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Best Female Scientists

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121
Citations
57056
World Ranking
530
National Ranking
315

Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
59300
World Ranking
3454
National Ranking
1898

Steffanie A. Strathdee publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steffanie A. Strathdee sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 867 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Steffanie A. Strathdee D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steffanie A. Strathdee sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Steffanie A. Strathdee is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including HIV, drug use, sexual risk, opioid use disorder treatment, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, sex work and related issues, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, hepatitis C virus research, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Phage therapy: From biological mechanisms to future directions (2023, Cell)
  • Lessons Learned From the First 10 Consecutive Cases of Intravenous Bacteriophage Therapy to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections at a Single Center in the United States (2020, Open Forum Infectious Diseases)
  • Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Public Health)
  • Confronting antimicrobial resistance beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US election (2020, The Lancet)
  • Challenges posed by COVID-19 to people who inject drugs and lessons from other outbreaks (2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steffanie A. Strathdee are:

  • Alicia Vera (47 publications)
  • Daniela Abramovitz (39 publications)
  • Gudelia Rangel (39 publications)
  • Carlos F. Vera (38 publications)
  • Annick Bórquez (37 publications)

Steffanie A. Strathdee has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (13 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (12 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
  • AIDS and Behavior (8 publications)
  • EClinicalMedicine (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

    Bradley M Mathers;Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Benjamin Phillips;Lucas Wiessing

  • The Natural History of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Host, Viral, and Environmental Factors

    David L. Thomas;Jacquie Astemborski;Rudra M. Rai;Frank A. Anania

  • Development and Use of Personalized Bacteriophage-Based Therapeutic Cocktails To Treat a Patient with a Disseminated Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection

    Robert T. Schooley;Biswajit Biswas;Jason J. Gill;Adriana Hernandez-Morales

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

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

  • Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among persons with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States.

    Shruti H. Mehta;Frederick L. Brancati;Mark S. Sulkowski;Steffanie A. Strathdee

  • Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: influence of structural determinants

    Kate Shannon;Steffanie A Strathdee;Shira M Goldenberg;Putu Duff

  • HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage.

    Bradley M Mathers;Louisa Degenhardt;Hammad Ali;Lucas Wiessing

  • Needle exchange is not enough: lessons from the Vancouver injecting drug use study.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;David M. Patrick;Sue L. Currie;Peter G. A. Cornelisse

  • HIV and risk environment for injecting drug users: the past, present, and future

    Steffanie A Strathdee;Timothy B Hallett;Natalia Bobrova;Tim Rhodes

  • Barriers to Use of Free Antiretroviral Therapy in Injection Drug Users

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Anita Palepu;Peter G. A. Cornelisse;Benita Yip

  • Protection against persistence of hepatitis C.

    Shruti H. Mehta;Andrea Cox;Donald R. Hoover;Xiao Hong Wang

  • Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission

    Linda Gail Bekker;Linda Gail Bekker;George Alleyne;Stefan Baral;Javier Cepeda

  • Hepatitis C virus infection and incident type 2 diabetes

    M.P.H. Shruti H. Mehta Ph.D.;Frederick L. Brancati;Steffanie A. Strathdee;James S. Pankow

  • Efficacy of a brief case management intervention to link recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons to care.

    Lytt I. Gardner;Lisa R. Metsch;Pamela Anderson-Mahoney;Anita M. Loughlin

  • The Social Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    K. E. Poundstone;Steffanie Strathdee;David D. Celentano

  • Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workers.

    Kate Shannon;Thomas Kerr;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller

  • Sex differences in risk factors for hiv seroconversion among injection drug users: a 10-year perspective.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Noya Galai;Mahboobeh Safaiean;David D. Celentano

  • Structural and Environmental Barriers to Condom Use Negotiation With Clients Among Female Sex Workers: Implications for HIV-Prevention Strategies and Policy

    Kate Shannon;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller;Melanie Rusch

  • Limited Uptake of Hepatitis C Treatment Among Injection Drug Users

    Shruti H. Mehta;Becky L. Genberg;Jacquie Astemborski;Ravi Kavasery

  • A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals.

    Brooks R;Oram S;Stockl H;Busza J

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Patterson
Thomas L. Patterson University of California, San Diego
David Vlahov
David Vlahov Yale University
Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky Northeastern University
Shirley J. Semple
Shirley J. Semple University of California, San Diego
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez University of California, San Diego
Robert S. Hogg
Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Martin T. Schechter
Martin T. Schechter University of British Columbia
David L. Thomas
David L. Thomas Johns Hopkins University

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