Karen Blank

11.6k total citations
39 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Karen Blank is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Blank has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Karen Blank's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (8 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers). Karen Blank is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (8 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers). Karen Blank collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Karen Blank's co-authors include Julie Robison, Cynthia Gruman, Theodore H. Schwartz, Sonia Gaztambide, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Cornelia Beck, Murali Doraiswamy, Christopher C. Colenda, Kristine Yaffe and Samuel W. Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Journal of Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Karen Blank

39 papers receiving 956 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Blank United States 18 432 306 254 186 139 39 1.0k
María Izal Spain 14 314 0.7× 277 0.9× 216 0.9× 140 0.8× 201 1.4× 37 934
V. Kovess France 14 308 0.7× 358 1.2× 313 1.2× 107 0.6× 134 1.0× 26 1.2k
Paul D. Kirwin United States 16 318 0.7× 320 1.0× 214 0.8× 145 0.8× 100 0.7× 31 1.1k
Thomas Gunzelmann Germany 17 394 0.9× 309 1.0× 456 1.8× 80 0.4× 133 1.0× 44 1.2k
Alexandrea L. Harmell United States 18 526 1.2× 352 1.2× 263 1.0× 120 0.6× 120 0.9× 26 1.1k
John Wattis United Kingdom 19 274 0.6× 218 0.7× 248 1.0× 91 0.5× 178 1.3× 91 886
Elizabeth A. Chattillion United States 18 408 0.9× 399 1.3× 335 1.3× 87 0.5× 154 1.1× 23 1.0k
Karen A. Clark United States 9 348 0.8× 289 0.9× 198 0.8× 94 0.5× 62 0.4× 13 1.5k
Kathryn Magruder-Habib United States 11 344 0.8× 196 0.6× 236 0.9× 108 0.6× 93 0.7× 20 1.0k
Bob Blizard United Kingdom 13 338 0.8× 228 0.7× 250 1.0× 86 0.5× 190 1.4× 16 918

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Blank

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Blank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Blank

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hawkins, Keith A., Nazli Emadi, Godfrey D. Pearlson, et al.. (2017). Hyperinsulinemia and elevated systolic blood pressure independently predict white matter hyperintensities with associated cognitive decrement in the middle-aged offspring of dementia patients. Metabolic Brain Disease. 32(3). 849–857. 17 indexed citations
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Diefenbach, Gretchen J., Laura B. Bragdon, & Karen Blank. (2013). Geriatric Anxiety Inventory: Factor Structure and Associations with Cognitive Status. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 22(12). 1418–1426. 22 indexed citations
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Koh, Steve, Karen Blank, Carl I. Cohen, et al.. (2010). Public's View of Mental Health Services for the Elderly: Responses to Dear Abby. Psychiatric Services. 61(11). 1146–1149. 1 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, Bonnie L. Szarek, & John W. Goethe. (2010). Metabolic Abnormalities in Adult and Geriatric Major Depression With and Without Comorbid Dementia. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 12(6). 456–461. 6 indexed citations
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Tolin, David F., Julie Robison, Sonia Gaztambide, Sheryl Horowitz, & Karen Blank. (2007). Ataques de Nervios and Psychiatric Disorders in Older Puerto Rican Primary Care Patients. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 38(6). 659–669. 5 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, et al.. (2005). Determinants of Geropsychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay. Psychiatric Quarterly. 76(2). 195–212. 21 indexed citations
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Tolin, David F., Julie Robison, Sonia Gaztambide, & Karen Blank. (2005). Anxiety Disorders in Older Puerto Rican Primary Care Patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 13(2). 150–156. 42 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, Cynthia Gruman, & Julie Robison. (2004). Case-Finding for Depression in Elderly People: Balancing Ease of Administration With Validity in Varied Treatment Settings. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 59(4). M378–M384. 87 indexed citations
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Robison, Julie, et al.. (2003). Depression in Later-Life Puerto Rican Primary Care Patients: The Role of Illness, Stress, Social Integration, and Religiosity. International Psychogeriatrics. 15(3). 239–251. 22 indexed citations
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Diefenbach, Gretchen J., Julie Robison, David F. Tolin, & Karen Blank. (2003). Late-life anxiety disorders among Puerto Rican primary care patients: impact on well-being, functioning, and service utilization. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 18(6). 841–858. 23 indexed citations
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Cohen, Gene D., Karen Blank, Carl I. Cohen, et al.. (2003). Mental health problems in assisted living residents. The physician's role in treatment and staff education.. PubMed. 58(2). 44, 54–5. 3 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen. (2002). Respectful Decisions at the End of Life. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 10(4). 362–364. 2 indexed citations
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Curry, Leslie, et al.. (2002). COULD ADEQUATE PALLIATIVE CARE OBVIATE ASSISTED SUICIDE?. Death Studies. 26(9). 757–774. 1 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, Julie Robison, Holly G. Prigerson, & Theodore H. Schwartz. (2001). Instability of attitudes about euthanasia and physician assisted suicide in depressed older hospitalized patients. General Hospital Psychiatry. 23(6). 326–332. 23 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, et al.. (2001). Life‐Sustaining Treatment and Assisted Death Choices in Depressed Older Patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49(2). 153–161. 54 indexed citations
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Curry, Leslie, et al.. (2000). Physicians' Voices on Physician-Assisted Suicide: Looking Beyond the Numbers. Ethics & Behavior. 10(4). 337–361. 18 indexed citations
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Cohen, Carl I., Gene D. Cohen, Karen Blank, et al.. (2000). Schizophrenia and Older Adults: An Overview: Directions for Research and Policy. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 8(1). 19–28. 96 indexed citations
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Dubois, Robert W. & Karen Blank. (1995). Bringing clinical accuracy to provider profiling systems.. PubMed. 3(2). 69–76. 1 indexed citations
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Blank, Karen, et al.. (1989). Psychiatric Commitment of the Elderly. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 2(3). 140–144. 9 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Theodore H. & Karen Blank. (1986). Shifting Competency During Hospitalization: A Model for Informed Consent Decisions. Psychiatric Services. 37(12). 1256–1260. 17 indexed citations

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