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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 115 702 669 426 402 432 64839
Social Sciences and Humanities 115 33 27 19 17 380 65505
Medicine 118 3991 3738 2179 2017 416 67993

Nancy Krieger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nancy Krieger between 1975 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nancy Krieger published across 52 years, from 1975 to 2026, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2020. 15 of the 493 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2020. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 4 publications
1975 2026

493 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nancy Krieger: publications per year, 1975 to 2026
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 0
1982 2
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 2
1987 2
1988 3
1989 2
1990 5
1991 4
1992 5
1993 9
1994 7
1995 4
1996 8
1997 8
1998 6
1999 8
2000 11
2001 17
2002 9
2003 20
2004 14
2005 21
2006 11
2007 8
2008 15
2009 12
2010 14
2011 18
2012 14
2013 10
2014 13
2015 18
2016 13
2017 17
2018 15
2019 12
2020 28
2021 24
2022 22
2023 27
2024 15
2025 11
2026 4
Total 493
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Nancy Krieger 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 Nancy Krieger 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, 374–383 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: 380 publications — 94th percentile

94% 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
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41 380
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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Nancy Krieger 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 Nancy Krieger 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, 100+ 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: 115 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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
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+ 97 115
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Nancy Krieger is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, Medicine, and Health Professions, with publication counts of 60, 55, and 52 respectively. Their work further focuses on subfields including General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science, Oncology, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research covers key topics such as Health disparities and outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Migration, Health and Trauma, Climate Change and Health Impacts, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Recent scholarly contributions include:

  • "Revealing the Unequal Burden of COVID-19 by Income, Race/Ethnicity, and Household Crowding: US County Versus Zip Code Analyses" (2020) published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
  • "Structural Racism, Historical Redlining, and Risk of Preterm Birth in New York City, 2013-2017" (2020) published in the American Journal of Public Health
  • "Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study" (2020) published in PLoS Medicine
  • "ENOUGH: COVID-19, Structural Racism, Police Brutality, Plutocracy, Climate Change-and Time for Health Justice, Democratic Governance, and an Equitable, Sustainable Future" (2020) published in the American Journal of Public Health
  • "Correction: Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study" (2021) published in PLoS Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nancy Krieger include Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Christian Testa, William P. Hanage, and Mary T. Bassett.

The majority of Nancy Krieger's works are published in several recurring venues, with the most frequent being the American Journal of Public Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, and Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.

In addition to journal articles, Nancy Krieger has contributed to academic book publications, notably a book titled Epidemiology and the People's Health published by Oxford University Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions

    Zinzi D Bailey;Nancy Krieger;Madina Agénor;Jasmine Graves

  • Measuring Social Class in US Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines

    N. Krieger;D. R. Williams;N. E. Moss

  • Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective

    Nancy Krieger

  • Epidemiology and the web of causation: Has anyone seen the spider?

    Nancy Krieger

  • Overcoming the absence of socioeconomic data in medical records: validation and application of a census-based methodology

    N Krieger

  • Racial discrimination and blood pressure: the CARDIA Study of young black and white adults.

    Nancy Krieger;Stephen Sidney

  • Experiences of discrimination: Validity and reliability of a self-report measure for population health research on racism and health

    Nancy Krieger;Kevin Smith;Deepa Naishadham;Cathy Hartman

  • Geocoding and Monitoring of US Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality and Cancer Incidence: Does the Choice of Area-based Measure and Geographic Level Matter? The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project

    Nancy Krieger;Jarvis T. Chen;Pamela D. Waterman;Mah-Jabeen Soobader

  • Embodying Inequality: A Review of Concepts, Measures, and Methods for Studying Health Consequences of Discrimination:

    Nancy Krieger

  • Racism, sexism, and social class: implications for studies of health, disease, and well-being.

    Nancy Krieger;Diane L. Rowley;Allen A. Herman;Byllye Avery

  • Racial and gender discrimination: Risk factors for high blood pressure?

    Nancy Krieger

  • A glossary for social epidemiology

    Nancy Krieger

  • Embodiment: a conceptual glossary for epidemiology

    Nancy Krieger

  • Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context

    Nancy Krieger

  • Genders, sexes, and health: what are the connections—and why does it matter?

    Nancy Krieger

  • Working Class Matters: Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Smoking in NHIS 2000

    Elizabeth M. Barbeau;Nancy Krieger;Mah-Jabeen Soobader

  • Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health: An Ecosocial Approach.

    Nancy Krieger

  • Discrimination and health inequities.

    Nancy Krieger

  • Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures—The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project

    Nancy Krieger;Jarvis T. Chen;Pamela D. Waterman;David H. Rehkopf

  • Choosing area based socioeconomic measures to monitor social inequalities in low birth weight and childhood lead poisoning: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project (US)

    Krieger N;Chen Jt;Waterman Pd;Soobader Mj

Frequent Co-Authors

Jarvis T. Chen
Jarvis T. Chen Harvard University
Pamela D. Waterman
Pamela D. Waterman Harvard University
David A. Bushinsky
David A. Bushinsky University of Rochester
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Jason Beckfield
Jason Beckfield Harvard University
Sofia Gruskin
Sofia Gruskin University of Southern California
Elizabeth M. Barbeau
Elizabeth M. Barbeau Harvard University
David H. Rehkopf
David H. Rehkopf Stanford University
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University
Janet W. Rich-Edwards
Janet W. Rich-Edwards Harvard University

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