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Michael Livingston

Michael Livingston

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 52 2450 2233 173 164 296 10291

Michael Livingston publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Livingston between 2006 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Livingston published across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025, averaging 19.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2022. 52 of the 381 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2022. 2006: 1 publication 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 42 publications 2022: 49 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 35 publications
2006 2025

381 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael Livingston: publications per year, 2006 to 2025
Year Publications
2006 1
2007 4
2008 8
2009 7
2010 25
2011 12
2012 7
2013 12
2014 21
2015 16
2016 22
2017 13
2018 20
2019 19
2020 25
2021 42
2022 49
2023 26
2024 17
2025 35
Total 381
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Michael Livingston publications per year - data summary

  • Michael Livingston, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from La Trobe University, has 381 publications recorded across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2006 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 49 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2006, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 19.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 19.1 per year counting only the 20 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 169 publications, 44% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2006-2012: 64 publications (9.1 per year); 2013-2019: 123 publications (17.6 per year); 2020-2025: 194 publications (32.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Michael Livingston 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 Livingston 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, 294–303 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: 296 publications — 87th percentile

87% 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
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106 296
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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Michael Livingston publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Michael Livingston, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from La Trobe University, records 296 publications - the 87th percentile of the discipline.
  • 87% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Michael Livingston, and about 13% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Michael Livingston ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Michael Livingston 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 Livingston 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, 52 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: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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 52
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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Michael Livingston D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Michael Livingston, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from La Trobe University, records 52 D-Index - the 70th percentile of the discipline.
  • 70% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Michael Livingston, and about 30% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Michael Livingston ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Michael Livingston is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and is an active researcher within the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their research output includes substantial contributions to Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's publications primarily focus on topics related to substance use, health outcomes, and social issues. Key areas of study include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Michael Livingston has been published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Addiction
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

A number of recent significant papers demonstrate the scope of their research interests. These include:

  • "Alcohol and the Risk of Injury" (2021, Nutrients)
  • "Trends in adolescent drinking across 39 high-income countries: exploring the timing and magnitude of decline" (2020, European Journal of Public Health)
  • "Purchasing, consumption, demographic and socioeconomic variables associated with shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, Drug and Alcohol Review)
  • "Declining drinking among adolescents: Are we seeing a denormalisation of drinking and a normalisation of non-drinking?" (2021, Addiction)
  • "Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity-a summary of the third edition" (2022, Addiction)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sarah Callinan
  • Amy Pennay
  • Paul Dietze
  • Nicholas Taylor
  • Robin Room

In addition to journal articles, Michael Livingston has contributed to book publications. One such work is "Álcool: uma mercadoria nada comum: pesquisa e políticas públicas" (2023), published by Dialética eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol: No ordinary commodity: Research and public policy, 2nd ed.

    Thomas Babor;Raul Caetano;Sally Casswell;Griffith Edwards

  • Changing the density of alcohol outlets to reduce alcohol-related problems.

    Michael Livingston;Tanya Chikritzhs;Robin Room;Robin Room

  • Transitions and turning points: examining the links between child maltreatment and juvenile offending.

    Anna Louise Stewart;Michael John Livingston;Susan Michelle Dennison

  • Underreporting in Alcohol Surveys: Whose Drinking Is Underestimated?

    Michael John Livingston;Sarah Callinan

  • Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia.

    Anne-Maree Laslett;Robin Gerald Walden Room;Robin Gerald Walden Room;Jason Ferris;Jason Ferris;Claire Wilkinson

  • Alcohol outlet density and assault: a spatial analysis.

    Michael Livingston

  • A longitudinal analysis of alcohol outlet density and domestic violence.

    Michael Livingston

  • Accuracy of Self-Reported Drinking: Observational Verification of ‘Last Occasion’ Drink Estimates of Young Adults

    Jeremy Northcote;Jeremy Northcote;Michael Livingston;Michael Livingston

  • Defining “drinking culture”: A critical review of its meaning and connotation in social research on alcohol problems

    Michael Savic;Robin Room;Janette Mugavin;Amy Pennay

  • A Longitudinal Analysis of Alcohol Outlet Density and Assault

    Michael Livingston

  • Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity – a summary of the second edition

    T. Babor;R. Caetano;S. Casswell;G. Edwards

  • The drinker's effect on the social environment: a conceptual framework for studying alcohol's harm to others.

    Robin Room;Jason Ferris;Anne-Marie Laslett;Michael Livingston

  • Alcohol outlet density and harm: comparing the impacts on violence and chronic harms.

    Michael Livingston

  • The Range and Magnitude of Alcohol’s Harm to Others

    Anne-Marie Laslett;Paul Catalano;Tanya Chikritzhs;Caroline Dale

  • Trends in non-drinking among Australian adolescents.

    Michael Livingston

  • Alcohol and the Risk of Injury.

    Tanya Chikritzhs;Michael Livingston;Michael Livingston

  • Estimating under‐ and over‐reporting of drinking in national surveys of alcohol consumption: identification of consistent biases across four English‐speaking countries

    Tim Stockwell;Jinhui Zhao;Thomas Greenfield;Jessica Li

  • Individual and community correlates of young people's high-risk drinking in Victoria, Australia

    Michael Livingston;Anne-Maree Laslett;Paul Mark Dietze;Paul Mark Dietze

  • Understanding trends in Australian alcohol consumption-an age-period-cohort model

    Michael Livingston;Michael Livingston;Jonas Raninen;Tim N Slade;Wendy Swift

  • Impacts of changes to trading hours of liquor licences on alcohol-related harm: a systematic review 2005-2015

    Claire Wilkinson;Michael Livingston;Robin Room

  • Young people are drinking less: It is time to find out why

    Amy Pennay;Amy Pennay;Michael Livingston;Michael Livingston;Sarah MacLean;Sarah MacLean

  • Multilevel Analysis for Applied Research—It's Just Regression!

    Michael Livingston

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
Jason Ferris
Jason Ferris University of Queensland
Emmanuel Kuntsche
Emmanuel Kuntsche La Trobe University
Kathryn Graham
Kathryn Graham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jürgen Rehm
Jürgen Rehm University of Toronto
Ross Homel
Ross Homel Griffith University
Sally Casswell
Sally Casswell Massey University
Ingeborg Rossow
Ingeborg Rossow Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Thomas F. Babor
Thomas F. Babor University of Connecticut
Harold D. Holder
Harold D. Holder Pacific Institute

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