David Sears

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David Sears is a scholar working on Hematology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sears has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Hematology, 22 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David Sears's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (22 papers), Blood groups and transfusion (15 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers). David Sears is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (22 papers), Blood groups and transfusion (15 papers) and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers). David Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and United Kingdom. David Sears's co-authors include Mark M. Udden, Joseph M. Cash, James N. George, Brian S. Schwartz, R. W. Helmkamp, Yukiko Maeda, Marvin L. Sears, Robert I. Weed, Ada Kwan and Scott N. Swisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

David Sears

84 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave

2023 133 citations Sophia T. Tan, Ada Kwan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Sears United States	28	695	478	364	323	248	87	2.2k
Chorh Chuan Tan Singapore	21	646 0.9×	187 0.4×	428 1.2×	972 3.0×	255 1.0×	43	3.3k
Glenn E. Bartsch United States	23	942 1.4×	173 0.4×	403 1.1×	347 1.1×	564 2.3×	50	2.8k
Tomoko Matsumura Japan	25	606 0.9×	145 0.3×	296 0.8×	379 1.2×	117 0.5×	96	2.1k
Tracey O’Brien Australia	27	753 1.1×	216 0.5×	522 1.4×	133 0.4×	129 0.5×	124	1.9k
Emily Harris United States	24	960 1.4×	744 1.6×	439 1.2×	129 0.4×	173 0.7×	183	2.9k
Allan Gibofsky United States	33	564 0.8×	284 0.6×	564 1.5×	167 0.5×	198 0.8×	125	4.3k
Shahrukh K. Hashmi United States	30	1.3k 1.9×	450 0.9×	522 1.4×	244 0.8×	318 1.3×	195	3.6k
David Barnett United Kingdom	38	1.2k 1.7×	418 0.9×	1.4k 3.8×	411 1.3×	367 1.5×	134	4.3k
Ambroise Wonkam South Africa	30	830 1.2×	1.1k 2.2×	976 2.7×	178 0.6×	145 0.6×	211	3.4k
R. Eeckels Belgium	24	234 0.3×	120 0.3×	635 1.7×	184 0.6×	293 1.2×	97	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Sears

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sears

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Tan, Sophia T., Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Ada Kwan, et al.. (2025). Strength and durability of indirect protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection through vaccine and infection-acquired immunity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1090–1090. 2 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Seth, Ada Kwan, Christopher M. Hoover, et al.. (2022). Modeling scenarios for mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(7). e1010308–e1010308. 7 indexed citations

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Kiguli-Malwadde, Elsie, Ian Couper, David Sears, et al.. (2022). Evaluating the impact of a multicountry interprofessional training programme to improve HIV knowledge and clinical confidence among healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 12(7). e060079–e060079. 1 indexed citations

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Kwan, Ada, Drew Cameron, Stefano Bertozzi, et al.. (2022). Respiratory pandemic preparedness learnings from the June 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin California State Prison. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 19(3). 306–321. 6 indexed citations

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Cloud, David H., Cyrus Ahalt, Dallas Augustine, David Sears, & Brie Williams. (2020). Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 35(9). 2738–2742. 46 indexed citations

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Sears, David, et al.. (2017). A novel case of lymphangiomatosis in HIV. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 102(2). 251–254. 3 indexed citations

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Sears, David, Arthur Mpimbaza, Ruth Kigozi, et al.. (2015). Quality of Inpatient Pediatric Case Management for Four Leading Causes of Child Mortality at Six Government-Run Ugandan Hospitals. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0127192–e0127192. 8 indexed citations

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Sears, David, et al.. (2013). The Relative Pedagogical Value of Disassemble/Analyze/Assemble (DAA) Activities.. AEE Journal. 3(4). 3 indexed citations

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Sears, David, et al.. (2012). Using Innovation with Contrasting Cases to Scaffold Collaborative Learning and Transfer.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Sears, David & Mark M. Udden. (2011). Howell-Jolly Bodies: A Brief Historical Review. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 343(5). 407–409. 28 indexed citations

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Sears, David. (2006). Effects of innovation versus efficiency tasks on recall and transfer in individual and collaborative learning contexts. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 681–687. 3 indexed citations

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Busch, Robert, Belinda Byrne, David Sears, et al.. (2006). Medicine on a need-to-know basis. Nature Immunology. 7(6). 543–547. 3 indexed citations

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Massarweh, Suleiman, Mark M. Udden, Imran Shahab, et al.. (2003). HIV‐Related Hodgkin's disease with central nervous system involvement and association with Epstein‐Barr virus. American Journal of Hematology. 72(3). 216–219. 15 indexed citations

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Cooley, Linda D., David Sears, Mark M. Udden, Wilbur R. Harrison, & Kelty R. Baker. (2000). Donor cell leukemia: Report of a case occurring 11 years after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and review of the literature. American Journal of Hematology. 63(1). 46–53. 59 indexed citations

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Cooley, Linda D., David Sears, Mark M. Udden, Wilbur R. Harrison, & Kelty R. Baker. (2000). Donor cell leukemia: Report of a case occurring 11 years after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and review of the literature. American Journal of Hematology. 63(1). 46–53. 1 indexed citations

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Sears, David, et al.. (1997). Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated With Hepatitis C Infection. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 314(2). 113–117. 6 indexed citations

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Syed, Samira, David Sears, Jochewed Werch, Mark M. Udden, & John D. Milam. (1996). Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction in Sickle Cell Disease. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 312(4). 175–181. 17 indexed citations

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Robertson, L. E., et al.. (1992). Hereditary factor VII deficiency in pregnancy: Peripartum treatment with factor VII concentrate. American Journal of Hematology. 40(1). 38–41. 31 indexed citations

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Cash, Joseph M. & David Sears. (1989). The anemia of chronic disease: Spectrum of associated diseases in a series of unselected hospitalized patients. The American Journal of Medicine. 87. 638–644. 10 indexed citations

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Sears, David. (1988). History of the Treatment of Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 296(2). 85–86. 19 indexed citations

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