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Michael J. Shanahan

Michael J. Shanahan

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
48
Citations
15475
World Ranking
3058
National Ranking
21

Michael J. Shanahan 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 Michael J. Shanahan sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 114 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Shanahan 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 Michael J. Shanahan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael J. Shanahan is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and contributes to research primarily in the areas of pediatrics, health, immunology, and clinical psychology. Their work spans developmental and health-related topics, particularly focusing on birth, development, and health outcomes, as well as health disparities and the interaction of immune cell function.

Their research covers several main fields and subfields, including:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Health
  • Immunology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions

Major research topics addressed by Michael J. Shanahan include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

The following recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • "Population-based RNA profiling in Add Health finds social disparities in inflammatory and antiviral gene regulation to emerge by young adulthood" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Cohort Profile: The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso)" (2022), Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • "Why Precarious Work Is Bad for Health: Social Marginality as Key Mechanisms in a Multi-National Context" (2021), Social Forces
  • "Socioeconomic inequalities in molecular risk for chronic diseases observed in young adulthood" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research" (2023), Discover Social Science and Health

Michael J. Shanahan frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Discover Social Science and Health

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Kathleen Mullan Harris
  • Steve W. Cole
  • Justin Chumbley
  • Cecilia Potente
  • Denis Ribeaud

Best Publications

  • Pathways to Adulthood in Changing Societies: Variability and Mechanisms in Life Course Perspective

    Michael J. Shanahan

  • The Life Course and Human Development.

    Glen H. Elder;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Poverty, Parenting, and Children's Mental Health.

    Jane D. McLeod;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Handbook of the Life Course

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Trajectories of poverty and children's mental health.

    Jane D. McLeod;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Socioeconomic status and depression over the life course.

    Richard Allen Miech;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Social Context in Gene–Environment Interactions: Retrospect and Prospect

    Michael J. Shanahan;Scott M. Hofer

  • The Process of Occupational Decision Making: Patterns during the Transition to Adulthood

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Mikki Holmes;Michael J. Shanahan

  • The Effects of Work Intensity on Adolescent Mental Health, Achievement, and Behavioral Adjustment: New Evidence from a Prospective Study

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Michael D. Finch;Seongryeol Ryu;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Subjective Age Identity and the Transition to Adulthood: When Do Adolescents Become Adults?

    Michael J. Shanahan;Erik J. Porfeli;Jeylan T. Mortimer;Lance D. Erickson

  • Psychosocial stress over the life course.

    Glen H. Elder Jr.;Linda K. George;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Mutual influences in parent and adolescent psychological distress.

    Xiaojia Ge;Rand D. Conger;Frederick O. Lorenz;Michael Shanahan

  • Can personality traits and intelligence compensate for background disadvantage? Predicting status attainment in adulthood.

    Rodica Ioana Damian;Rong Su;Michael Shanahan;Ulrich Trautwein

  • Human Development in Time and Place

    Glen H. Elder;Michael J. Shanahan;Julia A. Jennings

  • Dynamic patterns of time use in adolescence.

    Michael J. Shanahan;Brian P. Flaherty

  • When war comes to men's lives: life-course patterns in family, work, and health.

    Glen H. Elder;Michael J. Shanahan;Elizabeth Colerick Clipp

  • Modeling complex interactions: Person–centered and variable–centered approaches

    Daniel J. Bauer;Michael J. Shanahan

  • Conscientiousness, health, and aging: the life course of personality model.

    Michael J. Shanahan;Patrick L. Hill;Brent W. Roberts;Jacquelynne Eccles

  • Linking combat and physical health: the legacy of World War II in men's lives

    Glen H. Elder;Michael J. Shanahan;Elizabeth Colerick Clipp

  • Intestinal Epithelial Sirtuin 1 Regulates Intestinal Inflammation During Aging in Mice by Altering the Intestinal Microbiota

    Alicia S. Wellman;Mallikarjuna R. Metukuri;Nevzat Kazgan;Xiaojiang Xu

  • Work Experience, Mental Health, and Behavioral Adjustment in Adolescence

    Jeylan T. Mortimer;Michael Finch;Michael Shanahan;Seongryeol Ryu

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Jeylan T. Mortimer University of Minnesota
Kathleen Mullan Harris
Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel J. Bauer
Daniel J. Bauer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew Smolen
Andrew Smolen University of Colorado Boulder
Jaan Valsiner
Jaan Valsiner Aalborg University
Jonathan Tudge
Jonathan Tudge University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria

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