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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 64 1076 938 500 426 270 23094

Maria E. Fernandez publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Maria E. Fernandez between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Maria E. Fernandez published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 10.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2021. 34 of the 367 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2021. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 22 publications
1990 2025

367 publications in total across all disciplines

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Maria E. Fernandez: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 1
1995 0
1996 3
1997 3
1998 7
1999 3
2000 4
2001 4
2002 5
2003 2
2004 4
2005 11
2006 9
2007 2
2008 8
2009 18
2010 12
2011 2
2012 20
2013 14
2014 19
2015 23
2016 12
2017 17
2018 18
2019 19
2020 23
2021 29
2022 13
2023 25
2024 12
2025 22
Total 367
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Maria E. Fernandez 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 Maria E. Fernandez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 264–273 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 270 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138 270
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Maria E. Fernandez 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 Maria E. Fernandez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79 64
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Maria E. Fernandez is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily centered in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a strong focus on implementation science and public health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these broader fields, the following subfields are emphasized:

  • General Health Professions
  • Oncology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Immunology

Research topics addressed by Maria E. Fernandez cover a range of subjects mainly connected to public health and disease prevention. These topics include:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Community Health and Development
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Public Health Policies and Education

The scientist has contributed to multiple research publications in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Implementation Science Communications
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health

Recent research papers produced by Maria E. Fernandez are:

  • "Guidance for conducting feasibility and pilot studies for implementation trials," 2020, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • "Reflections on 10 years of effectiveness-implementation hybrid studies," 2022, Frontiers in Health Services
  • "How does facilitation in healthcare work? Using mechanism mapping to illuminate the black box of a meta-implementation strategy," 2023, Implementation Science Communications
  • "A systematic review of interventions to promote HPV vaccination globally," 2023, BMC Public Health
  • "Development of a comprehensive measure of organizational readiness (motivation × capacity) for implementation: a study protocol," 2020, Implementation Science Communications

Maria E. Fernandez has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lara S. Savas (11 publications)
  • Vivian Colón-López (10 publications)
  • Belinda M. Reininger (10 publications)
  • Timothy J. Walker (9 publications)
  • Derek W. Craig (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • How We Design Feasibility Studies

    Deborah J. Bowen;Matthew Kreuter;Bonnie Spring;Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel

  • Planning Health Promotion Programs: An Intervention Mapping Approach

    L.K. Bartholomew;G.S. Parcel;G. Kok;N.H. Gottlieb

  • A taxonomy of behaviour change methods: an Intervention Mapping approach.

    Gerjo Kok;Nell H Gottlieb;Gjalt-Jorn Y Peters;Patricia Dolan Mullen

  • Choosing implementation strategies to address contextual barriers: diversity in recommendations and future directions

    Thomas J. Waltz;Byron J. Powell;María E. Fernández;Brenton Abadie

  • Implementation Mapping: Using Intervention Mapping to Develop Implementation Strategies.

    Maria E. Fernandez;Gill A. ten Hoor;Sanne van Lieshout;Serena A. Rodriguez

  • Enhancing the Impact of Implementation Strategies in Healthcare: A Research Agenda.

    Byron J. Powell;Maria E. Fernandez;Nathaniel J. Williams;Gregory A. Aarons

  • Effectiveness of interventions to increase screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers: nine updated systematic reviews for the guide to community preventive services.

    Susan A. Sabatino;Briana Lawrence;Randy Elder;Shawna L. Mercer

  • Intervention Mapping: Theory- and Evidence-Based Health Promotion Program Planning: Perspective and Examples

    Maria E. Fernandez;Robert A.C. Ruiter;Christine Margaret Markham;Gerjo Kok

  • Guidance for conducting feasibility and pilot studies for implementation trials

    Nicole Pearson;Patti-Jean Naylor;Maureen C. Ashe;Maria Fernandez

  • Adaptación psicométrica de la versión española del Cuestionario de Agresión

    José Manuel Andreu Rodríguez;María Elena Peña Fernández;José Luis Graña Gómez

  • A systematic review of adaptations of evidence-based public health interventions globally

    Cam Escoffery;E. Lebow-Skelley;R. Haardoerfer;E. Boing

  • Farmer field schools and local agricultural research committees: complementary platforms for integrated decision-making in sustainable agriculture.

    A. R. Braun;G. Thiele;M. Fernández

  • A scoping study of frameworks for adapting public health evidence-based interventions.

    Cam Escoffery;Erin Lebow-Skelley;Hallie Udelson;Elaine A Böing

  • Does retirement hurt well-being? Factors influencing self-esteem and depression among retirees and workers.

    Donald C. Reitzes;Elizabeth J. Mutran;Maria E. Fernandez

  • Developing measures to assess constructs from the Inner Setting domain of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

    Maria E. Fernandez;Timothy J. Walker;Bryan J. Weiner;William A. Calo

  • Watch, Discover, Think, and Act: evaluation of computer-assisted instruction to improve asthma self-management in inner-city children

    L. K. Bartholomew;R. S. Gold;G. S. Parcel;D. I. Czyzewski

  • Multi-Target-Directed Ligands and other Therapeutic Strategies in the Search of a Real Solution for Alzheimer's Disease.

    Angel Agis-Torres;Monica Sölhuber;Maria Fernandez;J M Sanchez-Montero

  • A Framework for Enhancing the Value of Research for Dissemination and Implementation

    Gila Neta;Russell E. Glasgow;Christopher R. Carpenter;Jeremy M. Grimshaw

  • Effectiveness of Cultivando La Salud: A Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion Program for Low-Income Hispanic Women

    María E. Fernández;Alicia Gonzales;Guillermo Tortolero-Luna;Janet Williams

  • Factors that Influence Attitudes Toward Retirement

    Elizabeth J. Mutran;Donald C. Reitzes;Maria E. Fernandez

  • Looking into the future for agriculture and AKST

    Mark W. Rosegrant;M. Fernández;A. Sinha;J. Alder

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally W. Vernon
Sally W. Vernon The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michelle C. Kegler
Michelle C. Kegler Emory University
David W. Wetter
David W. Wetter University of Utah
Guy S. Parcel
Guy S. Parcel The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bryan J. Weiner
Bryan J. Weiner University of Washington
Matthew W. Kreuter
Matthew W. Kreuter Washington University in St. Louis
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable National Institutes of Health
Christine Markham
Christine Markham The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Marcia G. Ory
Marcia G. Ory Texas A&M University
Frank J. Penedo
Frank J. Penedo University of Miami

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