 Gender Identity
"Gender Identity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.
| Descriptor ID |
D005783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393.446.250 F01.752.747.385.200 F01.752.747.722.200 F02.739.794.793.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Role- Sex Role
- Role, Sex
- Roles, Sex
- Sex Roles
- Gender Role
- Gender Roles
- Roles, Gender
Men's Role- Men's Role
- Role, Men's
- Roles, Men's
- Man's Role
- Role, Man's
Woman's Role- Woman's Role
- Role, Woman's
- Roles, Woman's
- Woman's Roles
- Women's Role
- Role, Women's
- Roles, Women's
- Women's Roles
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gender Identity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2019 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2021 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2022 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2023 | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in Profiles.
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Melendez Garcia CE, Ahmed UA, Pagan A, Appel A, Nasomyont N, Fiscaletti M, Weber DR, Crane J, Apkon S, Rutter M, Wood C, Ward L, Renthal NE. Caring for Gender Diverse Youth With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Multisite Case Series. Pediatr Neurol. 2026 Jun; 179:87-90.
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Valenti K, Nwakasi C, Almack K, Bybee S, Nweke C, Coats H. "We have a long way to go": palliative care clinicians' reflections on inclusive care for LGBTQI+ older adult patients and care partners. Gerontologist. 2026 Jan 07; 66(1).
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Kano M, Sklar M, O'Connell R, Guest D, Farnbach Pearson A, Sussman AL, Tawfik B, Dayao Z, Crandall C, Willging C. Implementation factors for sexual orientation and gender identity patient data collection in a comprehensive cancer center: findings from a center-wide readiness assessment survey for the ASK Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity study. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(69):117-120.
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Kennedy SR, Li K, Rosenberg S, Brooks-Russell A. Sexual Violence Among a State Sample of High School Students: The Impact of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. J Interpers Violence. 2026 May; 41(9-10):2502-2524.
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Kako N, Pinder JB, Powers JP, Fox K. Machine Learning Prediction of Self-Injurious Outcomes in Adolescents by Sexual and Gender Identity. Arch Suicide Res. 2025 Oct-Dec; 29(4):911-924.
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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 08 15; 391(7):580-581.
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Ho TF, Zenger B, Mark B, Hiatt L, Sullivan E, Steinberg BA, Lyons A, Spivak AM, Agarwal C, Adelman M, Hotaling J, Kiraly B, Talboys S. Characteristics of a transgender and gender-diverse patient population in Utah: Use of electronic health records to advance clinical and health equity research. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0302895.
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Pelowich KA, Akibu T, Pellowski J, Hatcher A, Rebombo D, Christofides N, Hampanda K. Male perspectives on intimate partner violence: A qualitative analysis from South Africa. PLoS One. 2024; 19(4):e0298198.
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Zhang ZM, Smith-Johnson M, Gorman BK. Who Cares? Unpaid Caregiving by Sexual Identity, Gender, and Partnership Status Among U.S. Adults. Demography. 2024 Feb 01; 61(1):115-140.
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Harrison DJ, Prada F, Nokoff NJ, Iwamoto SJ, Pastor T, Jacobsen RM, Yeung E. Considerations for Gender-Affirming Hormonal and Surgical Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Feb 06; 13(3):e031004.
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