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48
Citations
8667
World Ranking
3176
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538

William H. James 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 William H. James sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 402 publications — 95th percentile

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

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

William H. James 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 William H. James sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William H. James is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a predominant focus in Medicine, supported by significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, and Neurology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Several recent papers highlight the focus and diversity of their research:

  • Accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Incorporating hydrology into climate suitability models changes projections of malaria transmission in Africa, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Geographical distribution of fertility rates in 70 low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries, 2010-16: a subnational analysis of cross-sectional surveys, 2021, The Lancet Global Health
  • Glacier retreat reorganizes river habitats leaving refugia for Alpine invertebrate biodiversity poorly protected, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ice thickness and volume changes across the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from the little ice age to present, 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a work titled Dokumentation als seelsorgliche Aufgabe published by TVZ Theologischer Verlag Zürich eBooks in 2020.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jonathan L. Carrivick
  • Nik Lomax
  • Mark W. Smith
  • Lee E. Brown
  • Chris Thomas

Regarding publication venues, William H. James has often published in these journals:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Remote Sensing
  • Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels at the time of conception.

    William H. James

  • The human sex ratio. Part 1: A review of the literature.

    William H James

  • Further evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels around the time of conception

    William H. James

  • Evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels around the time of conception

    William H James

  • A note on the epidemiology of acardiac monsters.

    William H. James

  • CYCLE DAY OF INSEMINATION, COITAL RATE, AND SEX RATIO

    WilliamH James

  • Hormonal control of sex ratio

    William H. James

  • The human sex ratio. Part 2: a hypothesis and a program of research.

    William H James

  • Gonadotrophin and the Human Secondary Sex Ratio

    William H. James

  • TIME OF FERTILISATION AND SEX OF INFANTS

    WilliamH. James

  • Sex ratio and the sex composition of the existing sibs.

    William H. James

  • The Honeymoon Effect on Marital Coitus

    William H. James

  • Marital coital rates, spouses' ages, family size and social class

    William H. James

  • Sex ratios of offspring and the causes of placental pathology

    W.H. James

  • Maternal age parity social class and sex ratio.

    John Rostron;William H. James

  • Decline in Coital Rates with Spouses' Ages and Duration of Marriage

    William H. James

  • The variations of human sex ratio at birth during and after wars, and their potential explanations.

    William H. James

  • Secular changes in dizygotic twinning rates

    William H. James

  • Offspring sex ratios at birth as markers of paternal endocrine disruption.

    William H. James

  • What stabilizes the sex ratio

    James Wh

  • Parental age parity and sex ratio in births in England and Wales 1968-77.

    William H. James;John Rostron

  • Sex ratio unaffected by parental age gap.

    Fred Arnold;Shea Rutstein;W. H. James;Charles E. Boklage

Frequent Co-Authors

Ettore Beghi
Ettore Beghi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Wen-Harn Pan
Wen-Harn Pan Academia Sinica
Henrik Grönberg
Henrik Grönberg Karolinska Institute
Giancarlo Logroscino
Giancarlo Logroscino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Tai Hing Lam
Tai Hing Lam University of Hong Kong
James L. Mills
James L. Mills National Institutes of Health
Jodi A. Flaws
Jodi A. Flaws University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fredrik Granath
Fredrik Granath Karolinska Institute
Stephen Safe
Stephen Safe Texas A&M University
Giovanni Neri
Giovanni Neri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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