World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
62
Citations
14803
World Ranking
1270
National Ranking
591

Adaora A. Adimora publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adaora A. Adimora sits on this spectrum.

44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44 publications 570+

This scientist: 324 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Adaora A. Adimora D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adaora A. Adimora sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Adaora A. Adimora is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. The scholar's research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Emergency Medicine, and Sociology and Political Science.

The research work is heavily centered on HIV/AIDS, including various aspects of HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk. Additional focal topics include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, and topics related to Sex work and associated issues.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Characteristics of the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study: Opportunities for Research on Aging With HIV in the Longest US Observational Study of HIV, 2021, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Toward Understanding COVID-19 Recovery: National Institutes of Health Workshop on Postacute COVID-19, 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • HIV and women in the USA: what we know and where to go from here, 2021, The Lancet
  • Multisite Study of Women Living With HIV's Perceived Barriers to, and Interest in, Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy, 2020, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • The Prevalence and Burden of Non-AIDS Comorbidities Among Women Living With or at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the United States, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent co-authors including Mardge H. Cohen, Margaret A. Fischl, Phyllis C. Tien, Deborah Konkle-Parker, and Seble Kassaye.

Publications are commonly found in several venues, such as UNC Libraries, Clinical Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Behavior, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, and the JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Recognition for contributions includes membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), awarded in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: A meta-analysis of published studies

    Julius Atashili;Charles L Poole;Peter M. Ndumbe;Adaora A Adimora

  • Social Context, Sexual Networks, and Racial Disparities in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach

  • Recombinant Glycoprotein Vaccine for the Prevention of Genital HSV-2 Infection Two Randomized Controlled Trials

    Lawrence Corey;Andria G.M. Langenberg;Rhoda Ashley;Rose E. Sekulovich

  • HIV and African Americans in the southern United States: sexual networks and social context.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Irene A. Doherty

  • Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Men in the United States

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Irene A. Doherty

  • Concurrent sexual partnerships among women in the United States

    Adaora A Adimora;Victor J Schoenbach;Dana M Bonas;Francis E A Martinson

  • Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African Americans.

    Sevgi O Aral;Adaora A Adimora;Kevin A Fenton

  • Cohort Profile: The Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

    Adaora A. Adimora;Catalina Ramirez;Lorie Benning;Ruth M. Greenblatt

  • Contextual factors and the black-white disparity in heterosexual HIV transmission.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach

  • Heterosexually transmitted HIV infection among African Americans in North Carolina.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Francis E. A. Martinson;Tamera Coyne-Beasley

  • Perinatal HIV infection and the effect of zidovudine therapy on transmission in rural and urban counties

    Susan A. Fiscus;Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Wilma Lim

  • Structural interventions for HIV prevention in the United States.

    Adaora A Adimora;Judith D Auerbach

  • Mechanisms for the Negative Effects of Internalized HIV-Related Stigma on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Women: The Mediating Roles of Social Isolation and Depression.

    Bulent Turan;Whitney Smith;Mardge H. Cohen;Tracey E. Wilson

  • Concurrent partnerships among rural African Americans with recently reported heterosexually transmitted HIV infection.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Francis E. A. Martinson;Kathryn H. Donaldson

  • DEPRESSION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION, AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES

    Maria R. Khan;Jay S. Kaufman;Brian Wells Pence;Bradley N. Gaynes

  • The Relationship between Condom Use and Herpes Simplex Virus Acquisition

    Anna Wald;Andria G.M. Langenberg;Elizabeth Krantz;John M. Douglas

  • Social context of sexual relationships among rural African Americans.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Francis E. A. Martinson;Kathryn H. Donaldson

  • Concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in the rural south.

    Adaora A Adimora;Victor J Schoenbach;Francis E Martinson;Kathryn H. Donaldson

  • Policies and politics that promote HIV infection in the Southern United States.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Catalina Ramirez;Victor J. Schoenbach;Myron S. Cohen

  • Ending the epidemic of heterosexual HIV transmission among African Americans.

    Adaora A. Adimora;Victor J. Schoenbach;Michelle A. Floris-Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco
Margaret A. Fischl
Margaret A. Fischl University of Miami
Gina M. Wingood
Gina M. Wingood Columbia University
Tracey E. Wilson
Tracey E. Wilson SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Stephen R. Cole
Stephen R. Cole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lisa R. Metsch
Lisa R. Metsch Columbia University
Carol E. Golin
Carol E. Golin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet M. Turan
Janet M. Turan University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Social Sciences and Humanities unlocks a range of flexible online degree options tailored to diverse career goals. Many students look for programs that are both affordable and time-efficient, making it easier to balance studies with work or family commitments.

If you are interested in fields like psychology, consider enrolling in affordable online psychology masters programs. These degrees can open doors to roles in counseling, education, or social services.

For those aiming at educational leadership or university-level roles, shortest online edd programs are available in an accelerated format. This helps professionals advance quickly without stepping away from their careers.

Many online master's degrees now offer condensed formats. You can complete a online master's degree in as little as one year, saving time while gaining specialized knowledge.

Additionally, students seeking faster undergraduate options can explore online bachelor's degree programs designed for quick completion. These pave the way for entry-level careers or advanced study across the social sciences and humanities.

Best Scientists Citing Adaora A. Adimora

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles