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Eduardo Faerstein 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 Eduardo Faerstein sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 215 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Eduardo Faerstein 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 Eduardo Faerstein sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Eduardo Faerstein is affiliated with Rio de Janeiro State University in Brazil. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, with a focus on public health and epidemiology.

The primary fields of study in Faerstein's work include Medicine, covering 52 publications, with notable subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, Physiology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes

Recent publications include:

  • "Análise de fake news veiculadas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil" (2021) published in Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • "Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020) published in BMC Public Health
  • "Bioelectrical impedance analysis-derived phase angle is related to risk scores of a first cardiovascular event in adults" (2020) published in Nutrition
  • "Pattern evolution of antidepressants and benzodiazepines use in a cohort" (2020) published in Revista de Saúde Pública
  • "Neighborhood food environment and consumption of fruit and leafy vegetables: Pro-Saude Study, Brazil" (2020) published in Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Faerstein include:

  • Anete Trajman
  • Flávia Fioruci Bezerra
  • João Roberto Cavalcante
  • Raquel Proença
  • Cíntia Chaves Curioni

Regarding publication venues, Faerstein has multiple works in:

  • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
  • Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
  • Nutrition
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Best Publications

  • Versão resumida da "job stress scale": adaptação para o português

    Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Claudia de S Lopes

  • Construct validity of the Medical Outcomes Study's social support scale adapted to Portuguese in the Pró-Saúde Study

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Guilherme L. Werneck;Guilherme L. Werneck

  • [Social network and social support measures from the Pró-Saúde Study: pre-tests and pilot study].

    Dóra Chor;Rosane Harter Griep;Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein

  • Risk Factors for Uterine Leiomyoma: A Practice-based Case-Control Study. I. African-American Heritage, Reproductive History, Body Size, and Smoking

    Eduardo Faerstein;Moyses Szklo;Neil Rosenshein

  • Racial discrimination and health: a systematic review of scales with a focus on their psychometric properties

    Joao Luiz Bastos;Roger Keller Celeste;Eduardo Faerstein;Aluisio J.D. Barros

  • Risk Factors for Uterine Leiomyoma: A Practice-based Case-Control Study. II. Atherogenic Risk Factors and Potential Sources of Uterine Irritation

    Eduardo Faerstein;Moyses Szklo;Neil B. Rosenshein

  • [Validity of self-reported weight and height and the body mass index within the "Pró-saúde" study].

    Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor;Claudia S Lopes

  • Gender and leisure-time physical activity

    Rosana Salles-Costa;Maria Luiza Heilborn;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Eduardo Faerstein

  • The Brazilian version of the effort-reward imbalance questionnaire to assess job stress

    Dóra Chor;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Eduardo Faerstein;Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves

  • Apoio social: confiabilidade teste-reteste de escala no Estudo Pró-Saúde

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Cláudia Lopes

  • [Stressful life events and common mental disorders: results of the Pro-Saude Study].

    Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor

  • Obesity in the United States - dysbiosis from exposure to low-dose antibiotics?

    Lee W Riley;Eva Mph Raphael;Eduardo Faerstein

  • Association between routine visits for dental checkup and self-perceived oral health in an adult population in Rio de Janeiro: the Pró-Saúde Study

    G Afonso-Souza;P Nadanovsky;D Chor;E Faerstein

  • Estudo Pró-Saúde: características gerais e aspectos metodológicos

    Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor;Claudia de Souza Lopes;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck

  • Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the Pró-Saúde cohort study

    Joanna Miguez Nery Guimarães;Dóra Chor;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Marilia Sá Carvalho

  • The relationship between smoking and age at the menopause: A systematic review.

    Raphael C. Parente;Eduardo Faerstein;Roger Keller Celeste;Roger Keller Celeste;Guilherme L. Werneck;Guilherme L. Werneck

  • Apoio social: confiabilidade teste-reteste de escala no Estudo Pró-Saúde Social support: scale test-retest reliability in the Pro-Health Study

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Cláudia Lopes

  • Ethnicity/race in the Pró-Saúde Study: comparative results of two methods of self-classification in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marcos Chor Maio;Simone Monteiro;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein

  • Family socio-economic background modified secular trends in age at menarche: evidence from the Pró-Saú Study (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

    M. Junqueira Do Lago;E. Faerstein;C. De Souza Lopes;G. L. Werneck

  • Análise de fake news veiculadas durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil

    Thainá do Nascimento de Barcelos;Luíza Nepomuceno Muniz;Deborah Marinho Dantas;Dorival Fagundes Cotrim Junior

  • A DICTIONARY OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

    Eduardo Faerstein

  • Discriminação racial e saúde: uma revisão sistemática de escalas com foco em suas propriedades psicométricas (Racial discrimination and health: a systematic review of scales with a focus on their psychometric properties)

    João Luiz Bastos;Roger Keller Celeste;Eduardo Faerstein;Aluísio Jd Barros

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia S. Lopes
Claudia S. Lopes Rio de Janeiro State University
Dóra Chor
Dóra Chor Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Moyses Szklo
Moyses Szklo Johns Hopkins University
Yin Paradies
Yin Paradies Deakin University
Michael Eduardo Reichenheim
Michael Eduardo Reichenheim Rio de Janeiro State University
Marilia Sá Carvalho
Marilia Sá Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Lee W. Riley
Lee W. Riley University of California, Berkeley
Johan Fritzell
Johan Fritzell Karolinska Institute
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco

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