Heidi Fischer

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Heidi Fischer is a scholar working on Surgery, Infectious Diseases and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Fischer has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heidi Fischer's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers). Heidi Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (12 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers). Heidi Fischer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Estonia. Heidi Fischer's co-authors include Sara Y. Tartof, Vennis Hong, Bradley K. Ackerson, Luis Jódar, Jeff Slezak, Srinivas Rao Valluri, Sharon Gray, Timothy B. Frankland, Omesh N. Ranasinghe and John M. McLaughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Fischer

55 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine up to 6 months in a large integrated health system in the USA: a retrospective cohort study

2021 727 citations Sara Y. Tartof, Heidi Fischer et al. profile →
Toxicity Mechanisms in Escherichia coli Vary for Silver Nanoparticles and Differ from Ionic Silver

2013 469 citations Heidi Fischer et al. profile →

Peers

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Shikha Garg United States

Bijaya Kumar Padhi India

Yoshitaka Murakami Japan

Awadhesh Kumar Singh India

Giuseppa Visalli Italy

Heeyoung Lee South Korea

Wenwen Wu China

Chaowei Fu China

Hamid A. Merchant United Kingdom

Huixia Yang China

Shikha Garg United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Heidi Fischer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Fischer

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

An, Jaejin, Heidi Fischer, Liang Ni, et al.. (2025). Development and Validation of an Incident Hypertension Risk Prediction Model for Young Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(14). e040769–e040769.

Skarbinski, Jacek, Katia Bruxvoort, Heidi Fischer, et al.. (2025). Risk of Incident Tuberculosis Disease in a Large Integrated Health Care System in California, 2004–2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(3). ofaf103–ofaf103. 1 indexed citations

Ku, Jennifer H, Heidi Fischer, Lei Qian, et al.. (2024). Latent Tuberculosis Infection Testing Practices in a Large US Integrated Healthcare System. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(5). 1304–1312. 3 indexed citations

Levis, Alexander W., Rajarshi Mukherjee, Rui Wang, Heidi Fischer, & Sebastien Haneuse. (2024). Double Sampling for Informatively Missing Data in Electronic Health Record‐Based Comparative Effectiveness Research. Statistics in Medicine. 43(30). 6086–6098.

An, Jaejin, Heidi Fischer, Liang Ni, et al.. (2024). Association Between Young Adult Characteristics and Blood Pressure Trajectories. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(8). e033053–e033053. 3 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Rajarshi, Rui Wang, David Arterburn, et al.. (2024). Adjusting for selection bias due to missing eligibility criteria in emulated target trials. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(11). 3126–3139.

An, Jaejin, et al.. (2024). Blood Pressure Trajectories During Young Adulthood and Cardiovascular Events in Later Life. American Journal of Hypertension. 38(1). 38–45.

Skarbinski, Jacek, Heidi Fischer, Vennis Hong, et al.. (2023). Real‐World Evidence to Supplement Randomized Clinical Trials: Tocilizumab for Severe COVID‐19 Pneumonia vs. a Cohort Receiving Standard of Care. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 114(5). 1073–1081. 3 indexed citations

Bruxvoort, Katia, Heidi Fischer, Joseph A. Lewnard, et al.. (2023). Risk of subsequent lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) after hospitalization for COVID-19 LRTI and non-COVID-19 LRTI: a retrospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(1). 15–15. 2 indexed citations

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Skarbinski, Jacek, Liyan Liu, Vennis Hong, et al.. (2022). Retrospective cohort study to assess the association between treatment with tocilizumab and mortality among mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19. BMJ Open. 12(10). e060358–e060358. 1 indexed citations

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Malden, Deborah E., Sara Y. Tartof, Bradley K. Ackerson, et al.. (2022). Natural Language Processing for Improved Characterization of COVID-19 Symptoms: Observational Study of 350,000 Patients in a Large Integrated Health Care System. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(12). e41529–e41529. 17 indexed citations

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Fischer, Heidi, Lei Qian, Jacek Skarbinski, et al.. (2022). Development and validation of a prediction algorithm to identify birth in countries with high tuberculosis incidence in two large California health systems. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0273363–e0273363. 6 indexed citations

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Basu, Anirban, Heidi Fischer, Kristi Reynolds, et al.. (2022). Comparative effectiveness of gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on predicted 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease 5 years after surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 18(6). 716–726. 4 indexed citations

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Keaveny, Tony M., Annette L. Adams, Heidi Fischer, et al.. (2022). Increased risks of vertebral fracture and reoperation in primary spinal fusion patients who test positive for osteoporosis by Biomechanical Computed Tomography analysis. The Spine Journal. 23(3). 412–424. 14 indexed citations

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Lewnard, Joseph A., Katia Bruxvoort, Heidi Fischer, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Medically Attended Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Pneumonia Among Older Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75(5). 832–841. 31 indexed citations

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Barthold, Douglas, Elizabeth Brouwer, David Arterburn, et al.. (2021). Minimum Threshold of Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss for Initial Diabetes Remission. Diabetes Care. 45(1). 92–99. 27 indexed citations

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Sharif, Mienah Z., Héctor E. Alcalá, Stephanie L. Albert, & Heidi Fischer. (2017). Deconstructing family meals: Do family structure, gender and employment status influence the odds of having a family meal?. Appetite. 114. 187–193. 34 indexed citations

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Fisher, David, Karen J. Coleman, David Arterburn, et al.. (2017). Mental illness in bariatric surgery: A cohort study from the PORTAL network. Obesity. 25(5). 850–856. 42 indexed citations

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Fischer, Heidi, Leeka Kheifets, Anke Huss, et al.. (2015). Occupational Exposure to Electric Shocks and Magnetic Fields and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Sweden. Epidemiology. 26(6). 824–830. 18 indexed citations

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Slusser, Wendy, et al.. (2012). Pediatric Overweight Prevention through a Parent Training Program for 2–4 Year Old Latino Children. Childhood Obesity. 8(1). 52–59. 50 indexed citations

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