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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 53 2257 2052 401 363 117 15352

Rachel Pain publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rachel Pain between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rachel Pain published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2007. 12 of the 138 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2007. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 2 publications 2025: 10 publications
1991 2025

138 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rachel Pain: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 1
1997 2
1998 0
1999 1
2000 4
2001 3
2002 1
2003 4
2004 5
2005 2
2006 3
2007 11
2008 5
2009 8
2010 5
2011 9
2012 5
2013 4
2014 10
2015 4
2016 5
2017 2
2018 3
2019 6
2020 3
2021 8
2022 8
2023 1
2024 2
2025 10
Total 138
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Rachel Pain 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 Rachel Pain 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, 114–123 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: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% 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
114–123 474 117
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
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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Rachel Pain 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 Rachel Pain 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, 53 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: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141 53
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

Rachel Pain is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work is concentrated within the social sciences, with particular engagement in subfields such as sociology and political science, gender studies, geography, planning and development, clinical psychology, and health.

Their research addresses diverse topics including geographies of human-animal interactions, gender, security and conflict, environmental justice and health disparities, intimate partner and family violence, migration, health and trauma, migration, refugees and integration, as well as Hannah Arendt's political philosophy.

Recent academic publications by Rachel Pain include:

  • "Geotrauma: Violence, place and repossession" (2020), published in Progress in Human Geography
  • "Critical political geographies of slow violence and resistance" (2022), published in Environment and Planning C Politics and Space
  • "Collective trauma? Isolating and commoning gender-based violence" (2021), published in Gender Place & Culture
  • "WITHDRAWN - Administrative Duplicate Publication: Critical political geographies of slow violence and resistance" (2021), published in Environment and Planning C Politics and Space

Rachel Pain has also collaborated with other researchers on relevant topics. Frequent co-authors include Caitlin Cahill, Nahid Rezwana, Zuriatunfadzliah Sahdan, Cheryl McEwan, and Sonja Marzi.

Their work is published across several academic venues, notably:

  • Environment and Planning C Politics and Space
  • Progress in Human Geography
  • Gender Place & Culture
  • Disasters
  • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

The combination of topics and publication venues indicates a multidisciplinary approach that intersects geography, gender studies, violence and trauma, as well as political and social theory. The focus on slow violence, gender-based violence, and environmental justice highlights key thematic interests in their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods: Connecting People, Participation and Place

    Sara Louise Kindon;Rachel Pain;Mike Kesby

  • Gender, Race, Age and Fear in the City

    Rachel Pain

  • Place, social relations and the fear of crime: a review

    Rachel Pain

  • Social geography: participatory research

    Rachel Pain

  • Geographies of age: thinking relationally

    Peter Hopkins;Rachel Pain

  • Social geographies of women's fear of crime

    Rachel H Pain

  • Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life

    Rachel Pain;Susan J. Smith

  • Globalized Fear? : Towards an Emotional Geopolitics

    Rachel Pain

  • Space, sexual violence and social control: integrating geographical and feminist analyses of women's fear of crime:

    Rachel Pain

  • Reflections on participatory research

    Rachel Pain;Peter Francis

  • Contact Zones: Participation, Materiality, and the Messiness of Interaction

    Kye Askins;Rachel Pain

  • Everyday terrorism: Connecting domestic violence and global terrorism

    Rachel Pain

  • Introduction: intimacy‐geopolitics and violence

    Rachel Pain;Lynn Staeheli

  • Intervention: Critical physical geography.

    Rebecca Lave;Matthew W. Wilson;Elizabeth S. Barron;Christine Biermann

  • Participatory action research.

    S. Kindon;R. Pain;M. Kesby

  • Paranoid parenting? Rematerializing risk and fear for children

    Rachel Pain

  • Evaluating qualitative research: dealing with the tension between ‘science’ and ‘creativity’

    Cathy Bailey;Catherine White;Rachel Pain

  • Social geography: on action- orientated research

    Rachel Pain

  • Participatory Ethics: Politics, Practices, Institutions

    Caitlin Cahill;Farhana Sultana;Rachel Pain

  • Participatory action research : origins, approaches and methods.

    Sara Kindon;Rachel Pain;Mike Kesby

  • Geographies of impact: power, participation and potential

    Rachel Pain;Mike Kesby;Kye Askins

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Smith
Susan J. Smith University of Cambridge
Stephen Stansfeld
Stephen Stansfeld Queen Mary University of London
Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis Durham University
Ray Hudson
Ray Hudson Durham University
Roger Burrows
Roger Burrows Newcastle University
Parvati Raghuram
Parvati Raghuram The Open University
Clare Bambra
Clare Bambra Newcastle University
Lynn A. Staeheli
Lynn A. Staeheli Durham University
Gillian Rose
Gillian Rose University of Oxford
Bruce L. Rhoads
Bruce L. Rhoads University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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