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Zachary Zimmer 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 Zachary Zimmer sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zachary Zimmer 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 Zachary Zimmer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zachary Zimmer is affiliated with Mount Saint Vincent University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Health, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work addresses various main topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, health disparities and outcomes, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, migration, health and trauma, opioid use disorder treatment, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, and climate change and health impacts.

Zachary Zimmer has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Pain
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Recent papers by Zimmer highlight their focus on pain and aging:

  • A global study of pain prevalence across 52 countries: examining the role of country-level contextual factors, 2021, Pain
  • Trends in Pain Prevalence among Adults Aged 50 and Older across Europe, 2004 to 2015, 2020, Journal of Aging and Health

Zimmer frequently collaborates with other researchers including Anna Zajacova, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk, Trần Khánh Toàn, Kim Korinek, and Yvette Young.

Best Publications

  • Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications

    Zachary Zimmer;Julia Kwong

  • Living Arrangements of Older Adults in the Developing World An Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Household Surveys

    John Bongaarts;Zachary Zimmer

  • Whether to Go and Where to Go: Identification of Important Influences on Seniors' Decisions to Travel:

    Zachary Zimmer;Russell E. Brayley;Mark S. Searle

  • Spirituality, religiosity, aging and health in global perspective: A review

    Zachary Zimmer;Carol Jagger;Chi Tsun Chiu;Mary Beth Ofstedal

  • Socioeconomic status and health among older adults in rural and urban China.

    Zachary Zimmer;Julia Kwong

  • Defining the City

    William H. Frey;Zachary Zimmer

  • Education, income, and functional limitation transitions among American adults: contrasting onset and progression

    Zachary Zimmer;James S House

  • Pain Trends Among American Adults, 2002-2018: Patterns, Disparities, and Correlates.

    Anna Zajacova;Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk;Zachary Zimmer

  • A cross-national examination of the determinants of self-assessed health.

    Zachary Zimmer;Josefina Natividad;Hui-Sheng Lin;Napaporn Chayovan

  • Socioeconomic status and health among older adults in Thailand: an examination using multiple indicators

    Zachary Zimmer;Pattama Amornsirisomboon

  • Activity participation and well-being among older people with arthritis

    Zachary Zimmer;Tom Hickey;Mark S. Searle

  • Receptivity to new technology among older adults.

    Z Zimmer;N L Chappell

  • Older adults in sub-Saharan Africa living with children and grandchildren.

    Zachary Zimmer;Julia Dayton

  • Educational attainment and transitions in functional status among older Taiwanese

    Zachary Zimmer;Xian Liu;Albert Hermalin;Yi-Li Chuang

  • Health and Living Arrangement Transitions among China’s Oldest-old

    Zachary Zimmer

  • Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan

    Zachary Zimmer;Linda G. Martin;Mary Beth Ofstedal;Yi Li Chuang

  • Poverty, wealth inequality and health among older adults in rural Cambodia.

    Zachary Zimmer

  • An Examination of Urban Versus Rural Mortality in China Using Community and Individual Data

    Zachary Zimmer;Toshiko Kaneda;Laura Spess

  • Modeling Disability Trajectories and Mortality of the Oldest-Old in China

    Zachary Zimmer;Linda G. Martin;Daniel S. Nagin;Bobby L. Jones

  • Changes in functional limitation and survival among older Taiwanese, 1993, 1996, and 1999.

    Zachary Zimmer;Linda G. Martin;Ming-Cheng Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Beth Ofstedal
Mary Beth Ofstedal University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John Knodel
John Knodel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Linda G. Martin
Linda G. Martin RAND Corporation
Yasuhiko Saito
Yasuhiko Saito Nihon University
Carol Jagger
Carol Jagger Newcastle University
Anna Zajacova
Anna Zajacova University of Western Ontario
Neena L. Chappell
Neena L. Chappell University of Victoria
John Bongaarts
John Bongaarts Population Council
Angelique Chan
Angelique Chan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Daniel S. Nagin
Daniel S. Nagin Carnegie Mellon University

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