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Maria L. Ekstrand 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 L. Ekstrand sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria L. Ekstrand 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 L. Ekstrand sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria L. Ekstrand is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on several specialized subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology, and Epidemiology.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on health and social issues, notably:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments

Among their recent publications are:

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among PLWH in South India: Implications for Vaccination Campaigns (2021), published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Reducing HIV stigma among healthcare providers in India using a partly tablet-administered intervention: the DriSti trial (2020), published in AIDS Care

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Elsa Heylen
  • Krishnamachari Srinivasan
  • Matilda Pereira
  • Tony Raj
  • Laura Nyblade

Ekstrand's frequent publication venues comprise:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • AIDS Care
  • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Their research integrates interdisciplinary approaches targeting public health concerns, including interventions to reduce HIV-related stigma among healthcare providers and analyses of vaccine hesitancy among people living with HIV in South India. This body of work also addresses broader psychological and social factors affecting vulnerable populations, particularly in the context of infectious diseases and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

    Laura Nyblade;Melissa A Stockton;Kayla Giger;Virginia Bond

  • HIV-related stigma: Adapting a theoretical framework for use in India☆

    Wayne T. Steward;Gregory M. Herek;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Shalini Bharat

  • Depressive Symptoms and CD4 Lymphocyte Decline Among HIV-Infected Men

    Jeffrey H. Burack;Donald C. Barrett;Ron D. Stall;Margaret A. Chesney

  • Maintenance of safer sexual behaviors and predictors of risky sex: the San Francisco Men's Health Study.

    M L Ekstrand;T J Coates

  • Gay men report high rates of unprotected anal sex with partners of unknown or discordant HIV status.

    Maria L. Ekstrand;Ron D. Stall;Jay P. Paul;Dennis H. Osmond

  • Relapse from safer sex: the next challenge for AIDS prevention efforts.

    Stall R;Ekstrand M;Pollack L;McKusick L

  • The Gay '90s: a review of research in the 1990s on sexual behavior and HIV risk among men who have sex with men.

    Ronald D Stall;Robert B Hays;Craig R Waldo;Maria Ekstrand

  • Actual versus perceived HIV status, sexual behaviors and predictors of unprotected sex among young gay and bisexual men who identify as HIV-negative, HIV-positive and untested.

    Robert B. Hays;Jay Paul;Maria Ekstrand;Susan M. Kegeles

  • Decisions to get HIV tested and to accept antiretroviral therapies among gay/bisexual men: implications for secondary prevention efforts.

    Ron Stall;Colleen Hoff;Thomas J. Coates;Jay Paul

  • Swedish teenager perceptions of teenage pregnancy, abortion, sexual behavior, and contraceptive habits--a focus group study among 17-year-old female high-school students.

    Maria Ekstrand;Margareta Larsson;Louise Von Essen;Tanja Tydén

  • Preconception care policy, guidelines, recommendations and services across six European countries: Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom

    Jill Shawe;Ilse Delbaere;Maria Ekstrand;Hanne Kristine Hegaard

  • Stigma Is Associated with Delays in Seeking Care among HIV-Infected People in India

    Wayne T. Steward;Shalini Bharat;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Elsa Heylen

  • Prevalence and drivers of HIV stigma among health providers in urban India: implications for interventions.

    Maria L Ekstrand;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Shalini Bharat;Elsa Heylen

  • relationship Between Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors and the Occurrence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among High-risk Male Youth

    Mary-ann Shafer;Joan F. Hilton;Maria Ekstrand;Joseph Keogh

  • Men who have sex with men and transgenders in Mumbai, India: an emerging risk group for STIs and HIV.

    Maninder Singh Setia;Christina Lindan;HR Jerajani;Sameer Kumta

  • An Illusion of Power: Qualitative Perspectives On Abortion Decision-Making Among Teenage Women In Sweden

    Maria Ekstrand;Tanja Tydén;Elisabeth Darj;Margareta Larsson

  • Sexual Behavior Among Men Who have Sex with Women, Men, and Hijras in Mumbai, India—Multiple Sexual Risks

    Alexandra L. Hernandez;Christina P. Lindan;Meenakshi Mathur;Maria Ekstrand

  • Partnerships in mental healthcare service delivery in low-resource settings: developing an innovative network in rural Nepal.

    Bibhav Acharya;Duncan Maru;Ryan Schwarz;David Citrin

  • Depression is not an inevitable outcome of disclosure avoidance: HIV stigma and mental health in a cohort of HIV-infected individuals from Southern India.

    Wayne T. Steward;Sara Chandy;Girija Singh;Siju Thomas Panicker

  • Differences in sexual behavior among HIV discordant and concordant gay men in primary relationships.

    Colleen C. Hoff;Ron Stall;Jay Paul;Michael Acree

  • Alcohol use by men is a risk factor for the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus from female sex workers in Mumbai, India.

    Purnima Madhivanan;Alexandra Hernandez;Alka Gogate;Ellen Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Adeline Nyamathi
Adeline Nyamathi University of California, Irvine
Thomas J. Coates
Thomas J. Coates University of California, Los Angeles
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Anita Shet
Anita Shet Johns Hopkins University
B. R. Simon Rosser
B. R. Simon Rosser University of Minnesota
Susan M. Kegeles
Susan M. Kegeles University of California, San Francisco
Jay P. Paul
Jay P. Paul University of California, San Francisco
Gregory M. Herek
Gregory M. Herek University of California, Davis
Colleen C. Hoff
Colleen C. Hoff San Francisco State University
Susan Turner
Susan Turner University of California, Irvine

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