2026 Solomon R. Benatar: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	54	2192	1996	20	19	224	9357

Research.com Recognitions

1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1989 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Solomon R. Benatar is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research spans multiple disciplinary fields, prominently including Health Professions, Business, Management and Accounting, and Medicine. Within these areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Economics and Econometrics.

Benatar's scholarly output includes several recent papers that address various global health and public health topics. Key publications include:

"Universal Access to Healthcare: The Case of South Africa in the Comparative Global Context of the Late Anthropocene Era" (2020) published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management
"Disconnections between medical education and medical practice: A neglected dilemma" (2020) published in Global Public Health
"Health in a post-COVID-19 world" (2022) published in the South African Journal of Science
"COVID-19, global health and climate change: Causes and convergences" (2022) published in the South African Journal of Science
"More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Ethics: The most powerful health-promoting forces in COVID-19 are social" (2020) published in the South African Journal of Science

Their research interests are reflected in topics frequently addressed in their work, including:

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
Health and Conflict Studies
Global Health Care Issues
Global Health Workforce Issues
Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Benatar's frequent collaborators include Stephen Gill, Denis Daneman, Sabrina Germain, Richard Ashcroft, and Ross Upshur. Their publications are often found in venues such as the South African Journal of Science, South African Medical Journal, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Global Public Health, and Hypertension.

Throughout their career, Benatar has been recognized with several honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996, a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1989, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

Health and Health Care in South Africa — 20 Years after Mandela

Bongani M. Mayosi;Solomon R. Benatar

675
Citations
Reflections and recommendations on research ethics in developing countries.

S.R Benatar

455
Citations
Miliary tuberculosis: rapid diagnosis, hematologic abnormalities, and outcome in 109 treated adults.

Gary Maartens;Paul A. Willcox;Solomon R. Benatar

394
Citations
A comparative randomized trial of heparin versus streptokinase in the treatment of acute proximal venous thrombosis: an interim report of a prospective trial.

M. S. Elliot;E. J. Immelman;P. Jeffery;S. R. Benatar

338
Citations
A new look at international research ethics

Solomon R Benatar;Peter A Singer

327
Citations
Global health ethics: the rationale for mutual caring

Solomon R. Benatar;Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer

308
Citations
Ethics and SARS: lessons from Toronto

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

292
Citations
Health Care Reform and the Crisis of HIV and AIDS in South Africa

Solomon R. Benatar

270
Citations
Global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary.

Solomon R. Benatar

198
Citations
Identification of the high-risk asthmatic patient: Experience with 39 patients undergoing ventilation for status asthmaticus

D.E. Westerman;S.R. Benatar;P.D. Potgieter;A.D. Ferguson

186
Citations
THE USE OF ISO-SHUNT LINES FOR CONTROL OF OXYGEN THERAPY

S.R. Benatar;A.M. Hewlett;J.F. Nunn

173
Citations
Global health and the global economic crisis.

Solomon R. Benatar;Stephen Gill;Isabella Bakker

165
Citations
The challenges of health disparities in South Africa.

S R Benatar

158
Citations
Global Health and Global Health Ethics

Solomon Benatar;Gillian Brock

144
Citations
Responsibilities in international research: a new look revisited

Solomon R Benatar;Peter A Singer

137
Citations
Research Ethics Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of NIH Fogarty-Funded Programs 2000-2012

Paul Ndebele;Douglas Wassenaar;Solomon Benatar;Theodore Fleischer

128
Citations
Serum angiotensin converting enzyme in sarcoidosis: sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis: correlations with disease activity, duration, extra-thoracic involvement, radiographic type and therapy.

G M Ainslie;S R Benatar

128
Citations
COMMENTARY: JUSTICE AND MEDICAL RESEARCH: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 1

Solomon R Benatar

114
Citations
The HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A Sign of Instability in a Complex Global System

Solomon R. Benatar

109
Citations
HIV prevention research and global inequality: steps towards improved standards of care

K Shapiro;S R Benatar

106
Citations
Moral imagination: The missing component in global health

Solomon R. Benatar

101
Citations
Global health challenges: the need for an expanded discourse on bioethics.

Solomon R Benatar;Abdallah S Daar;Peter A Singer

87
Citations
Global Health and Global Health Ethics: Global health ethics: the rationale for mutual caring

Solomon Benatar;Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross E. G. Upshur University of Toronto

Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore

Abdallah S. Daar University of Toronto

Nancy E. Kass Johns Hopkins University

Adnan A. Hyder George Washington University

Tony Hope University of Oxford

Norman Daniels Harvard University

Laura Weiss Roberts Stanford University

Susan Dorr Goold University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Blake Poland University of Toronto

External Links

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