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

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	48	3176	2920	537	490	402	8667

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Current World Ranking

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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490

402

8667

Social Sciences and Humanities

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8667

World Ranking

3176

National Ranking

537

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

641
Citations
The human sex ratio. Part 1: A review of the literature.

William H James

590
Citations
Further evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels around the time of conception

William H. James

226
Citations
Evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels around the time of conception

William H James

210
Citations
A note on the epidemiology of acardiac monsters.

William H. James

189
Citations
CYCLE DAY OF INSEMINATION, COITAL RATE, AND SEX RATIO

WilliamH James

177
Citations
Hormonal control of sex ratio

William H. James

170
Citations
The human sex ratio. Part 2: a hypothesis and a program of research.

William H James

160
Citations
Gonadotrophin and the Human Secondary Sex Ratio

William H. James

146
Citations
TIME OF FERTILISATION AND SEX OF INFANTS

WilliamH. James

142
Citations
Sex ratio and the sex composition of the existing sibs.

William H. James

138
Citations
The Honeymoon Effect on Marital Coitus

William H. James

138
Citations
Marital coital rates, spouses' ages, family size and social class

William H. James

134
Citations
Sex ratios of offspring and the causes of placental pathology

W.H. James

129
Citations
Maternal age parity social class and sex ratio.

John Rostron;William H. James

112
Citations
Decline in Coital Rates with Spouses' Ages and Duration of Marriage

William H. James

112
Citations
The variations of human sex ratio at birth during and after wars, and their potential explanations.

William H. James

112
Citations
Secular changes in dizygotic twinning rates

William H. James

102
Citations
Offspring sex ratios at birth as markers of paternal endocrine disruption.

William H. James

95
Citations
What stabilizes the sex ratio

James Wh

93
Citations
Parental age parity and sex ratio in births in England and Wales 1968-77.

William H. James;John Rostron

86
Citations
Sex ratio unaffected by parental age gap.

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

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Neri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Stephen Safe Texas A&M University

External Links

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