2026 Tony H. Grubesic: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3446	3174	1659	1504	197	7565
Engineering and Technology	48	4671	4496	1340	1238	181	7359

Tony H. Grubesic 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 Tony H. Grubesic sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 197 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tony H. Grubesic 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 Tony H. Grubesic sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tony H. Grubesic is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a strong focus on several related subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Transportation, Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The research conducted by Grubesic covers a variety of topics predominantly reflecting intersections between urban environments, transportation systems, public health, and social dynamics. Key research topics include:

Urban Transport and Accessibility
ICT Impact and Policies
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Crime Patterns and Interventions
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Grubesic showcase a diverse range of research areas. Notable publications include:

"The use of LiDAR versus unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to assess rooftop solar energy potential" (2020), Sustainable Cities and Society
"A spatial optimization approach to increase the accuracy of rooftop solar energy assessments" (2022), Applied Energy
"Is There a Temporal Relationship between COVID-19 Infections among Prison Staff, Incarcerated Persons and the Larger Community in the United States?" (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
"Unravel the impact of COVID-19 on the spatio-temporal mobility patterns of microtransit" (2021), Journal of Transport Geography
"The equity of tree distribution in the most ruthlessly hot city in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona" (2021), Urban forestry & urban greening

Grubesic frequently publishes in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Urban Affairs, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Transport Geography, and PLoS ONE.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors that includes Edward Helderop, Jake R. Nelson, Kelly M. Durbin, Ran Wei, and Danielle Wallace, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams.

Best Publications

On the use of ZIP codes and ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) for the spatial analysis of epidemiological data.

Tony H Grubesic;Timothy C Matisziw

321
Citations
Spatio-Temporal Interaction of Urban Crime

Tony H. Grubesic;Elizabeth A. Mack

262
Citations
Comparative Approaches for Assessing Network Vulnerability

Tony H. Grubesic;Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Diane Snediker

252
Citations
Critical infrastructure : reliability and vulnerability

Alan T Murray;Tony H Grubesic

197
Citations
Constructing the divide: Spatial disparities in broadband access

Tony H. Grubesic;Alan T. Murray

188
Citations
Zip codes and spatial analysis: Problems and prospects

Tony H. Grubesic

186
Citations
Waiting for Broadband: Local Competition and the Spatial Distribution of Advanced Telecommunication Services in the United States

Tony H. Grubesic;and Alan T. Murray

177
Citations
A Methodological Overview of Network Vulnerability Analysis

Alan T. Murray;Timothy C. Matisziw;Tony H. Grubesic

175
Citations
On The Application of Fuzzy Clustering for Crime Hot Spot Detection

Tony H. Grubesic

174
Citations
Critical network infrastructure analysis: interdiction and system flow

Alan T. Murray;Timothy C. Matisziw;Tony H. Grubesic

174
Citations
Vital Nodes, Interconnected Infrastructures, and the Geographies of Network Survivability

Tony H. Grubesic;Alan T. Murray

160
Citations
Strategic Network Restoration

Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Tony H. Grubesic

149
Citations
A spatial taxonomy of broadband regions in the United States

Tony H. Grubesic

148
Citations
Alcohol Outlets and Community Levels of Interpersonal Violence Spatial Density, Outlet Type, and Seriousness of Assault

William Alex Pridemore;Tony H. Grubesic

148
Citations
Spatial Clustering Overview and Comparison: Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Computational Expense

Tony H. Grubesic;Ran Wei;Alan T. Murray

146
Citations
Alcohol outlets and clusters of violence

Tony H Grubesic;William Alex Pridemore

136
Citations
Inequities in the broadband revolution

Tony H. Grubesic

131
Citations
Exploring the GIS Knowledge Domain Using CiteSpace

Fangwu Wei;Tony H. Grubesic;Bradley Wade Bishop

131
Citations
A GIS-based planning approach to locating urban rail terminals

Mark W. Horner;Tony H. Grubesic

116
Citations
Exploring the vulnerability of network infrastructure to disruption

Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Tony H. Grubesic

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William Alex Pridemore University of Georgia

Matthew Zook University of Kentucky

Morton E. O'Kelly The Ohio State University

Luc Anselin University of Chicago

Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University

Tatiana Foroud Indiana University

Bernice A. Pescosolido Indiana University

Olaf Sporns Indiana University

Anantha Shekhar Indiana University

Robert LaRose Michigan State University

External Links

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