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Sherman A. James

Sherman A. James

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
76
Citations
20833
World Ranking
18793
National Ranking
9367

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
76
Citations
20762
World Ranking
503
National Ranking
240

Sherman A. James 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 Sherman A. James sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 186 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sherman A. James 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 Sherman A. James sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Sherman A. James is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The scientist's work spans areas such as Health disparities and outcomes, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Health Policy Implementation Science, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, as well as Racial and Ethnic Identity Research and Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors.

Their publication record includes contributions to a variety of journals and venues. These include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Kidney Medicine
  • International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sherman A. James include:

  • Predictors of embolism and death in left-sided infective endocarditis: the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme European Infective Endocarditis registry (2023), published in European Heart Journal
  • Socioeconomic Correlates of Obesity in African-American and Caribbean-Black Men and Women (2020), published in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Race and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients in Brazil (2022), published in Kidney Medicine
  • The role of socioeconomic status in a community-based study of diabetes secondary prevention among African Americans (2020), published in International Journal of Health Promotion and Education
  • Fatigue by the Chalder Questionnaire and post-hemodialysis recovery in a population of predominantly African descent: The PROHEMO (2024), published in The International Journal of Artificial Organs

Sherman A. James has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Bernard Iung, Aldo P. Maggioni, Patrizio Lancellotti, Bernard Prendergast, and Antonia Sambola.

In addition to journal articles, Sherman A. James has a book publication titled African American Coping in the Political Sphere, released by State University of New York Press in 2023.

Recognition of their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2016 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2000.

Best Publications

  • THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH

    W. Eugene Broadhead;W. Eugene Broadhead;Berton H. Kaplan;Sherman A. James;Edward H. Wagner

  • Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • John Henryism and the health of African-Americans.

    Sherman A. James

  • John Henryism and blood pressure differences among Black men.

    Sherman A. James;Sue A. Hartnett;William D. Kalsbeek

  • Maternal Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Spontaneous Preterm Births among African-American Women in Baltimore, Maryland

    Suezanne T. Orr;Sherman A. James;Cheryl Blackmore Prince

  • The medical interview satisfaction scale: Development of a scale to measure patient perceptions of physician behavior

    Matthew H. Wolf;Samuel M. Putnam;Sherman A. James;William B. Stiles

  • The family routines inventory: development and validation

    Eric W. Jensen;Eric W. Jensen;Sherman A. James;Sherman A. James;W.Thomas Boyce;W.Thomas Boyce;Sue A. Hartnett;Sue A. Hartnett

  • Unfair treatment, neighborhood effects, and mental health in the Detroit metropolitan area.

    Amy Schulz;David Williams;Barbara Israel;Adam Becker

  • SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, JOHN HENRYISM, AND HYPERTENSION IN BLACKS AND WHITES

    Sherman A. James;David S. Strogatz;Steven B. Wing;Diane L. Ramsey

  • Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Interaction exchange structure and patient satisfaction with medical interviews.

    William B. Stiles;Samuel M. Putnam;Matthew H. Wolf;Sherman A. James

  • The family routines inventory: Theoretical origins

    W.Thomas Boyce;W.Thomas Boyce;Eric W. Jensen;Eric W. Jensen;Sherman A. James;Sherman A. James;James L. Peacock;James L. Peacock

  • Social inequalities, stressors and self reported health status among African American and white women in the Detroit metropolitan area.

    A Schulz;B Israel;D Williams;E Parker

  • John Henryism and blood pressure differences among Black men: II. The role of occupational stressors.

    Sherman A. James;Andrea Z. LaCroix;David G. Kleinbaum;David S. Strogatz

  • Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Detroit partnership: improving diabetes-related outcomes among African American and Latino adults.

    Jacqueline Two Feathers;Edith C. Kieffer;Gloria Palmisano;Mike Anderson

  • Perceived Discrimination and Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

    Mario Sims;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Amanda Dudley;Samson Gebreab

  • The Duke-UNC Health Profile: an adult health status instrument for primary care.

    George R. Parkerson;Stephen H. Gehlbach;Edward H. Wagner;Sherman A. James

  • Social and Physical Environments and Disparities in Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: The Healthy Environments Partnership Conceptual Model

    Amy J. Schulz;Srimathi Kannan;J. Timothy Dvonch;Barbara A. Israel

  • Social inequality and depressive disorders in Bahia, Brazil: interactions of gender, ethnicity, and social class.

    Naomar Almeida-Filho;Ines Lessa;Lucélia Magalhães;Maria Jenny Araújo

  • Risk factors for lower urinary tract symptoms in a population-based sample of African-American men.

    Michael A. Joseph;Sioban D. Harlow;John T. Wei;Aruna V. Sarma

  • Racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality and low birth weight. A psychosocial critique.

    Sherman A. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy R. Kressin
Nancy R. Kressin Boston University
William B. Stiles
William B. Stiles Miami University
Amy J. Schulz
Amy J. Schulz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Barbara A. Israel
Barbara A. Israel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jay S. Kaufman
Jay S. Kaufman McGill University
Dan G. Blazer
Dan G. Blazer Duke University
Friedrich K. Port
Friedrich K. Port University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edith A. Parker
Edith A. Parker University of Iowa
Arline T. Geronimus
Arline T. Geronimus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
W. Thomas Boyce
W. Thomas Boyce University of California, San Francisco

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