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D-Index
43
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20169
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4247
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716

Ray Pawson 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 Ray Pawson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ray Pawson 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 Ray Pawson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ray Pawson is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, with a focus on research within the health professions. Their work spans several subfields including general health professions, modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, economics and econometrics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research covers diverse topics such as mental health and patient involvement, employment and welfare studies, community health and development, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, viral infections and outbreaks research, COVID-19 pandemic impacts, and palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Ray Pawson has contributed to several publications, including:

  • The coronavirus response: Boxed in by models, 2020, published in Evaluation
  • Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience, 2023, published in Radiography
  • Non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 in the UK and Spain: a rapid realist review, 2022, published in Open Research Europe
  • Non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 in the UK and Spain: a rapid realist review, 2022, published in Open Research Europe
  • 2824: Building a Theory of change of Prehabilitation for patients with Lung cancer in Leeds Cancer Centre, 2024, published in Radiotherapy and Oncology

Their research is often published in venues including Open Research Europe, Evaluation, Radiography, and Radiotherapy and Oncology.

Collaborative work is a significant feature of Pawson's research. Frequent co-authors include Carole Burnett, Jenny Hewison, Rachael L Murray, Andy Sloss, and Samuel Greenwood-Wilson.

Best Publications

  • Realist review - a new method of systematic review designed for complex policy interventions

    Ray Pawson;Trisha Greenhalgh;Gill Harvey;Kieran Walshe

  • RAMESES publication standards: realist syntheses

    Geoff Wong;Trish Greenhalgh;Gill Westhorp;Jeanette Buckingham

  • Evidence-based policy: a realist perspective.

    Ray Pawson

  • RAMESES publication standards: meta-narrative reviews

    Geoff Wong;Trish Greenhalgh;Gill Westhorp;Jeanette Buckingham

  • The Science of Evaluation: A Realist Manifesto

    Ray Pawson

  • Evidence-based Policy: The Promise of `Realist Synthesis'

    Ray Pawson

  • Realist synthesis - an introduction

    R Pawson;T Greenhalgh;G Harvey;K Walshe

  • Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances.

    Geoff Wong;Trisha Greenhalgh;Ray Pawson

  • Evidence-based Policy: In Search of a Method

    Ray Pawson

  • How Do You Modernize a Health Service? A Realist Evaluation of Whole-Scale Transformation in London

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Charlotte Humphrey;Jane Hughes;Fraser Macfarlane

  • Realist methods in medical education research: what are they and what can they contribute?

    Geoff Wong;Trisha Greenhalgh;Gill Westhorp;Ray Pawson

  • A realist diagnostic workshop

    Ray Pawson;Ana Manzano-Santaella

  • Digging for Nuggets: How ‘Bad’ Research Can Yield ‘Good’ Evidence

    Ray Pawson

  • Protocol - realist and meta-narrative evidence synthesis: Evolving Standards (RAMESES)

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Geoff Wong;Gill Westhorp;Ray Pawson

  • Evidence-Based Policy

    Ray Pawson

  • An introduction to scientific realist evaluation

    R Pawson;N Tilley

  • Theorizing the interview

    Ray Pawson

  • WHAT WORKS IN EVALUATION RESEARCH

    Ray Pawson;Nick Tilley

  • Development of methodological guidance, publication standards and training materials for realist and meta-narrative reviews: the RAMESES (Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses – Evolving Standards) project

    Geoff Wong;Trish Greenhalgh;Gill Westhorp;Ray Pawson

  • Functionality and feedback: a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation of patient-reported outcome measures data to improve patient care

    Joanne Greenhalgh;Sonia Dalkin;Kate Gooding;Elizabeth Gibbons

  • Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory

    Ray Pawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Greenhalgh
Joanne Greenhalgh University of Leeds
Geoff Wong
Geoff Wong University of Oxford
Nick Black
Nick Black London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nick Tilley
Nick Tilley University College London
Trisha Greenhalgh
Trisha Greenhalgh University of Oxford
Kieran Walshe
Kieran Walshe University of Manchester
Gill Harvey
Gill Harvey University of Adelaide
Angela Harden
Angela Harden City, University of London
Helen Roberts
Helen Roberts University College London
Bruno Marchal
Bruno Marchal Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

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