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2026

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93
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Social Sciences and Humanities

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92
Citations
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Samuel R. Friedman 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 Samuel R. Friedman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 567 publications — 99th percentile

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

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

Samuel R. Friedman 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 Samuel R. Friedman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 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

  • Structural Interventions: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities for Research

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sociometric risk networks and risk for HIV infection.

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

  • Risk Reduction for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Intravenous Drug Users

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

  • 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

  • Reducing the risk of AIDS through methadone maintenance treatment.

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  • 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

  • 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

  • AIDS and self-organization among intravenous drug users.

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

  • International epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among injecting drug users.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Social Networks, Drug Injectors’ Lives, and HIV/AIDS

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

  • 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

  • Depression: Clinical, Experimental, and Theoretical Aspects

    Samuel Friedman

Frequent Co-Authors

Don C. Des Jarlais
Don C. Des Jarlais New York University
Barbara Tempalski
Barbara Tempalski National Development and Research Institutes
Hannah L.F. Cooper
Hannah L.F. Cooper Emory University
Alan Neaigus
Alan Neaigus Columbia University
Dimitrios Paraskevis
Dimitrios Paraskevis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Holly Hagan
Holly Hagan New York University
Angelos Hatzakis
Angelos Hatzakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
John A. Schneider
John A. Schneider University of Chicago
Brandon D. L. Marshall
Brandon D. L. Marshall Brown University
Sandro Galea
Sandro Galea Washington University in St. Louis

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