Kasim Ortiz

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Kasim Ortiz is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kasim Ortiz has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Kasim Ortiz's work include Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers). Kasim Ortiz is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 papers). Kasim Ortiz collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Ireland. Kasim Ortiz's co-authors include Nina Wallerstein, John Oetzel, Shannon Sanchez‐Youngman, Jacob L Nash, Elizabeth Dickson, Blake Boursaw, Maya Magarati, Julie Lucero, Sarah Kastelic and Myra Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Kasim Ortiz

36 papers receiving 679 citations

Hit Papers

Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based P... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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. Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes
    2020 188 citations Nina Wallerstein, John Oetzel et al. Health Education & Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kasim Ortiz United States 15 308 181 93 84 68 37 692
Andrea Meier United States 13 280 0.9× 169 0.9× 57 0.6× 69 0.8× 70 1.0× 24 588
Julie E. Volkman United States 17 292 0.9× 118 0.7× 49 0.5× 98 1.2× 56 0.8× 37 681
Eleni L. Tolma United States 16 365 1.2× 126 0.7× 64 0.7× 103 1.2× 132 1.9× 60 769
Edna Maria de Araújo Brazil 14 397 1.3× 165 0.9× 99 1.1× 101 1.2× 93 1.4× 71 829
Stephanie M. McClure United States 11 310 1.0× 315 1.7× 85 0.9× 210 2.5× 125 1.8× 25 914
Jornt J. Mandemakers Netherlands 14 110 0.4× 185 1.0× 71 0.8× 123 1.5× 56 0.8× 26 686
Raymond Boon Tar Lim Singapore 12 229 0.7× 124 0.7× 60 0.6× 95 1.1× 133 2.0× 45 847
Patrick Wightman United States 11 228 0.7× 155 0.9× 38 0.4× 86 1.0× 104 1.5× 27 661
Ann Pederson Canada 17 357 1.2× 207 1.1× 43 0.5× 111 1.3× 86 1.3× 48 847
Melissa A. Clark United States 16 319 1.0× 223 1.2× 103 1.1× 112 1.3× 66 1.0× 42 939

Countries citing papers authored by Kasim Ortiz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kasim Ortiz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kasim Ortiz. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kasim Ortiz. The network helps show where Kasim Ortiz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kasim Ortiz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kasim Ortiz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kasim Ortiz 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 Kasim Ortiz. Kasim Ortiz 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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Okoye, Safiyyah, Laura Samuel, Chanee Fabius, et al.. (2025). Housing characteristics of low and moderate income older adults with and without disabilities. Geriatric Nursing. 62(Pt B). 175–181.
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Shacham, Enbal, et al.. (2024). Neighborhood Context as a Barrier to Sport Participation for Girls: Evidence From a Sport Diversity Index. Journal of Athletic Training. 59(5). 465–473. 1 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Kasim, et al.. (2023). Preconception health indicators among adult US men: Race/ethnicity variations and temporal trends. Andrology. 13(1). 7–21. 1 indexed citations
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Ford, Jason A., Kasim Ortiz, Ty S. Schepis, & Sean Esteban McCabe. (2022). Types of criminal legal system exposure and polysubstance use: Prevalence and correlates among U.S. adults in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015–2019. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 237. 109511–109511. 5 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Kasim, et al.. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) & youth sports participation: Does a gradient exist?. Child Abuse & Neglect. 113. 104924–104924. 11 indexed citations
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Wallerstein, Nina, John Oetzel, Shannon Sanchez‐Youngman, et al.. (2020). Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes. Health Education & Behavior. 47(3). 380–390. 188 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cuevas, Adolfo G., et al.. (2020). Greater social cohesion is associated with lower body mass index among African American adults. Preventive Medicine Reports. 18. 101098–101098. 16 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Kasim, Marc A. García, Emily M. Briceño, et al.. (2020). Glycosylated Hemoglobin Level, Race/Ethnicity, and Cognition in Midlife and Early Old Age. Research in Human Development. 17(1). 20–40. 1 indexed citations
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Martínez, Omar, Kathleen A. Brady, Ethan Czuy Levine, et al.. (2020). Using Syndemic Theory to examine HIV Sexual Risk Among Latinx Men Who Have Sex with Men in Philadelphia, PA: Findings from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(13). 217–236. 14 indexed citations
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Dickson, Elizabeth, Maya Magarati, Blake Boursaw, et al.. (2019). Characteristics and Practices Within Research Partnerships for Health and Social Equity. Nursing Research. 69(1). 51–61. 21 indexed citations
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Ford, Jason A., et al.. (2019). Educational attainment and prescription drug misuse: The importance of push and pull factors for dropping out. Journal of Criminal Justice. 66. 101636–101636. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Joseph G. L., Thomas Wimark, Kasim Ortiz, & Kerry Sewell. (2018). Health-related regional and neighborhood correlates of sexual minority concentration: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198751–e0198751. 19 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Kasim, et al.. (2016). The systemic lupus erythematosus travel burden survey: baseline data among a South Carolina cohort. BMC Research Notes. 9(1). 246–246. 10 indexed citations
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Ortiz, Kasim, Dustin T. Duncan, John R. Blosnich, Ramzi G. Salloum, & Juan Battle. (2015). Smoking Among Sexual Minorities: Are There Racial Differences?. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 17(11). 1362–1368. 23 indexed citations
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Haider, Mohammad Rifat, et al.. (2015). Factors associated with smoking frequency among current waterpipe smokers in the United States: Findings from the National College Health Assessment II. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 153. 359–363. 23 indexed citations
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Shaw, Todd C., Kasim Ortiz, Kirk A. Foster, & Barbara Harris Combs. (2013). The Space Race: Black Attachments Changes and the Geographic Inequalities of Black Politics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wilson, Sacoby, et al.. (2012). The Spatial Distribution of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks in Charleston, South Carolina: An Environmental Justice Analysis. Environmental Justice. 5(4). 198–205. 16 indexed citations

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