Guy Coughlan

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Guy Coughlan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Demography and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Coughlan has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Demography and 8 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Guy Coughlan's work include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (19 papers), Global Health Care Issues (19 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (8 papers). Guy Coughlan is often cited by papers focused on Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (19 papers), Global Health Care Issues (19 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (8 papers). Guy Coughlan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. Guy Coughlan's co-authors include David Blake, Kevin Dowd, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Epstein, Marwa Khalaf-Allah, David Fletcher, Sheldon Hanton, Richard D. MacMinn, Sumit Kumar and David Epstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sports Sciences, Journal of Risk & Insurance and Insurance Mathematics and Economics.

In The Last Decade

Guy Coughlan

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Quantitative Comparison of Stochastic Mortality Models ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. A Quantitative Comparison of Stochastic Mortality Models Using Data From England and Wales and the United States
    2009 469 citations Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake et al. North American Actuarial Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guy Coughlan United Kingdom 14 1.6k 1.5k 513 423 372 21 1.9k
Leonie Tickle Australia 12 719 0.4× 682 0.4× 309 0.6× 120 0.3× 161 0.4× 40 1.1k
Hanna van Solinge Netherlands 19 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 337 0.7× 304 0.7× 5 0.0× 56 1.9k
Jochen O. Mierau Netherlands 19 93 0.1× 250 0.2× 158 0.3× 376 0.9× 4 0.0× 80 1.1k
Monika E. von Bonsdorff Finland 17 372 0.2× 559 0.4× 81 0.2× 75 0.2× 8 0.0× 47 893
Katja Hanewald Australia 15 435 0.3× 367 0.2× 148 0.3× 332 0.8× 42 0.1× 58 819
Paul Nystedt Sweden 17 208 0.1× 263 0.2× 214 0.4× 147 0.3× 16 0.0× 38 928
Liam Foster United Kingdom 14 489 0.3× 389 0.3× 240 0.5× 56 0.1× 10 0.0× 52 1.0k
Debra Sabatini Dwyer United States 14 477 0.3× 635 0.4× 132 0.3× 151 0.4× 13 0.0× 30 1.1k
Jaakko Pehkonen Finland 17 52 0.0× 160 0.1× 100 0.2× 237 0.6× 16 0.0× 73 843
Marieke Voorpostel Switzerland 18 256 0.2× 159 0.1× 176 0.3× 51 0.1× 7 0.0× 41 955

Countries citing papers authored by Guy Coughlan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guy Coughlan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Coughlan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., et al.. (2022). A general framework for analysing the mortality experience of a large portfolio of lives: with an application to the UK universities superannuation scheme. European Actuarial Journal. 12(1). 381–415. 1 indexed citations
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Coughlan, Guy. (2013). Longevity Risk Management, Corporate Finance, and Sustainable Pensions. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., Kevin Dowd, David Blake, & Guy Coughlan. (2013). Longevity hedge effectiveness: a decomposition. Quantitative Finance. 14(2). 217–235. 63 indexed citations
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Coughlan, Guy. (2012). Managing Longevity Risk in Defined Benefit Pension Plans. 2012(1). 33–38.
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, & Guy Coughlan. (2012). Longevity Hedge Effectiveness: A Decomposition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, Guy Coughlan, & Marwa Khalaf-Allah. (2011). Bayesian Stochastic Mortality Modelling for Two Populations. Astin Bulletin. 41(1). 29–59. 182 indexed citations
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Coughlan, Guy, Marwa Khalaf-Allah, Sumit Kumar, et al.. (2011). Longevity Hedging 101. North American Actuarial Journal. 15(2). 150–176. 103 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, et al.. (2011). Mortality density forecasts: An analysis of six stochastic mortality models. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 48(3). 355–367. 218 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., Kevin Dowd, David Blake, & Guy Coughlan. (2011). Longevity Hedge Effectiveness: A Decomposition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, Guy Coughlan, & Marwa Khalaf-Allah. (2011). A Gravity Model of Mortality Rates for Two Related Populations. North American Actuarial Journal. 15(2). 334–356. 130 indexed citations
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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, et al.. (2010). Backtesting Stochastic Mortality Models. North American Actuarial Journal. 14(3). 281–298. 96 indexed citations
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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, et al.. (2010). Evaluating the goodness of fit of stochastic mortality models. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 47(3). 255–265. 101 indexed citations
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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, et al.. (2009). Evaluating the Goodness of Fit of Stochastic Mortality Models. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., et al.. (2009). A Quantitative Comparison of Stochastic Mortality Models Using Data From England and Wales and the United States. North American Actuarial Journal. 13(1). 1–35. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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Coughlan, Guy, et al.. (2008). Hedging Pension Longevity Risk: Practical Capital Markets Solutions. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3(1). 7 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, et al.. (2008). Mortality Density Forecasts: An Analysis of Six Stochastic Mortality Models. SSRN Electronic Journal. 67 indexed citations
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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, et al.. (2008). Backtesting Stochastic Mortality Models: An Ex-Post Evaluation of Multi-Period Ahead-Density Forecasts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 44 indexed citations
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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, Guy Coughlan, & David Epstein. (2007). A Quantitative Comparison of Stochastic Mortality Models Using Data from England & Wales and the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 98 indexed citations
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Hanton, Sheldon, David Fletcher, & Guy Coughlan. (2005). Stress in elite sport performers: A comparative study of competitive and organizational stressors. Journal of Sports Sciences. 23(10). 1129–1141. 248 indexed citations
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