2026 Samuel R. Friedman: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	92	163	134	77	65	567	31118
Medicine	93	10894	10234	5602	5179	565	31602

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Samuel R. Friedman is affiliated with the National Development and Research Institutes in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has contributed to various topics within their field, notably addressing issues related to HIV, drug use, and sexual risk; HIV/AIDS research and interventions; opioid use disorder treatment; homelessness and social issues; HIV research and treatment; substance abuse treatment and outcomes; and sex work and related issues.

Prominent recent papers by Samuel R. Friedman include:

Challenges posed by COVID-19 to people who inject drugs and lessons from other outbreaks, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
COVID-19 During the Opioid Epidemic - Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities, 2020, The Journal of Rural Health
Socially-supportive norms and mutual aid of people who use opioids: An analysis of Reddit during the initial COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Stigmatize the use, not the user? Attitudes on opioid use, drug injection, treatment, and overdose prevention in rural communities, 2020, Social Science & Medicine
The stigma system: How sociopolitical domination, scapegoating, and stigma shape public health, 2021, Journal of Community Psychology

Frequent collaborators throughout their career include Georgios K. Nikolopoulos, Leslie D. Williams, Ashley Buchanan, Suzan M. Walters, and Natallia Katenka.

Samuel R. Friedman has published in a number of venues multiple times, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 6 publications
AIDS and Behavior with 5 publications
International Journal of Drug Policy with 5 publications
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with 5 publications
Annals of Epidemiology with 4 publications

The scientist has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a recent title published by Harvard University Press in 2024 called Born to Rule.

Best Publications

The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users.

Tim Rhodes;Merrill Singer;Philippe Bourgois;Samuel R. Friedman

1151
Citations
Structural Interventions: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities for Research

K. M. Blankenship;S. R. Friedman;S. Dworkin;J. E. Mantell

652
Citations
Audio-computer interviewing to measure risk behaviour for HIV among injecting drug users: a quasi-randomised trial.

Don C Des Jarlais;Denise Paone;Judith Milliken;Charles F Turner

647
Citations
HIV-1 Infection Among Intravenous Drug Users in Manhattan, New York City, From 1977 Through 1987

Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;David M. Novick;Jo L. Sotheran

562
Citations
HIV incidence among injecting drug users in New York City syringe-exchange programmes

Don C Des Jarlais;Don C Des Jarlais;Michael Marmor;Denise Paone;Stephen Titus

521
Citations
Sociometric risk networks and risk for HIV infection.

Samuel R. Friedman;Alan Neaigus;Benny Jose;Richard Curtis

418
Citations
Risk Reduction for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Intravenous Drug Users

D.C. Des Jarlais;S.R. Friedman;W. Hopkins

415
Citations
The relevance of drug injectors' social and risk networks for understanding and preventing HIV infection

Alan Neaigus;Samuel R. Friedman;Richard Curtis;Don C. Des Jarlais

412
Citations
Reducing the risk of AIDS through methadone maintenance treatment.

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409
Citations
Maintaining low HIV seroprevalence in populations of injecting drug users.

Don C. Des Jarlais;Don C. Des Jarlais;Holly Hagan;Samuel R. Friedman;Patricia Friedmann

368
Citations
Reduced risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among injection drug users in the Tacoma syringe exchange program

Holly Hagan;Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;David Purchase

328
Citations
AIDS and self-organization among intravenous drug users.

Samuel R. Friedman;Don C. Des Jarlais;Jo L. Sotheran;Jonathan Garber

325
Citations
International epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among injecting drug users.

Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;Kachit Choopanya;Suphak Vanichseni

306
Citations
A larger spectrum of severe HIV-1--related disease in intravenous drug users in New York City.

Rand L. Stoneburner;Don C. Des Jarlais;Diane Benezra;Leo Gorelkin

304
Citations
Continuity and change within an HIV epidemic. Injecting drug users in New York City, 1984 through 1992.

Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;Jo L. Sotheran;John Wenston

295
Citations
Harm reduction theory: Users’ culture, micro-social indigenous harm reduction, and the self-organization and outside-organizing of users’ groups

Samuel R. Friedman;Samuel R. Friedman;Wouter de Jong;Diana Rossi;Graciela Touzé

281
Citations
Audio-computerized self-interviewing versus face-to-face interviewing for research data collection at drug abuse treatment programs.

Theresa E. Perlis;Theresa E. Perlis;Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;Kamyar Arasteh

275
Citations
HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use: Critical Issues in Transmission Dynamics, Infection Outcomes, and Prevention

Don C. Des Jarlais;Samuel R. Friedman;Rand L. Stoneburner

268
Citations
Social Networks, Drug Injectors’ Lives, and HIV/AIDS

Samuel R. Friedman;Richard Curtis;Alan Neaigus;Benny Jose

262
Citations
HIV incidence among injection drug users in New York City, 1992-1997: evidence for a declining epidemic.

Don C. Des Jarlais;Michael Marmor;Patricia Friedmann;Stephen Titus

247
Citations
Depression: Clinical, Experimental, and Theoretical Aspects

Samuel Friedman

66
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Don C. Des Jarlais New York University

Barbara Tempalski National Development and Research Institutes

Hannah L.F. Cooper Emory University

Alan Neaigus Columbia University

Dimitrios Paraskevis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Holly Hagan New York University

Angelos Hatzakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

John A. Schneider University of Chicago

Brandon D. L. Marshall Brown University

Sandro Galea Washington University in St. Louis

External Links

Personal website of Samuel R. Friedman

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