David Lessard

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 752 citations indexed

About

David Lessard is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lessard has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 752 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Infectious Diseases, 23 papers in General Health Professions and 23 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in David Lessard's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (36 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (18 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers). David Lessard is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (36 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (18 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (11 papers). David Lessard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. David Lessard's co-authors include Bertrand Lebouché, Kim Engler, Michael N. Geuss, Kyle T. Gagnon, Jeanine K. Stefanucci, Sally A. Linkenauger, Dennis R. Proffítt, Yuanchao Ma, Moustafa Laymouna and Tibor Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, AIDS and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

David Lessard

60 papers receiving 732 citations

Hit Papers

Roles, Users, Benefits, and Limitations of Chatbots in He... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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. Roles, Users, Benefits, and Limitations of Chatbots in Health Care: Rapid Review
    2024 73 citations Moustafa Laymouna, Yuanchao Ma et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Lessard Canada 16 264 169 153 152 120 68 752
Kevin Moran United States 15 292 1.1× 198 1.2× 215 1.4× 120 0.8× 44 0.4× 24 689
Chantal den Daas Netherlands 13 268 1.0× 211 1.2× 160 1.0× 70 0.5× 20 0.2× 60 623
Vivek Anand United States 15 360 1.4× 279 1.7× 220 1.4× 214 1.4× 30 0.3× 45 1.1k
Mellanye Lackey United States 13 177 0.7× 205 1.2× 229 1.5× 56 0.4× 38 0.3× 23 720
Sandra Berry United States 11 479 1.8× 548 3.2× 166 1.1× 64 0.4× 49 0.4× 32 1.3k
Sylvie Naar United States 17 326 1.2× 119 0.7× 435 2.8× 147 1.0× 17 0.1× 104 933
John A. Sauceda United States 19 751 2.8× 328 1.9× 300 2.0× 173 1.1× 29 0.2× 88 1.2k
Erin D. Reilly United States 18 394 1.5× 310 1.8× 231 1.5× 368 2.4× 71 0.6× 50 1.6k
Jesús Peinado United States 17 430 1.6× 341 2.0× 139 0.9× 119 0.8× 17 0.1× 67 988

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lessard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lessard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Lessard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Lessard 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 David Lessard. David Lessard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Laymouna, Moustafa, Yuanchao Ma, David Lessard, et al.. (2024). Needs-Assessment for an Artificial Intelligence-Based Chatbot for Pharmacists in HIV Care: Results from a Knowledge–Attitudes–Practices Survey. Healthcare. 12(16). 1661–1661. 1 indexed citations
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Laymouna, Moustafa, Yuanchao Ma, David Lessard, et al.. (2024). Roles, Users, Benefits, and Limitations of Chatbots in Health Care: Rapid Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e56930–e56930. 73 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Yuanchao, Sofiane Achiche, David Lessard, et al.. (2024). The first AI‐based Chatbot to promote HIV self‐management: A mixed methods usability study. HIV Medicine. 26(2). 184–206. 6 indexed citations
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Skakoon‐Sparling, Shayna, Ben Klassen, David Lessard, et al.. (2023). Unpacking racism during COVID-19: narratives from racialized Canadian gay, bisexual, and queer men. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22(1). 152–152. 3 indexed citations
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Mate, Kedar, Kim Engler, David Lessard, & Bertrand Lebouché. (2023). Barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy: identifying priority areas for people with HIV and healthcare professionals. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 34(10). 677–686. 7 indexed citations
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Skakoon‐Sparling, Shayna, Ben Klassen, David Lessard, et al.. (2023). Queering Public Health: A Critical Examination of Healthcare Access and Gender Expression among Trans, Nonbinary, and Other Gender Nonconforming People during COVID-19. Health & Social Care in the Community. 2023. 1–12. 5 indexed citations
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Patel, Hursch, Brittany A. Shelton, Stephanie Solso, et al.. (2023). People with HIV at the end-of-life and their next-of-kin/loved ones are willing to participate in interventional HIV cure-related research. AIDS. 38(2). 235–243. 4 indexed citations
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Klassen, Ben, David Lessard, Shayna Skakoon‐Sparling, et al.. (2023). ‘It’s not as good as the face‐to‐face contact’: A sociomaterialist analysis of the use of virtual care among Canadian gay, bisexual and queer men during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Sociology of Health & Illness. 46(1). 19–38. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Yuanchao, David Lessard, Kim Engler, et al.. (2023). An Artificial Intelligence-Based Chatbot to Promote HIV Primary Care Self-Management: a Mixed Method Usability Study. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 5267–5267. 2 indexed citations
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Lessard, David, Ben Klassen, Shayna Skakoon‐Sparling, et al.. (2022). ‘I did not have sex outside of our bubble’: changes in sexual practices and risk reduction strategies among sexual minority men in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Culture Health & Sexuality. 25(9). 1147–1163. 15 indexed citations
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Lessard, David, Kim Engler, Yuanchao Ma, et al.. (2022). Remote Follow-up of Self-isolating Patients With COVID-19 Using a Patient Portal: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study (Opal-COVID Study). JMIR Research Protocols. 11(8). e35760–e35760.
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Arora, Anish, Kim Engler, David Lessard, et al.. (2022). Experiences of Migrant People Living with HIV in a Multidisciplinary HIV Care Setting with Rapid B/F/TAF Initiation and Cost-Covered Treatment: The ‘ASAP’ Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(9). 1497–1497. 7 indexed citations
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Grace, Daniel, Mark Gaspar, Ben Klassen, et al.. (2020). It’s in Me to Give : Canadian Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men’s Willingness to Donate Blood If Eligible Despite Feelings of Policy Discrimination. Qualitative Health Research. 30(14). 2234–2247. 17 indexed citations
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Arora, Anish, Amélie Quesnel‐Vallée, David Lessard, et al.. (2020). Barriers and facilitators associated with steps of the HIV care cascade for migrants in OECD countries: a systematic mixed studies review protocol. BMJ Open. 10(11). e040646–e040646. 6 indexed citations
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Grace, Daniel, Mark Gaspar, David Lessard, et al.. (2019). Gay and bisexual men’s views on reforming blood donation policy in Canada: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 772–772. 33 indexed citations
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Butner, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). Utilizing topology to generate and test theories of change.. Psychological Methods. 20(1). 1–25. 56 indexed citations

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