2026 Charles F. Turner: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4037	1923	132	12201

Research.com Recognitions

1985 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles F. Turner is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. The primary fields of study of their research are Health Professions and Medicine, with a particular emphasis on General Health Professions and Microbiology. Their subfields also include Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology, and Social Psychology.

Their work covers several significant topics, including Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Tract Infections Research, and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy. Other main topics addressed are Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Menstrual Health and Disorders, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.

Charles F. Turner has published in a number of venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

UNC Libraries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Heart Lung and Circulation
Narrative

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Turner are:

Reproducibility of Survey Measurements of Sexual Orientation in the USA, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Epidemiology of Undiagnosed Trichomoniasis in a Probability Sample of Urban Young Adults, 2020, UNC Libraries
Gender-Based Screening for Chlamydial Infection and Divergent Infection Trends in Men and Women, 2020, UNC Libraries
Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among 15- to 35-Year Olds in Baltimore, MD, 2020, UNC Libraries
Incarceration, high-risk sexual partnerships and sexually transmitted infections in an urban population, 2020, UNC Libraries

The frequent coauthors working alongside Turner include:

Susan Rogers
Sylvia Tan
Emily J. Erbelding
James R. Chromy
Marcia M. Hobbs

Turner has been recognized by professional organizations, holding fellowships such as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 1985 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1931.

Best Publications

Adolescent sexual behavior, drug use, and violence: increased reporting with computer survey technology

Charles F. Turner;L Ku;Susan M. Rogers;Laura Duberstein Lindberg

2557
Citations
Audio-computer interviewing to measure risk behaviour for HIV among injecting drug users: a quasi-randomised trial.

Don C Des Jarlais;Denise Paone;Judith Milliken;Charles F Turner

647
Citations
The Differential Effects of Face-to-Face and Computer Interview Modes

Jessica Clark Newman;Don C. Des Jarlais;Charles F. Turner;Jay Gribble

592
Citations
Randomized Controlled Trial of Audio Computer-assisted Self-Interviewing: Utility and Acceptability in Longitudinal Studies

David S. Metzger;Beryl Koblin;Charles Turner;Helen Navaline

489
Citations
AIDS: The Second Decade

Miller Hg

470
Citations
Surveying Subjective Phenomena

Charles F. Turner;Martin, Elizabeth, May

461
Citations
The continuing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men

Joseph A. Catania;Dennis Osmond;Ronald D. Stall;Lance Pollack

424
Citations
AIDS: sexual behavior and intravenous drug use.

Charles F. Turner

423
Citations
Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors: Methodological issues

James N. Gribble;Heather G. Miller;Susan M. Rogers;Charles F. Turner

403
Citations
Prevalence and patterns of same-gender sexual contact among men

Robert E. Fay;Charles F. Turner;Albert D. Klassen;John H. Gagnon

375
Citations
Audio-computerized self-interviewing versus face-to-face interviewing for research data collection at drug abuse treatment programs.

Theresa E. Perlis;Theresa E. Perlis;Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;Kamyar Arasteh

275
Citations
Untreated gonococcal and chlamydial infection in a probability sample of adults

Charles F. Turner;Susan M. Rogers;Heather G. Miller;William C. Miller

272
Citations
Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males: 1988 to 1995.

Freya L. Sonenstein;Leighton Ku;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Charles F. Turner

221
Citations
Evaluating AIDS prevention programs. Expanded edition.

Coyle Sl;Boruch Rf;Turner Cf

215
Citations
AUDIO AND VIDEO COMPUTER-ASSISTED SELF INTERVIEWING: Preliminary Tests of New Technologies for Data Collection.

James M. O’Reilly;Michael L. Hubbard;Judith T. Lessler;Paul P. Biemer

204
Citations
The impact of T-ACASI interviewing on reported drug use among men who have sex with men.

James N. Gribble;Heather G. Miller;Philip C. Cooley;Joseph A. Catania

204
Citations
Male-male sexual contact in the U.S.A.: Findings from five sample surveys, 1970-1990.

Susan M. Rogers;Charles F. Turner

183
Citations
Automated Self-interviewing and the Survey Measurement of Sensitive Behaviors

Charles Turner;Barbara Forsyth;JM O'Reilly;Phillip Cooley

177
Citations
Sexual behavior in the United States 1930-1990: trends and methodological problems

Charles F. Turner;Rose D. Danella;Susan M. Rogers

145
Citations
A Community of Europeans?: Transnational Identities and Public Spheres:

Charles Turner

119
Citations
AIDS: The Second Decade

Heather G. Miller;Charles F. Turner;Lincoln E. Moses

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Leighton Ku George Washington University

Laura Duberstein Lindberg Guttmacher Institute

Jane Menken University of Colorado Boulder

Samuel R. Friedman National Development and Research Institutes

Joseph A. Catania Oregon State University

Lance M. Pollack University of California, San Francisco

Charlotte A. Gaydos Johns Hopkins University

Joseph H. Pleck University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Timothy W. Smith University of Utah

Lawrence Fisher University of California, San Francisco

External Links

Personal website of Charles F. Turner Google Scholar page

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