David Blane

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

David Blane is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Blane has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Health, 54 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in David Blane's work include Health disparities and outcomes (75 papers), Global Health Care Issues (30 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (25 papers). David Blane is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (75 papers), Global Health Care Issues (30 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (25 papers). David Blane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. David Blane's co-authors include George Davey Smith, Mel Bartley, Richard D. Wiggins, Paul Higgs, Martin Hyde, David Hole, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, G. Netuveli, C. Gillis and V M Hawthorne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Blane

120 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A measure of quality of life in early old age: The theory, development and properties of a needs satisfaction model (CASP-19)

2003 715 citations Martin Hyde, Richard D. Wiggins et al. Aging & Mental Health profile →
Health and Deprivation: Inequality and the North

1989 675 citations David Blane et al. profile →
Education and occupational social class: which is the more important indicator of mortality risk?

1998 546 citations George Davey Smith, Carole Hart et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Blane United Kingdom	48	5.2k	4.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	120	10.1k
Noreen Goldman United States	55	4.0k 0.8×	3.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.9×	227	10.6k
Yael Benyamini Israel	38	5.5k 1.0×	5.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	903 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	132	12.0k
Mel Bartley United Kingdom	52	4.1k 0.8×	4.9k 1.1×	937 0.6×	814 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	139	8.5k
Arline T. Geronimus United States	49	3.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	3.5k 2.7×	97	10.5k
Johan P. Mackenbach Netherlands	43	5.4k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	784 0.6×	708 0.5×	88	9.8k
Eero Lahelma Finland	64	4.1k 0.8×	7.6k 1.7×	2.5k 1.7×	633 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	315	13.1k
Robert A. Hummer United States	52	4.6k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	885 0.6×	776 0.6×	3.2k 2.5×	151	8.7k
Irma T. Elo United States	45	3.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	130	7.4k
Pekka Martikainen Finland	72	7.8k 1.5×	9.6k 2.1×	2.0k 1.3×	919 0.7×	2.4k 1.8×	537	17.1k
Richard. D. Cohen United States	40	4.3k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	478 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	81	9.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Blane

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of David Blane's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by David Blane with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites David Blane more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by David Blane

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Blane. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Blane. The network helps show where David Blane may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Blane

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Blane. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Blane based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Blane. David Blane is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Aartsen, Marja, Boris Cheval, Stefan Sieber, et al.. (2019). Advantaged socioeconomic conditions in childhood are associated with higher cognitive functioning but stronger cognitive decline in older age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(12). 5478–5486. 79 indexed citations

Lindén, B., Stefan Sieber, Boris Cheval, et al.. (2019). Life-Course Circumstances and Frailty in Old Age Within Different European Welfare Regimes: A Longitudinal Study With SHARE. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 75(6). 1326–1335. 24 indexed citations

Cheval, Boris, Clovis Chabert, Stefan Sieber, et al.. (2019). Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Muscle Strength in Older Age. Gerontology. 65(5). 474–484. 15 indexed citations

Cheval, Boris, Stefan Sieber, Matthias Kliegel, et al.. (2018). Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and disability trajectories in older men and women: a European cohort study. European Journal of Public Health. 29(1). 50–58. 31 indexed citations

Burton‐Jeangros, Claudine, Stéphane Cullati, Amanda Sacker, & David Blane. (2015). Trajectories and Transitions in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity -- A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions. 1 indexed citations

Wahrendorf, Morten & David Blane. (2014). Does labour market disadvantage help to explain why childhood circumstances are related to quality of life at older ages? Results from SHARE. Aging & Mental Health. 19(7). 584–594. 45 indexed citations

Pikhartova, Jitka, David Blane, & Gopalakrishnan Netuveli. (2014). The role of childhood social position in adult type 2 diabetes: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 505–505. 23 indexed citations

Keurentjes, J. Christiaan, et al.. (2013). Socio-Economic Position Has No Effect on Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in Total Hip and Knee Replacement: A Cohort Study. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e56785–e56785. 29 indexed citations

Blane, David, Elizabeth Webb, Morten Wahrendorf, & Gopalakrishnan Netuveli. (2012). Life course influences on quality of life at age 50 years: evidence from the National Child Development Study (1958 British birth cohort study). Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. 15 indexed citations

10.

Netuveli, G. & David Blane. (2008). Quality of life in older ages. British Medical Bulletin. 85(1). 113–126. 340 indexed citations

11.

Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan, Richard D. Wiggins, Scott Montgomery, Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon, & David Blane. (2008). Mental health and resilience at older ages: bouncing back after adversity in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 62(11). 987–991. 167 indexed citations

12.

Wiggins, Richard D., et al.. (2007). Optimal Matching Analysis Using Ideal Types to Describe the Lifecourse: An Illustration of How Histories of Work, Partnerships and Housing Relate to Quality of Life in Early Old Age. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 10(4). 259–278. 35 indexed citations

13.

Blane, David, Lee Berney, & Scott Montgomery. (2001). Domestic labour, paid employment and women’s health: analysis of life course data. Social Science & Medicine. 52(6). 959–965. 25 indexed citations

14.

Blane, David, Lee Berney, George Davey Smith, D. Gunnell, & Paula Holland. (1999). Reconstructing the life course. Public Health. 113(3). 117–124. 2 indexed citations

15.

Blane, David, George Davey Smith, & Carole Hart. (1999). Some Social and Physical Correlates of Intergenerational Social Mobility: Evidence from the West of Scotland Collaborative Study. Sociology. 33(1). 169–183. 38 indexed citations

16.

Hart, Carole, George Davey Smith, & David Blane. (1998). Inequalities in mortality by social class measured at 3 stages of the lifecourse.. American Journal of Public Health. 88(3). 471–474. 75 indexed citations

17.

Berney, Lee & David Blane. (1997). Collecting retrospective data: Accuracy of recall after 50 years judged against historical records. Social Science & Medicine. 45(10). 1519–1525. 284 indexed citations

18.

Blane, David. (1996). Collecting retrospective data: Development of a reliable method and a pilot study of its use. Social Science & Medicine. 42(5). 751–757. 122 indexed citations

19.

Blane, David, George Davey Smith, & Mel Bartley. (1990). Social class differences in years of potential life lost: size, trends, and principal causes.. BMJ. 301(6749). 429–432. 78 indexed citations

20.

Blane, David, et al.. (1990). Pharmaceutical service delivery by community pharmacies in areas of contrasting medical provision. Social Science & Medicine. 31(11). 1277–1280. 10 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact