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115
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World Ranking
702
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426

Medicine

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33
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19

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.

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44 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.

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.

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
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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.

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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