2026 Nancy Krieger: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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	2180	2018	416	67993

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

4963
Citations
Measuring Social Class in US Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines

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

3681
Citations
Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective

Nancy Krieger

2775
Citations
Epidemiology and the web of causation: Has anyone seen the spider?

Nancy Krieger

2002
Citations
Overcoming the absence of socioeconomic data in medical records: validation and application of a census-based methodology

N Krieger

1964
Citations
Racial discrimination and blood pressure: the CARDIA Study of young black and white adults.

Nancy Krieger;Stephen Sidney

1943
Citations
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

1910
Citations
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

1668
Citations
Embodying Inequality: A Review of Concepts, Measures, and Methods for Studying Health Consequences of Discrimination:

Nancy Krieger

1525
Citations
Racism, sexism, and social class: implications for studies of health, disease, and well-being.

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

1365
Citations
Racial and gender discrimination: Risk factors for high blood pressure?

Nancy Krieger

1361
Citations
A glossary for social epidemiology

Nancy Krieger

1329
Citations
Embodiment: a conceptual glossary for epidemiology

Nancy Krieger

1149
Citations
Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context

Nancy Krieger

1056
Citations
Genders, sexes, and health: what are the connections—and why does it matter?

Nancy Krieger

1027
Citations
Working Class Matters: Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Smoking in NHIS 2000

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

930
Citations
Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health: An Ecosocial Approach.

Nancy Krieger

910
Citations
Discrimination and health inequities.

Nancy Krieger

886
Citations
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

876
Citations
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

740
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jarvis T. Chen Harvard University

Pamela D. Waterman Harvard University

David A. Bushinsky University of Rochester

Brent A. Coull Harvard University

Jason Beckfield Harvard University

Sofia Gruskin University of Southern California

Elizabeth M. Barbeau Harvard University

David H. Rehkopf Stanford University

S. V. Subramanian Harvard University

Janet W. Rich-Edwards Harvard University

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