Stefan Baral

31.9k total citations · 14 hit papers
511 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Baral is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Baral has authored 511 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 386 papers in Infectious Diseases, 342 papers in Epidemiology and 243 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Stefan Baral's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (361 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (321 papers) and Sex work and related issues (221 papers). Stefan Baral is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (361 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (321 papers) and Sex work and related issues (221 papers). Stefan Baral collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Stefan Baral's co-authors include Chris Beyrer, Andrea L. Wirtz, Tonia Poteat, Claire Holland, Ashley Grosso, Patrick S. Sullivan, Frits van Griensven, Susanne Strömdahl, Deanna Kerrigan and Frangiscos Sifakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Baral

478 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2012 2012 2012 2016 2020 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex with men
    2012 1.2k citations Chris Beyrer, Stefan Baral et al. profile →
  2. Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2012 1.1k citations Stefan Baral, Tonia Poteat et al. profile →
  3. Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2012 965 citations Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer et al. profile →
  4. Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review
    2016 935 citations Tonia Poteat, Stefan Baral et al. profile →
  5. Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities
    2020 821 citations Gregorio A. Millett, Stefan Baral et al. profile →
  6. Elevated Risk for HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2000–2006: A Systematic Review
    2007 557 citations Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  7. A systematic review of interventions to reduce HIV‐related stigma and discrimination from 2002 to 2013: how far have we come?
    2013 545 citations Anne Stangl, Stefan Baral et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society profile →
  8. Modified social ecological model: a tool to guide the assessment of the risks and risk contexts of HIV epidemics
    2013 478 citations Stefan Baral, Carmen H. Logie et al. profile →
  9. Characterizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Men Who Have Sex with Men Across the United States in April, 2020
    2020 326 citations Travis Sanchez, María Zlotorzynska et al. AIDS and Behavior profile →
  10. Global Epidemiology of HIV Infection and Related Syndemics Affecting Transgender People
    2016 284 citations Tonia Poteat, Ayden I. Scheim et al. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes profile →
  11. Risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States: examining heterogeneity in transmission dynamics
    2020 246 citations Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer et al. profile →
  12. A scoping review of health-related stigma outcomes for high-burden diseases in low- and middle-income countries
    2019 197 citations Sarah M. Murray, Stefan Baral et al. profile →
  13. The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good
    2022 175 citations Stefan Baral et al. profile →
  14. Health status of transgender people globally: A systematic review of research on disease burden and correlates
    2024 32 citations Ayden I. Scheim, Stefan Baral et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Baral United States 63 13.4k 11.4k 9.5k 5.3k 4.2k 511 20.6k
Chris Beyrer United States 67 12.4k 0.9× 10.7k 0.9× 8.4k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 373 19.5k
Patrick S. Sullivan United States 70 14.4k 1.1× 11.4k 1.0× 4.9k 0.5× 6.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 657 21.9k
Ron Stall United States 65 8.5k 0.6× 6.1k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 6.1k 1.2× 5.8k 1.4× 174 14.9k
Thomas J. Coates United States 80 13.8k 1.0× 8.7k 0.8× 5.2k 0.5× 12.1k 2.3× 2.7k 0.7× 362 22.5k
Seth C. Kalichman United States 86 15.7k 1.2× 9.2k 0.8× 6.4k 0.7× 15.0k 2.8× 3.4k 0.8× 548 27.2k
Gary Marks United States 65 6.7k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 4.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 278 14.3k
Willi McFarland United States 57 8.4k 0.6× 7.3k 0.6× 3.9k 0.4× 3.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 429 12.4k
Andrew E. Grulich Australia 65 6.0k 0.4× 8.1k 0.7× 3.2k 0.3× 3.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 375 14.0k
Andrea L. Wirtz United States 42 6.1k 0.5× 5.4k 0.5× 5.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 147 9.3k
Michael W. Ross United States 61 5.9k 0.4× 4.5k 0.4× 4.6k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 672 15.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Baral

