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2026

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73
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15452
World Ranking
648
National Ranking
5

Robin Kearns 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 Robin Kearns sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 287 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robin Kearns 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 Robin Kearns 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: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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 New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Robin Kearns is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development, General Health Professions, Demography, and Urban Studies.

Kearns's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • New Zealand Geographer
  • Wellbeing Space and Society
  • Health & Place
  • Housing Studies
  • Geographical Research

Kearns has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Karen Witten
  • Tara Coleman
  • Neil Lindsay
  • Melody Smith
  • Katherine Hore

Recent papers by Robin Kearns illustrate the diversity of their research contributions. These include:

  • "Coastal Communities, Leisure and Wellbeing: Advancing a Trans-Disciplinary Agenda for Understanding Ocean-Human Relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Mobility barriers and enablers and their implications for the wellbeing of disabled children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional qualitative study," 2021, Wellbeing Space and Society
  • "People's Participation in Disaster-Risk Reduction: Recentering Power," 2020, Natural Hazards Review
  • "Covid-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific: implications for children and families," 2021, Children's Geographies
  • "Narrative and metaphors in New Zealand's efforts to eliminate COVID-19," 2021, Geographical Research

In 2020, Robin Kearns was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Best Publications

  • Place and Health: Towards a Reformed Medical Geography∗

    Robin A. Kearns

  • From medical to health geography: novelty, place and theory after a decade of change

    Robin Kearns;Graham Moon

  • Narrative analysis as a strategy for understanding interview talk in geographic research

    Janine L Wiles;Mark W Rosenberg;Robin A Kearns

  • Putting Health Into Place: Landscape, Identity, and Well-being

    Robin A. Kearns;Wilbert M. Gesler

  • Naming as Norming: ‘Race’, Gender, and the Identity Politics of Naming Places in Aotearoa/New Zealand:

    Lawrence D Berg;Robin A Kearns

  • Space in its place: Developing the link in medical geography

    Robin A. Kearns;Alun E. Joseph

  • Culture/place/health

    Wilbert M. Gesler;Robin A. Kearns

  • The societal costs and benefits of commuter bicycling: simulating the effects of specific policies using system dynamics modeling.

    Alexandra Macmillan;Jennie Connor;Karen Witten;Robin A. Kearns

  • Can virtual streetscape audits reliably replace physical streetscape audits

    Hannah M. Badland;Simon Opit;Karen Witten;Robin A. Kearns

  • Seeking affective health care: Korean immigrants' use of homeland medical services.

    Jane YeonJae Lee;Robin A. Kearns;Wardlow Friesen

  • Proclaiming place: Towards a geography of place name pronunciation

    Robin A. Kearns;Lawrence D. Berg

  • Transforming the relations of research: towards culturally safe geographies of health and healing

    Isabel Dyck;Robin Kearns

  • The safe journeys of an enterprising school: negotiating landscapes of opportunity and risk.

    Damian C.A Collins;Robin A Kearns

  • Nuances of neighbourhood: Children’s perceptions of the space between home and school in Auckland, New Zealand

    Hannah Mitchell;Robin A. Kearns;Damian C.A. Collins

  • The walking school bus: extending children's geographies?

    Robin A Kearns;Damian C A Collins;Patricia M Neuwelt

  • Under curfew and under siege? Legal geographies of young people

    Damian C.A. Collins;Robin A. Kearns

  • Kids in the City: Children's Use and Experiences of Urban Neighbourhoods in Auckland, New Zealand

    Penelope Carroll;Karen Witten;Robin Kearns;Phil Donovan

  • Restructuring health and rural communities in New Zealand

    Robin A. Kearns;Alun E. Joseph

  • The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand.

    Karen Witten;Tim McCreanor;Robin Kearns;Laxmi Ramasubramanian

  • Narrative and metaphor in health geographies

    Robin A. Kearns

  • Geographies of inequality: child pedestrian injury and walking school buses in Auckland, New Zealand.

    Damian C.A. Collins;Robin A. Kearns

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Witten
Karen Witten Massey University
Suzanne Mavoa
Suzanne Mavoa University of Melbourne
Hannah Badland
Hannah Badland RMIT University
Graham Moon
Graham Moon University of Southampton
Tim McCreanor
Tim McCreanor Massey University
Janine Wiles
Janine Wiles University of Auckland
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
Christine Milligan
Christine Milligan Lancaster University
Max Abbott
Max Abbott Auckland University of Technology
Scott L. Nichol
Scott L. Nichol Geoscience Australia

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