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58
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16365
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1628
National Ranking
777

Richard Parker 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 Richard Parker sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 263 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Parker 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 Richard Parker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Parker is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and social sciences, with a particular focus on epidemiology, infectious diseases, hepatology, and general health professions.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a range of topics, including global health policy, liver disease, and social dimensions of health. Notable papers include:

  • "Prevalence of alcohol-associated liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2023, Hepatology Communications
  • "The contested global politics of pleasure and danger: Sexuality, gender, health and human rights," 2021, Global Public Health
  • "Latin America at the margins? Implications of the geographic and epistemic narrowing of 'global' health," 2023, Global Public Health
  • "Politics and pandemics," 2021, Global Public Health
  • "Epidemics of signification and global health policy: From the end of AIDS to the end of scale-up of the global AIDS response," 2024, Global Public Health

The primary topics of Richard Parker's research include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sex work and related issues

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard Parker are:

  • Ian Rowe
  • Katrīna Pekarska
  • Laura Burke
  • Alexander Hinkson
  • Amaya Perez-Brumer

The researcher has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Global Public Health
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Saúde em Debate
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Richard Parker's contributions predominantly relate to the intersection of social sciences and medicine. Their work addresses public health challenges, with particular attention to epidemics, policy, and the social contexts of disease.

Best Publications

  • HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: a conceptual framework and implications for action.

    Richard Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Bodies, pleasures, and passions : sexual culture in contemporary Brazil

    Richard G. Parker

  • Structural Barriers and Facilitators in HIV Prevention: A Review of International Research

    Richard G. Parker;Delia Easton;Charles H. Klein

  • Sexuality, Culture, and Power in HIV/Aids Research

    Richard Parker

  • Beneath the Equator: Cultures of Desire, Male Homosexuality, and Emerging Gay Communities in Brazil

    Richard G. Parker

  • A critical analysis of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS: lessons learned for controlling and mitigating the epidemic in developing countries.

    Alan Berkman;Jonathan Garcia;Miguel Muñoz-Laboy;Vera Paiva

  • Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health Issue.

    Marni Sommer;Jennifer S. Hirsch;Constance Nathanson;Richard G. Parker

  • A construção da solidariedade: AIDS, sexualidade e política no Brasil

    Richard G Parker

  • Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader

    Richard G. Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Men who have sex with men: stigma and discrimination

    Dennis Altman;Peter Aggleton;Michael Williams;Travis Kong

  • Estigma, discriminaçäo e aids

    Richard Parker;Peter Aggleton

  • Sexual culture, HIV transmission, and AIDS research

    Richard G. Parker;Gilbert Herdt;Manuel Carballo

  • Empowerment, community mobilization and social change in the face of HIV/AIDS

    Richard G. Parker

  • Framing the sexual subject.

    Parker R;Barbosa Rm;Aggleton P

  • Framing the sexual subject : the politics of gender, sexuality, and power

    Richard G. Parker;Regina Maria Barbosa;Peter Aggleton

  • Conceiving Sexuality: Approaches to Sex Research in a Postmodern World.

    Sophie Day;Richard G. Parker;John H. Gagnon

  • Sexuality, health, and human rights.

    Richard G. Parker

  • Sexuality, culture and society: shifting paradigms in sexuality research

    Richard Parker

  • The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Structural Inequalities, and the Politics of International Health

    Richard Parker

  • [Poverty and HIV/AIDS: anthropological and sociological aspects].

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  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in urban Brazil.

    Richard Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Aggleton
Peter Aggleton University of New South Wales
Patrick A. Wilson
Patrick A. Wilson Columbia University
Jennifer S. Hirsch
Jennifer S. Hirsch Columbia University
Vera Paiva
Vera Paiva Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos F. Caceres
Carlos F. Caceres Cayetano Heredia University
Amaya Perez-Brumer
Amaya Perez-Brumer University of Toronto
José Antonio Ocampo
José Antonio Ocampo Columbia University
David J. Werring
David J. Werring University College London
Robert H. Remien
Robert H. Remien Columbia University
Thomas S. Harrison
Thomas S. Harrison St George's, University of London

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