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D-Index
66
Citations
16602
World Ranking
975
National Ranking
458

Ruth R. Faden 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 Ruth R. Faden sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 258 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruth R. Faden 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 Ruth R. Faden sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2017 - Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Ruth R. Faden is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and health professions. Their work spans multiple subfields, including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, and broader health topics.

Their research topics prominently cover the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on reproduction, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 studies, pregnancy and medication impact, global maternal and child health, ethics in medical practice, and public health policies and education.

Faden has authored several notable recent papers, including:

  • Conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 in Nigeria: Implications for vaccine demand generation communications, 2022, Vaccine
  • The need for inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 vaccine trials, 2021, Vaccine
  • Governing the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator: towards greater participation, transparency, and accountability, 2021, The Lancet
  • Global disparities in public health guidance for the use of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy, 2022, BMJ Global Health
  • Ending the evidence gap for pregnancy, HIV and co-infections: ethics guidance from the PHASES project, 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society

Their frequent co-authors include Carleigh Krubiner, Elana Jaffe, Ruth A. Karron, Anne Barnhill, and Chizoba Wonodi.

Faden has published in a variety of venues, with the most frequent being Vaccine, UNC Libraries, The Lancet, BMJ Global Health, and The Hastings Center Report.

Their work intersects ethics and public health across a range of topics related to health care delivery, vaccine hesitancy, and maternal and child health policies.

Recognition within the scientific community includes their appointment as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1994 and being awarded the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal by the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy

    Madison Powers;Ruth R. Faden

  • An Ethics Framework for a Learning Health Care System: A Departure from Traditional Research Ethics and Clinical Ethics

    Ruth R. Faden;Nancy E. Kass;Steven N. Goodman;Peter Pronovost

  • The Limitations of “Vulnerability” as a Protection for Human Research Participants

    Carol Levine;Ruth Faden;Christine Grady;Dale E Hammerschmidt

  • Violence by male partners against women during the childbearing year: a contextual analysis.

    Patricia J. O'Campo;Andrea Carlson Gielen;Ruth R. Faden;Xiaonan Xue

  • Women's disclosure of HIV status: experiences of mistreatment and violence in an urban setting.

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Patricia O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Agatha Eke

  • Quality of life among women living with HIV: The importance violence, social support, and self care behaviors

    A.C Gielen;K.A McDonnell;A.W Wu;P O’Campo

  • Trust, The fragile foundation of contemporary biomedical research.

    Nancy E. Kass;Jeremy Sugarman;Ruth Faden;Monica Schoch-Spana

  • Interpersonal conflict and physical violence during the childbearing year

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Patricia J. O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Nancy E. Kass

  • Ethical issues in social science research

    R. Jay Wallace;Tom Beauchamp;Ruth R. Faden

  • Physicians' knowledge of genetics and genetic tests.

    Karen J. Hofman;Ellen S. Tambor;Gary A. Chase;Gail Geller

  • Prenatal Factors Associated with Breastfeeding Duration: Recommendations for Prenatal Interventions

    Patricia O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Andrea C. Gielen;Mei Cheng Wang

  • The Research-Treatment Distinction: A Problematic Approach for Determining Which Activities Should Have Ethical Oversight

    Nancy E. Kass;Ruth R. Faden;Steven N. Goodman;Peter Pronovost

  • Informed consent, comparative effectiveness, and learning health care.

    Ruth R. Faden;Tom L. Beauchamp;Nancy E. Kass

  • The second wave: Toward responsible inclusion of pregnant women in research.

    Anne Drapkin Lyerly;Margaret Olivia Little;Ruth Faden

  • Maternal Employment During the Early Postpartum Period: Effects on Initiation and Continuation of Breast-feeding

    A. C. Gielen;R. R. Faden;P. O'Campo;C. H. Brown

  • Disclosure of information to patients in medical care.

    Ruth R. Faden;Catherine Becker;Carol Lewis;John Freeman

  • Too Many Patients…A Framework to Guide Statewide Allocation of Scarce Mechanical Ventilation During Disasters

    E. Lee Daugherty Biddison;Ruth Faden;Howard S. Gwon;Darren P. Mareiniss

  • Women and Health Research: Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies

    Anna C. Mastroianni;Ruth R. Faden;Daniel D. Federman

  • Oversight of Human Participants Research: Identifying Problems To Evaluate Reform Proposals

    Ezekiel J. Emanuel;Anne Wood;Alan Fleischman;Angela Bowen

  • Tolerance for ambiguity among medical students: Implications for their selection, training and practice

    Gail Geller;Ruth R. Faden;David M. Levine

  • Research and informed consent in Africa--another look.

    Carel B. IJsselmuiden;Ruth R. Faden

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy E. Kass
Nancy E. Kass Johns Hopkins University
Andrea Carlson Gielen
Andrea Carlson Gielen Johns Hopkins University
Patricia O'Campo
Patricia O'Campo University of Toronto
Gail Geller
Gail Geller Johns Hopkins University
Tom L. Beauchamp
Tom L. Beauchamp Georgetown University
Ruth A. Karron
Ruth A. Karron Johns Hopkins University
Holly A. Taylor
Holly A. Taylor Tufts University
John D. Gearhart
John D. Gearhart University of Pennsylvania
Karen J. Hofman
Karen J. Hofman University of the Witwatersrand
Peter J. Pronovost
Peter J. Pronovost Case Western Reserve University

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