Emily A. Wang

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Emily A. Wang is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily A. Wang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in General Health Professions, 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 23 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Emily A. Wang's work include Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (47 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (33 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers). Emily A. Wang is often cited by papers focused on Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (47 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (33 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers). Emily A. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Australia. Emily A. Wang's co-authors include Christopher Wildeman, Shira Shavit, Paul J. Joudrey, E. Jennifer Edelman, Hedwig Lee, Lisa B. Puglisi, Clemens S. Hong, Jenerius A. Aminawung, David A. Fiellin and Stuart A. Kinner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Emily A. Wang

107 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA

2017 557 citations Christopher Wildeman, Emily A. Wang profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily A. Wang United States	34	2.1k	1.8k	996	820	735	117	3.9k
Brie Williams United States	35	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	451 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	118	4.2k
Stuart A. Kinner Australia	40	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 2.1×	2.0k 2.4×	942 1.3×	253	5.5k
Helena Hansen United States	30	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	858 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.9k 2.6×	78	4.3k
Quyen Ngo‐Metzger United States	35	2.1k 1.0×	585 0.3×	837 0.8×	578 0.7×	638 0.9×	114	4.0k
Alicia Fernández United States	36	3.4k 1.6×	872 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	412 0.5×	1.6k 2.2×	163	5.8k
Carrie B. Oser United States	32	1.3k 0.6×	924 0.5×	710 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	972 1.3×	164	3.3k
George Rust United States	34	1.4k 0.7×	374 0.2×	474 0.5×	558 0.7×	720 1.0×	131	3.7k
Jane K. Burke-Miller United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	469 0.3×	699 0.7×	529 0.6×	520 0.7×	76	3.7k
Monica M. Matthieu United States	21	3.1k 1.5×	415 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	371 0.5×	783 1.1×	74	4.9k
Eboni G. Price‐Haywood United States	24	1.3k 0.6×	959 0.5×	538 0.5×	318 0.4×	930 1.3×	86	3.9k

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Huang, Thomas, Vimig Socrates, Conrad Safranek, et al.. (2025). Characterizing Emergency Department Care for Patients With Histories of Incarceration. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 6(1). 100022–100022.

Oladeru, Oluwadamilola T., Ilana B. Richman, Jenerius A. Aminawung, et al.. (2025). Incarceration and Quality of Cancer Care. JAMA Network Open. 8(10). e2537400–e2537400.

Wang, Shiwei, et al.. (2025). Quality, Quantity, Scope, and Trends for Research on Student-Run Clinics in the United States: A Scoping Review of the Existing Literature. Academic Medicine. 100(9). 1090–1102. 2 indexed citations

Rosenberg, Alana, et al.. (2024). “It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0297518–e0297518.

Aminawung, Jenerius A., Lisa B. Puglisi, Brita Roy, et al.. (2024). Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(18). eJAHA2024035683T–eJAHA2024035683T.

Lorber, Daniel L., Nuha A. ElSayed, Raveendhara R. Bannuru, et al.. (2024). Diabetes Management in Detention Facilities: A Statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 47(4). 544–555. 7 indexed citations

Aminawung, Jenerius A., et al.. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine deliberation in individuals directly impacted by incarceration. Vaccine. 41(23). 3475–3480. 1 indexed citations

Zielinski, Melissa J., et al.. (2023). Characteristics of recently incarcerated primary care patients with and without a positive posttraumatic stress disorder screening upon clinic intake.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 16(4). 692–700.

Aminawung, Jenerius A., Pamela R. Soulos, Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, et al.. (2023). Cancer incidence among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals: A statewide retrospective cohort study. Cancer Medicine. 12(14). 15447–15454. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Patrick, et al.. (2023). “What if that’s your last sleep?” A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep. SLEEP Advances. 5(1). zpad055–zpad055. 1 indexed citations

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McCall, Terika, Emily A. Wang, Lisa B. Puglisi, et al.. (2023). Personal Health Libraries for People Returning From Incarceration: Protocol for a Qualitative Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e44748–e44748. 3 indexed citations

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Mir, Tahreem A., et al.. (2023). Factors Associated With Visual Impairment Among Adults With a History of Criminal Justice Involvement. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 29(5). 329–337. 1 indexed citations

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Howell, Benjamin A., Lisa B. Puglisi, Jenerius A. Aminawung, et al.. (2022). A prospective cohort study examining exposure to incarceration and cardiovascular disease (Justice-Involved Individuals Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology – JUSTICE study): a protocol paper. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 331–331. 6 indexed citations

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Yi, Youngmin, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, et al.. (2021). Exposure to Family Member Incarceration and Adult Well-being in the United States. JAMA Network Open. 4(5). e2111821–e2111821. 24 indexed citations

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Puglisi, Lisa B., et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission in a large urban jail: a model-based analysis. BMJ Open. 11(2). e042898–e042898. 32 indexed citations

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Puglisi, Lisa B., Jenerius A. Aminawung, Colleen Gallagher, et al.. (2021). Incarceration and Cancer-Related Outcomes (ICRO) study protocol: using a mixed-methods approach to investigate the role of incarceration on cancer incidence, mortality and quality of care. BMJ Open. 11(5). e048863–e048863. 10 indexed citations

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Young, Jesse T, Rohan Borschmann, David B. Preen, et al.. (2019). Age-specific incidence of injury-related hospital contact after release from prison: a prospective data-linkage study. Injury Prevention. 26(3). 204–214. 6 indexed citations

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Wildeman, Christopher, Alyssa W. Goldman, & Emily A. Wang. (2019). Age-Standardized Mortality of Persons on Probation, in Jail, or in State Prison and the General Population, 2001-2012. Public Health Reports. 134(6). 660–666. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Emily A., Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Jenerius A. Aminawung, et al.. (2019). Propensity-matched study of enhanced primary care on contact with the criminal justice system among individuals recently released from prison to New Haven. BMJ Open. 9(5). e028097–e028097. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Emily A., Jenerius A. Aminawung, Warren J. Ferguson, et al.. (2014). A Tool for Tracking and Assessing Chronic Illness Care in Prison (ACIC-P). Journal of Correctional Health Care. 20(4). 313–333. 11 indexed citations

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