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Neal Halfon 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 Neal Halfon sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neal Halfon 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 Neal Halfon sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neal Halfon is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, Psychology, and Health Professions, with a notable focus on General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. Their work also extensively covers Education and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics addressed in their research include Early Childhood Education and Development, Child and Adolescent Health, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Neal Halfon has contributed scholarly articles to several publication venues, frequently appearing in Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, JAMA Pediatrics, PEDIATRICS, Children, and BMC Public Health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neal Halfon include:

  • "Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes," 2023, PEDIATRICS
  • "The Kindergarten Early Development Instrument Predicts Third Grade Academic Proficiency," 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "The Emergence of Life Course Intervention Research: Optimizing Health Development and Child Well-Being," 2022, PubMed
  • "Intergenerational Associations between Parents' and Children's Adverse Childhood Experience Scores," 2021, Children
  • "Inequality and Child Health: Dynamic Population Health Interventions," 2021, Current Opinion in Pediatrics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Shirley A. Russ, Adam Schickedanz, Emily Hotez, Lisa Stanley, and Judith L. Perrigo.

Best Publications

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes: A Life-Course Perspective

    Michael C Lu;Neal Halfon

  • Life Course Health Development: An Integrated Framework for Developing Health, Policy, and Research

    Neal Halfon;Miles Hochstein

  • Adverse childhood experiences: assessing the impact on health and school engagement and the mitigating role of resilience.

    Christina D. Bethell;Paul Newacheck;Eva Hawes;Neal Halfon

  • Patterns of Comorbidity, Functioning, and Service Use for US Children With ADHD, 2007

    Kandyce Larson;Shirley A. Russ;Shirley A. Russ;Robert S. Kahn;Neal Halfon

  • Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Bolajoko O. Olusanya;Adrian C. Davis;Donald Wertlieb;Nem-Yun Boo

  • A National Profile of Childhood Epilepsy and Seizure Disorder

    Shirley A Russ;Kandyce Larson;Neal Halfon

  • Lifecourse Health Development: Past, Present and Future

    Neal Halfon;Kandyce Larson;Michael Lu;Ericka Tullis

  • Childhood Asthma and Poverty: Differential Impacts and Utilization of Health Services

    Neal Halfon;Paul W. Newacheck

  • Impact of Family Relocation on Children's Growth, Development, School Function, and Behavior

    David Wood;Neal Halfon;Debra Scarlata;Paul Newacheck

  • Prevalence and impact of disabling chronic conditions in childhood.

    P W Newacheck;N Halfon

  • Associations Between Obesity and Comorbid Mental Health, Developmental, and Physical Health Conditions in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Children Aged 10 to 17

    Neal Halfon;Kandyce Larson;Wendy Slusser

  • Health status of children in foster care. The experience of the Center for the Vulnerable Child.

    Neal Halfon;Ana Mendonca;Gale Berkowitz

  • Access to Health Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs

    Paul W. Newacheck;Margaret McManus;Harriette B. Fox;Yun-Yi Hung

  • Prevalence, Impact, and Trends in Childhood Disability Due to Asthma

    Paul W. Newacheck;Neal Halfon

  • Handbook of Life Course Health Development

    Neal Halfon;Christopher B. Forrest;Richard M. Lerner;Elaine M. Faustman

  • The changing landscape of disability in childhood.

    Neal Halfon;Amy Houtrow;Kandyce Larson;Paul W. Newacheck

  • Foster Care: An Update

    Alvin A Rosenfeld;Daniel J. Pilowsky;Paul Fine;Marilyn Thorpe

  • Mental Health Service Utilization by Children in Foster Care in California

    Neal Halfon;Gale Berkowitz;Linnea Klee

  • Closing the Black-White gap in birth outcomes: a life-course approach.

    Michael C. Lu;Milton Kotelchuck;Vijaya Hogan;Loretta Jones

  • Influence of Multiple Social Risks on Children's Health

    Kandyce Larson;Shirley A. Russ;Shirley A. Russ;James J. Crall;Neal Halfon

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul W. Newacheck
Paul W. Newacheck University of California, San Francisco
Mark A. Schuster
Mark A. Schuster Kaiser Permanente
Christopher B. Forrest
Christopher B. Forrest Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert H. Brook
Robert H. Brook RAND Corporation
Paul J. Chung
Paul J. Chung Kaiser Permanente
Claire D. Brindis
Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Cathy D. Sherbourne
Cathy D. Sherbourne RAND Corporation
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Arleen Leibowitz
Arleen Leibowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Michael D. Kogan
Michael D. Kogan United States Department of Health and Human Services

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