Melissa A. Stockton

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Melissa A. Stockton is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa A. Stockton has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 18 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa A. Stockton's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (29 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (16 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (16 papers). Melissa A. Stockton is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (29 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (16 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (16 papers). Melissa A. Stockton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malawi and South Africa. Melissa A. Stockton's co-authors include Laura Nyblade, Kayla Giger, Edwin Wouters, LaRon E. Nelson, Virginia Bond, Maria L. Ekstrand, Jaime Sapag, Taweesap Siraprapasiri, Janet M. Turan and Ellen M.H. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Melissa A. Stockton

61 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

2019 492 citations Laura Nyblade, Melissa A. Stockton et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa A. Stockton United States	18	638	530	483	335	289	66	1.4k
Henna Budhwani United States	20	603 0.9×	451 0.9×	496 1.0×	303 0.9×	506 1.8×	98	1.5k
Adebola Adedimeji United States	25	986 1.5×	774 1.5×	712 1.5×	185 0.6×	247 0.9×	120	1.8k
Michele P. Andrasik United States	20	694 1.1×	718 1.4×	439 0.9×	189 0.6×	292 1.0×	52	1.6k
Jamie I. Forrest Canada	20	1.1k 1.7×	463 0.9×	588 1.2×	182 0.5×	221 0.8×	50	1.8k
Julia Bailey United Kingdom	24	404 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	264 0.5×	283 0.8×	314 1.1×	86	2.0k
Amanda E. Tanner United States	27	965 1.5×	1.0k 2.0×	446 0.9×	377 1.1×	450 1.6×	116	2.1k
Enbal Shacham United States	24	918 1.4×	658 1.2×	565 1.2×	196 0.6×	238 0.8×	93	1.9k
Patrick Peretti‐Watel France	22	414 0.6×	405 0.8×	543 1.1×	117 0.3×	293 1.0×	78	1.7k
Sarah MacCarthy United States	21	817 1.3×	522 1.0×	358 0.7×	349 1.0×	330 1.1×	82	1.3k
Loren Brener Australia	23	583 0.9×	506 1.0×	1.1k 2.3×	376 1.1×	394 1.4×	115	1.8k

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Gaynes, Bradley N., Brian W. Pence, Kazione Kulisewa, et al.. (2025). Friendship Bench intervention to address depression and improve HIV care engagement among adolescents living with HIV in Malawi: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 20(3). e0302666–e0302666. 1 indexed citations

Stockton, Melissa A., Annika C. Sweetland, Cale Basaraba, et al.. (2025). Validation of screening instruments for alcohol and substance use disorders among men and women in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 268. 112559–112559.

Mootz, Jennifer J., Lindsey de Vos, Melissa A. Stockton, et al.. (2024). Providers’ perspectives of barriers and facilitators to scale-up of mental health care in the public health delivery system of Mozambique: a qualitative inquiry. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 1138–1138.

Parcesepe, Angela M., Melissa A. Stockton, Charlotte Bernard, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and co‐occurrence of symptoms of mental and substance use disorders among people with HIV age 40 and older in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a cross‐sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 27(10). e26359–e26359. 2 indexed citations

Oga, Emmanuel, Melissa A. Stockton, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, et al.. (2024). Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 647–647.

Lovero, Kathryn L., Melissa A. Stockton, M. Claire Greene, et al.. (2024). Psychometric Evaluation of Screens for Common Mental Disorders, Severe Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Suicide Risk in Mozambican Healthcare. Medical Research Archives. 12(8). 1 indexed citations

Parcesepe, Angela M., Melissa A. Stockton, C. William Wester, et al.. (2023). Availability of screening and treatment for common mental disorders in HIV clinic settings: data from the global International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Consortium, 2016–2017 and 2020. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 26(8). e26147–e26147. 9 indexed citations

Stockton, Melissa A., Annika C. Sweetland, Cale Basaraba, et al.. (2023). Validation of a brief screener for broad-spectrum mental and substance-use disorders in South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. e4–e4. 2 indexed citations

Zimba, Chifundo, Melissa A. Stockton, Sherika Hill, et al.. (2023). Estimating the effect of anticipated depression treatment-related stigma on depression remission among people with noncommunicable diseases and depressive symptoms in Malawi. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0282016–e0282016. 1 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., Quynh Bui, Vivian F. Go, et al.. (2021). Validation of screening tools for common mental health disorders in the methadone maintenance population in Hanoi, Vietnam. BMC Psychiatry. 21(1). 488–488. 13 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., John D. Kraemer, Emmanuel Oga, et al.. (2021). Validation of a Brief Internalized Sex-work Stigma Scale among Female Sex Workers in Kenya. The Journal of Sex Research. 60(1). 146–152. 11 indexed citations

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Nelson, LaRon E., Laura Nyblade, Kwasi Torpey, et al.. (2021). Multi-level intersectional stigma reduction intervention to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Ghana: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259324–e0259324. 18 indexed citations

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Greene, M. Claire, Tenzin Yangchen, Thomas Lehner, et al.. (2021). The epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in Africa: a scoping review. The Lancet Psychiatry. 8(8). 717–731. 35 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., Quynh Bui, M. Claire Greene, et al.. (2021). Psychometric performance of the perceived stigma of substance abuse scale (PSAS) among patients on methadone maintenance therapy in Vietnam. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 226. 108831–108831. 3 indexed citations

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Kulisewa, Kazione, Melissa A. Stockton, Mina C. Hosseinipour, et al.. (2019). The Role of Depression Screening and Treatment in Achieving the UNAIDS 90–90–90 Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 23(S2). 153–161. 27 indexed citations

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Pence, Brian W., Melissa A. Stockton, Michael Udedi, et al.. (2019). How faithfully do HIV clinicians administer the PHQ-9 depression screening tool in high-volume, low-resource clinics? Results from a depression treatment integration project in Malawi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. e21–e21. 6 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., et al.. (2016). Optimisation of protection IED user interaction and implementing self-monitoring protection schemes. 6 .–6 .. 1 indexed citations

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Nyblade, Laura, Melissa A. Stockton, Arindam Dutta, et al.. (2015). IMPACT OF STIGMA ON UTILIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES AMONG SEX WORKERS IN KENYA. 8 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., et al.. (2008). Collaborating to Serve Alumni with E-Resources: The Regis University Experience. Technical Services Quarterly. 26(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations

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Stockton, Melissa A., et al.. (2002). Gold Rush. Technical Services Quarterly. 19(3). 51–59. 5 indexed citations

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