{"doi":"10.1177/23258292261449848","title":"Assessing the State of Published HIV Research Concerning Sexual Minority Women: A Global English Language Scoping Review","abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a scoping review to map peer-reviewed literature on HIV research concerning sexual minority women (SMW).</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Following guidance from Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews, we searched PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, Sociological Abstracts, and CINAHL from inception through May 2023. Eligible studies were English language, peer-reviewed studies, containing disaggregated HIV-related data on SMW. Studies were systematically screened, and relevant data were extracted and then summarized.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our search identified 7615 studies; 187 met eligibility requirements. Most studies were quantitative (82%), cross-sectional (74%), used survey data (80%) obtained via convenience sampling (61%), and conducted in the United States (65%). Annual publications increased over time. Overwhelmingly, studies did not report engaging the community in the research process (93%). Demographic reporting in studies varied; about half reported age (52%) and race (52%), two-thirds reported sexual orientation (68%), and only 25% focused exclusively on SMW. Diverse HIV-related findings were addressed: sexual risk behaviors (64%), HIV testing, prevalence, and risk perception (47%), substance use (43%), sexually transmitted infections (29%), health care access (21%), intimate partner violence (17%), mental health (15%), stigma (10%), and incarceration (9%).</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our review highlights key methodological and topical gaps. Future SMW HIV research guidance includes focusing on structural-level factors and biomedical interventions; researching understudied regions highly impacted by HIV; including qualitative and quantitative approaches; establishing standardized procedural and reporting guidelines; and increasing research and practice resources to focus on SMW’s unique HIV-related health strengths and vulnerabilities.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>","journal":"LGBT Health","year":2026,"id":646302,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1683301,"name":"Marina Schor","orcid":"0000-0001-8327-9235","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1683302,"name":"Frank M. 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