Christopher Owens

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher Owens is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Owens has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 38 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Christopher Owens's work include Peripheral Artery Disease Management (42 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (30 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers). Christopher Owens is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Artery Disease Management (42 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (30 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers). Christopher Owens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher Owens's co-authors include Michael S. Conte, Michael Belkin, Warren J. Gasper, Andres Schanzer, Karen J. Ho, Hugh Alley, Mark A. Creager, S. Marlene Grenon, Nathanael D. Hevelone and Randolph D. Hubach and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Owens

144 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Surgical site infections: epidemiology, microbiology and ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Surgical site infections: epidemiology, microbiology and prevention
    2008 645 citations Christopher Owens 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
Christopher Owens United States 34 2.3k 1.2k 828 418 304 151 4.1k
Joseph P. Minei United States 50 2.9k 1.3× 910 0.8× 626 0.8× 1.6k 3.8× 125 0.4× 176 8.2k
Gregory B. Russell United States 44 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 509 1.2× 106 0.3× 228 7.1k
Raffaele Serra Italy 34 1.9k 0.8× 913 0.8× 470 0.6× 397 0.9× 172 0.6× 258 4.8k
Timothy C. Flynn United States 47 2.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 841 1.0× 432 1.0× 43 0.1× 151 7.4k
Silvia De Rosa Italy 22 916 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 834 1.0× 766 1.8× 319 1.0× 110 5.3k
John M. Morton United States 44 4.5k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 937 1.1× 519 1.2× 144 0.5× 197 6.7k
Steven M. Steinberg United States 38 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 438 0.5× 550 1.3× 115 0.4× 106 4.5k
Bernd Stegmayr Sweden 42 963 0.4× 977 0.8× 950 1.1× 982 2.3× 231 0.8× 259 6.3k
Iain Robertson Australia 35 1.2k 0.5× 902 0.8× 572 0.7× 258 0.6× 35 0.1× 112 3.5k
Rulan S. Parekh Canada 41 1.3k 0.6× 868 0.7× 1.4k 1.7× 551 1.3× 181 0.6× 204 7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Owens

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Christopher Owens's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Christopher Owens with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Christopher Owens more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Owens

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christopher Owens. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christopher Owens. The network helps show where Christopher Owens may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Owens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Owens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Owens 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 Christopher Owens. Christopher Owens 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
1.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Sexualized drug use factors among rural sexual minority men. The Journal of Rural Health. 41(1). e12917–e12917. 2 indexed citations
2.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Comfort of Sexual and Behavioral Health Survey Research Participation among Undergraduate Students: Findings from a Random Sample of a Southern University. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 20(3). 114–122. 1 indexed citations
3.
4.
5.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Reactions to Sexual, Substance Use, and Mental Health Surveys Among Rural Sexual Minority Men. Health Education & Behavior. 52(6). 644–652. 2 indexed citations
6.
Hubach, Randolph D., et al.. (2023). Parent-Reported HIV Prevention Communication Topics with Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents: A Descriptive Study. American Journal of Sexuality Education. 19(3). 302–315.
7.
8.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2023). A Comparison of Rural and Urban Primary Care Physicians’ Comfort Level of Providing Sexual Healthcare Practices to Adolescent Patients. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 20(4). 1677–1688. 3 indexed citations
9.
Hubach, Randolph D., et al.. (2023). Knowledge, sex, and region associated with primary care providers prescribing adolescents HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 16958–16958. 1 indexed citations
10.
Owens, Christopher, Aurora B. Lê, Todd D. Smith, & Susan E. Middlestadt. (2023). Beliefs of University Employees Leaving During a Fire Alarm: A Theory-based Belief Elicitation. Safety and Health at Work. 14(2). 201–206.
11.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Implementation Facilitators and Barriers for Primary Care Providers Prescribing Daily Oral PrEP to Adolescents in the United States. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 37(8). 379–393. 5 indexed citations
12.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2023). The HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills of Parents of Adolescent Sexual Minority Males and Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 20(4). 1653–1666. 4 indexed citations
13.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2023). When reality does not meet expectations: What sexual minority assigned-male-at-birth adolescents learn from using geosocial networking apps.. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. 12(1). 123–132. 4 indexed citations
14.
Owens, Christopher. (2022). HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis awareness, practices, and comfort among urban and rural family medicine physicians. The Journal of Rural Health. 39(2). 469–476. 8 indexed citations
15.
Currin, Joseph M., et al.. (2022). The impact of initial social distancing measures on individuals’ anxiety and loneliness depending on living with their romantic/sexual partners. Current Psychology. 42(17). 14953–14961. 2 indexed citations
16.
17.
Owens, Christopher, Jessica Nina Lester, Harold D. Green, et al.. (2021). The lived experiences of rural HIV social workers. AIDS Care. 35(1). 48–52. 7 indexed citations
18.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Motivations to Start and Stop Using Sexual Networking Applications Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Men. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 20(1). 329–339. 10 indexed citations
19.
Owens, Christopher, Jessica Nina Lester, Harold D. Green, et al.. (2021). A community-based study of clients’ lived experiences of going through the rural HIV care continuum. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services. 20(1). 33–57. 5 indexed citations
20.
Owens, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Facilitators and Barriers of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake Among Rural Men who have Sex with Men Living in the Midwestern U.S.. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49(6). 2179–2191. 46 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joseph P. Minei Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gregory B. Russell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Raffaele Serra Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Timothy C. Flynn Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Silvia De Rosa Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John M. Morton Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Steven M. Steinberg Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bernd Stegmayr Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Iain Robertson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rulan S. Parekh
Rankless by CCL
2026