel Bartley

  • The Black report on socioeconomic inequalities in health 10 years on.

    G D Smith;M Bartley;D Blane

  • Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries

    Anton E Kunst;Vivian Bos;Eero Lahelma;Mel Bartley

  • Psychosocial determinants of health in social epidemiology

    Pekka Martikainen;Mel Bartley;Eero Lahelma

  • Can we disentangle life course processes of accumulation, critical period and social mobility? An analysis of disadvantaged socio-economic positions and myocardial infarction in the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program.

    Johan Hallqvist;John Lynch;Mel Bartley;Thierry Lang

  • Social selection: what does it contribute to social class differences in health?

    David Blane;George Davey Smith;Mel Bartley

  • Health inequality : an introduction to theories, concepts and methods

    Mel Bartley

  • The contribution of health behaviors to socioeconomic inequalities in health: A systematic review.

    Dusan Petrovic;Carlos de Mestral;Murielle Bochud;Mel Bartley

  • Explanations for socio-economic differentials in mortality

    George Davey Smith;David Blane;Mel Bartley

  • Adverse childhood experiences and premature all-cause mortality

    Michelle Kelly-Irving;Michelle Kelly-Irving;Benoit Lepage;Dominique Dedieu;Dominique Dedieu;Mel Bartley

  • Relation between socioeconomic status, employment, and health during economic change, 1973-93.

    Mel Bartley;Charlie Owen

  • Employment status, employment conditions, and limiting illness: prospective evidence from the British household panel survey 1991–2001

    M Bartley;A Sacker;P Clarke

  • Unemployment pre-dates symptoms of depression and anxiety resulting in medical consultation in young men.

    Scott M Montgomery;Derek G Cook;Mel J Bartley;Michael Ej Wadsworth

  • Health and the life course: why safety nets matter.

    Mel Bartley;David Blane;Scott Montgomery

  • Social inequality in educational achievement and psychosocial adjustment throughout childhood: magnitude and mechanisms.

    Amanda Sacker;Ingrid Schoon;Mel Bartley

  • Does conflict between home and work explain the effect of multiple roles on mental health? A comparative study of Finland, Japan, and the UK

    Tarani Chandola;Pekka Martikainen;Mel Bartley;Eero Lahelma

  • Socio-demographic predictors of quitting smoking: How important are household factors?

    Tarani Chandola;Jenny Head;Mel Bartley

  • Unemployment, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and body weight in young British men

    Scott M. Montgomery;Derek G. Cook;Mel J. Bartley;Michael E.J. Wadsworth

  • Health selection in the Whitehall II study, UK.

    Tarani Chandola;Mel Bartley;Amanda Sacker;Crispin Jenkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Blane
David Blane University College London
Amanda Sacker
Amanda Sacker University College London
Yvonne Kelly
Yvonne Kelly University College London
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London
Anne McMunn
Anne McMunn University College London
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Mai Stafford
Mai Stafford University College London
Jenny Head
Jenny Head University College London
Ray Fitzpatrick
Ray Fitzpatrick University of Oxford
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery Örebro University

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