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D-Index
48
Citations
17654
World Ranking
3049
National Ranking
218

Penelope Hawe 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 Penelope Hawe sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Penelope Hawe 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 Penelope Hawe 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
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Penelope Hawe is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Health Professions, with a particular focus on General Health Professions. Their scholarly work spans several related subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science, and Epidemiology.

Their research addresses multiple main topics, notably Health Policy Implementation Science, Community Health and Development, and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology. Additional areas covered in their studies include Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Public Health Policies and Education, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences.

Penelope Hawe has published in numerous academic journals, with recurring appearances in venues such as Critical Public Health, BMC Public Health, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, and Health Promotion International.

  • Adapting interventions to new contexts-the ADAPT guidance (2021, BMJ)
  • Applying systems thinking to knowledge mobilisation in public health (2020, Health Research Policy and Systems)
  • Resources, relationships, and systems thinking should inform the way community health promotion is funded (2020, Critical Public Health)
  • Soft infrastructure: the critical community-level resources reportedly needed for program success (2022, BMC Public Health)
  • 30+ years of media analysis of relevance to chronic disease: a scoping review (2020, BMC Public Health)

Collaborative work with other researchers is a notable aspect of Penelope Hawe's profile, involving frequent partnerships with colleagues such as Victoria Loblay, Kathleen Conte, Shane Kavanagh, Alan Shiell, and Kate Garvey.

  • Victoria Loblay (8 co-authored works)
  • Kathleen Conte (6 co-authored works)
  • Shane Kavanagh (5 co-authored works)
  • Alan Shiell (5 co-authored works)
  • Kate Garvey (5 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be?

    Penelope Hawe;Alan Shiell;Therese Riley

  • Criteria for evaluating evidence on public health interventions

    L Rychetnik;M Frommer;P Hawe;A Shiell

  • Theorising Interventions as Events in Systems

    Penelope Hawe;Alan Shiell;Therese Riley

  • The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health

    Harry Rutter;Natalie Savona;Ketevan Glonti;Jo Bibby

  • Social capital and health promotion: a review.

    Penelope Hawe;Alan Shiell

  • Complex interventions or complex systems? Implications for health economic evaluation

    Alan Shiell;Penelope Hawe;Lisa Gold

  • Ecological perspectives in health research

    Lindsay McLaren;Penelope Hawe

  • Lessons from Complex Interventions to Improve Health

    Penelope Hawe

  • A simple guide to chaos and complexity

    Dean Rickles;Penelope Hawe;Alan Shiell

  • Multiplying Health Gains: the critical role of capacity-building within health promotion programs

    Penelope Hawe;Michelle Noort;Lesley King;Christopher Jordens

  • Advancing the science of community-level interventions.

    Edison J. Trickett;Sarah Beehler;Charles Deutsch;Lawrence W. Green

  • A glossary of terms for navigating the field of social network analysis

    Penelope Hawe;Cynthia Webster;Alan Shiell

  • Adapting interventions to new contexts-the ADAPT guidance.

    Graham Moore;Mhairi Campbell;Lauren Copeland;Peter Craig

  • A glossary for evidence based public health

    Lucie Rychetnik;Penelope Hawe;Elizabeth Waters;Alexandra Barratt

  • What is population health intervention research

    Penelope Hawe;Louise Potvin

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • Methods for exploring implementation variation and local context within a cluster randomised community intervention trial

    Penelope Hawe;Alan Shiell;Therese Riley;Lisa Gold

  • Researching practice: the methodological case for narrative inquiry

    Therese Riley;Penelope Hawe

  • Friendship networks and physical activity and sedentary behavior among youth: a systematized review.

    Keri Jo Sawka;Gavin R McCormack;Alberto Nettel-Aguirre;Penelope Hawe

  • Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT

    Rebecca Armstrong;Rebecca Armstrong;Elizabeth Waters;Elizabeth Waters;Laurence Anthony Russell Moore;Elisha Riggs

  • The Privileging of Communitarian Ideas: Citation Practices and the Translation of Social Capital Into Public Health Research

    Spencer Moore;Alan Shiell;Penelope Hawe;Valerie A. Haines

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Shiell
Alan Shiell La Trobe University
Andrew Milat
Andrew Milat New South Wales Department of Health
Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters University of Melbourne
Gavin R. McCormack
Gavin R. McCormack University of Calgary
Julie Leask
Julie Leask University of Sydney
Stephen Jan
Stephen Jan George Institute for Global Health
Laurence Moore
Laurence Moore University of Glasgow
Lesley King
Lesley King University of Sydney
Simon Chapman
Simon Chapman University of Sydney
Louise Potvin
Louise Potvin University of Montreal

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