V Carstairs

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

V Carstairs is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, V Carstairs has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Health and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in V Carstairs's work include Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers), Global Health Care Issues (6 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). V Carstairs is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers), Global Health Care Issues (6 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 papers). V Carstairs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Hong Kong. V Carstairs's co-authors include Richard Morris, Russell E. Morris, Jennifer L. Buckle, Stephen Cole, John Bond, Norman Kreitman, John C. Duffy, M. A. Heasman, John Bond and Martin Löwe and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health and British Medical Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

V Carstairs

24 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Which deprivation? A comparison of selected deprivation indexes

1991 421 citations Richard Morris, V Carstairs Journal of Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V Carstairs United Kingdom	15	822	796	249	219	216	26	2.0k
Alastair Beattie United Kingdom	4	579 0.7×	588 0.7×	163 0.7×	178 0.8×	256 1.2×	5	2.0k
J. P. Mackenbach Netherlands	24	996 1.2×	766 1.0×	211 0.8×	147 0.7×	195 0.9×	41	2.3k
R Balarajan United Kingdom	21	540 0.7×	340 0.4×	111 0.4×	244 1.1×	253 1.2×	51	1.8k
Eric Backlund United States	13	1.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.8×	218 0.9×	462 2.1×	195 0.9×	14	2.6k
Darius E. Jatulis United States	15	887 1.1×	648 0.8×	204 0.8×	172 0.8×	282 1.3×	21	2.4k
Robert Pampalon Canada	23	810 1.0×	920 1.2×	269 1.1×	293 1.3×	301 1.4×	53	2.5k
Kristiina Manderbacka Finland	23	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	212 0.9×	213 1.0×	188 0.9×	97	2.6k
Michael L. Ganz United States	29	758 0.9×	629 0.8×	331 1.3×	271 1.2×	395 1.8×	77	2.8k
David McLennan United Kingdom	9	602 0.7×	327 0.4×	250 1.0×	307 1.4×	228 1.1×	22	2.2k
Feikje Groenhof Netherlands	17	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	202 0.8×	98 0.4×	270 1.3×	34	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by V Carstairs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V Carstairs

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Carstairs, V. (1995). Deprivation indices: their interpretation and use in relation to health.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 49(Suppl 2). S3–S8. 260 indexed citations

Morris, Richard & V Carstairs. (1991). Which deprivation? A comparison of selected deprivation indexes. Journal of Public Health. 13(4). 318–26. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

Carstairs, V & Russell E. Morris. (1990). Deprivation and health in Scotland.. PubMed. 48(4). 162–75. 158 indexed citations

Carstairs, V & Richard Morris. (1989). Deprivation: explaining differences in mortality between Scotland and England and Wales.. BMJ. 299(6704). 886–889. 432 indexed citations

Carstairs, V. (1989). Avoidable Mortality in European Countries — 1974–1978. Scottish Medical Journal. 34(1). 391–392. 3 indexed citations

Carstairs, V, et al.. (1989). Deprivation and mortality: an alternative to social class?. Journal of Public Health. 11(3). 210–219. 210 indexed citations

Carstairs, V, et al.. (1989). Deprivation, mortality and resource allocation. Journal of Public Health. 11(4). 364–72. 78 indexed citations

Carstairs, V. (1988). Differentials in mortality.. PubMed. 46(4). 226–36. 1 indexed citations

Kemp, Ian & V Carstairs. (1987). The reliability of death certification as a measure of the level of alcohol problems. Journal of Public Health. 9(2). 146–51. 6 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V & Martin Löwe. (1986). Small area analysis: Creating an area base for environmental monitoring and epidemiological analysis. Journal of Public Health. 8(1). 15–28. 13 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V & Stephen Cole. (1984). Spina bifida and anencephaly in Scotland.. BMJ. 289(6453). 1182–1184. 41 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V, et al.. (1984). Inpatient care for mental illness in Scotland: past trends and the future prospect. Journal of Public Health. 6(2). 95–108. 1 indexed citations

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Bond, John & V Carstairs. (1982). Services for the Elderly. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 31 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V. (1981). Small area analysis and health service research. Journal of Public Health. 3(2). 131–139. 14 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V. (1981). Multiple deprivation and health state. CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs. 3(1). 4–4. 9 indexed citations

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Bond, John, et al.. (1980). The Reliability of a Survey Psychiatric Assessment Schedule for the Elderly. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 137(2). 148–162. 27 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V & M. A. Heasman. (1974). THE HOSPITAL: TOWARDS A RATIONAL USE. British Medical Bulletin. 30(3). 228–233. 7 indexed citations

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Carstairs, V, et al.. (1972). The handicapped and impaired in Great Britain.. PubMed. 30(2). 123–30. 198 indexed citations

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Heasman, M. A. & V Carstairs. (1971). Inpatient Management: Variations in some Aspects of Practice in Scotland. BMJ. 1(5747). 495–498. 19 indexed citations

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Coxon, Anthony P. M., Patrick Doreian, Bryan Wilson, et al.. (1970). Book Reviews: Behavioral Sociology: The Experimental Analysis of Social Process, Balance in Small Groups, Racial Violence in the United States, The Education of Borstal Boys, The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Christendom, IV, Types of Religious Man, Men in Mid-Career: A Study of British Managers and Technical Specialists, The Family and the Handicapped Child: A Study of Cerebral Palsied Children in Their Homes, The Assessment of Social Research: Guidelines for the Use of Social Research in Social Work and Social Science, The Conditions of Social Performance: An Exploratory Theory, Families and Their Relatives: Kinship in a Middle-Class Sector of London, The Population Census: A Social Science Research Council Review, Introduction to Social Work, Theories of Social Psychology, Put Away: A Sociological Study of Institutions for the Mentally Retarded, City Lads in Borstal: A Study Based on 100 Lads Discharged to Addresses in Liverspool, Science, Industry and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science, Interaction Concept of Personality, Hightown Grammar: The School as a Social System, Causes of Delinquency, towards a Sociology of the Cinema: A Comparative Essay on the Structure and Functioning of a Major Entertainment Industry. The Sociological Review. 18(3). 421–456.

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