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78
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435
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74

Tim Rhodes 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 Rhodes sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 293 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim Rhodes 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 Rhodes sits on this spectrum.

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: 78 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Tim Rhodes is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly within epidemiology, infectious diseases, and public health.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Tim Rhodes's research topics cover a range of public health concerns, with notable focus areas as follows:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Research output includes multiple papers published in journals with varying focuses. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Sociology of Health & Illness
  • Critical Public Health
  • Global Public Health
  • BMJ Global Health

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Tim Rhodes are:

  • "A model society: maths, models and expertise in viral outbreaks" (2020), published in Critical Public Health
  • "Mathematical models as public troubles in COVID-19 infection control: following the numbers" (2020), in Health Sociology Review
  • "Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts" (2020), published in BMJ Global Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kari Lancaster
  • Magdalena Harris
  • Mia Harrison
  • Carla Treloar
  • Sandra Gendera

Best Publications

  • The ‘risk environment’: a framework for understanding and reducing drug-related harm

    Tim Rhodes

  • The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users.

    Tim Rhodes;Merrill Singer;Philippe Bourgois;Samuel R. Friedman

  • Risk environments and drug harms: a social science for harm reduction approach.

    Tim Rhodes

  • HIV and risk environment for injecting drug users: the past, present, and future

    Steffanie A Strathdee;Timothy B Hallett;Natalia Bobrova;Tim Rhodes

  • Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users.

    Carmen Aceijas;Gerry V. Stimson;Matthew Hickman;Tim Rhodes

  • Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed

    Louisa Degenhardt;Bradley Mathers;Peter Vickerman;Peter Vickerman;Tim Rhodes;Tim Rhodes

  • Global estimates of prevalence of HCV infection among injecting drug users.

    Carmen Aceijas;Tim Rhodes

  • Risk theory in epidemic times: sex, drugs and the social organisation of ‘risk behaviour’

    Tim Rhodes

  • Interventions to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: A review of reviews to assess evidence of effectiveness

    Georgina J. MacArthur;Eva van Velzen;Norah Palmateer;Jo Kimber

  • Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug users: a review of reviews.

    Norah Palmateer;Jo Kimber;Jo Kimber;Matthew Hickman;Sharon Hutchinson

  • Transition and the HIV risk environment

    Tim Rhodes;Milena Simic

  • Hepatitis C treatment access and uptake for people who inject drugs: a review mapping the role of social factors.

    Magdalena Harris;Tim Rhodes

  • Situational factors influencing drug injecting, risk reduction and syringe exchange in Togliatti City, Russian Federation: a qualitative study of micro risk environment.

    Tim Rhodes;Larissa Mikhailova;Anya Sarang;Catherine M Lowndes

  • HIV infection associated with drug injecting in the newly independent states, eastern Europe: the social and economic context of epidemics.

    T Rhodes;A Ball;G V Stimson;Y Kobyshcha

  • Public injecting and the need for ‘safer environment interventions’ in the reduction of drug‐related harm

    Tim Rhodes;Jo Kimber;Will Small;John Fitzgerald

  • Explosive spread and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Togliatti City, Russia.

    T Rhodes;C Lowndes;A Judd;LA Mikhailova

  • Impact of Opioid Substitution Therapy on Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Andrea J Low;Andrea J Low;Gitau Mburu;Gitau Mburu;Nicky J Welton;Margaret T May

  • Public injection settings in Vancouver: Physical environment, social context and risk

    Will Small;Tim Rhodes;Evan Wood;Evan Wood;Thomas Kerr;Thomas Kerr

  • Police violence and sexual risk among female and transvestite sex workers in Serbia: qualitative study

    Tim Rhodes;Milena Simic;Sladjana Baros;Lucy Platt

  • Harm Reduction: Evidence, Impacts and Challenges

    T Rhodes;D Hedrich

  • Structural violence and structural vulnerability within the risk environment: Theoretical and methodological perspectives for a social epidemiology of HIV risk among injection drug users and sex workers

    Tim Rhodes;Karla Wagner;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Kate Shannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy Platt
Lucy Platt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Matthew Hickman
Matthew Hickman University of Bristol
Peter Vickerman
Peter Vickerman University of Bristol
John V. Parry
John V. Parry Government of the United Kingdom
Thomas Kerr
Thomas Kerr University of British Columbia
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ford Hickson
Ford Hickson University of London
Adam Fletcher
Adam Fletcher Cardiff University
Mark David McGregor Davis
Mark David McGregor Davis Monash University

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