Richard G. Wilkinson

27.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
74 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Richard G. Wilkinson is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard G. Wilkinson has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Health, 29 papers in General Health Professions and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Richard G. Wilkinson's work include Health disparities and outcomes (34 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers). Richard G. Wilkinson is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (34 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers). Richard G. Wilkinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Richard G. Wilkinson's co-authors include Kate E. Pickett, Michael Marmot, Bruce P. Kennedy, Ichiro Kawachi, Steve Tombs, Leslie E. Eisenberg, M. Anne Katzenberg, George R. Milner, Gintautas Česnys and Dale L. Hutchinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Richard G. Wilkinson

72 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality 1992 2026 2003 2014 1996 2003 2010 2014 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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. Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality
    1996 2.0k citations Richard G. Wilkinson DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →
  2. Social determinants of health: the solid facts
    2003 1.8k citations Richard G. Wilkinson et al. profile →
  3. The spirit level : why equality is better for everyone
    2010 1.5k citations Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett Penguin eBooks profile →
  4. Income inequality and health: A causal review
    2014 1.2k citations Kate E. Pickett, Richard G. Wilkinson Social Science & Medicine profile →
  5. Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence
    2005 1.2k citations Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett Social Science & Medicine profile →
  6. The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]
    1992 868 citations James W. Wood, George R. Milner et al. Current Anthropology profile →
  7. Income distribution and life expectancy.
    1992 851 citations Richard G. Wilkinson BMJ profile →
  8. Unhealthy Societies
    2002 772 citations Richard G. Wilkinson profile →
  9. Socioeconomic determinants of health: Health inequalities: relative or absolute material standards?
    1997 622 citations Richard G. Wilkinson BMJ profile →
  10. The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier
    2005 545 citations Richard G. Wilkinson DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →
  11. Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction
    2009 527 citations Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard G. Wilkinson United Kingdom 40 8.1k 6.9k 4.2k 2.3k 1.5k 74 16.4k
Samuel H. Preston United States 58 6.0k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 584 0.3× 722 0.5× 227 15.6k
Nancy Krieger United States 93 13.4k 1.7× 10.5k 1.5× 11.0k 2.6× 2.3k 1.0× 6.1k 4.1× 343 38.4k
Kate E. Pickett United Kingdom 50 4.9k 0.6× 4.9k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 213 14.8k
S. V. Subramanian United States 92 11.6k 1.4× 10.3k 1.5× 5.4k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 2.9k 1.9× 649 32.3k
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw United States 20 2.7k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 12.1k 2.9× 3.6k 1.6× 2.3k 1.5× 36 21.9k
John Lynch Australia 74 9.4k 1.2× 9.0k 1.3× 2.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.6× 397 22.9k
Sue Jackson Australia 44 10.7k 1.3× 768 0.1× 3.6k 0.9× 6.2k 2.8× 4.2k 2.8× 182 23.3k
Arthur W. Frank Canada 35 2.4k 0.3× 477 0.1× 7.4k 1.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 153 17.9k
Rachel Jewkes South Africa 73 13.1k 1.6× 9.6k 1.4× 9.2k 2.2× 1.0k 0.5× 4.6k 3.1× 331 24.1k
Robin Kearns New Zealand 51 2.5k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 2.9k 0.7× 630 0.3× 620 0.4× 236 8.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard G. Wilkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard G. Wilkinson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilkinson, Richard G. & Kate E. Pickett. (2024). Why the world cannot afford the rich. Nature. 627(8003). 268–270. 14 indexed citations
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Pickett, Kate E. & Richard G. Wilkinson. (2015). The Ethical and Policy Implications of Research on Income Inequality and Child Well-Being. PEDIATRICS. 135(Supplement_2). S39–S47. 40 indexed citations
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Pickett, Kate E. & Richard G. Wilkinson. (2014). Income inequality and health: A causal review. Social Science & Medicine. 128. 316–326. 1202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shaw, Richard, Karl Atkin, Laia Bécares, et al.. (2012). Impact of ethnic density on adult mental disorders: narrative review. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 201(1). 11–19. 128 indexed citations
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Shaw, Richard, Kate E. Pickett, & Richard G. Wilkinson. (2010). Ethnic Density Effects on Birth Outcomes and Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy in the US Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set. American Journal of Public Health. 100(4). 707–713. 57 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Richard G. & Kate E. Pickett. (2010). The spirit level : why equality is better for everyone. Penguin eBooks. 1475 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pickett, Kate E., Richard G. Wilkinson, & Lauren S. Wakschlag. (2009). The psychosocial context of pregnancy smoking and quitting in the Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 63(6). 474–480. 59 indexed citations
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Pickett, Kate E., Richard Shaw, Karl Atkin, Kathleen Kiernan, & Richard G. Wilkinson. (2009). Ethnic density effects on maternal and infant health in the Millennium Cohort Study. Social Science & Medicine. 69(10). 1476–1483. 42 indexed citations
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Pickett, Kate E. & Richard G. Wilkinson. (2008). People like us: ethnic group density effects on health. Ethnicity and Health. 13(4). 321–334. 215 indexed citations
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Kouvonen, Anne, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera, et al.. (2006). Psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work. BMC Public Health. 6(1). 251–251. 164 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Richard G. & Kate E. Pickett. (2005). Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence. Social Science & Medicine. 62(7). 1768–1784. 1197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilkinson, Richard G.. (2005). The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilkinson, Richard G.. (1999). Health, Hierarchy, and Social Anxiety. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 896(1). 48–63. 304 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Richard G., et al.. (1993). Violence Against Women: Prehistoric Skeletal Evidence from Michigan. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 18(2). 190–216. 19 indexed citations
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Wood, James W., George R. Milner, Henry Harpending, et al.. (1992). The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 33(4). 343–370. 868 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilkinson, Richard G.. (1992). National mortality rates: the impact of inequality?. American Journal of Public Health. 82(8). 1082–1084. 160 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Richard G. & Alfred W. Crosby. (1989). Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900. Ethnohistory. 36(1). 119–119. 11 indexed citations
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Wilkinson, Richard G.. (1975). Trephination by drilling in ancient Mexico.. PubMed. 51(7). 838–50. 10 indexed citations

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