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Kathryn Whetten

Kathryn Whetten

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
49
Citations
7426
World Ranking
3008
National Ranking
1453

Kathryn Whetten 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 Kathryn Whetten sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 127 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kathryn Whetten 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 Kathryn Whetten sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kathryn Whetten is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields primarily within medicine, social sciences, and psychology. Their work notably covers clinical psychology, infectious diseases, general health professions, sociology and political science, and safety research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to a range of topics including HIV/AIDS research and interventions, poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as LGBTQ health, identity, and policy. Additional focal areas include HIV/AIDS impact and responses, migration, health and trauma, HIV-related health complications and treatments, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Kathryn Whetten's recent publications include:

  • Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Advancing successful implementation of task-shifted mental health care in low-resource settings (BASIC): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial, 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • Mental health and challenges of transgender women: A qualitative study in Brazil and India, 2020, International Journal of Transgender Health
  • 'Our life is pointless... ': Exploring discrimination, violence and mental health challenges among sexual and gender minorities from Brazil, 2020, Global Public Health
  • Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study, 2020, BMC Public Health

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

  • Brian W. Pence
  • Nathan M. Thielman
  • Jan Ostermann
  • Dafrosa Itemba
  • Rachel Whetten

Kathryn Whetten has published primarily within the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Implementation Research and Practice
  • BMC Public Health
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Trauma, mental health, distrust, and stigma among HIV-positive persons: implications for effective care.

    Kathryn Whetten;Susan Reif;Rachel Whetten;Laura Kathleen Murphy-McMillan

  • Exploring Lack of Trust in Care Providers and the Government as a Barrier to Health Service Use

    Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman;Rachel Whetten;Jan Ostermann

  • Prevalence of DSM-IV-defined mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in an HIV clinic in the Southeastern United States.

    Brian Wells Pence;William C. Miller;Kathryn Whetten;Joseph J. Eron

  • Barriers to antiretroviral adherence: the importance of depression, abuse, and other traumatic events.

    Michael Mugavero;Jan Ostermann;Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman

  • HIV Infection and AIDS in the Deep South.

    Susan Reif;Kristin Lowe Geonnotti;Kathryn Whetten

  • State of HIV in the US Deep South

    Susan Reif;Susan Reif;Donna Safley;Carolyn McAllaster;Elena Wilson

  • How trauma, recent stressful events, and PTSD affect functional health status and health utilization in HIV-infected patients in the south.

    Jane Leserman;Kathryn Whetten;Kristin Lowe;Dalene Stangl

  • HIV/AIDS in the Southern USA: A disproportionate epidemic

    Susan S. Reif;Kathryn Whetten;Elena R. Wilson;Carolyn McAllaster

  • Black sexuality, social construction, and research targeting 'The Down Low' ('The DL').

    Chandra L. Ford;Kathryn D. Whetten;Susan A. Hall;Jay S. Kaufman

  • Relation of lifetime trauma and depressive symptoms to mortality in HIV

    Jane Leserman;Brian Wells Pence;Kathryn Whetten;Michael J. Mugavero

  • A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations.

    Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Rachel A. Whetten;Brian W. Pence

  • Coping strategies and patterns of alcohol and drug use among HIV-infected patients in the United States Southeast.

    Brian Wells Pence;Nathan M. Thielman;Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann

  • Overload: impact of incident stressful events on antiretroviral medication adherence and virologic failure in a longitudinal, multisite human immunodeficiency virus cohort study.

    Michael J. Mugavero;James L. Raper;Susan Reif;Kathryn Whetten

  • HIV Diagnoses, Prevalence and Outcomes in Nine Southern States.

    Susan Reif;Brian Wells Pence;Irene Hall;Xiaohong Hu

  • Hurdles to herd immunity: Distrust of government and vaccine refusal in the US, 2002–2003

    Charlotte Lee;Kathryn Whetten;Saad Omer;William Pan

  • A Review of Recent Literature on Trauma Among Individuals Living with HIV.

    Sara LeGrand;Susan Reif;Kristen Sullivan;Kate Murray

  • Prevalence of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Physical Trauma in an HIV-Positive Sample From the Deep South

    Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman;Kristin Lowe;Dalene Stangl

  • Minorities, the poor, and survivors of abuse: HIV-infected patients in the US deep South.

    Brian Wells Pence;Susan Reif;Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman

  • Validity of an interviewer-administered patient health questionnaire-9 to screen for depression in HIV-infected patients in Cameroon

    Brian W. Pence;Bradley N. Gaynes;Julius Atashili;Julie K. O'Donnell

  • Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries

    Maya Escueta;Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Karen O’Donnell;Karen O’Donnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Ostermann
Jan Ostermann University of South Carolina
Marvin S. Swartz
Marvin S. Swartz Duke University
Michael J. Mugavero
Michael J. Mugavero University of Alabama at Birmingham
Shannon Dorsey
Shannon Dorsey University of Washington
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bradley N. Gaynes
Bradley N. Gaynes University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine Zimmer
Catherine Zimmer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samantha Wells
Samantha Wells Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Joseph P. Morrissey
Joseph P. Morrissey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Claude A. Mellins
Claude A. Mellins Columbia University

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