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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 47 3377 3109 1628 1475 157 9845

Shannon N. Zenk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shannon N. Zenk between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shannon N. Zenk published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2015. 6 of the 170 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2015. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 1 publication
2000 2025

170 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shannon N. Zenk: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 4
2006 7
2007 1
2008 3
2009 8
2010 4
2011 4
2012 10
2013 8
2014 11
2015 19
2016 5
2017 14
2018 12
2019 17
2020 12
2021 13
2022 5
2023 5
2024 5
2025 1
Total 170
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Shannon N. Zenk 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 Shannon N. Zenk 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, 154–163 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: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% 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
154–163 411 157
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
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Shannon N. Zenk 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 Shannon N. Zenk 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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 47
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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Overview

Shannon N. Zenk is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Transportation. Their research topics reflect these areas, emphasizing Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet; Health disparities and outcomes; Urban Transport and Accessibility; Nutritional Studies and Diet; Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations; Climate Change and Health Impacts; and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.

Recent publications by Shannon N. Zenk include:

  • Fewer Pharmacies In Black And Hispanic/Latino Neighborhoods Compared With White Or Diverse Neighborhoods, 2007-15 (2021) - Health Affairs
  • A cross-sectional comparison of meal delivery options in three international cities (2020) - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research (2024) - Nature Medicine
  • A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions (2020) - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Neighborhood Food Environment and Health Outcomes in U.S. Low-Socioeconomic Status, Racial/Ethnic Minority, and Rural Populations: A Systematic Review (2020) - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Frequent co-authors of Shannon N. Zenk include Kelly Jones, Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, Lisa M. Powell, Ting-Ti Lin, and Pamela Martyn-Nemeth.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • JAMA
  • Journal of Urban Health
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Health Affairs

Best Publications

  • Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Stephen A. Matthews;Angela Odoms-Young

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans : Income and Store Characteristics

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Teretha Hollis-Neely;Richard T. Campbell

  • Distance to Store, Food Prices, and Obesity in Urban Food Deserts

    Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen;Gerald P. Hunter;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Urban Population

    Shannon N. Zenk;Laurie L. Lachance;Amy J. Schulz;Graciela Mentz

  • Diet and Perceptions Change with Supermarket Introduction in a Food Desert, but Not Because of Supermarket Use

    Tamara Dubowitz;Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen;Robin Beckman

  • US secondary schools and food outlets.

    Shannon N. Zenk;Lisa M. Powell

  • Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastside.

    Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Shannon N. Zenk;Edith A. Parker

  • “You Have to Hunt for the Fruits, the Vegetables”: Environmental Barriers and Adaptive Strategies to Acquire Food in a Low-Income African American Neighborhood

    Shannon N. Zenk;Angela M. Odoms-Young;Constance Dallas;Elaine Hardy

  • Field validation of secondary commercial data sources on the retail food outlet environment in the U.S.

    Lisa M. Powell;Euna Han;Shannon N. Zenk;Tamkeen Khan

  • Healthy food access for urban food desert residents: examination of the food environment, food purchasing practices, diet and BMI.

    Tamara Dubowitz;Shannon N. Zenk;Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen

  • Availability of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in African-American and Latino neighborhoods

    Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint;Shannon N. Zenk;Angela Odoms-Young;Laurie Ruggiero

  • Measuring Food Availability and Access in African-American Communities: Implications for Intervention and Policy

    Angela M. Odoms-Young;Shannon Zenk;Maryann Mason

  • Healthy Eating and Exercising to Reduce Diabetes: Exploring the Potential of Social Determinants of Health Frameworks Within the Context of Community-Based Participatory Diabetes Prevention

    Amy J. Schulz;Shannon N. Zenk;Angela Odoms-Young;Teretha Hollis-Neely

  • Relationships among neighborhood environment, racial discrimination, psychological distress, and preterm birth in African American women.

    Carmen Giurgescu;Shannon N. Zenk;Barbara L. Dancy;Chang G. Park

  • Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit.

    Amy J. Schulz;Shannon N. Zenk;Barbara A. Israel;Graciela Mentz

  • Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment

    Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar;Gerald Hunter;Rebecca L. Collins;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Relative and Absolute Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Alternatives Across Communities in the United States

    Shannon N. Zenk;Lisa M. Powell;Leah Rimkus;Zeynep Isgor

  • Associations of Supermarket Characteristics with Weight Status and Body Fat: A Multilevel Analysis of Individuals within Supermarkets (RECORD Study)

    Basile Chaix;Kathy Bean;Mark Daniel;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Healthy Food Access for Urban Food Desert Residents

    Tamara Dubowitz;Shannon N. Zenk;Madhumita Ghosh Dastidar;Deborah Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Powell
Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago
Amy J. Schulz
Amy J. Schulz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen A. Matthews
Stephen A. Matthews Pennsylvania State University
Barbara A. Israel
Barbara A. Israel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frank J. Chaloupka
Frank J. Chaloupka University of Illinois at Chicago
Deborah A. Cohen
Deborah A. Cohen Kaiser Permanente
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Thomas Templin
Thomas Templin Wayne State University
Richard T. Campbell
Richard T. Campbell University of Illinois at Chicago
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University

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