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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 62 1293 1146 95 87 488 12187

Stephen Birch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen Birch between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen Birch published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 61 publications in 2011. 14 of the 611 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 61. Peak 61 publications in 2011. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 10 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 13 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 14 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 17 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 22 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 61 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 30 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 6 publications
1970 2025

611 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen Birch: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 3
1983 0
1984 2
1985 10
1986 10
1987 13
1988 11
1989 10
1990 6
1991 9
1992 6
1993 14
1994 11
1995 14
1996 12
1997 17
1998 7
1999 9
2000 5
2001 11
2002 16
2003 17
2004 14
2005 13
2006 9
2007 13
2008 22
2009 29
2010 15
2011 61
2012 18
2013 20
2014 11
2015 14
2016 30
2017 18
2018 18
2019 16
2020 25
2021 19
2022 11
2023 7
2024 8
2025 6
Total 611
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Stephen Birch 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 Birch 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, 484–493 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: 488 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17 488
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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Stephen Birch 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 Birch 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, 62 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: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
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 62
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

Stephen Birch is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a research focus spanning health professions and medicine, with particular expertise in general health professions and economics and econometrics. Their work also encompasses subfields such as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, emergency medical services, and periodontics.

The scientist's research predominantly addresses global health workforce issues, dental health and care utilization, healthcare policy and management, as well as health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life. Primary care and health outcomes alongside occupational therapy practice and research are also notable areas of their scholarly activity.

Stephen Birch has contributed to various publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Global priorities for climate change and mental health research" (2021) in Environment International
  • "Relationships between job satisfaction, organizational commitment, burnout and job performance of healthcare professionals in a district-level health care system of Shenzhen, China" (2022) in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Reorienting Oral Health Services to Prevention: Economic Perspectives" (2021) in Journal of Dental Research
  • "Area-Level Variation in Children's Unmet Need for Community-Based Mental Health Services: Findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study" (2020) in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • "Planning the oral health workforce: Time for innovation" (2020) in Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology

Frequent co-authors in Stephen Birch's publications include Martin Tickle, Tanya Walsh, Indraneel Banerjee, Thomas Allen, and Christina M. Bernardes.

Their research appears regularly in venues such as Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, PubMed, Social Science & Medicine, and Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries

    Diane McIntyre;Michael Thiede;Stephen Birch

  • Cost effectiveness/utility analyses. Do current decision rules lead us to where we want to be?

    Stephen Birch;Amiram Gafni

  • Who you know, where you live: social capital, neighbourhood and health

    Gerry Veenstra;Isaac Luginaah;Sarah Wakefield;Stephen Birch

  • Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs): the silence of the lambda.

    Amiram Gafni;Stephen Birch

  • Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa

    Sheetal P Silal;Loveday Penn-Kekana;Bronwyn Harris;Stephen Birch;Stephen Birch;Stephen Birch

  • A review and analysis of placebo treatments, placebo effects, and placebo controls in trials of medical procedures when sham is not inert.

    Stephen Birch

  • Guidelines for the adoption of new technologies: a prescription for uncontrolled growth in expenditures and how to avoid the problem

    A. Gafni;Stephen Birch

  • Valuing the benefits and costs of health care programmes: where's the 'extra' in extra-welfarism?

    Stephen Birch;Cam Donaldson

  • “Interaction” and research utilisation in health policies and programs: does it work?

    Anita Kothari;Stephen Birch;Cathy Charles

  • The identification of supplier-inducement in a fixed price system of health care provision. The case of dentistry in the United Kingdom

    Stephen Birch

  • The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists.

    Paul Brocklehurst;Juliet Price;Anne Marie Glenny;Martin Tickle

  • Unemployment and health: contextual-level influences on the production of health in populations.

    François Béland;Stephen Birch;Greg Stoddart;Greg Stoddart

  • Human Resources Planning and the Production of Health: A Needs-Based Analytical Framework

    Stephen Birch;George Kephart;Gail Tomblin-Murphy;Linda O'Brien-Pallas

  • Opportunity costs and uncertainty in the economic evaluation of health care interventions.

    P. Sendi;A. Gafni;S. Birch

  • Does the community want devolved authority? Results of deliberative polling in Ontario.

    Julia Abelson;Jonathan Lomas;John Eyles;Stephen Birch

  • Environmental influences on healthcare expenditures: an exploratory analysis from Ontario, Canada

    M Jerrett;J Eyles;C Dufournaud;S Birch

  • Economics, health and health economics: HYEs versus QALYs

    Amiram Gafni;Stephen Birch;Abraham Mehrez

  • Information Created to Evade Reality (ICER): Things We Should Not Look to for Answers

    Stephen Birch;Stephen Birch;Amiram Gafni

  • Equitable access to health care: Methodological extensions to the analysis of physician utilization in Canada

    Stephen Birch;John Eyles;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Applications of cost-benefit analysis to health care. Departures from welfare economic theory.

    Stephen Birch;Cam Donaldson

Frequent Co-Authors

Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
John Eyles
John Eyles University of the Witwatersrand
Ruth McDonald
Ruth McDonald University of Manchester
Jeremiah Hurley
Jeremiah Hurley McMaster University
Myeong Soo Lee
Myeong Soo Lee Korea University of Science and Technology
Stephen D. Walter
Stephen D. Walter McMaster University
Cam Donaldson
Cam Donaldson Glasgow Caledonian University
K. Bruce Newbold
K. Bruce Newbold McMaster University
Julia Abelson
Julia Abelson McMaster University
Alan Maynard
Alan Maynard University of York

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