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Jay G. Silverman 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 Jay G. Silverman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 321 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jay G. Silverman 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 Jay G. Silverman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jay G. Silverman is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States and has a significant body of research within social sciences and medicine, with a focus on health professions. Their work broadly addresses issues in global maternal and child health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and intimate partner and family violence.

The scientist's major research contributions cover topics such as reproductive health and contraception, demographic trends and gender preferences, sex work and related issues, as well as HIV, drug use, and sexual risk. Their extensive investigations also include pediatrics, perinatology, child health, gender studies, and facets of sociology and political science.

Frequent publication venues for Jay G. Silverman include:

  • Reproductive Health
  • EClinicalMedicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jay G. Silverman include:

  • Associations of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence with overt and covert family planning use among married adolescent girls in Niger, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Unintended pregnancy and maternal health complications: cross-sectional analysis of data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Time from COVID-19 shutdown, gender-based violence exposure, and mental health outcomes among a state representative sample of California residents, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • The association between early in marriage fertility pressure from in-laws' and family planning behaviors, among married adolescent girls in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021, Reproductive Health
  • Women's and girls' experiences of reproductive coercion and opportunities for intervention in family planning clinics in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study, 2020, Reproductive Health

Jay G. Silverman has collaborated extensively with scholars such as Anita Raj, Nicole E. Johns, Elizabeth Reed, Sarah Averbach, and Sabrina C. Boyce. These frequent co-authors have contributed to advancing research in overlapping and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality.

    Jay G. Silverman;Anita Raj;Lorelei A. Mucci;Jeanne E. Hathaway

  • Violence Against Immigrant Women The Roles of Culture, Context, and Legal Immigrant Status on Intimate Partner Violence

    Anita Raj;Jay G. Silverman

  • The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics

    Lundy Bancroft;Jay G. Silverman

  • Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy ☆

    Elizabeth Miller;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi

  • Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: a cross-sectional, observational study

    Anita Raj;Niranjan Saggurti;Donta Balaiah;Jay G Silverman

  • Intimate partner violence victimization prior to and during pregnancy among women residing in 26 U.S. states: Associations with maternal and neonatal health

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Elizabeth Reed;Anita Raj

  • Masculine Gender Roles Associated with Increased Sexual Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among Young Adult Men

    M. Christina Santana;Anita Raj;Michele R. Decker;Ana La Marche

  • “Coaching Boys into Men”: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program

    Elizabeth Miller;Daniel J. Tancredi;Heather L. McCauley;Michele R. Decker

  • Health status and health care use of Massachusetts women reporting partner abuse.

    Jeanne E Hathaway;Lorelei A Mucci;Jay G Silverman;Daniel R Brooks

  • Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among married Indian women

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Niranjan Saggurti;Donta Balaiah

  • Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

    Katherine Hay;Lotus McDougal;Valerie Percival;Sarah Henry

  • The Effect of Maternal Child Marriage on Morbidity and Mortality of Children Under 5 in India: Cross Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample

    Anita Raj;Niranjan Saggurti;Michael Winter;Alan Labonte

  • Intimate partner violence and unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, induced abortion, and stillbirth among a national sample of Bangladeshi women

    Jay G. Silverman;Jhumka Gupta;Michele R. Decker;Navneet Kapur

  • A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals.

    Brooks R;Oram S;Stockl H;Busza J

  • Dating Violence and Associated Sexual Risk and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls in the United States

    Jay G. Silverman;Anita Raj;Karen Clements

  • HIV Prevalence and Predictors of Infection in Sex-Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women

    Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker;Jhumka Gupta;Ayonija Maheshwari

  • A family planning clinic partner violence intervention to reduce risk associated with reproductive coercion

    Elizabeth Miller;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi

  • Immigrant South Asian Women at Greater Risk for Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

    Anita Raj;Jay G. Silverman

  • Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: findings from Indian husband-wife dyads.

    Michele R. Decker;George R. Seage;David A. Hemenway;Anita Raj

  • Losing the “Gender” in Gender-Based Violence: The Missteps of Research on Dating and Intimate Partner Violence

    Elizabeth Reed;Anita Raj;Elizabeth Miller;Jay G. Silverman

  • Dating Violence and Sexually Transmitted Disease/HIV Testing and Diagnosis Among Adolescent Females

    Michele R. Decker;Jay G. Silverman;Anita Raj

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita Raj
Anita Raj University of California, San Diego
Michele R. Decker
Michele R. Decker Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Reed
Elizabeth Reed San Diego State University
Heather L. McCauley
Heather L. McCauley Michigan State University
Niranjan Saggurti
Niranjan Saggurti Population Council
Daniel J. Tancredi
Daniel J. Tancredi University of California, Davis
Jhumka Gupta
Jhumka Gupta George Mason University
Shira M. Goldenberg
Shira M. Goldenberg University of British Columbia
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Marie C. McCormick
Marie C. McCormick Harvard University

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