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D-Index
58
Citations
22762
World Ranking
1613
National Ranking
295

Richard Mitchell 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 Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 205 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Mitchell 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 Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

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

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

Overview

Richard Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on social sciences and environmental science, with significant contributions in the subfields of health, toxicology and mutagenesis; transportation; speech and hearing; health; and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's main areas of study include urban green space and health, urban transport and accessibility, noise effects and management, health disparities and outcomes, urban agriculture and sustainability, and land use and ecosystem services, as well as obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Richard Mitchell has published across a range of well-recognized venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • Health & Place
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably:

  • Jonathan Olsen
  • Fiona Caryl
  • Natalie Nicholls
  • Paul McCrorie
  • Jamie Pearce

Recent publications by Richard Mitchell include:

  • Change in time spent visiting and experiences of green space following restrictions on movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Measuring Nature Contact: A Narrative Review, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The relationship between living in urban and rural areas of Scotland and children's physical activity and sedentary levels: a country-wide cross-sectional analysis, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Green Space Visits and Barriers to Visiting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-Wave Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study of UK Adults, 2022, Land
  • Simulating the density reduction and equity impact of potential tobacco retail control policies, 2020, Tobacco Control

Best Publications

  • Nature and Health

    Terry Hartig;Richard Mitchell;Sjerp de Vries;Howard Frumkin

  • Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study

    Richard Mitchell;Frank Popham

  • Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective.

    Gregory N. Bratman;Christopher B. Anderson;Marc G. Berman;Bobby Cochran

  • More green space is linked to less stress in deprived communities: Evidence from salivary cortisol patterns

    Catharine Ward Thompson;Jennifer Roe;Peter Alan Aspinall;Richard Mitchell

  • Green space and stress: evidence from cortisol measures in deprived urban communities.

    Jennifer Roe;Catharine Ward Thompson;Peter Alan Aspinall;Mark J Brewer

  • Role of physical activity in the relationship between urban green space and health

    E.A. Richardson;J. Pearce;R. Mitchell;S. Kingham

  • Greenspace, urbanity and health: relationships in England

    Richard Mitchell;Frank Popham

  • Gender differences in relationships between urban green space and health in the United Kingdom.

    Elizabeth A. Richardson;Richard Mitchell

  • Is physical activity in natural environments better for mental health than physical activity in other environments

    Richard Mitchell

  • Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies

    Carole L Hart;David S Morrison;G David Batty;Richard J Mitchell

  • The association between green space and mental health varies across the lifecourse. A longitudinal study

    Thomas E Astell-Burt;Richard Mitchell;Terry Hartig

  • Neighborhood Environments and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mental Well-Being

    Richard J. Mitchell;Elizabeth A. Richardson;Niamh K. Shortt;Jamie R. Pearce

  • Nature-Based Interventions for Improving Health and Wellbeing : The Purpose, the People and the Outcomes

    Danielle F. Shanahan;Thomas Astell–Burt;Elizabeth A. Barber;Eric Brymer

  • The association between green space and cause-specific mortality in urban New Zealand: an ecological analysis of green space utility

    Elizabeth Richardson;Jamie Pearce;Richard Mitchell;Peter Day

  • Environmental justice and health: the implications of the socio-spatial distribution of multiple environmental deprivation for health inequalities in the United Kingdom

    Jamie R Pearce;Elizabeth A Richardson;Richard J Mitchell;Niamh K Shortt

  • Accuracy of reporting of family history of colorectal cancer

    R J Mitchell;D Brewster;H Campbell;M E M Porteous

  • The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: Is social participation protective?

    Claire L. Niedzwiedz;Elizabeth A. Richardson;Helena Tunstall;Niamh K. Shortt

  • Green cities and health: a question of scale?

    Elizabeth A Richardson;Richard Mitchell;Terry Hartig;Sjerp De Vries

  • A comparison of green space indicators for epidemiological research

    Richard Mitchell;Thomas E Astell-Burt;Elizabeth A Richardson

  • Mismatch Repair Genes hMLH1 and hMSH2 and Colorectal Cancer: A HuGE Review

    R. J. Mitchell;S. M. Farrington;M. G. Dunlop;H. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie Pearce
Jamie Pearce University of Edinburgh
Danny Dorling
Danny Dorling University of Oxford
David Ogilvie
David Ogilvie University of Cambridge
Stephen Platt
Stephen Platt University of Edinburgh
Mary Shaw
Mary Shaw University of Bristol
Catharine Ward Thompson
Catharine Ward Thompson University of Edinburgh
Terry Hartig
Terry Hartig Uppsala University
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Benedict W. Wheeler
Benedict W. Wheeler University of Exeter
Howard Frumkin
Howard Frumkin University of Washington

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