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Patrick Peretti-Watel

Patrick Peretti-Watel

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
51
Citations
10022
World Ranking
2597
National Ranking
29

Patrick Peretti-Watel 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 Patrick Peretti-Watel sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 229 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick Peretti-Watel 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 Patrick Peretti-Watel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Patrick Peretti-Watel is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research spans multiple fields, particularly focusing on Medicine and Social Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work frequently addresses subfields such as Health, Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation, Clinical Psychology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main topics of study include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Virology and Viral Diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Recent publications illustrate the focus on public health and infectious diseases, particularly in relation to COVID-19. Notable papers include:

  • A future vaccination campaign against COVID-19 at risk of vaccine hesitancy and politicisation (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • The French public's attitudes to a future COVID-19 vaccine: The politicization of a public health issue (2020, Social Science & Medicine)
  • Beliefs and Risk Perceptions About COVID-19: Evidence From Two Successive French Representative Surveys During Lockdown (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Poor sleep associated with overuse of media during the COVID-19 lockdown (2020, SLEEP)
  • Would we recover better sleep at the end of Covid-19? A relative improvement observed at the population level with the end of the lockdown in France (2020, Sleep Medicine)

Frequently publishing in venues related to public health and infectious diseases, the scientist has contributed multiple articles to journals such as BMC Public Health, Frontiers in Genetics, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Collaboration has been a consistent feature in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sébastien Cortaredona
  • Jeremy K. Ward
  • Olivier L'Haridon
  • Jocelyn Raude

Overall, the research work of Patrick Peretti-Watel encompasses a multidisciplinary approach to understanding public health challenges, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing vaccine hesitancy, epidemiology, and the psychological dimensions of health crises.

Best Publications

  • Sociologie du risque

    Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • A future vaccination campaign against COVID-19 at risk of vaccine hesitancy and politicisation

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Valérie Seror;Sébastien Cortaredona;Odile Launay

  • La société du risque

    Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • Vaccine Hesitancy Among General Practitioners and Its Determinants During Controversies: A National Cross-sectional Survey in France

    Pierre Verger;Lisa Fressard;Fanny Collange;Arnaud Gautier

  • The French public's attitudes to a future COVID-19 vaccine: The politicization of a public health issue.

    Jeremy K Ward;Caroline Alleaume;Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • Vaccine hesitancy: clarifying a theoretical framework for an ambiguous notion.

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Heidi J Larson;Jeremy K. Ward;William S Schulz

  • HPV vaccination in a context of public mistrust and uncertainty: a systematic literature review of determinants of HPV vaccine hesitancy in Europe

    Emilie Karafillakis;Clarissa Simas;Caitlin Jarrett;Pierre Verger

  • Neutralization theory and the denial of risk: some evidence from cannabis use among French adolescents.

    Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • Underlying factors impacting vaccine hesitancy in high income countries: a review of qualitative studies.

    Eve Dubé;Dominique Gagnon;Noni MacDonald;Aurélie Bocquier

  • Sporting activity and drug use: alcohol, cigarette and cannabis use among elite student athletes

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Valérie Guagliardo;Pierre Verger;Jacques Pruvost

  • Beyond the U-curve: the relationship between sport and alcohol, cigarette and cannabis use in adolescents.

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;François Beck;Stéphane Legleye

  • Covid-19 health crisis and lockdown associated with high level of sleep complaints and hypnotic uptake at the population level.

    Francois Beck;Damien Léger;Lisa Fressard;Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • The French health pass holds lessons for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

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  • Du recours au paradigme épidémiologique pour l'étude des conduites à risque

    Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • Socioeconomic differences in childhood vaccination in developed countries: a systematic review of quantitative studies.

    Aurélie Bocquier;Jeremy Ward;Jocelyn Raude;Patrick Peretti-Watel

  • Vaccine hesitancy in the French population in 2016, and its association with vaccine uptake and perceived vaccine risk–benefit balance

    Dominique Rey;Lisa Fressard;Lisa Fressard;Sébastien Cortaredona;Aurélie Bocquier

  • Dramatic change in public attitudes towards vaccination during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in France.

    P Peretti-Watel;P Peretti-Watel;P Verger;P Verger;J Raude;J Raude;A Constant;A Constant

  • Vaccine hesitancy and coercion: all eyes on France.

    Jeremy K. Ward;Jeremy K. Ward;Patrick Peretti-Watel;Aurélie Bocquier;Valérie Seror

  • Attitudes toward vaccination and the H1N1 vaccine: poor people's unfounded fears or legitimate concerns of the elite?

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Patrick Peretti-Watel;Jocelyn Raude;Luis Sagaon-Teyssier;Aymery Constant

  • Management of HIV-related stigma and adherence to HAART: evidence from a large representative sample of outpatients attending French hospitals (ANRS-EN12-VESPA 2003).

    P. Peretti-Watel;B. Spire;J. Pierret;F. Lert

  • Smoking too few cigarettes to be at risk? Smokers’ perceptions of risk and risk denial, a French survey

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Jean Constance;Philippe Guilbert;Arnaud Gautier

  • Cigarettes and social differentiation in France: is tobacco use increasingly concentrated among the poor?

    Patrick Peretti-Watel;Patrick Peretti-Watel;Jean Constance;Valérie Seror;Valérie Seror;François Beck

  • Vulnerability, unsafe sex and non-adherence to HAART: Evidence from a large sample of French HIV/AIDS outpatients

    P. Peretti-Watel;B. Spire;M.A. Schiltz;A.D. Bouhnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Damien Leger
Damien Leger Université Paris Cité
Heidi J Larson
Heidi J Larson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Patrice Viens
Patrice Viens Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Brouqui
Philippe Brouqui Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Ravaud
Philippe Ravaud Université Paris Cité
Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Jacques Reynes
Jacques Reynes University of Montpellier
Jean-Christophe Lagier
Jean-Christophe Lagier Aix-Marseille University

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