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Yea-Hung Chen 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 Yea-Hung Chen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 78 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yea-Hung Chen 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 Yea-Hung Chen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yea-Hung Chen is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine, including oncology, general health professions, health, clinical psychology, and modeling and simulation.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Infection Control and Ventilation

Their research has been published frequently in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • JAMA Network Open
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • American Journal of Epidemiology

Some of Yea-Hung Chen's notable recent publications include:

  • Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18-65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020 (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Respondent-Driven Sampling: a Sampling Method for Hard-to-Reach Populations and Beyond (2022, Current Epidemiology Reports)
  • Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, SSM - Population Health)
  • COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022 (2023, JAMA Network Open)
  • Geographically targeted COVID-19 vaccination is more equitable and averts more deaths than age-based thresholds alone (2021, Science Advances)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • M. Maria Glymour
  • Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
  • Alicia R. Riley
  • Mathew V. Kiang
  • Ellicott C. Matthay

Best Publications

  • Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18-65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through November 2020.

    Yea Hung Chen;Maria Glymour;Alicia Riley;John Balmes

  • HIV Testing and Treatment with the Use of a Community Health Approach in Rural Africa

    Diane V Havlir;Laura B Balzer;Edwin D Charlebois;Tamara D Clark

  • The Impact of Discrimination on the Mental Health of Trans*Female Youth and the Protective Effect of Parental Support

    Erin C. Wilson;Yea-Hung Chen;Sean Arayasirikul;H. Fisher Raymond

  • High Acceptability and Increased HIV-Testing Frequency After Introduction of HIV Self-Testing and Network Distribution Among South African MSM.

    Sheri A. Lippman;Tim Lane;Oscar Rabede;Hailey Gilmore

  • Connecting the dots: examining transgender women's utilization of transition-related medical care and associations with mental health, substance use, and HIV.

    Erin C. Wilson;Yea-Hung Chen;Sean Arayasirikul;Conrad Wenzel

  • Using social networks to reach Black MSM for HIV testing and linkage to care.

    Vincent Fuqua;Yea-Hung Chen;Tracey Packer;Teri Dowling

  • Behavior, Intention or Chance? A Longitudinal Study of HIV Seroadaptive Behaviors, Abstinence and Condom Use

    Willi McFarland;Yea-Hung Chen;Binh Nguyen;Michael Grasso

  • Factors Associated With Mortality Among Homeless Older Adults in California: The HOPE HOME Study.

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  • Differential HIV risk for racial/ethnic minority trans*female youths and socioeconomic disparities in housing, residential stability, and education.

    Erin C. Wilson;Yea-Hung Chen;Sean Arayasirikul;Marla Fisher

  • HIV seroadaptation among individuals, within sexual dyads, and by sexual episodes, men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2008.

    Willi McFarland;Yea-Hung Chen;H Fisher Raymond;Binh Nguyen

  • COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in US Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, March 2020 to February 2022

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  • Prevalence and characteristics of users of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2014 in a cross-sectional survey: implications for disparities

    Jonathan M. Snowden;Yea Hung Chen;Willi McFarland;Henry F. Raymond

  • An empirical examination of respondent driven sampling design effects among HIV risk groups from studies conducted around the world.

    Lisa G. Johnston;Yea-Hung Chen;Alfonso Silva-Santisteban;H. Fisher Raymond

  • Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use, Seroadaptation, and Sexual Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, San Francisco, 2004-2014.

    Yea Hung Chen;Jonathan M. Snowden;Willi McFarland;H. Fisher Raymond

  • Excess mortality among latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Alicia R. Riley;Yea-Hung Chen;Ellicott C. Matthay;M. Maria Glymour

  • A new trend in the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2004-2011.

    H. Fisher Raymond;Yea-Hung Chen;Theresa Ick;Susan Scheer

  • Geographically targeted COVID-19 vaccination is more equitable and averts more deaths than age-based thresholds alone.

    Elizabeth Wrigley-Field;Mathew V Kiang;Mathew V Kiang;Alicia R Riley;Magali Barbieri

  • Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among Californians 18-65 years of age, by occupational sector and occupation: March through October 2020

    Yea-Hung Chen;Maria Glymour;Alicia Riley;John Balmes

  • Occupation and Educational Attainment Characteristics Associated With COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in California

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  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020.

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  • Excess Mortality in California During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, March to August 2020.

    Yea Hung Chen;M. Maria Glymour;Ralph Catalano;Alicia Fernandez

  • Increases in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use and Decreases in Condom Use: Behavioral Patterns Among HIV-Negative San Francisco Men Who have Sex with Men, 2004–2017

    Yea Hung Chen;John Guigayoma;Willi McFarland;Jonathan M. Snowden

  • The role of individual and neighborhood factors: HIV acquisition risk among high-risk populations in San Francisco.

    H. F. Raymond;Y.-H. Chen;S. L. Syme;R. Catalano

  • Community Levels of PrEP Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men by Race/Ethnicity, San Francisco, 2017

    H. Fisher Raymond;H. Fisher Raymond;Jonathan M. Snowden;John Guigayoma;Willi McFarland

Frequent Co-Authors

Willi McFarland
Willi McFarland University of California, San Francisco
H. Fisher Raymond
H. Fisher Raymond University of California, San Francisco
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo University of California, San Francisco
M. Maria Glymour
M. Maria Glymour Boston University
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Ralph Catalano
Ralph Catalano University of California, Berkeley
Edwin D. Charlebois
Edwin D. Charlebois University of California, San Francisco
Diane V. Havlir
Diane V. Havlir University of California, San Francisco
Robert M. Grant
Robert M. Grant University of California, San Francisco
Eric Vittinghoff
Eric Vittinghoff University of California, San Francisco

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