2026 Virginia Murray: 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	49	2943	2696	507	461	165	9920

Overview

Virginia Murray is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas related to disaster response and management, climate change and health impacts, and mental health, with particular attention to COVID-19 and associated psychosocial issues.

Their recent publications address a wide range of topics, including the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and global health emergency strategies. Notable papers include:

One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: Five Years into Implementation of the Sendai Framework (2020), International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Communication strategies and media discourses in the age of COVID-19: an urgent need for action (2020), Health Promotion International
The Evolution in Anxiety and Depression with the Progression of the Pandemic in Adult Populations from Eight Countries and Four Continents (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
From concept to action: a united, holistic and One Health approach to respond to the climate change crisis (2022), Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Murray collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Emily Ying Yang Chan, Ryoma Kayano, Jonathan Abrahams, Mélissa Généreux, and Kevin Kei Ching Hung.

Their body of work is published in journals such as:

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Data Science Journal
Progress in Disaster Science
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

In terms of disciplinary focus, Murray's research intersects multiple subfields including sociology and political science, emergency medical services, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, clinical psychology, and global and planetary change.

The main topics that characterize their research contributions are:

Disaster Response and Management
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Disaster Management and Resilience
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Mental Health Treatment and Access

Best Publications

Determinants of risk: Exposure and vulnerability

Omar-Dario Cardona;Maarten K. van Aalst;Jörn Birkmann;Maureen Fordham

1098
Citations
Health Effects of Drought: a Systematic Review of the Evidence

Carla Stanke;Marko Kerac;Marko Kerac;Christel Prudhomme;Jolyon Medlock

499
Citations
IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)

Virginia Murray;Kristie L Ebi

466
Citations
Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions

Christopher J. White;Christopher J. White;Henrik Carlsen;Andrew W. Robertson;Richard J.T. Klein

452
Citations
The case for systems thinking about climate change and mental health

Helen L. Berry;Thomas D. Waite;Keith B. G. Dear;Anthony G. Capon

401
Citations
The effects of flooding on mental health: Outcomes and recommendations from a review of the literature

Carla Stanke;Virginia Murray;Richard Amlôt;Jo Nurse

280
Citations
Resilience thinking in health protection

Matthew Castleden;Martin McKee;Virginia Murray;Giovanni Leonardi

256
Citations
Climate change and women's health: Impacts and policy directions

Unknown

233
Citations
Health impacts of wildfires.

Sarah Elise Finlay;Andrew Moffat;Rob Gazzard;David Baker

225
Citations
Reflections on a Science and Technology Agenda for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction--Based on the Scientific Content of the 2016 UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Amina Aitsi-Selmi;Virginia Murray;Chadia Wannous;Chloe Dickinson

218
Citations
Secondary stressors and extreme events and disasters: a systematic review of primary research from 2010-2011.

Sarah Lock;G James Rubin;Virginia Murray;M Brooke Rogers

218
Citations
Use of paracetamol for suicide and non-fatal poisoning in the UK and France: are restrictions on availability justified?

David Gunnell;Keith Hawton;Virginia Murray;Robert Garnier

206
Citations
Power Outages, Extreme Events and Health: a Systematic Review of the Literature from 2011-2012

Chaamala Klinger;Owen Landeg;Virginia Murray

165
Citations
Disasters at mass gatherings: lessons from history

Lee Soomaroo;Virginia Murray

143
Citations
Excess winter deaths in Europe: a multi-country descriptive analysis.

Tom Fowler;Tom Fowler;Rosamund J. Southgate;Thomas Waite;Ruth Harrell

142
Citations
Medical management of deliberate drug overdose: A neglected area for suicide prevention?

David Gunnell;Davidson Ho;Virginia Murray

122
Citations
Examining the relationship between infectious diseases and flooding in Europe: A systematic literature review and summary of possible public health interventions.

Lisa Brown;Virginia Murray

121
Citations
Defining indoor heat thresholds for health in the UK

Mindy Anderson;Catriona Carmichael;Virginia Murray;Andy Dengel

117
Citations
Will drivers for home energy efficiency harm occupant health

Angie Bone;Virginia Murray;Isabella Myers;Andy Dengel

112
Citations
Building Urban Resilience for Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction

Nuha Etinay;Charles Egbu;Virginia Murray

107
Citations
Public health impacts of floods and chemical contamination.

Euripides Euripidou;Virginia Murray

102
Citations
The Global Picture of Organophosphate Insecticide Poisoning

Lakshman Karalliedde;Michael Eddleston;Virginia Murray

25
Citations
Global Community of Disaster Risk Reduction Scientists and Decision Makers Endorse a Science and Technology Partnership to Support the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

Chloe Dickinson;Amina Aitsi-Selmi;Pedro Basabe;Chadia Wannous

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily Y. Y. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong

Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Isabella Annesi-Maesano Inserm

Andrew Charlton-Perez University of Reading

Frederic Vitart European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Malcolm MacLachlan National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Andrew W. Robertson Columbia University

Andrew P. Morse University of Liverpool

Mark Pelling King's College London

Klea Katsouyanni National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

External Links

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