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Rachel Jewkes 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 Rachel Jewkes sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 395 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rachel Jewkes 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 Rachel Jewkes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 97 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Rachel Jewkes is affiliated with the South African Medical Research Council in South Africa. Their research falls predominantly within the social sciences, with a focus on health, general health professions, gender studies, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their work include intimate partner and family violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, child abuse and trauma, sex work and related issues, sexual assault and victimization studies, gender, security and conflict, and HIV, drug use, and sexual risk.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Global Health Action
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • SSM - Mental Health
  • BMJ Global Health
  • PLoS ONE

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Rachel Jewkes are:

  • "Patriarchy and gender-inequitable attitudes as drivers of intimate partner violence against women in the central region of Ghana," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "New learnings on drivers of men's physical and/or sexual violence against their female partners, and women's experiences of this, and the implications for prevention interventions," 2020, Global Health Action
  • "Elements of the Design and Implementation of Interventions to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Associated with Success: Reflections from the What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls? Global Programme," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "The impacts of combined social and economic empowerment training on intimate partner violence, depression, gender norms and livelihoods among women: an individually randomised controlled trial and qualitative study in Afghanistan," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "Intimate partner violence among women with and without disabilities: a pooled analysis of baseline data from seven violence-prevention programmes," 2020, BMJ Global Health

Rachel Jewkes has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Esnat Chirwa
  • Naeemah Abrahams
  • Andrew Gibbs
  • Shibe Mhlongo
  • Kristin Dunkle

Best Publications

  • Intimate partner violence: causes and prevention

    Rachel Jewkes

  • What is participatory research

    Andrea Cornwall;Rachel Jewkes

  • The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges

    Hoosen Coovadia;Rachel Jewkes;Peter Barron;David Sanders

  • Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa

    Kristin L Dunkle;Rachel K Jewkes;Heather C Brown;Glenda E Gray

  • Intimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study

    Rachel K Jewkes;Rachel K Jewkes;Kristin Dunkle;Mzikazi Nduna;Nwabisa Shai

  • Perceptions and experiences of research participants on gender-based violence community based survey: implications for ethical guidelines.

    Yandisa Sikweyiya;Rachel Jewkes;Rachel Jewkes

  • Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study

    Rachel Jewkes;Jonathan Levin;Loveday Penn-Kekana

  • The epidemiology of rape and sexual coercion in South Africa: an overview.

    Rachel Jewkes;Naeemah Abrahams

  • Violence and injuries in South Africa: prioritising an agenda for prevention

    Mohamed Amine Seedat;Ashley van Niekerk;Rachel Jewkes;Shahnaaz Suffla

  • From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls.

    Rachel K Jewkes;Michael G Flood;James Lang

  • Impact of Stepping Stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Rachel Jewkes;M Nduna;J Levin;N Jama

  • Gender and sexuality: emerging perspectives from the heterosexual epidemic in South Africa and implications for HIV risk and prevention

    Rachel Jewkes;Robert Morrell

  • Transactional sex among women in Soweto, South Africa: prevalence, risk factors and association with HIV infection

    Kristin L. Dunkle;Rachel K. Jewkes;Heather C. Brown;Glenda E. Gray

  • WHY DO NURSES ABUSE PATIENTS? REFLECTIONS FROM SOUTH AFRICAN OBSTETRIC SERVICES

    Rachel Jewkes;Naeemah Abrahams;Zodumo Mvo

  • Hegemonic Masculinity/Masculinities in South Africa Culture, Power, and Gender Politics

    Robert Morrell;Rachel Jewkes;Graham Lindegger

  • Gender inequalities, intimate partner violence and HIV preventive practices: findings of a South African cross-sectional study

    Rachel K Jewkes;Jonathan B Levin;Loveday A Penn-Kekana

  • Prevalence of and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific

    Emma Fulu;Rachel Jewkes;Rachel Jewkes;Tim Roselli;Claudia Garcia-Moreno

  • Hegemonic masculinity: combining theory and practice in gender interventions.

    Rachel Jewkes;Robert Morrell;Jeffery Hearn;Jeffery Hearn;Jeffery Hearn;Emma Lundqvist

  • Relationship dynamics and teenage pregnancy in South Africa.

    Rachel K. Jewkes;Caesar Vundule;Fidelia Maforah;Esme Jordaan

  • He forced me to love him: putting violence on adolescent sexual health agendas.

    Katharine Wood;Fidelia Maforah;Rachel K. Jewkes

  • Rape perpetration by young, rural South African men: Prevalence, patterns and risk factors

    Rachel K. Jewkes;Kristin Dunkle;Mary P. Koss;Jonathan B. Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristin Dunkle
Kristin Dunkle South African Medical Research Council
Naeemah Abrahams
Naeemah Abrahams South African Medical Research Council
Carl Lombard
Carl Lombard Stellenbosch University
Robert Morrell
Robert Morrell University of Cape Town
Helen Rees
Helen Rees University of the Witwatersrand
Glenda Gray
Glenda Gray South African Medical Research Council
Abigail M. Hatcher
Abigail M. Hatcher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Judith McFarlane
Judith McFarlane Texas Woman's University
Mary P. Koss
Mary P. Koss University of Arizona

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