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Ross E. G. Upshur

Ross E. G. Upshur

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 77 461 396 28 26 410 23431

Ross E. G. Upshur publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ross E. G. Upshur between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ross E. G. Upshur published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 16.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2017. 26 of the 506 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2017. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 6 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 20 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 29 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 15 publications
1995 2025

506 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ross E. G. Upshur: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 1
1998 1
1999 6
2000 5
2001 17
2002 11
2003 23
2004 12
2005 20
2006 14
2007 20
2008 21
2009 21
2010 18
2011 15
2012 17
2013 27
2014 29
2015 13
2016 12
2017 30
2018 16
2019 27
2020 29
2021 26
2022 25
2023 23
2024 11
2025 15
Total 506
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Ross E. G. Upshur publications per year - data summary

  • Ross E. G. Upshur, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Toronto, has 506 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1995 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 30 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1995, 1997 and 1998, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 31 years in the span carries no publications at all (1996).
  • The rate of publication averages 16.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 16.9 per year counting only the 30 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 100 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1995-2005: 97 publications (8.8 per year); 2006-2016: 207 publications (18.8 per year); 2017-2025: 202 publications (22.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Ross E. G. Upshur 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 Ross E. G. Upshur 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, 404–413 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: 410 publications — 96th percentile

96% 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 30 410
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
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Ross E. G. Upshur publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Ross E. G. Upshur, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Toronto, records 410 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Ross E. G. Upshur, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Ross E. G. Upshur ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Ross E. G. Upshur 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 Ross E. G. Upshur 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, 77 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: 77 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30 77
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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Ross E. G. Upshur D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Ross E. G. Upshur, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Toronto, records 77 D-Index - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Ross E. G. Upshur, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Ross E. G. Upshur ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Ross E. G. Upshur is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions in subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in Upshur's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Ethics in Medical Practice, Disaster Response and Management, Ethics in Clinical Research, Healthcare Cost, Quality, Practices, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Frequent publication venues for Upshur's research include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Open
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
  • Canadian Family Physician

Upshur has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Maxwell J. Smith, Abhimanyu Sud, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid, and Kathryn Fisher.

Some recent papers involving Upshur cover critical topics related to medical ethics, public health, and pandemic response:

  • Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature, 2021, BMC Medical Ethics
  • National primary care responses to COVID-19: a rapid review of the literature, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study, 2021, Human Resources for Health
  • Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies: Report of a WHO Working Group, 2020, Vaccine

The research focus reflects an intersection between clinical ethics, health systems management, and pandemic-related challenges.

Best Publications

  • Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19.

    Ezekiel J. Emanuel;Govind Persad;Ross Upshur;Beatriz Thome

  • Psychosocial effects of SARS on hospital staff: survey of a large tertiary care institution

    Leslie A. Nickell;Eric J. Crighton;C. Shawn Tracy;Hadi Al-Enazy

  • Evidence-based health policy: context and utilisation.

    Mark J Dobrow;Vivek Goel;R.E.G Upshur

  • Grand challenges in global health : community engagement in research in developing countries.

    Paulina O. Tindana;Jerome Amir. Singh;C. Shawn. Tracy;Ross E. G. Upshur

  • Principles for the justification of public health intervention.

    R. E. G. Upshur

  • Pandemic influenza preparedness: an ethical framework to guide decision-making.

    Alison K Thompson;Karen Faith;Jennifer L Gibson;Ross E G Upshur

  • Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature

    Kathleen Murphy;Erica Di Ruggiero;Ross Upshur;Ross Upshur;Donald J. Willison

  • Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting

    Shannon L Sibbald;Peter A Singer;Ross Upshur;Ross Upshur;Douglas K Martin

  • Ethics and SARS: lessons from Toronto

    Peter A Singer;Solomon R Benatar;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein;Abdallah S Daar

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome After Influenza Vaccination in Adults: A Population-Based Study

    David N. Juurlink;Therese A. Stukel;Jeffrey Kwong;Alexander Kopp

  • On pandemics and the duty to care: whose duty? who cares?

    Carly Ruderman;C. Shawn Tracy;C. Shawn Tracy;Cécile M. Bensimon;Cécile M. Bensimon;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein

  • XDR-TB in South Africa: no time for denial or complacency.

    Jerome Amir. Singh;Ross E. G. Upshur;Nesri. Padayatchi

  • Allocation techniques for balance at baseline in cluster randomized trials: a methodological review

    Noah M Ivers;Ilana J Halperin;Jan Barnsley;Jeremy M Grimshaw

  • Meaning and measurement: an inclusive model of evidence in health care

    Ross E.G. Upshur;Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof;Vivek Goel

  • GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS FOR STUDENTS

    Andrew D. Pinto;Ross E.G. Upshur

  • A Scoping Review and Thematic Classification of Patient Complexity: Offering a Unifying Framework:

    Alexis K. Schaink;Kerry Kuluski;Renée F. Lyons;Martin Fortin

  • Cardiovascular Safety of Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Andrea Gershon;Ruth Croxford;Andrew Calzavara;Teresa To;Teresa To

  • Managing multiple chronic conditions in the community: a Canadian qualitative study of the experiences of older adults, family caregivers and healthcare providers

    Jenny Ploeg;Nancy Matthew-Maich;Kimberly Fraser;Sinéad Dufour

  • The effect of universal influenza immunization on mortality and health care use.

    Jeffrey C Kwong;Thérèse A Stukel;Thérèse A Stukel;Jenny Lim;Allison J McGeer;Allison J McGeer

  • DNA databanks and consent: A suggested policy option involving an authorization model

    Timothy Caulfield;Ross Eg Upshur;Abdallah S. Daar

  • Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream

    Ross Upshur

  • Guillain-BarreSyndrome After Influenza Vaccination in Adults

    David N. Juurlink;Therese A. Stukel;Jeffrey Kwong;Alexander Kopp

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahim Moineddin
Rahim Moineddin University of Toronto
Muhammad Mamdani
Muhammad Mamdani University of Toronto
Abdallah S. Daar
Abdallah S. Daar University of Toronto
Peter A. Singer
Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore
Therese A. Stukel
Therese A. Stukel University of Toronto
Jenny Ploeg
Jenny Ploeg McMaster University
Solomon R. Benatar
Solomon R. Benatar University of Cape Town
Mark Bernstein
Mark Bernstein Toronto Western Hospital
Lauren E. Griffith
Lauren E. Griffith McMaster University
Alexandra Martiniuk
Alexandra Martiniuk University of Sydney

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