Richard D. Wiggins

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Wiggins is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Wiggins has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Health, 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 26 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Wiggins's work include Health disparities and outcomes (31 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (11 papers). Richard D. Wiggins is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (31 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers) and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (11 papers). Richard D. Wiggins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Richard D. Wiggins's co-authors include David Blane, Paul Higgs, Martin Hyde, Amanda Sacker, Carolyn Vogler, Scott Montgomery, Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Heather Joshi and Samantha Parsons and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Child Development and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Wiggins

78 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Are Right-Wing Attitudes and Voting Associated with Having Attended Private School? An Investigation Using the 1970 British Cohort Study 2023 ·Sociology ·Richard D. Wiggins, Samantha Parsons, Francis Green, George B. Ploubidis, Alice Sullivan	2
2	Pathways from origins to destinations: Stability and change in the roles of cognition, private schools and educational attainment 2020 ·British Journal of Sociology ·Alice Sullivan, Samantha Parsons, George B. Ploubidis, Francis Green, Richard D. Wiggins	3
3	Friendships Among Young South African Women, Sexual Behaviours and Connections to Sexual Partners (HPTN 068) 2019 ·AIDS and Behavior ·Elizabeth Fearon, Richard D. Wiggins, Audrey Pettifor, Catherine MacPhail, Kathleen Kahn, Amanda Selin, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, James Hargreaves	3
4	How can additional secondary data analysis of observational data enhance the generalisability of meta‐analytic evidence for local public health decision making? 2018 ·Research Synthesis Methods ·Dylan Kneale, James Thomas, Alison O’Mara-Eves, Richard D. Wiggins	10
5	The path from social origins to top jobs: social reproduction via education 2017 ·British Journal of Sociology ·Alice Sullivan, Samantha Parsons, Francis Green, Richard D. Wiggins, George B. Ploubidis	48
6	Associations between friendship characteristics and HIV and HSV‐2 status amongst young South African women in HPTN‐068 2017 ·Journal of the International AIDS Society ·Elizabeth Fearon, Richard D. Wiggins, Audrey Pettifor, Catherine MacPhail, Kathleen Kahn, Amanda Selin, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Sinéad Delany‐Moretlwe, Estelle Piwowar‐Manning, Oliver Laeyendecker, James Hargreaves	11
7	Is the sexual behaviour of young people in sub-Saharan Africa influenced by their peers? A systematic review 2015 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Elizabeth Fearon, Richard D. Wiggins, Audrey Pettifor, James Hargreaves	41
8	Language capital : mapping the languages of London's schoolchildren 2010 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Richard D. Wiggins, (unknown)	13
9	Mental health and resilience at older ages: bouncing back after adversity in the British Household Panel Survey 2008 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Richard D. Wiggins, Scott Montgomery, Zoe Jane‐Lara Hildon, David Blane	167
10	Ageing in a consumer society 2008 ·Bristol University Press eBooks ·Ian Rees Jones, Martin Hyde, (unknown), Richard D. Wiggins, Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs	38
11	Social integration, a sense of belonging and the Cenotaph Service: Old soldiers reminisce about Remembrance1 2008 ·Aging & Mental Health ·Duncan Barron, Stephen Davies, Richard D. Wiggins	13
12	Ageing in a Consumer Society 2008 ·Bristol University Press eBooks ·Ian Rees Jones, Martin Hyde, Christina Victor, Richard D. Wiggins, Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs	5
13	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 2007 ·International Journal of Social Research Methodology ·Richard D. Wiggins, (unknown), Martin Hyde, Paul Higgs, David Blane	35
14	Pathways to obesity: Identifying local, modifiable determinants of physical activity and diet 2007 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Mai Stafford, Steven Cummins, Anne Ellaway, Amanda Sacker, Richard D. Wiggins, Sally MacIntyre	145
15	Consumption patterns in later life: changes across cohorts in Britain, 1968-2003 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Maria Evandrou, Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs, Martin Hyde, (unknown), Christina Victor, Richard D. Wiggins	1
16	Intimate relationships and changing patterns of money management at the beginning of the twenty‐first century¹ 2006 ·British Journal of Sociology ·Carolyn Vogler, Michaela Brockmann, Richard D. Wiggins	96
17	Class, Cohort, and Consumption: The British Experience of the Third Age 2005 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series B ·Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs, Martin Hyde, Richard D. Wiggins, David Blane	31
18	Age–period–cohort effects on inequalities in psychological distress, 1981–2000 2002 ·Psychological Medicine ·Amanda Sacker, Richard D. Wiggins	48
19	An unusual cluster of babies with Down's syndrome 1984 ·BMJ ·Richard D. Wiggins	1
20	Screening for disability in the inner city. 1981 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Donald L. Patrick, S C Darby, (unknown), Graeme Horton, David Locker, Richard D. Wiggins	39

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