Disha Kumar

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 960 citations indexed

About

Disha Kumar is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Disha Kumar has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 960 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in General Health Professions, 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Disha Kumar's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (7 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 papers). Disha Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (7 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 papers). Disha Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States. Disha Kumar's co-authors include Lon D. Ridgway, Morris D. Groves, Wei Yin, Lixin Zhang, J. Clay Goodman, Dario Marchetti, Jason A. Ngo, Michael D. Wetzel, Russell L. Rothman and Lee Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Disha Kumar

23 papers receiving 939 citations

Hit Papers

The Identification and Characterization of Breast Cancer ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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 Identification and Characterization of Breast Cancer CTCs Competent for Brain Metastasis
    2013 412 citations Lixin Zhang, Lon D. Ridgway et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Disha Kumar United States 13 368 248 239 169 162 25 960
Dinorah Martinez‐Tyson United States 11 443 1.2× 180 0.7× 135 0.6× 214 1.3× 172 1.1× 19 997
Sarah E. Ferguson Canada 31 768 2.1× 116 0.5× 292 1.2× 330 2.0× 183 1.1× 161 3.0k
Michail Sideris United Kingdom 19 353 1.0× 172 0.7× 64 0.3× 88 0.5× 119 0.7× 86 1.5k
Valentine Nfonsam United States 22 437 1.2× 152 0.6× 82 0.3× 180 1.1× 117 0.7× 78 1.4k
Chris Holcombe United Kingdom 20 526 1.4× 69 0.3× 488 2.0× 325 1.9× 144 0.9× 81 1.8k
Melinda A. Merrell United States 15 294 0.8× 127 0.5× 171 0.7× 131 0.8× 197 1.2× 37 1.1k
Jun Yin United States 18 224 0.6× 143 0.6× 94 0.4× 119 0.7× 156 1.0× 77 887
Deanna Teoh United States 18 374 1.0× 115 0.5× 49 0.2× 74 0.4× 111 0.7× 74 1.1k
Janice Tsang Hong Kong 20 885 2.4× 163 0.7× 151 0.6× 222 1.3× 159 1.0× 39 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Disha Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Disha Kumar

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

All Works

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Kumar, Disha, et al.. (2022). Widening Health Disparities: Increasing Cholangiocarcinoma Incidence in an Underserved Population. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 180–185. 3 indexed citations
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Sarvepalli, Shashank, Disha Kumar, Nisreen Husain, et al.. (2020). S1235 Pilot Implementation of Video Telehealth for Gastrointestinal Sub-Specialty Care to Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115(1). S620–S620. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, Vagish Hemmige, Michael A. Kallen, Thomas P. Giordano, & Monisha Arya. (2019). Mobile Phones May Not Bridge the Digital Divide: A Look at Mobile Phone Literacy in an Underserved Patient Population. Cureus. 11(2). e4104–e4104. 32 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, et al.. (2018). Bowel Perforation Resulting in Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection of the Abdomen, Flank, and Lower Extremities. Surgical Infections. 19(5). 467–472. 7 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, Vagish Hemmige, Michael A. Kallen, et al.. (2018). The Role of Text Messages in Patient-Physician Communication about the Influenza Vaccine. PubMed. 7(2). 55–59. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, et al.. (2018). Complementing EMR-based Interventions to Improve Hepatitis C Screening. Journal of Translational Internal Medicine. 6(4). 198–199. 2 indexed citations
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Arya, Monisha, Anna Huang, Disha Kumar, et al.. (2017). The Promise of Patient-Centered Text Messages for Encouraging HIV Testing in an Underserved Population. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 29(1). 101–106. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha & Monisha Arya. (2016). Pretesting mHealth: Implications for Campaigns among Underserved Patients. PubMed. 5(2). 38–43. 1 indexed citations
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Oldham, Justin M., Disha Kumar, Cathryn Lee, et al.. (2015). Thyroid Disease Is Prevalent and Predicts Survival in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. CHEST Journal. 148(3). 692–700. 41 indexed citations
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Vokes, Tamara, et al.. (2015). Racial Differences in TBS. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 18(3). 422–422. 3 indexed citations
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Arya, Monisha, et al.. (2014). Mitigating HIV Health Disparities: The Promise of Mobile Health for a Patient-Initiated Solution. American Journal of Public Health. 104(12). 2251–2255. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lixin, Lon D. Ridgway, Michael D. Wetzel, et al.. (2013). The Identification and Characterization of Breast Cancer CTCs Competent for Brain Metastasis. Science Translational Medicine. 5(180). 180ra48–180ra48. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kumar, Disha, Melissa R. Kaufman, & Roger R. Dmochowski. (2011). Case reports: periurethral bulking agents and presumed urethral diverticula. International Urogynecology Journal. 22(8). 1039–1043. 16 indexed citations
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Ciampa, Philip J., Disha Kumar, Shari L. Barkin, et al.. (2010). Interventions Aimed at Decreasing Obesity in Children Younger Than 2 Years. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 164(12). 1098–104. 79 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, Lee Sanders, Eliana M. Perrin, et al.. (2010). Parental Understanding of Infant Health Information: Health Literacy, Numeracy, and the Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (PHLAT). Academic Pediatrics. 10(5). 309–316. 100 indexed citations
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Kumar, Disha, David G. Schlundt, & Kenneth A. Wallston. (2009). Patient-physician race concordance and its relationship to perceived health outcomes.. PubMed. 19(3). 345–51. 30 indexed citations
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Huang, Kui, Bryan Voss, Disha Kumar, Heidi E. Hamm, & Eva Harth. (2007). Dendritic Molecular Transporters Provide Control of Delivery to Intracellular Compartments. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 18(2). 403–409. 45 indexed citations

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