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Stefan Baral is an expert in Infectiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital (United States). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Stefan Baral in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Stefan Baral has authored 697 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 10 clinical trials, 1 of them ongoing. SLR score: 3,238 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Infectiology

Subspecialties: Public Health

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2007 - 2026
Source: PubMed

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 697

Citations

Citations: 29 846 1st author: 35 Last author: 226 Unique author: 1

Main journals

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 58
J Int AIDS Soc 47
PLoS One 35
AIDS Behav 33
BMC Public Health 31

Best Journals

Lancet 11
BMJ 2
Nature 1

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Community Connectedness and Its Association with Stigma and Viral Suppression Among MSM with HIV: Findings from HPTN 078.
PMID 42864593 — sex		AIDS Behav20260
The State of HIV-Related Implementation Research in 2026: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.
PMID 42851005 — acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, research		J Int AIDS Soc20260
Adaptation and Evaluation of a Multi-Component School-Based Sexual Reproductive Health Intervention Safer Choices Programme in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - A Process Evaluation.
PMID 42851019 — multiple chronic conditions, reproductive health, schools, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, aged		J Int AIDS Soc20261
Using novel internet-based sources for Population Size Estimation of Gay, bisexual, and other cisgender men who have sex with men.
PMID 42779843 — internet, social networking, data collection, sex, therapeutics		medRxiv20260
Adding a Prevention Intervention to an Established App: The Blued+ HIV Prevention Pilot Study in Beijing and Chengdu, China.
PMID 42740669 — pilot projects, research design, pilots, pre-exposure prophylaxis, condoms, prescriptions, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hiv, research, benchmarking		J Int AIDS Soc20260

Clinical Studies 10

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 4

By phase:

N/A 10

By status:

Completed 9
Active not recruiting 1

By type:

Interventional 9
Observational 1

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 8
multicentric2to4 2
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 0

Main Topics

Cohort/Consortium Investigators 8

Ongoing Clinical Trials

Ongoing trial started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mobile HIV Prevention App to Increase HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Testing and PrEP Initiation Among Rural Men Who Have Sex With Men
NCT06205368 — research design, sexually transmitted diseases, homosexuality, self-control, hiv testing, blood, pre-exposure prophylaxis, pharmaceutical preparations, risk assessment, condoms, self-assessment, hiv, centers for disease control and prevention, u.s., post-exposure prophylaxis, sex, mobile applications, diagnosis, hiv infections, lubricants, motivational interviewing, infections, men		N/AActive not recruiting2024

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