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Harsha Thirumurthy 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 Harsha Thirumurthy sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 191 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harsha Thirumurthy 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 Harsha Thirumurthy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harsha Thirumurthy is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their scholarly work centers primarily in the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, and Safety Research.

The research topics covered extensively by Thirumurthy include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Sex work and related issues

Thirumurthy has numerous publications spanning several frequent venues, which highlight the breadth of their research dissemination:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Political partisanship influences behavioral responses to governors' recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the United States," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Effect of SMS reminders on PrEP adherence in young Kenyan women (MPYA study): a randomised controlled trial," 2021, The Lancet HIV
  • "The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries," 2023, Nature
  • "Hypertension Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control in India," 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • "HIV testing approaches to reach the first UNAIDS 95% target in sub-Saharan Africa," 2021, The Lancet HIV

Frequent collaborators in Thirumurthy's research include:

  • Elizabeth A. Bukusi
  • Gabriel Chamie
  • Alison M. Buttenheim
  • Kawango Agot
  • Carol S. Camlin

Best Publications

  • Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in a resource-limited setting : a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders

    Cristian Pop-Eleches;Harsha Thirumurthy;Harsha Thirumurthy;James P. Habyarimana;Joshua G. Zivin

  • Political partisanship influences behavioral responses to governors' recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the United States.

    Guy Grossman;Soojong Kim;Jonah M. Rexer;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict

    Richard Akresh;Leonardo Lucchetti;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Promoting male partner HIV testing and safer sexual decision making through secondary distribution of self-tests by HIV-negative female sex workers and women receiving antenatal and post-partum care in Kenya: a cohort study

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Samuel H Masters;Sue Napierala Mavedzenge;Suzanne Maman

  • The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment; Labor Supply in Western Kenya

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Joshua Graff Zivin;Markus Goldstein

  • Promoting Partner Testing and Couples Testing through Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Tests: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Samuel H. Masters;Kawango Agot;Beatrice Obonyo;Sue Napierala Mavedzenge

  • HIV Testing and Treatment with the Use of a Community Health Approach in Rural Africa

    Diane V Havlir;Laura B Balzer;Edwin D Charlebois;Tamara D Clark

  • The Government of Kenya’s cash transfer program reduces the risk of sexual debut among young people age 15-25.

    Sudhanshu Handa;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Audrey Pettifor;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Effects of a Large-Scale Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Mental Health Outcomes of Young People in Kenya

    Kelly Kilburn;Harsha Thirumurthy;Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Audrey Pettifor

  • Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls

    Sudhanshu Handa;Amber Peterman;Carolyn Huang;Carolyn Halpern

  • Leveraging rapid community-based HIV testing campaigns for non-communicable diseases in rural Uganda.

    Gabriel Chamie;Dalsone Kwarisiima;Tamara D. Clark;Jane Kabami

  • M-health for health behaviour change in resource-limited settings: applications to HIV care and beyond

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Richard T Lester

  • Mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART): a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Lawrence Mbuagbaw;Mia L van der Kop;Mia L van der Kop;Richard T Lester;Richard T Lester;Richard T Lester;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Scale-up of HIV treatment through PEPFAR: a historic public health achievement.

    Wafaa M. El-Sadr;Charles B. Holmes;Peter Mugyenyi;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Effect of Providing Conditional Economic Compensation on Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Samuel H. Masters;Samwel Rao;Megan A. Bronson

  • A hybrid mobile approach for population-wide HIV testing in rural east Africa: an observational study

    Gabriel Chamie;Tamara D Clark;Jane Kabami;Kevin Kadede

  • Relationship between school dropout and teen pregnancy among rural South African young women

    Molly Rosenberg;Audrey Pettifor;William C Miller;Harsha Thirumurthy

  • Interventions to promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Africa: A network meta-analysis

    Edward J. Mills;Richard Lester;Kristian Thorlund;Kristian Thorlund;Maria Lorenzi

  • Text Messaging for Improving Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: No Effects After 1 Year in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Adolescents and Young Adults.

    Sebastian Linnemayr;Haijing Crystal Huang;Jill E. Luoto;Andrew Kambugu

  • AIDS treatment and intrahousehold resource allocation: Children's nutrition and schooling in Kenya☆

    Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Harsha Thirumurthy;Markus Goldstein

  • The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Markus Goldstein;Joshua Graff Zivin

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane V. Havlir
Diane V. Havlir University of California, San Francisco
Joshua Graff Zivin
Joshua Graff Zivin University of California, San Diego
Edwin D. Charlebois
Edwin D. Charlebois University of California, San Francisco
Moses R. Kamya
Moses R. Kamya Makerere University
Audrey Pettifor
Audrey Pettifor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sudhanshu Handa
Sudhanshu Handa University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth A. Bukusi
Elizabeth A. Bukusi University of Washington
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Teri Liegler
Teri Liegler University of California, San Francisco

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