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2026

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D-Index
51
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2552
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10

Richard Layte 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 Richard Layte sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 254 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Layte 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 Richard Layte sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Richard Layte is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily spans Social Sciences, Medicine, and Health Professions, with notable contributions to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, and Health.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Physical Activity and Health

Richard Layte's recent scholarly articles include:

  • Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Towards a consensus definition of allostatic load: a multi-cohort, multi-system, multi-biomarker individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis, 2023, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Discrimination in the rental housing market: a field experiment in Ireland, 2020, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • One Island - Two Systems: A comparison of health status and health and social service use by community-dwelling older people in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, 2022, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • All Welcome Here? Attitudes towards Muslim Migrants in Europe, 2020, International Migration

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Debbi Stanistreet
  • Frances M. Cronin
  • Ross Brannigan
  • Olivia McEvoy
  • Hannah McGee

Richard Layte often publishes in venues such as:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • SSM - Population Health
  • Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library)
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • A shorter form health survey: can the SF-12 replicate results from the SF-36 in longitudinal studies?

    Crispin Jenkinson;Richard Layte;Damian Jenkinson;Kate Lawrence

  • Development and Testing of the UK SF-12

    Crispin Jenkinson;Richard Layte

  • Income, deprivation, and economic strain. An analysis of the European community household panel

    Christopher T. Whelan;Richard Layte;Bertrand Maître;Brian Nolan

  • SLAN 2007: Survey of lifestyle, attitudes and nutrition in Ireland. Main report.

    Karen Morgan;Hannah McGee;Dorothy Watson;IJ Perry

  • The Association Between Income Inequality and Mental Health: Testing Status Anxiety, Social Capital, and Neo-Materialist Explanations

    Richard Layte

  • Welfare Regimes and Poverty Dynamics: The Duration and Recurrence of Poverty Spells in Europe

    Didier Fouarge;Richard Layte

  • Understanding the mismatch between income poverty and deprivation: A dynamic comparative analysis

    Christopher T. Whelan;Richard Layte;Bertrand Maître

  • Who Feels Inferior? A Test of the Status Anxiety Hypothesis of Social Inequalities in Health

    Richard Layte;Christopher T. Whelan

  • Social adversity and epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort study on socioeconomic differences in peripheral blood DNA methylation.

    Giovanni Fiorito;Silvia Polidoro;Pierre Antoine Dugué;Pierre Antoine Dugué;Mika Kivimaki

  • Measured Parental Weight Status and Familial Socio-Economic Status Correlates with Childhood Overweight and Obesity at Age 9

    Eimear Keane;Richard Layte;Janas M. Harrington;Patricia M. Kearney

  • Breastfeeding and risk of overweight and obesity at nine-years of age.

    Cathal McCrory;Richard Layte

  • Persistent Income Poverty and Deprivation in the European Union: An Analysis of the First Three Waves of the European Community Household Panel

    Christopher T. Whelan;Richard Layte;Bertrand Maître

  • Multiple deprivation and persistent poverty in the European Union

    Christopher T. Whelan;Richard Layte;Bertrand Maître

  • Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: first results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA).

    Alan Barrett;George Savva;Virpi Timonen;Rose Anne Kenny

  • Persistent and Consistent Poverty in the 1994 and 1995 Waves of the European Community Household Panel Survey

    Richard Layte;Bertrand Maitre;Brian Nolan;Christopher T. Whelan

  • Vocational Training and Career Employment Precariousness in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden

    Tomas Korpi;Paul de Graaf;John Hendrickx;Richard Layte

  • Explaining Levels of Deprivation In the European Union

    Richard Layte;Christopher T. Whelan;Bertrand Maitre;Brian Nolan

  • Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population based study

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Evaluation of index and profile measures of health status in a randomized controlled trial. Comparison of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, EuroQol, and disease specific measures.

    Crispin Jenkinson;Alastair Gray;Helen Doll;Kate Lawrence

  • Monitoring of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: Experiences from a European project

    Anton E. Kunst;Vivian Bos;Otto Andersen;Mario Cardano

  • GINI DP 78: Who Feels Inferior? A Test of the Status Anxiety Hypothesis of Social Inequalities in Health

    R. Layte;Christopher Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher T. Whelan
Christopher T. Whelan University College Dublin
Brian Nolan
Brian Nolan University of Oxford
Ivan J. Perry
Ivan J. Perry University College Cork
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Rose Anne Kenny
Rose Anne Kenny Trinity College Dublin
Henrique Barros
Henrique Barros University of Porto
Jimmy R. Williams
Jimmy R. Williams Biogen (United States)
Selina McCoy
Selina McCoy Economic and Social Research Institute
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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