Alva O. Ferdinand

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alva O. Ferdinand is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alva O. Ferdinand has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Alva O. Ferdinand's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (10 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (7 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Alva O. Ferdinand is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (10 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (7 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Alva O. Ferdinand collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nepal and Finland. Alva O. Ferdinand's co-authors include Nir Menachemi, Jane N. Bolin, Timothy Callaghan, Bisakha Sen, Saurabh Rahurkar, Sally Engler, Janet Helduser, Gail Bellamy, Bita A. Kash and Ann M. Vuong and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Alva O. Ferdinand

37 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Rural Healthy People 2020: New Decade, Same Challenges

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alva O. Ferdinand United States	16	394	295	206	192	159	39	1.2k
Samuel D. Towne United States	25	570 1.4×	296 1.0×	193 0.9×	346 1.8×	149 0.9×	95	1.6k
Christopher N. Morrison United States	23	512 1.3×	272 0.9×	271 1.3×	526 2.7×	78 0.5×	84	1.7k
Peg Allen United States	22	854 2.2×	264 0.9×	154 0.7×	134 0.7×	119 0.7×	70	1.6k
D. Alex Quistberg United States	20	390 1.0×	367 1.2×	335 1.6×	184 1.0×	47 0.3×	54	1.4k
Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad Iran	22	445 1.1×	280 0.9×	90 0.4×	163 0.8×	37 0.2×	136	1.5k
Irina B. Grafova United States	12	365 0.9×	239 0.8×	205 1.0×	342 1.8×	167 1.1×	37	1.1k
Keshia M. Pollack Porter United States	17	306 0.8×	258 0.9×	171 0.8×	89 0.5×	54 0.3×	81	876
Vered Kaufman‐Shriqui Israel	16	314 0.8×	666 2.3×	313 1.5×	187 1.0×	39 0.2×	50	1.4k
Roy Lay‐Yee New Zealand	19	505 1.3×	220 0.7×	75 0.4×	113 0.6×	257 1.6×	59	1.3k
Jennifer Stewart Williams Australia	25	515 1.3×	232 0.8×	47 0.2×	379 2.0×	142 0.9×	43	1.6k

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Akinlotan, Marvellous, et al.. (2025). Exploring Neighborhood Opportunity as a Factor in Pediatric Asthma Visits to the Emergency Department. Public Health Reports. 140(5-6). 584–591.

Akinlotan, Marvellous, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Immigration Policy Changes on Preterm Birth Rates in Texas: An Examination of Border and Nonborder Regions. Women s Health Issues. 34(4). 361–369.

Ferdinand, Alva O., et al.. (2024). Case study on communicating with research ethics committees about minimizing risk through software: an application for record linkage in secondary data analysis. JAMIA Open. 7(1). ooae010–ooae010. 1 indexed citations

Ferdinand, Alva O., et al.. (2024). Data Sharing in a Decentralized Public Health System: Lessons From COVID-19 Syndromic Surveillance. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 10. e52587–e52587. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Weiyi, Robin Page, Theresa Morris, et al.. (2023). Maternal exposure to SSRIs or SNRIs and the risk of congenital abnormalities in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0294996–e0294996. 4 indexed citations

Akinlotan, Marvellous, et al.. (2023). Travel for medical or dental care by race/ethnicity and rurality in the U.S.: Findings from the 2001, 2009 and 2017 National Household Travel Surveys. Preventive Medicine Reports. 35. 102297–102297. 13 indexed citations

Callaghan, Timothy, et al.. (2023). Public Attitudes, Inequities, and Polarization in the Launch of the 988 Lifeline. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 49(3). 473–493. 4 indexed citations

Akinlotan, Marvellous, et al.. (2022). Dental hygienists' scope of practice regulations and preventable non‐traumatic dental emergency department visits: A cross‐sectional study of 10 U.S. states. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 51(2). 274–282. 2 indexed citations

Voo, Teck Chuan, Lisa M. Lee, Kelly K. Dineen, et al.. (2022). Uncertainty, scarcity and transparency: Public health ethics and risk communication in a pandemic. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 16. 100374–100374. 9 indexed citations

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Akinlotan, Marvellous, Kristin Primm, Jane N. Bolin, et al.. (2021). Racial, Rural, and Regional Disparities in Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Amputation Rates, 2009–2017. Diabetes Care. 44(9). 2053–2060. 23 indexed citations

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Dineen, Kelly K., Jocelyn J. Herstein, Matthew K. Wynia, et al.. (2021). Emerging Science, Personal Protective Equipment Guidance, and Resource Scarcity: Inaction and Inequity for Workers in Essential Industries. Health Security. 19(5). 564–569. 2 indexed citations

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Akinlotan, Marvellous & Alva O. Ferdinand. (2020). Emergency department visits for nontraumatic dental conditions: a systematic literature review. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 80(4). 313–326. 8 indexed citations

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Ferdinand, Alva O., Marvellous Akinlotan, Timothy Callaghan, Samuel D. Towne, & Jane N. Bolin. (2020). Factors affecting the likelihood of a hospitalization following a diabetes‐related emergency department visit: A regional and urban‐rural analysis. Journal of Diabetes. 12(9). 686–696. 5 indexed citations

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Ajayi, Kobi V., et al.. (2020). Communicating With Patients About Software for Enhancing Privacy in Secondary Database Research Involving Record Linkage: Delphi Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(12). e20783–e20783. 8 indexed citations

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Gorman, Dennis M. & Alva O. Ferdinand. (2020). High impact nutrition and dietetics journals’ use of publication procedures to increase research transparency. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 12–12. 7 indexed citations

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Primm, Kristin, Alva O. Ferdinand, Timothy Callaghan, et al.. (2019). Congestive heart failure-related hospital deaths across the urban-rural continuum in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports. 16. 101007–101007. 14 indexed citations

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Mazurenko, Olena, et al.. (2017). Predictors of Hospital Patient Satisfaction as Measured by HCAHPS. Journal of Healthcare Management. 62(4). 272–283. 58 indexed citations

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George, Brandon, Valerie A. Yeager, Bisakha Sen, et al.. (2016). Urban Park Development and Pediatric Obesity Rates: A Quasi-Experiment Using Electronic Health Record Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(4). 411–411. 18 indexed citations

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Menachemi, Nir, Gabriel S. Tajeu, Bisakha Sen, et al.. (2013). Overstatement of Results in the Nutrition and Obesity Peer-Reviewed Literature. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 45(5). 615–621. 6 indexed citations

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Ferdinand, Alva O., et al.. (2013). Community benefits provided by religious, other nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals. Health Care Management Review. 39(2). 145–153. 16 indexed citations

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