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Robert T. Brennan

Robert T. Brennan

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
60
Citations
12205
World Ranking
1483
National Ranking
707

Robert T. Brennan publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert T. Brennan 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 T. Brennan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert T. Brennan is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research centers around social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with notable focus areas in clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and gender studies.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including:

  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts

Robert T. Brennan has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers. Selected recent publications include:

  • The intergenerational impact of war on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing: lessons from the longitudinal study of war-affected youth in Sierra Leone, 2020, Conflict and Health
  • Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social protection programmes, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Lay-worker Delivered Home Visiting Promotes Early Childhood Development and Reduces Violence in Rwanda: A Randomized Pilot, 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Youth Functioning and Organizational Success for West African Regional Development (Youth FORWARD): Study Protocol, 2020, Psychiatric Services

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic journals, including:

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • BMC Public Health
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Conflict and Health

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Robert T. Brennan's work. They have repeatedly co-authored papers with several researchers, including Theresa S. Betancourt, Jordan Farrar, Linda H. Pololi, Rochelle L. Frounfelker, and Shauna M. Murray.

Best Publications

  • Social capital and neighborhood mortality rates in Chicago.

    Kimberly A Lochner;Ichiro Kawachi;Robert T Brennan;Stephen L Buka

  • A multivariate hierarchical model for studying psychological change within married couples.

    Stephen W. Raudenbush;Robert T. Brennan;Rosalind C. Barnett

  • Gender and the relationship between job experiences and psychological distress: a study of dual-earner couples.

    Rosalind C. Barnett;Nancy L. Marshall;Stephen W. Raudenbush;Robert T. Brennan

  • Neighborhood Support and the Birth Weight of Urban Infants

    Stephen L. Buka;Robert T. Brennan;Janet W. Rich-Edwards;Stephen W. Raudenbush

  • Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ivelina Ivanova Borisova;Timothy Philip Williams;Robert Thomas Brennan

  • The relationship of perceived flexibility, supportive work–life policies, and use of formal flexible arrangements and occasional flexibility to employee engagement and expected retention

    Amy L. Richman;Janet T. Civian;Laurie L. Shannon;E. Jeffrey Hill

  • Change in job and marital experiences and change in psychological distress: a longitudinal study of dual-earner couples.

    Rosalind C. Barnett;Stephen W. Raudenbush;Robert T. Brennan;Joseph H. Pleck

  • A multilevel study of neighborhoods and parent-to-child physical aggression: results from the project on human development in Chicago neighborhoods.

    Beth E. Molnar;Stephen L. Buka;Robert T. Brennan;John K. Holton

  • Exploring the relationship of workplace flexibility, gender, and life stage to family-to-work conflict, and stress and burnout

    E. Jeffrey Hill;Jenet I. Jacob;Laurie L. Shannon;Robert T. brennan

  • Firearm violence exposure and serious violent behavior.

    Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer;Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer;Robert T. Brennan;Robert T. Brennan;Felton J. Earls;Felton J. Earls

  • Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a longitudinal study of risk, protective factors, and mental health

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Robert Thomas Brennan;Julia Rubin-Smith;Garrett M. Fitzmaurice

  • Why are a quarter of faculty considering leaving academic medicine? A study of their perceptions of institutional culture and intentions to leave at 26 representative U.S. medical schools.

    Linda H. Pololi;Edward Krupat;Janet T. Civian;Arlene S. Ash

  • Experiencing the Culture of Academic Medicine: Gender Matters, A National Study

    Linda H. Pololi;Janet T. Civian;Robert T. Brennan;Andrea L. Dottolo;Andrea L. Dottolo

  • Fit as a mediator of the relationship between work hours and burnout.

    Rosalind C. Barnett;Karen C. Gareis;Robert T. Brennan

  • CPR training without an instructor: development and evaluation of a video self-instructional system for effective performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    Allan Braslow;Robert T Brennan;Mary M Newman;Nicholas G Bircher

  • Randomized, Controlled Trial of Video Self-Instruction Versus Traditional CPR Training

    Knox H Todd;Allan Braslow;Robert T Brennan;Douglas W Lowery

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance of subjects over forty is better following half-hour video self-instruction compared to traditional four-hour classroom training.

    Anne M. Batcheller;Robert T. Brennan;Allan Braslow;Alejando Urrutia

  • The relationship between job experiences and psychological distress: A structural equation approach

    Rosalind C. Barnett;Robert T. Brennan

  • Trajectories of Internalizing Problems in War-Affected Sierra Leonean Youth: Examining Conflict and Postconflict Factors.

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ryan McBain;Elizabeth Newnham;Elizabeth Newnham;Robert Thomas Brennan

  • The experience of minority faculty who are underrepresented in medicine, at 26 representative U.S. medical schools.

    Linda H. Pololi;Arthur T. Evans;Brian K. Gibbs;Edward Krupat

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosalind C. Barnett
Rosalind C. Barnett Brandeis University
Felton Earls
Felton Earls Harvard University
Stephen W. Raudenbush
Stephen W. Raudenbush University of Chicago
Stephen L. Buka
Stephen L. Buka Brown University
Nancy L. Marshall
Nancy L. Marshall Wellesley College
Ellen C. Perrin
Ellen C. Perrin Tufts Medical Center
Edward Krupat
Edward Krupat Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Stephen E. Gilman
Stephen E. Gilman Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University

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