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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 72 691 601 127 113 748 18603

Roger Watson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roger Watson between 1980 and 2021, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roger Watson published across 42 years, from 1980 to 2021, averaging 18.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2008. 58 of the 778 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2021. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2008. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 11 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 16 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 17 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 32 publications 2000: 19 publications 2001: 38 publications 2002: 54 publications 2003: 35 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 20 publications 2006: 33 publications 2007: 21 publications 2008: 55 publications 2009: 26 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 28 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 28 publications
1980 2021

778 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roger Watson: publications per year, 1980 to 2021
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 11
1990 9
1991 3
1992 7
1993 4
1994 16
1995 10
1996 9
1997 17
1998 16
1999 32
2000 19
2001 38
2002 54
2003 35
2004 19
2005 20
2006 33
2007 21
2008 55
2009 26
2010 28
2011 29
2012 28
2013 25
2014 20
2015 17
2016 25
2017 27
2018 29
2019 33
2020 30
2021 28
Total 778
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Roger Watson 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 Roger Watson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 570+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 748 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100 748
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Roger Watson 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 Roger Watson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 72 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.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50 72
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Nursing
  • Internal medicine

Roger Watson spends much of his time researching Nursing, Nurse education, MEDLINE, Competence and Dementia. His primary area of study in Nursing is in the field of Nursing research. His Nurse education research includes themes of Longitudinal study, Workforce, Health care, Validity and Cohort study.

His MEDLINE research includes elements of Confirmatory factor analysis, Action plan, Risk factor and Malnutrition. His Competence research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Educational measurement, Curriculum, Rating scale, Higher education and Objective structured clinical examination. His Dementia study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, Older people, Gerontology, Scale and Randomized controlled trial.

His most cited work include:

  • Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature (438 citations)
  • A longitudinal cohort study of burnout and attrition in nursing students (346 citations)
  • Prison health care: a review of the literature (181 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Roger Watson mainly focuses on Nursing, Nurse education, Gerontology, Nursing research and Dementia. His research in Nursing intersects with topics in Workforce, Health care, MEDLINE, Family medicine and Competence. Roger Watson studies CINAHL, a branch of MEDLINE.

Team nursing is the focus of his Nurse education research. Roger Watson is interested in Older people, which is a branch of Gerontology. Roger Watson combines subjects such as Intervention and Psychiatry with his study of Dementia.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Nursing (38.08%)
  • Nurse education (13.12%)
  • Gerontology (11.14%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Nursing (38.08%)
  • Medical education (6.49%)
  • MEDLINE (8.74%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Nursing, Medical education, MEDLINE, Nursing research and Scale. His work investigates the relationship between Nursing and topics such as Patient safety that intersect with problems in Quality. His MEDLINE research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Intervention and Intensive care medicine.

He combines topics linked to Publishing with his work on Nursing research. His Scale research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Item response theory, Mokken scale and Hierarchy. His Nurse education research focuses on Team nursing in particular.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • European Academy of Nursing Science 2016 Summer Conference (52 citations)
  • Representation of age and ageing identities in popular music texts. (46 citations)
  • Push and pull factors of nurses' intention to leave. (36 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Nursing
  • Health care

His primary areas of investigation include Nursing, Health care, Medical education, Nursing research and Nurse education. His Nursing research is mostly focused on the topic Nursing management. His research investigates the connection between Health care and topics such as MEDLINE that intersect with issues in Library science.

The concepts of his Medical education study are interwoven with issues in Empathy, Focus group, Psychometrics and Mokken scale. His work deals with themes such as Publishing, Pedagogy and Exploratory data analysis, which intersect with Nursing research. His Nurse education research incorporates themes from Scale, Exploratory factor analysis, Mortality rate and Data collection.

Best Publications

  • Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature

    Roger Watson;Anne Stimpson;Annie Topping;Davina Porock

  • A longitudinal cohort study of burnout and attrition in nursing students

    Ian J Deary;Roger Watson;Richard Hogston

  • Chi-square for model fit in confirmatory factor analysis

    Mousa Alavi;Denis C Visentin;Deependra K Thapa;Glenn E Hunt

  • Prison health care: a review of the literature

    Roger Watson;Anne Stimpson;Tony Hostick

  • A study of stress and burnout in nursing students in Hong Kong: a questionnaire survey.

    Roger Watson;Ian J Deary;David R Thompson;Gloria Li

  • Reliability and validity in a nutshell

    Katrina Bannigan;Roger Watson

  • Cómo validar un instrumento de medida de la salud

    A. Carvajal;C. Centeno;R. Watson;M. Martínez

  • A review of clinical competence assessment in nursing.

    Chen Yanhua;Roger Watson

  • Use of factor analysis in Journal of Advanced Nursing: literature review

    Roger Watson;David R. Thompson

  • Push and pull factors of nurses' intention to leave.

    Loredana Sasso;Annamaria Bagnasco;Gianluca Catania;Milko Zanini

  • A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia

    Huei-chuan Sung;Wen-li Lee;Tzai-li Li;Roger Watson

  • Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives.

    Parveen Azam Ali;Roger Watson

  • Assessing competence to practise in nursing: a review of the literature

    Sally Redfern;Ian Norman;Lynn Calman;Roger Watson

  • The validity and reliability of methods to assess the competence to practise of pre-registration nursing and midwifery students

    Ian J Norman;Roger Watson;Trevor Murrells;Lynn Calman

  • Nutritional screening and assessment tools for use by nurses: literature review.

    Sue M. Green;Roger Watson

  • A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students.

    Roger Watson;Eric D Gardiner;Richard Hogston;Helen Gibson

  • Nutritional screening and assessment tools for older adults: literature review

    Sue M. Green;Roger Watson

  • The caring dimensions inventory (CDI): content validity, reliability and scaling.

    Roger Watson;Amandah Lea

  • Loneliness in elderly people: an important area for nursing research.

    Jean M Donaldson;Roger Watson

  • Nursing Research: Designs and Methods

    Hugh McKenna;Roger Watson;Seamus Cowman;John Keady

  • Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services, 2nd edition

    Roger Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Thompson
David R. Thompson Queen's University Belfast
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Jill Manthorpe
Jill Manthorpe King's College London
Debra Jackson
Debra Jackson University of Sydney
Keith Topping
Keith Topping University of Dundee
Markus Kraft
Markus Kraft University of Cambridge
Richard Gray
Richard Gray University of Oxford
Giancarlo Icardi
Giancarlo Icardi University of Genoa
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University

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