Avelardo Valdez

2.0k total citations
81 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Avelardo Valdez is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Avelardo Valdez has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 35 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Avelardo Valdez's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (25 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (23 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (21 papers). Avelardo Valdez is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (25 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (23 papers) and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (21 papers). Avelardo Valdez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. Avelardo Valdez's co-authors include Charles D. Kaplan, Alice Cepeda, Ruth Horowitz, Stephen J. Sifaneck, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Russell L. Curtis, Nalini Junko Negi, Alan Neaigus, Zenong Yin and William A. Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Avelardo Valdez

79 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Avelardo Valdez United States 21 743 462 449 361 184 81 1.4k
kylie valentine Australia 19 409 0.6× 423 0.9× 417 0.9× 244 0.7× 209 1.1× 84 1.3k
Yuet W. Cheung Hong Kong 19 497 0.7× 296 0.6× 430 1.0× 237 0.7× 90 0.5× 36 1.1k
Eileen Baldry Australia 23 776 1.0× 687 1.5× 228 0.5× 591 1.6× 135 0.7× 93 1.5k
Michael Shiner United Kingdom 21 555 0.7× 374 0.8× 296 0.7× 310 0.9× 61 0.3× 35 1.3k
Rebecca Haines‐Saah Canada 20 288 0.4× 419 0.9× 308 0.7× 170 0.5× 168 0.9× 74 1.2k
Marina Barnard United Kingdom 22 697 0.9× 532 1.2× 695 1.5× 605 1.7× 227 1.2× 44 1.7k
Maria Eugenia Fernández-Esquer United States 19 414 0.6× 541 1.2× 298 0.7× 315 0.9× 111 0.6× 53 1.3k
Michele Staton‐Tindall United States 21 393 0.5× 498 1.1× 431 1.0× 368 1.0× 173 0.9× 63 1.0k
Moira Plant United Kingdom 24 326 0.4× 619 1.3× 736 1.6× 310 0.9× 70 0.4× 63 1.4k
Kurt D. Johnson United States 19 526 0.7× 928 2.0× 201 0.4× 389 1.1× 78 0.4× 22 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Avelardo Valdez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avelardo Valdez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Avelardo Valdez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Avelardo Valdez based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Avelardo Valdez. Avelardo Valdez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Cano, Miguel Ángel, Felipe González Castro, Aprile D. Benner, et al.. (2023). Ethnic discrimination and self-rated health among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the moderating effects of self-esteem and resilience. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 96. 101846–101846. 6 indexed citations
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Cepeda, Alice, et al.. (2021). Incarceration Trajectories and Mental Health Problems Among Mothers Imprisoned in State and Federal Correctional Facilities: A Nationwide Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 21(1). 492–510. 8 indexed citations
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Cepeda, Alice, et al.. (2020). Incarceration Trajectories of Women Who Are Mothers: A Nationally Representative Study of State and Federal Prisoners. Crime & Delinquency. 67(10). 1513–1535. 10 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo, et al.. (2019). Incarceration History and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Released from US Correctional Facilities: Does Timing, Duration, or Frequency Matter?. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 19(2). 314–326. 10 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo & Charles D. Kaplan. (2019). Deconstructing US Marijuana Prohibition Policies in the Early Twentieth Century. Aztlán A Journal of Chicano Studies. 44(1). 111–140. 2 indexed citations
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Guerrero, Erick G., Allison J. Ober, Daniel L. Howard, et al.. (2019). Organizational factors associated with practitioners’ support for treatment of opioid use disorder in the emergency department. Addictive Behaviors. 102. 106197–106197. 14 indexed citations
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Negi, Nalini Junko, et al.. (2019). “They Dumped Me Like Trash”: The Social and Psychological Toll of Victimization on Latino Day Laborers' Lives. American Journal of Community Psychology. 65(3-4). 369–380. 15 indexed citations
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Cepeda, Alice, et al.. (2016). HIV and STI knowledge, testing, and risk among adult crack users in Mexico city: baseline findings from a feasibility study. AIDS Care. 29(3). 350–354. 7 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo, Charles D. Kaplan, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Guillermina Natera Rey, & Alice Cepeda. (2015). Emerging patterns of crack use in Mexico City. International Journal of Drug Policy. 26(8). 739–745. 11 indexed citations
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Torres, Luis R., Charles D. Kaplan, & Avelardo Valdez. (2011). Health Consequences of Long-Term Injection Heroin Use Among Aging Mexican American Men. Journal of Aging and Health. 23(6). 912–932. 28 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo & Stephen J. Sifaneck. (2010). Qualitative Methodological Issues in Drug User Research. Substance Use & Misuse. 45(5). 645–647. 2 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo, Alan Neaigus, Charles D. Kaplan, & Alice Cepeda. (2010). High rates of transitions to injecting drug use among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users in San Antonio, Texas (never and former injectors). Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 114(2-3). 233–6. 16 indexed citations
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Cepeda, Alice & Avelardo Valdez. (2010). Ethnographic Strategies in the Tracking and Retention of Street-Recruited Community-Based Samples of Substance Using Hidden Populations in Longitudinal Studies. Substance Use & Misuse. 45(5). 700–716. 20 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo. (2007). Mexican American Girls and Gang Violence. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo, Charles D. Kaplan, Alice Cepeda, & Alberto G. Mata. (2005). PRECOCIOUS TRANSITIONS AND SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS AMONG MEXICAN AMERICAN GANG MEMBERS. 33(1). 51–62. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Zenong, et al.. (1996). READINESS FOR TREATMENT: PREDICTORS OF DRUG ABUSE HELP-SEEKING IN MEXICAN AMERICATE SAN ANTONIO ARRESTEESN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WHI. 24(1). 17–24. 1 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo, et al.. (1996). GENDER IN THE CULTURE OF MEXICAN AMERICAN CONJUNTO MUSIC. Gender & Society. 10(2). 148–167. 10 indexed citations
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Valdez, Avelardo. (1983). Recent Increases in Intermarriage by Mexican American Males: Bexar County, Texas, from 1971 to 1980.. Social Science Quarterly. 64(1). 3 indexed citations

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