2026 Rainer Sauerborn: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	70	779	681	23	18	266	16152

Overview

Rainer Sauerborn is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a significant focus on health-related impacts of environmental factors.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Medicine

Within these broad fields, the subfields of study they focus on cover:

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Rainer Sauerborn's research topics include:

Climate Change and Health Impacts
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Global Health Care Issues
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Health disparities and outcomes
Climate change impacts on agriculture

Notable recent publications by Rainer Sauerborn encompass:

The Impact of Wearable Technologies in Health Research: Scoping Review (2022), published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
Health and migration in the context of a changing climate: a systematic literature assessment (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
Climate Change Policies in 16 West African Countries: A Systematic Review of Adaptation with a Focus on Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Feasibility, acceptability and validation of wearable devices for climate change and health research in the low-resource contexts of Burkina Faso and Kenya: Study protocol (2021), published in PLoS ONE
'Climate change mitigation is a hot topic, but not when it comes to hospitals': a qualitative study on hospital stakeholders' perception and sense of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions (2022), published in Journal of Medical Ethics

Their frequent co-authors include:

Ina Danquah
Ali Sié
Till Bärnighausen
Sandra Barteit
Isabel Mank

Rainer Sauerborn has contributed to several publication venues multiple times. These include:

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Frontiers in Public Health
Environmental Research Letters
PLoS ONE
Global Health Action

Best Publications

Human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits

K Smith;A Woodward;Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum;D Chadee

972
Citations
Effects of Air Temperature on Climate-Sensitive Mortality and Morbidity Outcomes in the Elderly; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Evidence

Aditi Bunker;Jan Wildenhain;Alina Vandenbergh;Nicholas Henschke

613
Citations
It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures

Ghislain Dubois;Benjamin Sovacool;Benjamin Sovacool;Carlo Aall;Maria Nilsson

576
Citations
Household strategies to cope with the economic costs of illness

R. Sauerborn;A. Adams;M. Hien

520
Citations
Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems

Theo Lippeveld;Rainer Sauerborn;Claude Bodart

496
Citations
Perceived quality of care of primary health care services in Burkina Faso

R M P M Baltussen;Y Yé;S Haddad;R S Sauerborn

366
Citations
Climate change and health: on the latest IPCC report

Alistair Woodward;Kirk R Smith;Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum;Dave D Chadee

363
Citations
The Impact of Wearable Technologies in Health Research: Scoping Review

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347
Citations
One hundred and eighteen years of the German health insurance system: are there any lessons for middle- and low-income countries?

Till Bärnighausen;Rainer Sauerborn

297
Citations
Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

Revati K. Phalkey;Revati K. Phalkey;Clara Aranda-Jan;Sabrina Marx;Bernhard Höfle

273
Citations
Climate variability and increase in intensity and magnitude of dengue incidence in Singapore

Yien Ling Hii;Joacim Rocklöv;Nawi Ng;Choon Siang Tang

263
Citations
Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso.

Hengjin Dong;Manuela De Allegri;Devendra Gnawali;Aurélia Souares

235
Citations
Willingness‐to‐pay for community‐based insurance in Burkina Faso

Hengjin Dong;Bocar Kouyate;John Cairns;Frederick Mugisha

224
Citations
Seasonal variations of household costs of illness in Burkina Faso.

R. Sauerborn;A. Nougtara;M. Hien;H.J. Diesfeld

221
Citations
Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case-control study in rural Burkina Faso

Manuela De Allegri;Bocar Kouyaté;Heiko Becher;Adjima Gbangou

209
Citations
The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: evidence from Burkina Faso.

Devendra Prasad Gnawali;Subhash Pokhrel;Ali Sié;Mamadou Sanon

208
Citations
The elasticity of demand for health care in Burkina Faso: differences across age and income groups

Rainer Sauerborn;Adrien Nougtara;Eric Latimer

199
Citations
Understanding consumers’ preferences and decision to enrol in community-based health insurance in rural West Africa

Manuela De Allegri;Mamadou Sanon;John Bridges;Rainer Sauerborn

196
Citations
Potential Distribution of Dengue Fever Under Scenarios of Climate Change and Economic Development

Christofer Åström;Joacim Rocklöv;Simon Hales;Andreas Béguin

194
Citations
"To enrol or not to enrol?": A qualitative investigation of demand for health insurance in rural West Africa.

Manuela De Allegri;Mamadou Sanon;Rainer Sauerborn

194
Citations
The economic cost of malaria in Africa.

D S Shepard;M B Ettling;U Brinkmann;R Sauerborn

192
Citations
Households' perception of climate change and human health risks: A community perspective

Aminul Haque;Aminul Haque;Shelby Suzanne Yamamoto;Ahmad Azam Malik;Rainer Sauerborn

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuela De Allegri Heidelberg University

Joacim Rocklöv Umeå University

Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University

Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University

Göran Tomson Karolinska Institute

Osman Sankoh University of the Witwatersrand

John F. P. Bridges The Ohio State University

Simon Hales University of Otago

Rob Baltussen Radboud University

External Links

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