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D-Index
41
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5721
World Ranking
5128
National Ranking
39

Tim McCreanor 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 Tim McCreanor sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 154 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim McCreanor 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 Tim McCreanor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tim McCreanor is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work notably intersects with topics relating to Indigenous health, education, and rights, alongside issues surrounding food security, gender, migration, and social work education.

The scientist's substantive contributions appear in a variety of journals frequently publishing Indigenous and social science research, including Ethnicities, AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, and Addiction Research & Theory. Other noteworthy venues include the New Zealand Medical Journal and Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online.

McCreanor's recent publications cover topics in health policy, decolonization, marketing, and Indigenous-led research efforts. Selected works include:

  • Introducing critical Tiriti policy analysis through a retrospective review of the New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy (2020), published in Ethnicities
  • Indigenous-led environmental research in Aotearoa New Zealand: beyond a transdisciplinary model for best practice, empowerment and action (2021), published in AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
  • Addressing Structural Racism Through Constitutional Transformation and Decolonization: Insights for the New Zealand Health Sector (2021), published in Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
  • Limbic platform capitalism: understanding the contemporary marketing of health-demoting products on social media (2022), published in Addiction Research & Theory
  • A critical review of the Cabinet Circular on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi advice to ministers (2021), published in Ethnicities

McCreanor frequently collaborates with an established group of coauthors, including Heather Came, Dominic O'Sullivan, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Jacquie Kidd, and Antonia C. Lyons.

Their research spans several subfields within the social sciences, with a focus on general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, health, and gender studies. The interdisciplinary nature of McCreanor's work links health issues with broader societal and political contexts.

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Best Publications

  • GIS based destination accessibility via public transit and walking in Auckland, New Zealand

    Suzanne Mavoa;Karen Witten;Tim McCreanor;David O’Sullivan

  • Survival Disparities in Indigenous and Non-Indigenous New Zealanders with Colon Cancer: The Role of Patient Comorbidity, Treatment and Health Service Factors

    Sarah Hill;Diana Sarfati;Tony Blakely;Bridget Robson

  • Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing: implications for public health

    Tim McCreanor;Antonia C. Lyons;Christine Griffin;Ian Goodwin

  • Settling space and covering the nation: Some conceptual considerations in analysing affect and discourse

    Margaret Wetherell;Tim McCreanor;Alex McConville;Helen Moewaka Barnes

  • Colonisation, hauora and whenua in Aotearoa

    Helen Moewaka Barnes;Tim McCreanor

  • The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand.

    Karen Witten;Tim McCreanor;Robin Kearns;Laxmi Ramasubramanian

  • ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand

    Robin A. Kearns;Nicolas Lewis;Tim McCreanor;Karen Witten

  • Race Talk and Common Sense: Patterns in Pakeha Discourse on Maori/Pakeha Relations in New Zealand

    Raymond G. Nairn;Timothy N. McCreanor

  • Media, Racism and Public Health Psychology

    Raymond Nairn;Frank Pega;Tim McCreanor;Jenny Rankine

  • An exploration of parents' food purchasing behaviours.

    Ninya Maubach;Janet Hoek;Tim McCreanor

  • How tiKAnGA GuiDes AnD ProteCts tHe reseArCH ProCess: insiGHts From tHe HAuorA tA - ne ProJeCt

    Rhys Jones;Sue Crengle;Tim McCreanor

  • “Tragic girls” and “crack whores”: Alcohol, femininity and Facebook:

    Fiona Hutton;Christine Griffin;Antonia Lyons;Patricia Niland

  • Educational Restructuring from a Community Viewpoint: A Case Study of School Closure from Invercargill, New Zealand

    Karen Witten;Robin Kearns;Nick Lewis;Heather Coster

  • Creating intoxigenic environments: marketing alcohol to young people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

    Tim McCreanor;Helen Moewaka Barnes;Hector Kaiwai;Suaree Borell

  • Youth identity formation and contemporary alcohol marketing

    Timothy McCreanor;Alison Greenaway;Helen Moewaka Barnes;Suaree Borell

  • Anti-Maori themes in New Zealand journalism - toward alternative practice

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  • Kaupapa Maori Action Research to improve heart disease services in Aotearoa, New Zealand

    Sandy Kerr;Liane Penney;Helen Moewaka Barnes;Tim McCreanor

  • ‘This is like my comfort zone’: Senses of place and belonging within Oruāmo/Beachhaven, New Zealand

    Tim McCreanor;Liane Penney;Victoria Jensen;Karen Witten

  • Tauiwi general practitioners talk about Maori health: interpretative repertoires.

    Timothy McCreanor;Raymond Nairn

  • Maori family culture: A context of youth development in Counties/Manukau

    Shane Edwards;Tim McCreanor;Helen Moewaka Barnes

  • Consuming identities: Alcohol marketing and the commodification of youth experience

    Tim McCreanor;Helen Moewaka Barnes;Mandi Gregory;Hector Kaiwai

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonia C. Lyons
Antonia C. Lyons University of Auckland
Karen Witten
Karen Witten Massey University
Christine Griffin
Christine Griffin University of Bath
Robin Kearns
Robin Kearns University of Auckland
Margaret Wetherell
Margaret Wetherell University of Auckland
Virginia Braun
Virginia Braun University of Auckland
Sally Casswell
Sally Casswell Massey University
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Simon Denny
Simon Denny University of Auckland
Christine Stephens
Christine Stephens Massey University

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