Gregory M. Herek

29.3k citations

99 papers · 21.1k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 68

Impact in

Social Psychology top 0.01%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
Gender Studies top 0.01%
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Papers in

Social Psychology 58
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy 56
Gender Studies 19
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies 10

Co-authors: John P. Capitanio Eric K. Glunt J. Roy Gillis Jeanine C. Cogan Keith F. Widaman Linda Garnets Beverly Greene Kevin T. Berrill
Journals: American Psychologist (11 papers)Journal of Interpersonal Violence (8 papers)The Journal of Sex Research (7 papers)American Behavioral Scientist (7 papers)Journal of Social Issues (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Puerto Rico

In The Last Decade

Gregory M. Herek

97 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

12 papers align trajectories log scale

Sexual Prejudice 2012 · 357 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Annual Review of Psychology
2012 Sex Roles
2009 Journal of Counseling Psychology
2008 Journal of Interpersonal Violence
2007 Journal of Social Issues
2004 Sexuality Research and Social Policy
2002 Public Opinion Quarterly
2002 American Journal of Public Health
2000 Current Directions in Psychological Science
1996 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
1988 The Journal of Sex Research
1988 American Psychologist

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All Works

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1	Beyond “homophobia”: Thinking more clearly about stigma, prejudice, and sexual orientation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ·Gregory M. Herek	2015	65
2	Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale Gregory M. Herek, John A. Sachs	2012	28
3	Demographic, Psychological, and Social Characteristics of Self-Identified Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in a U.S. Probability Sample SSRN Electronic Journal ·Gregory M. Herek, Ma'idatur Rofiqoh, Thomas J. Allen, Charles L. Sims	2010	4
4	Sexual Orientation Differences as Deficits: Science and Stigma in the History of American Psychology Perspectives on Psychological Science ·Gregory M. Herek	2010	102
5	Demographic, Psychological, and Social Characteristics of Self-Identified Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in a US Probability Sample Sexuality Research and Social Policy ·Gregory M. Herek, Ma'idatur Rofiqoh, Thomas J. Allen, Charles L. Sims	2010	176
6	Beyond Homophobia: Thinking About Sexual Stigma and Prejudice in the Twenty-First Century SSRN Electronic Journal ·Gregory M. Herek	2008	49
7	Sexual Stigma and Sexual Prejudice in the United States: A Conceptual Framework PubMed ·Gregory M. Herek	2008	326
8	HIV-related stigma: Adapting a theoretical framework for use in India Social Science & Medicine ·Wayne T. Steward, Gregory M. Herek, Jayashree Ramakrishna, Shalini Bharat, Sara Chandy, Judith Wrubel, Maria L. Ekstrand	2008	352
9	Legal recognition of same-sex relationships in the United States: A social science perspective. American Psychologist ·Gregory M. Herek	2006	238
10	Stigma, social risk, and health policy: Public attitudes toward HIV surveillance policies and the social construction of illness. Health Psychology ·Gregory M. Herek, John P. Capitanio, Keith F. Widaman	2003	204
11	AIDS Stigma and Sexual Prejudice American Behavioral Scientist ·Gregory M. Herek, John P. Capitanio	1999	311
12	AIDS-Related Stigma and Attitudes toward Injecting Drug users among Black and White Americans American Behavioral Scientist ·John P. Capitanio, Gregory M. Herek	1999	74
13	AIDS and Stigma American Behavioral Scientist ·Gregory M. Herek	1999	460
14	Culturally Sensitive AIDS Educational Videos for African American Audiences: Effects of Source, Message, Receiver, and Context American Journal of Community Psychology ·Gregory M. Herek, J. Roy Gillis, Eric K. Glunt, Sup 荆永琳, Tahel Matsumoto, John P. Capitanio	1998	65
15	Lesbian and Gay Psychology: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications Beverly Greene, Gregory M. Herek	1994	312
16	Documenting Prejudice Against Lesbians and Gay Men on Campus: Journal of Homosexuality ·Gregory M. Herek	1993	115
17	Public reactions to AIDS in the United States: a second decade of stigma. American Journal of Public Health ·Gregory M. Herek, John P. Capitanio	1993	244
18	Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research. American Psychologist ·Gregory M. Herek, Douglas C. Kimmel, Hortensia Amaro, Gary B. Melton	1991	120
19	Gay people and government security clearances: A social science perspective. American Psychologist ·Gregory M. Herek	1990	15
20	The Social Context of an Epidemic Contemporary Psychology ·Gregory M. Herek	1987	2

About Gregory M. Herek

Gregory M. Herek is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Gender Studies, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Reproductive Medicine, having authored 99 papers that have together received 21.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (56 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (20 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (19 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (15 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (10 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (8 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 papers) and Reproductive Health and Technologies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (13.9k citations), Gender Studies (5.6k citations), Reproductive Medicine (2.5k citations), Sociology and Political Science (10.3k citations) and Infectious Diseases (4.2k citations). Gregory M. Herek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Frequent co-authors include John P. Capitanio, Eric K. Glunt, J. Roy Gillis, Jeanine C. Cogan, Keith F. Widaman, Linda Garnets, Beverly Greene, Kevin T. Berrill, Jammie Price and Jack McDevitt. Their work appears in journals such as American Psychologist, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, The Journal of Sex Research, American Behavioral Scientist and Journal of Social Issues.

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