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D-Index
39
Citations
7019
World Ranking
5634
National Ranking
2669

Grace X. Ma 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 Grace X. Ma sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 248 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Grace X. Ma 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 Grace X. Ma sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer
  • Health care

Her primary scientific interests are in Family medicine, Gerontology, Socioeconomic status, Vietnamese and Chinese americans. Her studies in Family medicine integrate themes in fields like Intervention, Cervical cancer, Mass screening, Health equity and Health education. Grace X. Ma has included themes like Grounded theory, Stereotype, Pacific islanders and Focused ethnography in her Gerontology study.

Her study in Vietnamese is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Model minority, Hepatitis B, Demography and Public health. Her work deals with themes such as Acculturation, Asian americans and Tobacco use, which intersect with Demography. Her Chinese americans study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Health care and Participant observation.

Her most cited work include:

  • Cervical cancer prevention: new tools and old barriers (224 citations)
  • Between two worlds: the use of traditional and Western health services by Chinese immigrants. (158 citations)
  • Model Minority at Risk: Expressed Needs of Mental Health by Asian American Young Adults (150 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Gerontology, Family medicine, Vietnamese, Asian americans and Chinese americans. Her Gerontology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Social support, Community-based participatory research and Public health. Her Family medicine study incorporates themes from Cancer, Cervical cancer, Health equity, Health care and Intervention.

Her research integrates issues of Young adult, Underserved Population and Physical therapy in her study of Cervical cancer. As a part of the same scientific family, she mostly works in the field of Health equity, focusing on Health education and, on occasion, Community health. Her Vietnamese research includes themes of Demography, Acculturation, Health belief model and Environmental health.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Gerontology (24.88%)
  • Family medicine (24.88%)
  • Vietnamese (20.10%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Asian americans (17.70%)
  • Environmental health (15.31%)
  • Family medicine (24.88%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of investigation include Asian americans, Environmental health, Family medicine, Demography and Gerontology. Her research investigates the link between Asian americans and topics such as Depression that cross with problems in Mental health. The Environmental health study combines topics in areas such as Colorectal cancer, Cancer prevention, Vietnamese and Vietnamese American.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cervical cancer and Health education. She interconnects Intervention, Hepatitis B, Liver cancer and Chinese americans in the investigation of issues within Family medicine. Her research in Gerontology tackles topics such as Diabetes mellitus which are related to areas like Concordance and Waist.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Structural Interventions to Reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities. (50 citations)
  • Mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma progression. (41 citations)
  • Characterizing Occupational Health Risks and Chemical Exposures Among Asian Nail Salon Workers on the East Coast of the United States (5 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer
  • Disease

Grace X. Ma mainly focuses on Psychological intervention, Intervention, Family medicine, Gerontology and Environmental health. Her Psychological intervention research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Health equity, Socioeconomic status, Korean americans and Asian americans. The various areas that Grace X. Ma examines in her Intervention study include Chinese americans, Epidemiology, Randomized controlled trial, Urine sodium and Breast cancer screening.

The concepts of her Family medicine study are interwoven with issues in Mammography, Community-based participatory research and Public health. Grace X. Ma has included themes like Body mass index, Psychosocial, Goal setting, Social support and Minority group in her Gerontology study. As a member of one scientific family, she mostly works in the field of Environmental health, focusing on Colorectal cancer and, on occasion, Cancer prevention.

Best Publications

  • Model Minority at Risk: Expressed Needs of Mental Health by Asian American Young Adults

    Sunmin Lee;Hee Soon Juon;Genevieve Martinez;Chiehwen E. Hsu

  • Structural Interventions to Reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities.

    Arleen F. Brown;Grace X. Ma;Jeanne Miranda;Eugenia Eng

  • Cervical cancer prevention: new tools and old barriers

    Isabel C. Scarinci;Francisco A.R. Garcia;Erin Kobetz;Edward E. Partridge

  • Between two worlds: the use of traditional and Western health services by Chinese immigrants.

    Grace Xueqin Ma

  • Mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma progression.

    Olorunseun O Ogunwobi;Trisheena Harricharran;Jeannette Huaman;Anna Galuza

  • Barriers to Health Care Access in 13 Asian American Communities

    Sunmin Lee;Genevieve Martinez;Grace X. Ma;Chiehwen E. Hsu

  • Secondary conditions and women with physical disabilities: a descriptive study.

    Catherine P. Coyle;Mayra C. Santiago;John W. Shank;Grace X. Ma

  • Cross-Cultural Comparison of Health Perceptions, Concerns, and Coping Strategies among Asian and Pacific Islander American Elders

    Vicki L. Torsch;Grace Xueqin Ma

  • A Multifaceted Intervention to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening among Underserved Korean Women

    Carolyn Y. Fang;Grace X. Ma;Yin Tan;Nungja Chi

  • Acculturation and smoking behavior in Asian-American populations

    Grace X. Ma;Yin Tan;Jamil I. Toubbeh;Xuefen Su

  • Breast cancer experience and survivorship among Asian Americans: a systematic review

    Kuang-Yi Wen;Carolyn Y. Fang;Grace X. Ma

  • Risk perceptions and barriers to Hepatitis B screening and vaccination among Vietnamese immigrants.

    Grace X. Ma;Carolyn Y. Fang;Carolyn Y. Fang;Steven E. Shive;Steven E. Shive;Jamil Toubbeh

  • Health beliefs associated with cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans.

    Grace X. Ma;Wanzhen Gao;Carolyn Y. Fang;Yin Tan

  • Community-based colorectal cancer intervention in underserved Korean Americans.

    Grace X. Ma;Steve Shive;Steve Shive;Yin Tan;Wanzhen Gao

  • Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian Americans.

    Grace X Ma;Steven E Shive;Min Qi Wang;Yin Tan

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of hepatitis B screening and vaccination and liver cancer risks among Vietnamese Americans.

    Grace Xueqin Ma;Steven E Shive;Carolyn Y Fang;Ziding Feng

  • Evidence-based intervention to reduce access barriers to cervical cancer screening among underserved Chinese American women.

    Xingjie Wang;Carolyn Fang;Yin Tan;Andy Liu

  • Barriers to the use of health services by Chinese Americans.

    G X Ma

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Chinese hepatitis B screening and vaccination.

    Grace X Ma;Steven E Shive;Jamil I Toubbeh;Yin Tan

  • Prevalence and predictors of tobacco use among Asian Americans in the Delaware Valley Region

    Grace X. Ma;Steve Shive;Yin Tan;Jamil Toubbeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry R. Kaiser
Larry R. Kaiser Temple University
Ziding Feng
Ziding Feng Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jeanne S. Mandelblatt
Jeanne S. Mandelblatt Georgetown University
Gerard J. Criner
Gerard J. Criner Temple University
Suzanne M. Miller
Suzanne M. Miller Fox Chase Cancer Center
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Hee Soon Juon
Hee Soon Juon Thomas Jefferson University
Sally W. Vernon
Sally W. Vernon The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Giyeon Kim
Giyeon Kim Chung-Ang University
David A. Chiriboga
David A. Chiriboga University of South Florida

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