Abigail Shefer

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Abigail Shefer is a scholar working on Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Abigail Shefer has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Health, 53 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Abigail Shefer's work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (49 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (29 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers). Abigail Shefer is often cited by papers focused on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (49 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (29 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers). Abigail Shefer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Uganda. Abigail Shefer's co-authors include William Walker Atkinson, Lance E. Rodewald, Fangjun Zhou, Serigne M. Ndiaye, Hussain Yusuf, Mary M. McCauley, Kong Yuan, Raymond A. Strikas, Alan R. Hinman and Peter A. Briss and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, American Journal of Epidemiology and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Abigail Shefer

86 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults11The names and affiliations of the Task Force members are listed on page v of this supplement and at http://www.thecommunityguide.org22Some of this material was published previously in: Shefer A, Briss P, Rodewald L, et al. Improving immunization coverage rates: an evidence-based review of the literature. Epidemiol Rev 1999;20:96–142.

2000 524 citations Peter A. Briss, Lance E. Rodewald et al. American Journal of Preventive Medicine profile →
IMMUNIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP)

2011 499 citations Abigail Shefer et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abigail Shefer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Development of a maturity assessment tool to evaluate and strengthen National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) 2024 ·Vaccine ·(unknown), Abigail Shefer, (unknown), Lance E. Rodewald, (unknown), Nathalie El Omeiri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Erin D. Kennedy	4
2	Region-wide assessment of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) using the NITAG Maturity Assessment Tool (NMAT) – Experience from the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization, 2023 2024 ·Vaccine ·(unknown), Quamrul Hasan, Abigail Shefer, (unknown), Kathleen F. Cavallaro, (unknown), Stephen C. Hadler, (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin M. Kagina, Yvan Hutin	2
3	Building immunization decision-making capacity within the World Health Organization European Region 2020 ·Vaccine ·Liudmila Mosina, Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Abigail Shefer, Kathleen F. Cavallaro, (unknown), Christoph A. Steffen, Lisa Jacques-Carroll	6
4	Research priorities for accelerating progress toward measles and rubella elimination identified by a cross-sectional web-based survey 2019 ·Vaccine ·Jennifer L. Kriss, Gavin B. Grant, William J. Moss, David N Dürrheim, Abigail Shefer, Paul A. Rota, Saad B. Omer, Balcha Masresha, Mick N. Mulders, Matt Hanson, Robert W. Linkins, James L. Goodson	12
5	Effectiveness of interventions that apply new media to improve vaccine uptake and vaccine coverage 2014 ·Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics ·Anna Odone, Antonio Ferrari, Francesca M. Spagnoli, (unknown), Abigail Shefer, Cesira Pasquarella, Carlo Signorelli	160
6	Immunization Information Systems to Increase Vaccination Rates 2014 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·Holly C. Groom, David P. Hopkins, Laura J. Pabst, Jennifer M. Morgan, Mona Patel, Ned Calonge, (unknown), Kevin J. Dombkowski, Amy V. Groom, (unknown), Bobby Rasulnia, Abigail Shefer, (unknown), Pascale Wortley, Jane R. Zucker	141
7	Do Vaccination Strategies Implemented by Nursing Homes Narrow the Racial Gap in Receipt of Influenza Vaccination in the United States? 2011 ·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ·Barbara H. Bardenheier, Abigail Shefer, Faruque Ahmed, Robin E. Remsburg, Carol J. Hogue, Stefan Gravenstein	17
8	Influenza vaccination coverage among children and adults - United States, 2008-09 influenza season. 2009 ·MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·Gary L. Euler, P.-J. Lu, Abigail Shefer, James A. Singleton, Anthony E. Fiore, Machell Town, Lina S. Balluz	58
9	Pneumococcal Vaccination in Nursing Homes: Does Race Make a Difference? 2008 ·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·Jill A. Marsteller, (unknown), (unknown), Barbara H. Bardenheier, Abigail Shefer, Beth Han	8
10	Human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness and vaccination initiation among women in the United States, National Immunization Survey—Adult 2007 2008 ·Preventive Medicine ·Neha Jain, Gary L. Euler, Abigail Shefer, Peng-Jun Lu, David Yankey, Lauri E. Markowitz	172
11	Managed care organizations' performance in delivery of childhood immunizations (HEDIS, 1999-2002). 2007 ·PubMed ·Barbara H. Bardenheier, Kong Yuan, Abigail Shefer, Fangjun Zhou, Sarah C. Shih	8
12	Childhood Immunization Coverage by Provider Type 2007 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·Holly C. Groom, Maureen Kolasa, Karen Wooten, Pamela Ching, Abigail Shefer	12
13	A Status Report from 1996–2004: Are More Effective Immunization Interventions Being used in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program? 2007 ·Maternal and Child Health Journal ·(unknown), Abigail Shefer, (unknown), Felicita David, John M. Stevenson, Daniel B. Fishbein	2
14	Status of Quality Improvement Activities to Improve Immunization Practices and Delivery 2006 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·Abigail Shefer, Jeanne M. Santoli, Pascale Wortley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John Fontanesi, Peter G. Szilagyi	10
15	Influenza Immunization in Nursing Homes: Who Does Not Get Immunized and Whose Status Is Unknown? 2006 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Jill A. Marsteller, (unknown), Robin E. Remsburg, Abigail Shefer, Barbara H. Bardenheier	12
16	Operational conditions affecting the vaccination of older adults 2004 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·John Fontanesi, Abigail Shefer, Daniel B. Fishbein, Nancy M. Bennett, (unknown), David Kopald, (unknown), (unknown), Margaret S. Coleman	15
17	Estimating medical practice expenses from administering adult influenza vaccinations 2004 ·Vaccine ·Margaret S. Coleman, John Fontanesi, Martin I. Meltzer, Abigail Shefer, Daniel B. Fishbein, Nancy M. Bennett, (unknown)	27
18	Linking WIC and Immunization Services To Improve Preventive Health Care among Low-Income Children in WIC 2002 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·Abigail Shefer, (unknown), John Stevenson, Bridget H. Lyons, Roger Friedman, Daniel J. Hopfensperger, (unknown), Lance E. Rodewald	16
19	Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to improve vaccination coverage in children, adolescents, and adults11The names and affiliations of the Task Force members are listed on page v of this supplement and at http://www.thecommunityguide.org22Some of this material was published previously in: Shefer A, Briss P, Rodewald L, et al. Improving immunization coverage rates: an evidence-based review of the literature. Epidemiol Rev 1999;20:96–142. breakdown → 2000 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Peter A. Briss, Lance E. Rodewald, Alan R. Hinman, Abigail Shefer, Raymond A. Strikas, Roger Bernier, Vilma G Carande-Kulis, Hussain Yusuf, Serigne M. Ndiaye, Sheree Marshall Williams	524
20	Fatiguing illness among employees in three large state office buildings, California, 1993: Was there an outbreak? 1997 ·Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Abigail Shefer, James G. Dobbins, Keiji Fukuda, Lea Steele, Denise Koo, Rosane Nisenbaum, George W Rutherford	17

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