Susan Greenhalgh publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Susan Greenhalgh between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Susan Greenhalgh published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2008. 11 of the 188 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10

1977 2025

188 publications in total across all disciplines

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Susan Greenhalgh: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year	Publications
1977	1
1978	0
1979	0
1980	0
1981	0
1982	1
1983	3
1984	3
1985	3
1986	4
1987	9
1988	5
1989	10
1990	6
1991	2
1992	2
1993	4
1994	4
1995	10
1996	4
1997	8
1998	5
1999	0
2000	1
2001	4
2002	3
2003	3
2004	2
2005	4
2006	5
2007	5
2008	14
2009	1
2010	3
2011	2
2012	4
2013	2
2014	3
2015	1
2016	3
2017	1
2018	6
2019	10
2020	5
2021	4
2022	4
2023	3
2024	7
2025	4
Total	188

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Susan Greenhalgh 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 Susan Greenhalgh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% 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	165
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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Susan Greenhalgh 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 Susan Greenhalgh sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% 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	52
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

2016 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Susan Greenhalgh is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around medicine and health professions, with significant contributions in surgery, pharmacy, pathology and forensic medicine, pharmacology, and general health professions.

The major topics covered in their work include spine and intervertebral disc pathology, medical malpractice and liability issues, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, healthcare quality and management, infectious diseases and tuberculosis, healthcare decision-making and restraints, and clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills.

Recent papers by Susan Greenhalgh include the following:

International Framework for Red Flags for Potential Serious Spinal Pathologies, 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
A qualitative study to explore the experiences of first contact physiotherapy practitioners in the NHS and their experiences of their first contact role, 2020, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Safety netting; best practice in the face of uncertainty, 2020, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Defensive medicine: A symptom of uncertainty?, 2022, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Inside ILSI: How Coca-Cola, Working through Its Scientific Nonprofit, Created a Global Science of Exercise for Obesity and Got It Embedded in Chinese Policy (1995-2015), 2020, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Susan Greenhalgh are:

Gillian Yeowell
James Selfe
Rachel L. Leech
Laura Finucane
Emma Willis

Their most frequent publication venues include:

Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Musculoskeletal Care
Physiotherapy
Population and Development Review
PLoS ONE

Susan Greenhalgh has received the award Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2016.

Best Publications

Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World.

Susan Greenhalgh;Arturo Escobar

7644
Citations
Urban life in contemporary China

Susan Greenhalgh;Martin King Whyte;William L. Parish

793
Citations
Social Origins of Distress and Disease: Depression, Neurasthenia, and Pain in Modern China.

Susan Greenhalgh;Arthur Kleinman

559
Citations
Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China

Unknown

452
Citations
Sexual Stratification: The Other Side of "Growth with Equity" in East Asia

Susan Greenhalgh

424
Citations
In the name of the family : rethinking family values in the postmodern age

Unknown

389
Citations
The Social Construction of Population Science: An Intellectual, Institutional, and Political History of Twentieth-Century Demography

Susan Greenhalgh

355
Citations
Situating fertility : anthropology and demographic inquiry

Susan Greenhalgh

319
Citations
Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China

Susan Greenhalgh

289
Citations
The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

Susan Greenhalgh;Sharon Hays

269
Citations
controlling births and bodies in village China

Susan Greenhalgh

238
Citations
An alternative to the one-child policy in China.

John Bongaarts;Susan Greenhalgh

235
Citations
Shifts in China's Population Policy, 1984-86: Views from the Central, Provincial, and Local Levels

Susan Greenhalgh

221
Citations
de-Orientalizing the Chinese family firm

Susan Greenhalgh

217
Citations
Toward a Political Economy of Fertility: Anthropological Contributions

Susan Greenhalgh

210
Citations
Engendering reproductive policy and practice in peasant China: for a feminist demography of reproduction

Susan Greenhalgh;Jiali Li

199
Citations
Governing China's Population

Unknown

163
Citations
Under the Medical Gaze: Facts and Fictions of Chronic Pain

Susan Greenhalgh

161
Citations
Science, Modernity, and the Making of China's One‐Child Policy

Susan Greenhalgh

157
Citations
Planned births, unplanned persons: "Population" in the making of Chinese modernity

Susan Greenhalgh

140
Citations
Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China

Susan Greenhalgh

116
Citations
Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction.

Susan Greenhalgh;Faye D. Ginsburg;Rayna Rapp

116
Citations
Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development.

Susan Greenhalgh;Irene Tinker

54
Citations
Social Change and the Family in Taiwan.

Susan Greenhalgh;Arland Thornton;Hui-Sheng Lin

29
Citations
Situating Fertility: Anthropology and Demographic Inquiry

Susan Cotts Watkins;Susan Greenhalgh

4
Citations
Situating Fertility: Anthropology and Demographic Inquiry.

Alan Swedlund;Susan Greenhalgh

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Bongaarts Population Council

Susan Cotts Watkins University of California, Los Angeles

Arturo Escobar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Arland Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Arthur Kleinman Harvard University

Jane H. Hill University of Arizona

External Links

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