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Anita Raj 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 Anita Raj sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 442 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anita Raj 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 Anita Raj sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Anita Raj is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their work spans extensive research in social sciences and medicine, with a focus on several key subfields including general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, gender studies, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research largely addresses topics within global maternal and child health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, intimate partner and family violence, demographic trends and gender preferences, reproductive health and contraception, poverty, education and child welfare, and sexual assault and victimization studies.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Anita Raj are:

  • Sex differences in COVID-19 case fatality: do we know enough?, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • SWPER Global: A survey-based women's empowerment index expanded from Africa to all low- and middle-income countries, 2020, Journal of Global Health
  • Associations of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence with overt and covert family planning use among married adolescent girls in Niger, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Development of the India Patriarchy Index: Validation and Testing of Temporal and Spatial Patterning, 2021, Social Indicators Research
  • Unintended pregnancy and maternal health complications: cross-sectional analysis of data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

The researcher has frequently published in venues such as EClinicalMedicine, SSM - Population Health, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, PLoS ONE, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Co-authorship collaborations include work with Lotus McDougal, Nicole E. Johns, Jay G. Silverman, Abhishek Singh, and Nabamallika Dehingia.

Best Publications

  • Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality.

    Jay G. Silverman;Anita Raj;Lorelei A. Mucci;Jeanne E. Hathaway

  • Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health

    Lori Heise;Margaret E Greene;Neisha Opper;Maria Stavropoulou

  • Violence Against Immigrant Women The Roles of Culture, Context, and Legal Immigrant Status on Intimate Partner Violence

    Anita Raj;Jay G. Silverman

  • Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: a cross-sectional, observational study

    Anita Raj;Niranjan Saggurti;Donta Balaiah;Jay G Silverman

  • On the Margin: Power and Women's HIV Risk Reduction Strategies

    Hortensia Amaro;Anita Raj

  • Intimate partner violence victimization prior to and during pregnancy among women residing in 26 U.S. states: Associations with maternal and neonatal health

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Elizabeth Reed;Anita Raj

  • Masculine Gender Roles Associated with Increased Sexual Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among Young Adult Men

    M. Christina Santana;Anita Raj;Michele R. Decker;Ana La Marche

  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Gender Differences in Academic Medicine: Retention, Rank, and Leadership Comparisons From the National Faculty Survey.

    Phyllis L. Carr;Anita Raj;Samantha E. Kaplan;Norma Terrin

  • Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among married Indian women

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Niranjan Saggurti;Donta Balaiah

  • Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

    Katherine Hay;Lotus McDougal;Valerie Percival;Sarah Henry

  • When the mother is a child: the impact of child marriage on the health and human rights of girls

    Anita Raj

  • The Effect of Maternal Child Marriage on Morbidity and Mortality of Children Under 5 in India: Cross Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample

    Anita Raj;Niranjan Saggurti;Michael Winter;Alan Labonte

  • Intimate partner violence and unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, induced abortion, and stillbirth among a national sample of Bangladeshi women

    Jay G. Silverman;Jhumka Gupta;Michele R. Decker;Navneet Kapur

  • Gender norms and health: insights from global survey data

    Ann M Weber;Beniamino Cislaghi;Valerie Meausoone;Safa Abdalla

  • Inadequate Progress for Women in Academic Medicine: Findings from the National Faculty Study

    Phyllis L. Carr;Christine M. Gunn;Samantha A. Kaplan;Anita Raj

  • Community empowerment paradigm drift and the primary prevention of HIV/AIDS

    Carolyn Beeker;Carolyn Guenther-Grey;Anita Raj

  • Dating Violence and Associated Sexual Risk and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls in the United States

    Jay G. Silverman;Anita Raj;Karen Clements

  • Adverse consequences of intimate partner abuse among women in non-urban domestic violence shelters

    Gina M Wingood;Ralph J DiClemente;Anita Raj

  • Gender equality and gender norms: framing the opportunities for health.

    Geeta Rao Gupta;Nandini Oomman;Caren Grown;Kathryn Conn

  • HIV Prevalence and Predictors of Infection in Sex-Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Jhumka Gupta;Ayonija Maheshwari

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay G. Silverman
Jay G. Silverman University of California, San Diego
Michele R. Decker
Michele R. Decker Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey H. Samet
Jeffrey H. Samet Boston University
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Reed San Diego State University
Niranjan Saggurti
Niranjan Saggurti Population Council
Jhumka Gupta
Jhumka Gupta George Mason University
Hortensia Amaro
Hortensia Amaro Florida International University
Abhishek Singh
Abhishek Singh International Institute for Population Sciences
Cesar G. Victora
Cesar G. Victora Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas

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