Cathy Zimmerman

11.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
113 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Cathy Zimmerman is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Cathy Zimmerman has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 45 papers in Clinical Psychology and 37 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Cathy Zimmerman's work include Sex work and related issues (65 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (32 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (29 papers). Cathy Zimmerman is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (65 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (32 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (29 papers). Cathy Zimmerman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Cathy Zimmerman's co-authors include Charlotte Watts, Mazeda Hossain, Lígia Kiss, Louise M. Howard, Siân Oram, Melanie Abas, Nicola S. Pocock, Heidi Stöckl, Katherine Yun and Stacey Hemmings and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Cathy Zimmerman

104 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Violence against women: global scope and magnitude 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2011 2014 2019 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. Violence against women: global scope and magnitude
    2002 765 citations Charlotte Watts, Cathy Zimmerman The Lancet profile →
  2. Migration and Health: A Framework for 21st Century Policy-Making
    2011 397 citations Cathy Zimmerman, Lígia Kiss et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  3. Addressing violence against women: a call to action
    2014 284 citations Cathy Zimmerman, Lori Heise et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Occupational health outcomes among international migrant workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2019 199 citations Sally Hargreaves, Nicola S. Pocock et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cathy Zimmerman United Kingdom 36 3.9k 2.5k 1.9k 1.8k 1.6k 113 5.9k
Lígia Kiss United Kingdom 24 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 441 0.2× 2.2k 1.4× 73 3.9k
Nancy Glass United States 45 3.8k 1.0× 2.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.2× 548 0.3× 5.3k 3.4× 191 8.2k
Jhumka Gupta United States 35 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 603 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 78 3.7k
Louisa Gilbert United States 43 2.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 3.2k 1.7× 2.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 181 6.0k
Heidi Stöckl United Kingdom 32 3.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.5× 507 0.3× 5.0k 3.1× 130 7.3k
Mazeda Hossain United Kingdom 27 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 677 0.4× 684 0.4× 94 3.1k
Lisa Bowleg United States 34 3.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 728 0.4× 778 0.5× 89 7.1k
Margaret Kelaher Australia 31 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 549 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 206 5.4k
Bob Erens United Kingdom 44 1.7k 0.4× 2.2k 0.9× 3.1k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 667 0.4× 107 7.4k
Greta R. Bauer Canada 42 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 536 0.3× 583 0.4× 117 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Cathy Zimmerman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cathy Zimmerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cathy Zimmerman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Sarah, Karen Lau, Engy Mohamed El‐Ghitany, et al.. (2025). International migrant workers, heat exposure, and climate change: a systematic review of health risks and protective interventions. PubMed. 3(1). 107–107. 1 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Cathy, et al.. (2025). Behind closed doors: Public and private views on child domestic work in urban Myanmar. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 5. 100183–100183.
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Busza, Joanna, et al.. (2023). Accidental traffickers: qualitative findings on labour recruitment in Ethiopia. Globalization and Health. 19(1). 102–102. 3 indexed citations
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Rose, Alexandra L., Louise M. Howard, Cathy Zimmerman, & Siân Oram. (2020). A Cross-sectional Comparison of the Mental Health of People Trafficked to the UK for Domestic Servitude, for Sexual Exploitation and for Labor Exploitation. Journal of Human Trafficking. 7(3). 258–267. 9 indexed citations
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Pocock, Nicola S., Long Hoang Nguyen, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno, Cathy Zimmerman, & Siân Oram. (2018). Occupational, physical, sexual and mental health and violence among migrant and trafficked commercial fishers and seafarers from the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): systematic review. Global Health Research and Policy. 3(1). 28–28. 11 indexed citations
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Bick, Debra, Louise M. Howard, Siân Oram, & Cathy Zimmerman. (2017). Maternity care for trafficked women: Survivor experiences and clinicians’ perspectives in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187856–e0187856. 18 indexed citations
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Stöckl, Heidi, et al.. (2017). Trafficking of Vietnamese women and girls for marriage in China. Global Health Research and Policy. 2(1). 28–28. 29 indexed citations
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Yun, Katherine, Zeinab Mohamad, Lígia Kiss, Aniyizhai Annamalai, & Cathy Zimmerman. (2015). History of Persecution and Health Outcomes Among U.S. Refugees. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 18(1). 263–269. 12 indexed citations
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Kiss, Lígia, Lília Blima Schraiber, Mazeda Hossain, Charlotte Watts, & Cathy Zimmerman. (2015). The Link Between Community-Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence: the Effect of Crime and Male Aggression on Intimate Partner Violence Against Women. Prevention Science. 16(6). 881–889. 36 indexed citations
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Howard, Louise M., et al.. (2013). Human Trafficking and Mental Health. European Psychiatry. 28. 1 indexed citations
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Kiss, Lígia, Lília Blima Schraiber, Lori Heise, et al.. (2012). Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence?. Social Science & Medicine. 74(8). 1172–1179. 99 indexed citations
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Oram, Siân, Heidi Stöckl, Joanna Busza, Louise M. Howard, & Cathy Zimmerman. (2012). Prevalence and Risk of Violence and the Physical, Mental, and Sexual Health Problems Associated with Human Trafficking: Systematic Review. PLoS Medicine. 9(5). e1001224–e1001224. 258 indexed citations
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Prince, Martin, et al.. (2011). Women in post-trafficking services in moldova: diagnostic interviews over two time periods to assess returning women's mental health. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 232–232. 44 indexed citations
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Oram, Siân, et al.. (2011). International law, national policymaking, and the health of trafficked people in the UK.. PubMed. 13(2). E3–16. 9 indexed citations
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Oram, Siân & Cathy Zimmerman. (2008). The Health of Persons Trafficked for Forced Labour. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(18). 6091–6109. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Cathy, Mazeda Hossain, Katherine Yun, et al.. (2006). Stolen smiles: a summary report on the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe.. 26(5). 981–1002. 92 indexed citations
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Watts, Charlotte & Cathy Zimmerman. (2002). Violence against women: global scope and magnitude. The Lancet. 359(9313). 1232–1237. 765 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zimmerman, Cathy, Gay L. Bisanz, & Jeffrey Bisanz. (1998). Everyday Scientific Literacy: Do Students Use Information about the Social Context and Methods of Research To Evaluate News Briefs about Science?.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 44(2). 188–207. 18 indexed citations

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