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Robert Dingwall 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 Robert Dingwall sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 497 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Dingwall 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 Robert Dingwall sits on this spectrum.

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: 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Robert Dingwall is affiliated with Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including general health professions, sociology and political science, oncology, economics and econometrics, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • BMJ
  • The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Critical Public Health
  • Evidence & Policy

Robert Dingwall's main research topics include:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Public Health Policies and Education

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert Dingwall are:

  • "Shared decision making: doctors have expertise that patients want or need" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Science, society, and policy in the face of uncertainty: reflections on the debate around face coverings for the public during COVID-19" (2020, Critical Public Health)
  • "Urgency and uncertainty: covid-19, face masks, and evidence informed policy" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?" (2022, Evidence & Policy)
  • "Substandard and falsified medicines in African pharmaceutical markets: A case study from Ethiopia" (2024, Social Science & Medicine)

Frequent co-authors in Robert Dingwall's research include:

  • Graham Martin
  • Esmée Hanna
  • Jackie Cassell
  • Margaret McCartney
  • Akalework Mengesha

Robert Dingwall has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature.

    E Murphy;R Dingwall;D Greatbatch;S Parker

  • The Protection of Children: State Intervention and Family Life

    Robert Dingwall;John Eekelaar;Topsy Murray

  • The ethics of ethnography

    E Murphy;R Dingwall

  • An Introduction to the Social History of Nursing

    Robert Dingwall;Anne Marie Rafferty;Charles Webster

  • The Sociology of the Professions: Lawyers, Doctors and Others

    Robert Dingwall;Philip Simon Coleman Lewis

  • Sociology and Social Research

    Geoff Payne;Robert Dingwall;Judy Payne;Mick Carter

  • On the remarkable persistence of asymmetry in doctor/patient interaction: a critical review.

    Alison Pilnick;Robert Dingwall

  • Informed consent, anticipatory regulation and ethnographic practice

    Elizabeth Murphy;Robert Dingwall

  • Face masks for the public during Covid-19: an appeal for caution in policy

    Graham Martin;Esmée Hanna;Robert Dingwall

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research

    Elizabeth Murphy;Robert Dingwall

  • Aspects of Illness

    Robert Dingwall

  • Context and Method in Qualitative Research

    Gale Miller;Robert Dingwall

  • Accounts, interviews and observations

    R Dingwall

  • The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research

    Ivy Lynn Bourgeault;Robert Dingwall;Raymond De Vries

  • The ethical case against ethical regulation in humanities and social science research

    Robert Dingwall

  • "Atrocity Stories" and Professional Relationships

    Robert Dingwall

  • Ethics and Ethnography

    Robert Dingwall

  • SELECTIVE FACILITATION: SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON A STRATEGY USED BY DIVORCE MEDIATORS

    David Greatbatch;Robert Dingwall

  • The Sociology of the Professions

    Robert Dingwall;Philip Lewis

  • Qualitative Health Research

    Robert Dingwall

  • Erving Goffman: Exploring the Interaction Order.

    Robert Dingwall;Paul Drew;Anthony Wootton

Frequent Co-Authors

Brigitte Nerlich
Brigitte Nerlich University of Nottingham
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Graeme Currie
Graeme Currie University of Warwick
Justin Waring
Justin Waring University of Birmingham
David D. Clarke
David D. Clarke University of Nottingham
Graham P. Martin
Graham P. Martin University of Cambridge
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Ian F. Connerton
Ian F. Connerton University of Nottingham
Trisha Greenhalgh
Trisha Greenhalgh University of Oxford

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