2026 Robert J. Sokol: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	90	12300	11568	6298	5823	538	26845

Overview

Robert J. Sokol is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a specific focus on several subfields including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics, and Oncology.

Their research includes topics related to COVID-19's impact on reproduction, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, maternal and fetal healthcare, global maternal and child health, maternal and perinatal health interventions, and gestational diabetes research and management.

Frequent publication venues for Robert J. Sokol include:

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Cureus

Some of the recent papers associated with their research are:

Maternal SARS-COV-2 infection and prematurity: the Southern Michigan COVID-19 collaborative (2023), published in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Lessons Learned Serving on a Long-Standing Maternal Mortality Review Committee (2020), published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
COVID-19 is associated with early emergence of preeclampsia: results from a large regional collaborative (2024), published in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Starting a regional collaborative research group for COVID-19 in pregnancy: the Southern Michigan experience (2020), published in Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Racial Disparities and Risk for COVID-19 Among Pregnant Patients: Results from the Michigan Statewide Collaborative (2021), published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Robert J. Sokol has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Ray Bahado-Singh
Marta Szymanska
Sonia S. Hassan
Adi L. Tarca
Yasmin Hasbini

Best Publications

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Robert J. Sokol;Virginia Delaney-Black;Beth Nordstrom

1026
Citations
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Childhood Behavior at Age 6 to 7 Years: I. Dose-Response Effect

Beena Sood;Virginia Delaney-Black;Chandice Covington;Beth Nordstrom-Klee

686
Citations
Incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome and economic impact of FAS-related anomalies

Ernest L. Abel;Robert J. Sokol

669
Citations
The T-ACE questions: Practical prenatal detection of risk-drinking

Robert J. Sokol;Susan S. Martier;Joel W. Ager

649
Citations
Violence exposure, trauma, and IQ and/or reading deficits among urban children.

Virginia Delaney-Black;Chandice Covington;Steven J. Ondersma;Beth Nordstrom-Klee

540
Citations
Validity of Maternal Report of Prenatal Alcohol, Cocaine, and Smoking in Relation to Neurobehavioral Outcome

Sandra W. Jacobson;Lisa M. Chiodo;Robert J. Sokol;Joseph L. Jacobson

512
Citations
Guidelines for Use of Terminology Describing the Impact of Prenatal Alcohol on the Offspring

Robert J. Sokol;Sterling K. Clarren

445
Citations
Screening for Pregnancy Risk-Drinking

Marcia Russell;Susan S. Martier;Robert J. Sokol;Pamela Mudar

424
Citations
Underreporting of Alcohol Use in Pregnancy

Claire B. Ernhart;Mary Morrow-Tlucak;Robert J. Sokol;Susan Martier

414
Citations
A REVISED CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE INCIDENCE OF FAS AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT

Ernest L. Abel;Robert J. Sokol

347
Citations
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME IS NOW LEADING CAUSE OF MENTAL RETARDATION

ErnestL Abel;RobertJ Sokol

299
Citations
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Infant Information Processing Ability.

Sandra W. Jacobson;Joseph L. Jacobson;Robert J. Sokol;Susan S. Martier

295
Citations
Teratogenic effects of alcohol on infant development.

Joseph L. Jacobson;Sandra W. Jacobson;Robert J. Sokol;Susan S. Martier

292
Citations
Detecting risk drinking during pregnancy: a comparison of four screening questionnaires

Marcia Russell;Susan S. Martier;Robert J. Sokol;Pamela Mudar

270
Citations
New evidence for neurobehavioral effects of in utero cocaine exposure

Sandra W. Jacobson;Joseph L. Jacobson;Robert J. Sokol;Susan S. Martier

265
Citations
The impact of maternal obesity on midtrimester sonographic visualization of fetal cardiac and craniospinal structures.

I Hendler;S C Blackwell;E Bujold;M C Treadwell

255
Citations
Alcohol teratogenicity in the human: a detailed assessment of specificity, critical period, and threshold.

Claire B. Ernhart;Claire B. Ernhart;Robert J. Sokol;Robert J. Sokol;Susan Martier;Susan Martier;Pamela Moron;Pamela Moron

251
Citations
Relation of Maternal Age and Pattern of Pregnancy Drinking to Functionally Significant Cognitive Deficit in Infancy

Joseph L. Jacobson;Sandra W. Jacobson;Robert J. Sokol;Joel W. Ager

247
Citations
Maternal obesity: a potential source of error in sonographic prenatal diagnosis.

H M Wolfe;R J Sokol;S M Martier;I E Zador

234
Citations
Maternal age, alcohol abuse history, and quality of parenting as moderators of the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on 7.5-year intellectual function.

Sandra W. Jacobson;Joseph L. Jacobson;Robert J. Sokol;Lisa M. Chiodo

233
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoram Sorokin Wayne State University

Sandra W. Jacobson Wayne State University

Thomas Templin Wayne State University

Emmanuel Bujold Université Laval

Mark K. Greenwald Wayne State University

James R. Sowers University of Missouri

Joel W. Ager Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tom Greene University of Utah

Sonia S. Hassan Wayne State University

Michael B. Zemel University of Tennessee at Knoxville

External Links

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