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Susan G. Sherman 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 Susan G. Sherman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 315 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan G. Sherman 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 Susan G. Sherman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Susan G. Sherman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Medicine, with a strong focus on several subfields including Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers various main topics, which include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan G. Sherman include:

  • Ju Nyeong Park
  • Kristin E. Schneider
  • Sean T. Allen
  • Rebecca Hamilton White
  • Saba Rouhani

Their publications are often found in several key venues of research related to drug policy and public health, particularly:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Susan G. Sherman include:

  • Addressing the risk environment for injection drug users: The mysterious case of the missing cop (2023), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • An assessment of the limits of detection, sensitivity and specificity of three devices for public health-based drug checking of fentanyl in street-acquired samples (2020), published in International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Situating the Continuum of Overdose Risk in the Social Determinants of Health: A New Conceptual Framework (2020), published in Milbank Quarterly
  • Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in the illicit stimulant supply: Results from U.S. drug seizure data, 2011-2016 (2020), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Agency in the fentanyl era: Exploring the utility of fentanyl test strips in an opaque drug market (2020), published in International Journal of Drug Policy

Best Publications

  • Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Stefan Baral;Chris Beyrer;Kathryn Muessig;Tonia Poteat

  • Public health and international drug policy

    Joanne Csete;Adeeba Kamarulzaman;Michel Kazatchkine;Frederick Altice

  • Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies

    Lucy Platt;Pippa Grenfell;Rebecca Meiksin;Jocelyn Elmes

  • Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV

    Michele R. Decker;Anna-Louise Crago;Sandra Ka Hon Chu;Susan G. Sherman

  • HIV prevention among drug users: outcome of a network-oriented peer outreach intervention.

    Carl A. Latkin;Susan Sherman;Amy Knowlton

  • Norms, social networks, and HIV-related risk behaviors among urban disadvantaged drug users.

    Carl A Latkin;Valerie Forman;Amy Knowlton;Susan Sherman

  • The role of sexual transmission of HIV infection among injection and non-injection drug users.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Susan G. Sherman

  • Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop

    Scott C Burris;Kim M. Blankenship;Martin Donoghoe;Susan Sherman

  • Prospective Evaluation of Community‐Acquired Acute‐Phase Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Andrea L. Cox;Dale M. Netski;Timothy Mosbruger;Susan G. Sherman

  • A Public Health Strategy for the Opioid Crisis.

    Brendan Saloner;Emma E. McGinty;Leo Beletsky;Ricky Bluthenthal

  • The evaluation of the JEWEL project: An innovative economic enhancement and HIV prevention intervention study targeting drug using women involved in prostitution

    S. G. Sherman;D. German;Y. Cheng;M. Marks

  • HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

    Kora DeBeck;Tessa Cheng;Julio S Montaner;Chris Beyrer

  • Use of rapid fentanyl test strips among young adults who use drugs

    Maxwell S. Krieger;William C. Goedel;Jane A. Buxton;Mark Lysyshyn;Mark Lysyshyn

  • Evaluation of the Staying Alive programme: Training injection drug users to properly administer naloxone and save lives

    Karin E. Tobin;Susan G. Sherman;Peter Beilenson;Christopher Welsh

  • An assessment of the limits of detection, sensitivity and specificity of three devices for public health-based drug checking of fentanyl in street-acquired samples.

    Traci C. Green;Ju Nyeong Park;Michael Gilbert;Michelle McKenzie

  • The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Philadelphia, USA

    Carl A. Latkin;Deborah Donnell;David Metzger;Susan Sherman

  • Evaluation of a Naloxone Distribution and Administration Program in New York City

    Tinka Markham Piper;Sharon Stancliff;Sasha Rudenstine;Susan Sherman

  • Social factors related to syringe sharing among injecting partners: a focus on gender.

    Susan G. Sherman;Carl A. Latkin;Andrea C. Gielen

  • Situating the Continuum of Overdose Risk in the Social Determinants of Health: A New Conceptual Framework.

    Ju Nyeong Park;Saba Rouhani;Leo Beletsky;Louise Vincent

  • Addressing the 'Risk Environment' for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop

    Scott Burris;Martin Donoghoe;Kim Blankenship;Susan Sherman

  • Intimate relationship characteristics associated with condom use among drug users and their sex partners: a multilevel analysis

    Susan G Sherman;Carl A Latkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele R. Decker
Michele R. Decker Johns Hopkins University
David D. Celentano
David D. Celentano Johns Hopkins University
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Danielle German
Danielle German Johns Hopkins University
Chris Beyrer
Chris Beyrer Johns Hopkins University
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Andrea L. Wirtz
Andrea L. Wirtz Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan M. Ellen
Jonathan M. Ellen Johns Hopkins University
Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky Northeastern University
Traci C. Green
Traci C. Green Brown University

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