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Thomas Scharf 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 Thomas Scharf sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 173 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Scharf 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 Thomas Scharf sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Ageing in urban environments: Developing ‘age-friendly’ cities

    Tine Buffel;Chris Phillipson;Thomas scharf

  • Social exclusion of older persons: a scoping review and conceptual framework.

    Kieran Walsh;Thomas Scharf;Norah Keating;Norah Keating

  • A Human-Centered Design Methodology to Enhance the Usability, Human Factors, and User Experience of Connected Health Systems: A Three-Phase Methodology

    Richard P. Harte;Liam G. Glynn;Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero;Paul Baker

  • Social exclusion of older people in deprived urban communities of England

    Thomas Scharf;Christopher Phillipson;Allison E Smith

  • Experiences of neighbourhood exclusion and inclusion among older people living in deprived inner-city areas in Belgium and England

    Tine Buffel;Chris Phillipson;Thomas Scharf

  • Growing older in socially deprived areas: social exclusion in later life

    Tom Scharf

  • Loneliness in urban neighbourhoods: an Anglo-Dutch comparison.

    Thomas Scharf;Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Determinants of quality of life amongst older people in deprived neighbourhoods

    Allison E. Smith;Julius Sim;Thomas Scharf;Chris Phillipson

  • Poor Health and Loneliness in Later Life: The Role of Depressive Symptoms, Social Resources, and Rural Environments

    Vanessa Burholt;Thomas Scharf

  • Social Exclusion and Older People: exploring the connections

    Thomas Scharf;Christopher Phillipson;Paul Kingston;Allison E Smith

  • Fifty-Five Years of Research Into Older People’s Civic Participation: Recent Trends, Future Directions

    Rodrigo Serrat;Thomas Scharf;Feliciano Villar;Camila Gómez

  • Older peopleis perceptions of the neighbourhood: Evidence from socially deprived urban areas

    Thomas Scharf;Christopher Phillipson;Allison E Smith

  • Poverty and social exclusion: growing older in deprived urban neighbourhoods

    T Scharf;Christopher Phillipson;A E Smith

  • Ageing in Changing Community Contexts: Cross-Border Perspectives from Rural Ireland and Northern Ireland.

    Kieran Walsh;Eamon O’Shea;Thomas Scharf;Michael Murray

  • Ageing and social exclusion in rural communities.

    T. Scharf;B. Bartlam;N. Keating

  • Rural and urban perspectives on growing old: developing a new research agenda.

    Christopher Phillipson;T. Scharf

  • Multiple Exclusion and Quality of Life Amongst Excluded Older People in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods

    T Scharf;C Phillipson;A E Smith

  • Exploring the age-friendliness of purpose-built retirement communities: evidence from England

    Jennifer Liddle;Thomas Scharf;Bernadette Bartlam;Miriam Bernard

  • Human-Centered Design Study: Enhancing the Usability of a Mobile Phone App in an Integrated Falls Risk Detection System for Use by Older Adult Users.

    Richard P. Harte;Leo R. Quinlan;Liam G. Glynn;Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero

  • Correction to: Social exclusion of older persons: a scoping review and conceptual framework.

    Kieran Walsh;Thomas Scharf;Norah Keating

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Phillipson
Chris Phillipson University of Manchester
Norah Keating
Norah Keating Swansea University
Vanessa Burholt
Vanessa Burholt Swansea University
Tine Buffel
Tine Buffel University of Manchester
Brian A. Lawlor
Brian A. Lawlor Trinity College Dublin
Robert F. Coen
Robert F. Coen Mercer University
Christina R. Victor
Christina R. Victor Brunel University London
David Banister
David Banister University of Oxford
John Bond
John Bond University of Toronto
Jenny de Jong Gierveld
Jenny de Jong Gierveld Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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