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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 47 3260 3000 554 507 185 19246

Peter Littlejohns publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Littlejohns between 1988 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Littlejohns published across 37 years, from 1988 to 2024, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2023. 45 of the 247 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2023. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 4 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 40 publications 2024: 5 publications
1988 2024

247 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Littlejohns: publications per year, 1988 to 2024
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 4
1990 0
1991 1
1992 3
1993 2
1994 3
1995 4
1996 7
1997 5
1998 5
1999 13
2000 4
2001 2
2002 1
2003 4
2004 5
2005 3
2006 3
2007 3
2008 7
2009 9
2010 6
2011 6
2012 9
2013 9
2014 7
2015 13
2016 16
2017 15
2018 23
2019 5
2020 2
2021 1
2022 1
2023 40
2024 5
Total 247
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Peter Littlejohns 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 Peter Littlejohns sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 184–193 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 185 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319 185
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Peter Littlejohns 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 Peter Littlejohns sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251 47
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Peter Littlejohns is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Health Professions, with a focus on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, and Speech and Hearing.

Their research covers a range of topics, including Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Healthcare Cost, Quality, Practices, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Healthcare Systems and Challenges, Employment and Welfare Studies, and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Frequent coauthors in Peter Littlejohns's research include:

  • Albert Weale
  • Toslima Khatun
  • Jacqueline Johnson
  • David J. Hunter

Key publication venues where Peter Littlejohns has contributed multiple works are:

  • Policy Press eBooks
  • Infection
  • Health Economics Policy and Law
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • Frontiers in Health Services

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Reforming the public health system in England," 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • "Respiratory tract infection-related healthcare utilisation in children with Down's syndrome," 2020, Infection
  • "What interventions should we implement in England's mental health services? The mental health implementation network (MHIN) mixed-methods approach to rapid prioritisation," 2023, Frontiers in Health Services
  • "Public health by organizational fix?," 2023, Health Economics Policy and Law
  • "Public health is in crisis, but it can be fixed," 2024, BMJ

In terms of book publications, Peter Littlejohns has authored multiple editions of "Making Health Public" mainly published by Policy Press during 2023, with an additional edition published by Bristol University Press eBooks.

Best Publications

  • AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care

    Melissa C. Brouwers;Michelle E. Kho;George P. Browman;Jako S. Burgers

  • No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations.

    Peter McCulloch;Douglas G Altman;W Bruce Campbell;David R Flum

  • GRIPP2 reporting checklists: tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research

    Sophie Staniszewska;Jo Brett;I. Simera;Kate Seers

  • Influence of delay on survival in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review

    MA Richards;AM Westcombe;SB Love;P Littlejohns

  • AGREE II: advancing guideline development, reporting and evaluation in health care.

    Melissa C Brouwers;Michelle E Kho;George P Browman;Jako S Burgers

  • Evaluating computerised health information systems: hard lessons still to be learnt

    Peter Littlejohns;Jeremy C Wyatt;Linda Garvican

  • Factors predicting delayed presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: a systematic review.

    AJ Ramirez;AM Westcombe;CC Burgess;S Sutton

  • Probability of an obese person attaining normal body weight: Cohort study using electronic health records

    Alison Fildes;Judith Charlton;Caroline Rudisill;Peter Littlejohns

  • Development and application of a generic methodology to assess the quality of clinical guidelines.

    Francoise A. Cluzeau;Peter Littlejohns;Jeremy M. Grimshaw;Gene Feder

  • Levers for addressing medical underuse and overuse: achieving high-value health care

    Adam G Elshaug;Meredith B Rosenthal;John N Lavis;John N Lavis;Shannon Brownlee

  • NICE clinical guidelines: maybe health economists should participate in guideline development.

    Peter Littlejohns;Gillian Leng;Tony Culyer;Mike Drummond

  • Newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism: a systematic review.

    Seymour Ca;Thomason Mj;Chalmers Ra;Addison Gm

  • A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda

    William J. Sutherland;Laura Bellingan;Jim R. Bellingham;Jason J. Blackstock;Jason J. Blackstock

  • Disinvestment from low value clinical interventions: NICEly done?

    Sarah Garner;Peter Littlejohns

  • Cumulative risk adjusted mortality chart for detecting changes in death rate: observational study of heart surgery

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  • Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): The inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis

    Ole Frithjof Norheim;Rob Baltussen;Mira Johri;Dan Chisholm

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Factors That Influence the Use of Research Evidence by Occupational Therapists:

    Debra Humphris;Peter Littlejohns;Christina Victor;Paul O'halloran

  • Identifying existing health care services that do not provide value for money

    Adam G Elshaug;John R Moss;Peter Littlejohns;Jonathan Karnon

  • The Global Rating Scale complements the AGREE II in advancing the quality of practice guidelines.

    Melissa C. Brouwers;Melissa C. Brouwers;Michelle E. Kho;George P. Browman;Jako S. Burgers

  • Economic evaluation of a primary care-based education programme for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

    J. Lord;C. Victor;P. Littlejohns;F.M. Ross

  • Relation between a career and family life for English hospital consultants: qualitative, semistructured interview study.

    Carol Dumelow;Peter Littlejohns;Sîan Griffiths

  • ProbabilityofanObesePersonAttainingNormalBody Weight:CohortStudyUsingElectronicHealthRecords

    Alison Fildes;Judith Charlton;Caroline Rudisill;Peter Littlejohns

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Gulliford
Martin Gulliford King's College London
Albert Weale
Albert Weale University College London
Kalipso Chalkidou
Kalipso Chalkidou Center for Global Development
Mark Ashworth
Mark Ashworth King's College London
Elizabeth Kendall
Elizabeth Kendall Griffith University
Jeremy M. Grimshaw
Jeremy M. Grimshaw Ottawa Hospital
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Julie Ratcliffe
Julie Ratcliffe Flinders University
Anthony J. Culyer
Anthony J. Culyer University of York
Gene Feder
Gene Feder University of Bristol

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