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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 46 3533 3251 599 548 209 12460

Tim Rapley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tim Rapley between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tim Rapley published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2017. 40 of the 290 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2017. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 20 publications
1999 2025

290 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tim Rapley: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 4
2004 2
2005 1
2006 6
2007 16
2008 7
2009 5
2010 10
2011 5
2012 5
2013 7
2014 11
2015 20
2016 19
2017 27
2018 22
2019 12
2020 19
2021 7
2022 17
2023 26
2024 20
2025 20
Total 290
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Tim Rapley 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 Rapley 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, 204–213 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: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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
204–213 285 209
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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Tim Rapley 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 Rapley 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 46
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
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

Tim Rapley is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics within these fields, notably:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Tim Rapley has contributed to several recent publications, among them:

  • "Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development" (2022) in Implementation Science
  • "Towards an Implementation-STakeholder Engagement Model (I-STEM) for improving health and social care services" (2023) in Health Expectations
  • "Tailored implementation of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy in the multinational context of the ImpleMentAll project: a study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial" (2020) in Trials
  • "Facilitating transition of young people with long-term health conditions from children's to adults' healthcare services - implications of a 5-year research programme" (2020) in Clinical Medicine
  • "Surgical Treatment for Recurrent Bulbar Urethral Stricture: A Randomised Open-label Superiority Trial of Open Urethroplasty Versus Endoscopic Urethrotomy (the OPEN Trial)" (2020) in European Urology

The scientist frequently publishes in notable venues such as:

  • Trials
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • NIHR Open Research
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Implementation Science

Collaborations form an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tracy Finch
  • Carl May
  • Sebastian Potthoff
  • Garry A. Tew
  • Lesley Ward

Best Publications

  • Normalisation process theory: A framework for developing, evaluating and implementing complex interventions

    Elizabeth Murray;Shaun Treweek;Catherine Pope;Anne MacFarlane

  • Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory

    Carl R May;Frances Mair;Tracy Finch;Anne E. MacFarlane

  • The art(fulness) of open-ended interviewing: some considerations on analysing interviews

    Timothy John Rapley

  • Understanding the implementation of complex interventions in health care: the normalization process model.

    Carl James May;Tracy Finch;Frances S. Mair;Luciana Ballini

  • Using Normalization Process Theory in feasibility studies and process evaluations of complex healthcare interventions: a systematic review

    Carl May;Amanda Cummings;Melissa Girling;Michael Bracher

  • Doing Conversation, Discourse and Document Analysis

    Tim Rapley

  • Improving the normalization of complex interventions: part 2 - validation of the NoMAD instrument for assessing implementation work based on normalization process theory (NPT)

    Tracy L. Finch;Melissa Girling;Carl R. May;Frances S. Mair

  • The New Old (and Old New) Medical Model: Four Decades Navigating the Biomedical and Psychosocial Understandings of Health and Illness.

    Albert Farre;Tim Rapley

  • Distributed decision making: The anatomy of decisions-in-action

    Timothy Rapley

  • Collaborative deliberation: a model for patient care

    Glyn Elwyn;Amy Lloyd;Carl May;Trudy van der Weijden

  • Evaluating complex interventions and health technologies using normalization process theory: development of a simplified approach and web-enabled toolkit

    Carl R May;Tracy Finch;Luciana Ballini;Anne E. MacFarlane

  • Sampling Strategies in Qualitative Research

    T Rapley

  • Improving the normalization of complex interventions: measure development based on normalization process theory (NoMAD): study protocol

    Tracy L Finch;Tim Rapley;Melissa Girling;Frances S Mair

  • Technogovernance: evidence, subjectivity, and the clinical encounter in primary care medicine.

    Carl May;Tim Rapley;Tiago Moreira;Tracy Finch

  • Improving the normalization of complex interventions: Part 1 - Development of the NoMAD instrument for assessing implementation work based on normalization process theory (NPT) 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences 1701 Psychology

    T Rapley;M Girling;FS Mair;E Murray

  • Qualitative synthesis in practice: some pragmatics of meta-ethnography:

    Richard Philip Lee;Ruth Isla Hart;Rose Mary Watson;Tim Rapley

  • Still a difficult business? Negotiating alcohol-related problems in general practice consultations.

    Tim Rapley;Carl May;Eileen Frances Kaner

  • Head and neck cancer and dysphagia; caring for carers

    Joanne Patterson;Timothy Rapley;P. N. Carding;John A. Wilson

  • Some Pragmatics of Data Analysis

    T Rapley

  • Qualitative methods in a randomised controlled trial: the role of an integrated qualitative process evaluation in providing evidence to discontinue the intervention in one arm of a trial of a decision support tool

    M J Murtagh;R G Thomson;C R May;T Rapley

  • Some Pragmatics of Qualitative Data Analysis

    T Rapley

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl May
Carl May London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jeremy R. Parr
Jeremy R. Parr Newcastle University
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray University College London
Eileen Kaner
Eileen Kaner Newcastle University
Luke Vale
Luke Vale Newcastle University
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Annet Kleiboer
Annet Kleiboer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Helen McConachie
Helen McConachie Newcastle University
John D. Isaacs
John D. Isaacs Newcastle University
Gary A. Ford
Gary A. Ford University of Oxford

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