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Baral

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Baral

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All Works

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Rao, Amrita, Carrie Lyons, Gnilane Turpin, et al.. (2025). Experiences of Disclosure, Resilience and Viral Suppression among People Living with HIV in Ghana. AIDS and Behavior. 29(6). 1729–1737.
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Tang, Weiming, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Joseph D. Tucker, et al.. (2024). Homoprejudiced Violence Experiences and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: Depression Severity and Recreational Drug Usage as Potential Mediators. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 53(4). 1265–1276. 2 indexed citations
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Rosen, Joseph G., Mfezi Mcingana, Harry Hausler, et al.. (2024). A decade of PrEP: the evolution of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis content and sentiments in South African print news media, 2012–2021. Culture Health & Sexuality. 26(12). 1618–1634. 1 indexed citations
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Beres, Laura K., Christopher G. Kemp, Lauren Yaeger, et al.. (2024). Person‐centred interventions to improve patient−provider relationships for HIV services in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 27(5). e26258–e26258. 2 indexed citations
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Murray, Sarah M., Stefan Baral, María Zlotorzynska, et al.. (2023). Predicting salivary cortisol and sexual behavior stigma among MSM in the American Men’s Internet Survey 2019. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18082–18082. 3 indexed citations
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Maksut, Jessica L., et al.. (2023). Intersecting Sexual Behavior and Gender Identity Stigmas Among Transgender Women in the United States: Burden and Associations with Sexual Health. AIDS and Behavior. 27(9). 3064–3079. 4 indexed citations
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Hamill, Matthew M., Fengming Hu, Sylvia Adebajo, et al.. (2023). Food and Water Insecurity in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups Living With HIV in Lagos, Nigeria. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 93(2). 171–180. 5 indexed citations
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Nowak, Rebecca G., Mark A. Marzinke, Daniel J. Morgan, et al.. (2023). Correlates of self-reported and biomarker based adherence to daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among a cohort of predominantly men who have sex with men in Nigeria. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0282999–e0282999. 4 indexed citations
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Logie, Carmen H., Moses Okumu, Isha Berry, et al.. (2023). Multi-method findings on COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda. Global Public Health. 18(1). 2185800–2185800. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Andrew Calzavara, Maria E. Sundaram, et al.. (2022). Predictors of all‐cause mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, or SARS‐CoV‐2. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 16(6). 1072–1081. 17 indexed citations
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Kiani, Behzad, et al.. (2022). Geospatial epidemiology of hospitalized patients with a positive influenza assay: A nationwide study in Iran, 2016–2018. PLoS ONE. 17(12). e0278900–e0278900. 5 indexed citations
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Lyons, Carrie, Christine Bourey, Omar Syarif, et al.. (2022). Global assessment of existing HIV and key population stigma indicators: A data mapping exercise to inform country-level stigma measurement. PLoS Medicine. 19(2). e1003914–e1003914. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Linwei, Jesse Knight, Huiting Ma, et al.. (2021). Mathematical modelling of the influence of serosorting on the population-level HIV transmission impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis. AIDS. 35(7). 1113–1125. 8 indexed citations
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Rao, Amrita, Katherine B. Rucinski, Brooke A. Jarrett, et al.. (2021). Perceived Interruptions to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services Associated With COVID-19 for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in 20 Countries. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 87(1). 644–651. 73 indexed citations
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Baral, Stefan, Amrita Rao, Carrie Lyons, et al.. (2021). Competing Health Risks Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Response: A Scoping Review. medRxiv. 22 indexed citations
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Ramadhani, Habib O., Trevor A. Crowell, Rebecca G. Nowak, et al.. (2020). Association of age with healthcare needs and engagement among Nigerian men who have sex with men and transgender women: cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses from an observational cohort. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 23(S6). e25599–e25599. 22 indexed citations
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Shokoohi, Mostafa, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mohammad Karamouzian, et al.. (2020). Early sex work initiation and its association with condomless sex and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Iran. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 31(7). 671–679. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Linwei, Gilles Lambert, Daniel Grace, et al.. (2019). Population-Level Sexual Mixing According to HIV Status and Preexposure Prophylaxis Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Montreal, Canada: Implications for HIV Prevention. American Journal of Epidemiology. 189(1). 44–54. 9 indexed citations
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