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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 58 1691 1519 95 88 146 9497

Will Small publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Will Small between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Will Small published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2016. 4 of the 153 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2016. 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications
2003 2025

153 publications in total across all disciplines

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Will Small: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 4
2004 3
2005 10
2006 4
2007 6
2008 10
2009 6
2010 8
2011 2
2012 3
2013 7
2014 10
2015 5
2016 18
2017 18
2018 6
2019 4
2020 7
2021 6
2022 8
2023 4
2024 2
2025 2
Total 153
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Will Small 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 Will Small 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, 144–153 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: 146 publications — 39th percentile

39% 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
144–153 407 146
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
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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Will Small 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 Will Small 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, 58 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: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95 58
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

Will Small is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis

Frequent co-authors in their publications are:

  • Ryan McNeil (12 joint publications)
  • Cara Ng (7 joint publications)
  • Jade Boyd (5 joint publications)
  • Rod Knight (5 joint publications)
  • Geoff Bardwell (4 joint publications)

Their research has been published repeatedly in several academic journals, including:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy (5 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (3 publications)
  • Social Science & Medicine (2 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Review (2 publications)
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (2 publications)

Selected recent publications include:

  • "People need them or else they're going to take fentanyl and die": A qualitative study examining the 'problem' of prescription opioid diversion during an overdose epidemic, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services, 2022, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Understanding concurrent stimulant use among people on methadone: A qualitative study, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Emergency department experiences of people who use drugs who left or were discharged from hospital against medical advice, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • "Everybody living with a chronic disease is entitled to be cured": Challenges and opportunities in scaling up access to direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C virus treatment among people who inject drugs, 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy

Best Publications

  • The public health and social impacts of drug market enforcement: A review of the evidence

    Thomas Kerr;Thomas Kerr;Will Small;Evan Wood;Evan Wood

  • Changes in public order after the opening of a medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users

    Evan Wood;Thomas Kerr;Will Small;Kathy Li

  • Hospitals as a 'risk environment': an ethno-epidemiological study of voluntary and involuntary discharge from hospital against medical advice among people who inject drugs.

    Ryan McNeil;Will Small;Evan Wood;Thomas Kerr;Thomas Kerr

  • Impacts of intensified police activity on injection drug users: Evidence from an ethnographic investigation

    Will Small;Thomas Kerr;John Charette;Martin T. Schechter

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

    Tim Rhodes;Jo Kimber;Will Small;John Fitzgerald

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

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

  • Displacement of Canada's largest public illicit drug market in response to a police crackdown

    Evan Wood;Patricia M. Spittal;Will Small;Thomas Kerr

  • Changes in injecting practices associated with the use of a medically supervised safer injection facility.

    Jo-Anne Stoltz;Evan Wood;Will Small;Kathy Li

  • Syringe Sharing and HIV Incidence Among Injection Drug Users and Increased Access to Sterile Syringes

    Thomas Kerr;Will Small;Chris Buchner;Ruth Zhang

  • ‘Safer Environment Interventions’: A qualitative synthesis of the experiences and perceptions of people who inject drugs

    Ryan McNeil;Will Small

  • Effects of police confiscation of illicit drugs and syringes among injection drug users in Vancouver.

    Daniel Werb;Evan Wood;Evan Wood;Will Small;Steffanie Strathdee

  • Harm reduction by a “user-run” organization: A case study of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)

    Thomas Kerr;Thomas Kerr;Will Small;Wallace Peeace;David Douglas

  • A micro-environmental intervention to reduce the harms associated with drug-related overdose: Evidence from the evaluation of Vancouver's safer injection facility

    Thomas Kerr;Thomas Kerr;Will Small;David Moore;Evan Wood;Evan Wood

  • Do Supervised Injecting Facilities Attract Higher-Risk Injection Drug Users?

    Evan Wood;Mark W. Tyndall;Mark W. Tyndall;Kathy Li;Elisa Lloyd-Smith

  • Community-based participatory research in a heavily researched inner city neighbourhood: Perspectives of people who use drugs on their experiences as peer researchers.

    Will Damon;Cody Callon;Lee Wiebe;Will Small

  • The impact of a police presence on access to needle exchange programs

    Evan Wood;Thomas Kerr;Will Small;Jim Jones

  • “People Knew They Could Come Here to Get Help”: An Ethnographic Study of Assisted Injection Practices at a Peer-Run ‘Unsanctioned’ Supervised Drug Consumption Room in a Canadian Setting

    Ryan McNeil;Will Small;Will Small;Hugh Lampkin;Kate Shannon;Kate Shannon

  • Seeking refuge from violence in street-based drug scenes: Women's experiences in North America's first supervised injection facility

    Nadia Fairbairn;Will Small;Kate Shannon;Evan Wood

  • The impact of incarceration upon adherence to HIV treatment among HIV-positive injection drug users: a qualitative study.

    Will Small;Evan Wood;Glenn Betteridge;Julio Montaner

  • Advancing patient-centered care for structurally vulnerable drug-using populations: a qualitative study of the perspectives of people who use drugs regarding the potential integration of harm reduction interventions into hospitals.

    Ryan McNeil;Thomas Kerr;Bernie Pauly;Evan Wood

  • The potential public health and community impacts of safer injecting facilities: evidence from a cohort of injection drug users.

    Evan Wood;Thomas Kerr;Patricia M Spittal;Kathy Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kerr
Thomas Kerr University of British Columbia
Evan Wood
Evan Wood University of British Columbia
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Mark W. Tyndall
Mark W. Tyndall University of British Columbia
Kate Shannon
Kate Shannon University of British Columbia
Jean Shoveller
Jean Shoveller University of British Columbia
Lisa Maher
Lisa Maher University of New South Wales
Martin T. Schechter
Martin T. Schechter University of British Columbia
Patricia M. Spittal
Patricia M. Spittal University of British Columbia
Robert S. Hogg
Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University

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