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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 46 3553 3271 610 559 171 11302

Sarah Nettleton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sarah Nettleton between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sarah Nettleton published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2003. 14 of the 189 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2003. 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 5 publications
1986 2025

189 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sarah Nettleton: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 2
1987 0
1988 0
1989 2
1990 10
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 4
1995 5
1996 3
1997 3
1998 3
1999 3
2000 8
2001 6
2002 7
2003 13
2004 4
2005 5
2006 4
2007 4
2008 4
2009 7
2010 4
2011 9
2012 4
2013 8
2014 4
2015 6
2016 3
2017 6
2018 7
2019 5
2020 5
2021 8
2022 2
2023 5
2024 9
2025 5
Total 189
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Sarah Nettleton 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 Sarah Nettleton 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, 164–173 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: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% 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
164–173 391 171
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
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Sarah Nettleton 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 Sarah Nettleton 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 46
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
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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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

Sarah Nettleton is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on General Health Professions, Neurology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Language and Linguistics.

The main topics of Nettleton's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Language, Discourse, and Communication Strategies, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Geographies of Human-Animal Interactions, Mental Health and Psychiatry, and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units.

Frequent publication venues for Nettleton are Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness, Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine, Health Expectations, and the SSM Annual Scientific Meeting.

Several recent papers reflect the scope and focus of their research:

  • "I'm not the doctor; I'm just the patient": Patient agency and shared decision-making in naturally occurring primary care consultations, 2021, Patient Education and Counseling
  • Negotiating uncertainty in clinical encounters: A narrative exploration of naturally occurring primary care consultations, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • The coughing body: etiquettes, techniques, sonographies and spaces, 2020, BioSocieties
  • Air care: an 'aerography' of breath, buildings and bugs in the cystic fibrosis clinic, 2020, Sociology of Health & Illness
  • Episodic disability and adjustments for work: the 'rehabilitative work' of returning to employment with Long Covid, 2024, Disability & Society

Notable frequent co-authors include Daryl Martin, Olaug S. Lian, Sue Ziébland, Christina Buse, and Christopher Dowrick, indicating collaborative work across related research areas.

Sarah Nettleton has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom. This designation highlights their role within the academic community focused on social sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Sociology of Health and Illness

    Sarah Nettleton

  • ‘I just want permission to be ill’: Towards a sociology of medically unexplained symptoms

    Sarah Nettleton

  • The body in everyday life

    Sarah Nettleton;Jonathan Watson

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • The Sociology of Health Promotion: Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk

    Robin Bunton;Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows

  • The mundane realities of the everyday lay use of the internet for health, and their consequences for media convergence

    Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows;Lisa O'Malley

  • Mortgage Debt, Insecure Home Ownership and Health: An Exploratory Analysis

    Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows

  • Towards a sociology of diagnosis: Reflections and opportunities

    Annemarie Jutel;Sarah Nettleton

  • VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CARE? SOCIAL POLICY AND THE EMERGENCE OF COMPUTER MEDIATED SOCIAL SUPPORT

    Roger Burrows;Sarah Nettleton;Nicholas Pleace;Brian Loader

  • Conceptualising body work in health and social care

    Julia Twigg;Carol Wolkowitz;Rachel Lara Cohen;Sarah Nettleton

  • The sociology of health promotion

    Robin Bunton;Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows

  • Power, pain and dentistry

    Sarah Nettleton

  • The Emergence of E-Scaped Medicine

    Sarah Nettleton

  • Conceptualising 'materialities of care': making visible mundane material culture in health and social care contexts.

    Christina Buse;Daryl Martin;Sarah Joan Nettleton

  • Understanding the narratives of people who live with medically unexplained illness.

    Sarah Nettleton;Ian Watt;Lisa O’Malley;Philip Duffey

  • E-Scaped Medicine? Information, Reflexivity and Health

    Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows

  • When a Capital Investment Becomes an Emotional Loss: The Health Consequences of the Experience of Mortgage Possession in England

    Sarah Nettleton;Roger Burrows

  • Medicine on the line? Computer‐mediated social support and advice for people with diabetes

    Brian D. Loader;Steve Muncer;Roger Burrows;Nicholas Pleace

  • Home ownership in a risk society: A social analysis of mortgage arrears and possessions

    Janet Ford;Roger Burrows;Sarah Nettleton

  • Eating patterns among heroin users: a qualitative study with implications for nutritional interventions.

    Joanne Neale;Sarah Nettleton;Lucy Pickering;Jan Fischer

  • Architecture and health care: a place for sociology

    Daryl Martin;Sarah Nettleton;Christina E. Buse;Lindsay Prior

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Burrows
Roger Burrows Newcastle University
Joanne Neale
Joanne Neale King's College London
Steven Muncer
Steven Muncer Teesside University
Patricia Sloper
Patricia Sloper University of York
Louise Locock
Louise Locock University of Aberdeen
John Marsden
John Marsden King's College London
John Strang
John Strang King's College London
Celia Kitzinger
Celia Kitzinger University of York
Jenny Kitzinger
Jenny Kitzinger Cardiff University
Judith Green
Judith Green King's College London

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