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Timothy Caulfield

Timothy Caulfield

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
61
Citations
12522
World Ranking
1369
National Ranking
75

Timothy Caulfield 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 Timothy Caulfield sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 368 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy Caulfield 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 Timothy Caulfield sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Timothy Caulfield is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and social sciences. Their work bridges several subfields including health, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, and physiology.

The scientist has focused on a variety of main topics, such as:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Pseudoscience and COVID-19 - we've had enough already," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Let's do better: public representations of COVID-19 science," 2021, published in FACETS

Caulfield's frequent co-authors include:

  • Alessandro R Marcon (18 joint publications)
  • Blake Murdoch (14 joint publications)
  • Marco Zenone (13 joint publications)
  • Yvonne Bombard (8 joint publications)
  • Jeremy Snyder (7 joint publications)

Their research appears frequently in several publication venues, with notable contributions to:

  • JMIR Infodemiology (3 publications)
  • American Journal of Public Health (2 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (2 publications)
  • Genetics in Medicine (2 publications)
  • BMJ Open (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Toward an understanding of transfusion‐related acute lung injury: statement of a consensus panel

    Steven Kleinman;Tim Caulfield;Penny Chan;Robertson Davenport

  • Science communication reconsidered.

    Tania M. Bubela;Matthew C. Nisbet;Rick Borchelt;Fern Brunger

  • Do the print media “hype” genetic research? A comparison of newspaper stories and peer-reviewed research papers

    Tania M. Bubela;Timothy A. Caulfield

  • Stem Cell Clinics Online: The Direct-to-Consumer Portrayal of Stem Cell Medicine

    Darren Lau;Ubaka Ogbogu;Benjamin Taylor;Tania Stafinski

  • Research ethics recommendations for whole-genome research: consensus statement.

    Timothy Caulfield;Amy L. McGuire;Mildred Cho;Janet A. Buchanan

  • Research ethics and the challenge of whole-genome sequencing.

    Amy L. McGuire;Timothy Caulfield;Mildred K. Cho

  • Deflating the Genomic Bubble

    James P. Evans;Eric M. Meslin;Theresa M. Marteau;Timothy Caulfield

  • Setting global standards for stem cell research and clinical translation: The 2016 ISSCR guidelines

    George Q. Daley;Insoo Hyun;Jane F. Apperley;Roger A. Barker

  • Ethics and Genomic Incidental Findings

    Amy L. McGuire;Steven Joffe;Barbara A. Koenig;Barbara B. Biesecker

  • DNA databanks and consent: A suggested policy option involving an authorization model

    Timothy Caulfield;Ross Eg Upshur;Abdallah S. Daar

  • Marketing of unproven stem cell–based interventions: A call to action

    Douglas Sipp;Timothy Caulfield;Jane Kaye;Jan Barfoot

  • Science and the sources of hype.

    T. Caulfield;C. Condit

  • Evidence and anecdotes: an analysis of human gene patenting controversies

    Timothy Caulfield;Robert M Cook-Deegan;F Scott Kieff;John P Walsh

  • Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges

    Timothy Caulfield;Stephanie M. Fullerton;Sarah E. Ali-Khan;Laura Arbour

  • Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Perceptions, Problems, and Policy Responses

    Timothy Caulfield;Amy L McGuire

  • Biotechnology and the popular press: hype and the selling of science.

    Timothy Caulfield

  • Confronting stem cell hype

    Timothy Caulfield;Douglas Sipp;Charles E. Murry;George Q. Daley

  • A review of the key issues associated with the commercialization of biobanks

    Timothy Caulfield;Sarah Burningham;Yann Joly;Zubin Master

  • Genes, cells, and biobanks: Yes, there's still a consent problem.

    Timothy Caulfield;Blake Murdoch

  • Biobanks and Blanket Consent: The Proper Place of the Public Good and Public Perception Rationales

    Timothy Caulfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Judy Illes
Judy Illes University of British Columbia
Mildred K. Cho
Mildred K. Cho Stanford University
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Pascal Borry
Pascal Borry KU Leuven
Matthias Schwab
Matthias Schwab University of Tübingen
Jane Kaye
Jane Kaye University of Oxford
John E.J. Rasko
John E.J. Rasko Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
George Q. Daley
George Q. Daley Boston Children's Hospital
Charles E. Murry
Charles E. Murry University of Washington

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