David Coburn

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David Coburn is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Coburn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Coburn's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (8 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (5 papers). David Coburn is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (8 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (5 papers). David Coburn collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. David Coburn's co-authors include Elizabeth Federman, David H. Broide, Stephen I. Wasserman, Margaret Lotz, Clyde R. Pope, Ann Robertson, Blake Poland, Hanna S. Kuznetsov, Gwenaël Badis and Andrew R. Gehrke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

David Coburn

44 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diversity and Complexity in DNA Recognition by Transcription Factors

2009 761 citations Gwenaël Badis, Michael F. Berger et al. Science profile →
Cytokines in symptomatic asthma airways

1992 632 citations David H. Broide, David Coburn et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Coburn Canada	26	1.3k	817	669	531	430	46	3.8k
Peter J. Kelly Australia	44	1.4k 1.1×	824 1.0×	599 0.9×	307 0.6×	63 0.1×	295	6.6k
Daniel Kim United States	38	1.4k 1.1×	320 0.4×	503 0.8×	1.6k 3.0×	310 0.7×	153	5.3k
Susan J. Thorpe United Kingdom	32	459 0.4×	975 1.2×	238 0.4×	110 0.2×	773 1.8×	98	4.9k
Patricia Collins Canada	30	721 0.6×	256 0.3×	173 0.3×	192 0.4×	587 1.4×	95	3.6k
Brian Keogh Ireland	32	705 0.5×	705 0.9×	255 0.4×	122 0.2×	1.4k 3.3×	131	5.0k
Judith Brown United States	40	734 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	337 0.5×	85 0.2×	102 0.2×	128	5.2k
Christopher Bunn United Kingdom	33	432 0.3×	326 0.4×	435 0.7×	71 0.1×	523 1.2×	105	3.5k
Man Ping Wang Hong Kong	35	919 0.7×	597 0.7×	1.6k 2.3×	622 1.2×	47 0.1×	280	5.0k
Paul McDonald Canada	33	420 0.3×	267 0.3×	1.7k 2.5×	120 0.2×	240 0.6×	86	3.4k
Monica Lee United States	31	333 0.3×	761 0.9×	147 0.2×	98 0.2×	177 0.4×	131	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David Coburn

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Coburn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Coburn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Coburn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Coburn 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 Coburn. David Coburn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Coburn, David. (2010). Inequality and health. Socialist register. 46(46). 39–58. 5 indexed citations

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Badis, Gwenaël, Michael F. Berger, Anthony Philippakis, et al.. (2009). Diversity and Complexity in DNA Recognition by Transcription Factors. Science. 324(5935). 1720–1723. 761 indexed citations breakdown →

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McIntyre, Di, Gavin Mooney, David Coburn, et al.. (2007). The Economics of Health Equity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 85 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (2006). Medical dominance then and now: critical reflections. Health Sociology Review. 15(5). 432–443. 63 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (2003). Beyond the income inequality hypothesis: class, neo-liberalism, and health inequalities. Social Science & Medicine. 58(1). 41–56. 316 indexed citations

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Coburn, David, Pat Armstrong, & Hugh Armstrong. (2001). Unhealthy times : political economy perspectives on health and care. Oxford University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (2000). Income inequality, social cohesion and the health status of populations: the role of neo-liberalism. Social Science & Medicine. 51(1). 135–146. 314 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (1999). Phases of Capitalism, Welfare States, Medical Dominance, and Health Care in Ontario. International Journal of Health Services. 29(4). 833–851. 15 indexed citations

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Poland, Blake, et al.. (1998). Wealth, equity and health care: a critique of a “population health” perspective on the determinants of health. Social Science & Medicine. 46(7). 785–798. 92 indexed citations

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Coburn, David & Blake Poland. (1997). The CIAR vision of the determinants of health: a critique. Critical Social Science and Health Group.. PubMed. 87(5). 308–10. 11 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (1993). State authority, medical dominance, and trends in the regulation of the health professions: The Ontario case. Social Science & Medicine. 37(7). 841–850. 47 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (1993). State authority, medical dominance, and trends in the regulation of the health professions: The Ontario case. Social Science & Medicine. 37(2). 129–138. 23 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (1992). Freidson Then and Now: An “Internalist” Critique of Freidson's Past and Present Views of the Medical Profession. International Journal of Health Services. 22(3). 497–512. 35 indexed citations

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Broide, David H., Gerald J. Gleich, David Coburn, et al.. (1991). Evidence of ongoing mast cell and eosinophil degranulation in symptomatic asthma airway. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 88(4). 637–648. 242 indexed citations

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Gort, Elaine H. & David Coburn. (1988). Naturopathy in Canada: Changing relationships to medicine, chiropractic and the state. Social Science & Medicine. 26(10). 1061–1072. 21 indexed citations

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Coburn, David, et al.. (1976). Objective and subjective socioeconomic status: intercorrelations and consequences*. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 13(2). 178–188. 8 indexed citations

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Coburn, David & A. Jovaisas. (1975). Perceived sources of stress among first-year medical students. Academic Medicine. 50(6). 589–95. 48 indexed citations

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Coburn, David & Clyde R. Pope. (1974). Socioeconomic status and preventive health behavior.. PubMed. 15(2). 67–78. 77 indexed citations

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Coburn, David. (1969). Science in Today's Curriculum..

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Coburn, David. (1967). A Guide to Nature Projects, by Ted S. Petit [Review]. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 81(3). 214–214. 1 indexed citations

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