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2805

Stephen A. Matthews 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 Stephen A. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen A. Matthews 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 Stephen A. Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • New Neighborhood Grocery Store Increased Awareness Of Food Access But Did Not Alter Dietary Habits Or Obesity

    Steven Cummins;Ellen Flint;Stephen A. Matthews

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

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

  • Beyond the Census Tract: Patterns and Determinants of Racial Segregation at Multiple Geographic Scales.

    Barrett A. Lee;Sean F. Reardon;Glenn Firebaugh;Chad R. Farrell

  • The Geographic Scale of Metropolitan Racial Segregation

    Sean F. Reardon;Stephen A. Matthews;David O’Sullivan;Barrett A. Lee

  • Geo-ethnography: Coupling Geographic Information Analysis Techniques with Ethnographic Methods in Urban Research

    Stephen A. Matthews;James E. Detwiler;Linda M. Burton

  • Spatial Polygamy and Contextual Exposures (SPACEs): Promoting Activity Space Approaches in Research on Place And Health

    Stephen A. Matthews;Tse Chuan Yang

  • Race and Space in the 1990s: Changes in the Geographic Scale of Racial Residential Segregation, 1990-2000

    Sean F Reardon;Chad R Farrell;Stephen A Matthews;David O'Sullivan

  • The Effects of Economic Conditions and Access to Reproductive Health Services on State Abortion Rates and Birthrates

    Stephen Matthews;David Ribar;Mark Wilhelm

  • A spatial analysis of the COVID-19 period prevalence in U.S. counties through June 28, 2020: where geography matters?

    Feinuo Sun;Stephen A. Matthews;Tse Chuan Yang;Ming Hsiao Hu

  • Spatial Polygamy and the Heterogeneity of Place: Studying People and Place via Egocentric Methods

    Stephen A. Matthews

  • The salience of neighborhood: some lessons from sociology.

    Stephen A. Matthews

  • Urban Poverty and Neighborhood Effects on Crime: Incorporating Spatial and Network Perspectives

    Corina Graif;Andrew S. Gladfelter;Stephen A. Matthews

  • Progress in Spatial Demography.

    Stephen A. Matthews;Daniel M. Parker

  • Between exposure, access and use: Reconsidering foodscape influences on dietary behaviours

    Christelle Clary;Stephen Augustus Matthews;Yan Kestens

  • Current, future and potential use of mobile and wearable technologies and social media data in the ABCD study to increase understanding of contributors to child health.

    K.S. Bagot;S.A. Matthews;M. Mason;Lindsay M. Squeglia

  • Exploring the role of the built and social neighborhood environment in moderating stress and health.

    Stephen A. Matthews;Tse Chuan Yang

  • How many days of global positioning system (GPS) monitoring do you need to measure activity space environments in health research

    Shannon N. Zenk;Stephen A. Matthews;Amber N. Kraft;Kelly K. Jones

  • The role of social and built environments in predicting self-rated stress: A multilevel analysis in Philadelphia.

    Tse Chuan Yang;Stephen A. Matthews

  • Geographically Weighted Quantile Regression (GWQR): An Application to U.S. Mortality Data.

    Vivian Yi Ju Chen;Wen Shuenn Deng;Tse Chuan Yang;Stephen A. Matthews

  • Effect of Health Care System Distrust on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Tse Chuan Yang;Stephen A. Matthews;Marianne M. Hillemeier

  • Work group II: Using Geographic Information Systems for enhancing research relevant to policy on diet, physical activity, and weight

    Stephen Augustus Matthews;Anne Vernez Moudon;Mark Daniel

  • Breast cancer screening, area deprivation, and later-stage breast cancer in Appalachia: does geography matter?

    Roger T. Anderson;Tse Chang Yang;Stephen Augustus Matthews;Fabian Camacho

Frequent Co-Authors

Shannon N. Zenk
Shannon N. Zenk University of Illinois at Chicago
Barrett A. Lee
Barrett A. Lee Pennsylvania State University
Lisa M. Powell
Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Glenn Firebaugh
Glenn Firebaugh Pennsylvania State University
Sean F. Reardon
Sean F. Reardon Stanford University
Marianne M. Hillemeier
Marianne M. Hillemeier Pennsylvania State University
Michael R. Kramer
Michael R. Kramer Emory University
Linda M. Burton
Linda M. Burton University of California, Berkeley
Vernon M. Chinchilli
Vernon M. Chinchilli Pennsylvania State University

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