2026 Donald R. Hoover: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	88	13182	12408	6718	6213	416	27712

Donald R. Hoover publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald R. Hoover sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 416 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Donald R. Hoover D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald R. Hoover sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald R. Hoover is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. The main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Virology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research work extensively covers topics related to HIV/AIDS, including research and interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk behaviors. Other areas of focus include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, sex work and related issues, and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

Some recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their research interests:

High levels of viral load monitoring and viral suppression under Treat All in Rwanda - a cross-sectional study, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
The Role of Social Support in HIV Testing and PrEP Awareness among Young Black Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men or Transgender Women, 2020, Journal of Urban Health
Hypertension among people living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: A cross-sectional analysis from Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS, 2021, PLoS ONE
TRUST: Assessing the Efficacy of an Intervention to Increase HIV Self-Testing Among Young Black Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transwomen, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Menopause Are Independently Associated With Lower Bone Mineral Density: Results From the Women's Interagency HIV Study, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

Qiuhu Shi
Kathryn Anastos
Denis Nash
Michael T. Yin
Marcel Yotebieng

Research outputs are often published in a range of venues, with frequent publication occurring in:

UNC Libraries
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Journal of the International AIDS Society
PLoS ONE
AIDS and Behavior

Best Publications

Dementia in AIDS patients: Incidence and risk factors

J. C. McArthur;D. R. Hoover;H. Bacellar;E. N. Miller

893
Citations
Nonparametric smoothing estimates of time-varying coefficient models with longitudinal data

Donald R. Hoover;John A. Rice;Colin O. Wu;Li-Ping Yang

870
Citations
Bacterial vaginosis and disturbances of vaginal flora: association with increased acquisition of HIV.

Taha E. Taha;Donald R. Hoover;Gina A. Dallabetta;Gina A. Dallabetta;Newton I. Kumwenda

841
Citations
Seroconversion to antibodies against Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related latent nuclear antigens before the development of Kaposi's sarcoma

Shou Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Donald R. Hoover;Thomas J. Spira

726
Citations
Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

Marc J. Gunter;Donald R. Hoover;Herbert Yu;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

724
Citations
Protection against persistence of hepatitis C.

Shruti H. Mehta;Andrea Cox;Donald R. Hoover;Xiao Hong Wang

579
Citations
Sex differences in HIV-1 viral load and progression to AIDS

Homayoon Farzadegan;Donald R Hoover;Jacqueline Astemborski;Cynthia M Lyles

577
Citations
Clinical manifestations of AIDS in the ERA of pneumocystis prophylaxis

Donald R. Hoover;Alfred J. Saah;Helena Bacellar;John Phair

576
Citations
Maternal vitamin A deficiency and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

R. D. Semba;J. D. Chiphangwi;P. G. Miotti;G. A. Dallabetta

546
Citations
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Load in Breast Milk, Mastitis, and Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

Richard D. Semba;Newton Kumwenda;Donald R. Hoover;Taha E. Taha

530
Citations
Initial Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels and Progression to AIDS in Women and Men

Timothy R. Sterling;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;Jacquie Astemborski;Donald R. Hoover

486
Citations
Extended antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce breast-milk HIV-1 transmission

Newton I. Kumwenda;Donald R. Hoover;Lynne M. Mofenson;Michael C. Thigpen

472
Citations
Asymptotic Confidence Regions for Kernel Smoothing of a Varying-Coefficient Model With Longitudinal Data

Colin O. Wu;Chin-Tsang Chiang;Donald R. Hoover

391
Citations
Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Medical Outcomes in HIV Infection

Constantine G. Lyketsos;Donald R. Hoover;Marcella Guccione;Walton Senterfitt

385
Citations
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection prior to onset of Kaposi's sarcoma

Patrick S. Moore;Lawrence A. Kingsley;Scott D. Holmberg;Thomas Spira

366
Citations
Medical Expenditures during the Last Year of Life: Findings from the 1992–1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

Donald R Hoover;Stephen Crystal;Rizie Kumar;Usha Sambamoorthi

357
Citations
Changes in depressive symptoms as AIDS develops

Constantine G. Lyketsos;Donald R. Hoover;Marcella Guccione;Mary Amanda Dew

322
Citations
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users.

David L. Thomas;James W. Shih;Harvey J. Alter;David Vlahov

320
Citations
A Prospective Evaluation of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I as Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer

Marc J. Gunter;Donald R. Hoover;Herbert Yu;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

320
Citations
SEX DIFFERENCES IN HIV-1 VIRAL LOAD AND PROGRESSION TO AIDS. AUTHORS' REPLY

C. Junghans;B. Ledergerber;P. Chan;R. Weber

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Taha E. Taha Johns Hopkins University

Alfred J. Saah MSD (United States)

Mardge H. Cohen Rush University

Joan S. Chmiel Northwestern University

Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco

Beryl A. Koblin New York Blood Center

David Vlahov Yale University

Susan A. Fiscus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

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