Barbara Sina

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Barbara Sina is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Sina has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Sina's work include Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (9 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers). Barbara Sina is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (9 papers) and Vector-borne infectious diseases (6 papers). Barbara Sina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Switzerland. Barbara Sina's co-authors include Paola Marchesini, Kamini Mendis, R Carter, Jane M. Carlton, John H. Adams, Joseph Millum, Philippe A. Rossignol, Thomas W. Scott, Xiaohong Li and Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Sina

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The neglected burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The neglected burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria
    2001 777 citations Kamini Mendis, Barbara Sina et al. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara Sina United States 14 1.1k 257 244 204 137 30 1.3k
J. Kevin Baird United States 10 1.4k 1.3× 322 1.3× 153 0.6× 244 1.2× 148 1.1× 11 1.6k
Livingstone Tavul Papua New Guinea 21 1.1k 1.0× 293 1.1× 188 0.8× 355 1.7× 123 0.9× 33 1.4k
Hema Joshi India 23 1.3k 1.2× 310 1.2× 170 0.7× 159 0.8× 202 1.5× 52 1.5k
Brian T. Grimberg United States 17 850 0.8× 203 0.8× 202 0.8× 338 1.7× 214 1.6× 28 1.4k
Inoni Betuela Papua New Guinea 20 1.6k 1.5× 432 1.7× 254 1.0× 361 1.8× 95 0.7× 39 1.8k
Paola Marchesini Brazil 14 1.1k 1.0× 231 0.9× 109 0.4× 141 0.7× 116 0.8× 31 1.2k
Iroka J. Udeinya United States 16 1.1k 1.0× 223 0.9× 181 0.7× 466 2.3× 51 0.4× 28 1.4k
Surya K Sharma India 20 919 0.9× 157 0.6× 126 0.5× 204 1.0× 135 1.0× 62 1.2k
Frank Mosha Tanzania 16 1.4k 1.3× 266 1.0× 135 0.6× 89 0.4× 164 1.2× 19 1.5k
R Carter United Kingdom 6 873 0.8× 220 0.9× 117 0.5× 221 1.1× 87 0.6× 8 978

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Sina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Sina

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Sina. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Sina based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barbara Sina. Barbara Sina is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sina, Barbara. (2017). Pregnancy and the global disease burden. Reproductive Health. 14(S3). 170–170. 10 indexed citations
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Millum, Joseph, Barbara Sina, & Roger I. Glass. (2015). International Research Ethics Education. JAMA. 313(5). 461–461. 13 indexed citations
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Millum, Joseph & Barbara Sina. (2014). Introduction: International Research Ethics Education. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 9(2). 1–2. 7 indexed citations
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Carlton, Jane M., Barbara Sina, & John H. Adams. (2011). Why Is Plasmodium vivax a Neglected Tropical Disease?. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 5(6). e1160–e1160. 75 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara. (2002). Focus on Plasmodium vivax. Trends in Parasitology. 18(7). 287–289. 77 indexed citations
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Mendis, Kamini, Barbara Sina, Paola Marchesini, & R Carter. (2001). The neglected burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 64(1_Suppl). 97–106. 777 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sina, Barbara, et al.. (2001). Resisting resistance. Trends in Parasitology. 17(7). 305–306. 14 indexed citations
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Cooper, Lynn A., Barbara Sina, Michael J. Turell, & Thomas W. Scott. (2000). Effects of Initial Dose on Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus Dependent Mortality in Intrathoracically Inoculated <I>Culiseta melanura</I> (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 37(6). 815–819. 10 indexed citations
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Eng, George, et al.. (1999). INSECTICIDAL EFFECTS OF TRIORGANOTIN (IV) COMPOUNDS ON THE ANOPHELES STEPHENSI MOSQUITO LARVAE. Main Group Metal Chemistry. 22(5). 311–314. 14 indexed citations
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González-Cerón, Lilia, et al.. (1998). Plasmodium vivax:A Monoclonal Antibody Recognizes a Circumsporozoite Protein Precursor on the Sporozoite Surface. Experimental Parasitology. 90(3). 203–211. 15 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara. (1995). Characterization of a sporozoite antigen common to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium berghei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 69(2). 239–246. 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Nirbhay, Hideyuki Nagasawa, John B. Sacci, et al.. (1993). expression of members of the heat-shock protein 70 family in the exoerythrocytic stages ofPlasmodium berghei andPlasmodium falciparum. Parasitology Research. 79(2). 109–113. 23 indexed citations
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Rocha, Eliana Maria Maurício da, Michael R. Hollingdale, Barbara Sina, et al.. (1993). Common Epitopes In the Circumsporozoite Proteins of Plasmodium Berghei and Plasmodium Gallinaceum Identified By Monoclonal Antibodies to the P. Gallinaceum Circumsporozoite Protein. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40(1). 61–63. 1 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara, et al.. (1993). Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Immunization Protects against Plasmodium berghei Sporozoite Infection. Experimental Parasitology. 77(2). 129–135. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaohong, Barbara Sina, & Philippe A. Rossignol. (1992). Probing behaviour and sporozoite delivery by Anopheles stephensi infected with Plasmodium berghei. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 6(1). 57–61. 34 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara, et al.. (1992). A protective monoclonal antibody with dual specificity for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium berghei circumsporozoite proteins. Experimental Parasitology. 74(4). 431–440. 6 indexed citations
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Hollingdale, Michael R., Masanori Aikawa, Carter T. Atkinson, et al.. (1990). Non-CS pre-erythrocytic protective antigens. Immunology Letters. 25(1-3). 71–76. 39 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara & Maria Pellegrini. (1983). Nuclear transcription in preblastoderm Drosophila embryos. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 112(3). 851–859. 2 indexed citations
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Sina, Barbara & Maria Pellegrini. (1982). Genomic clones coding for some of the initial genes expressed during Drosophila development.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(23). 7351–7355. 8 indexed citations
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Blumenfeld, Martin, John W. Orf, Barbara Sina, et al.. (1978). Correlation between phosphorylated H1 histones and satellite DNAs in Drosophila virilis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(2). 866–870. 41 indexed citations

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