Kayla Giger

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 655 citations indexed

About

Kayla Giger is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Kayla Giger has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 655 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Infectious Diseases, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Kayla Giger's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (2 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (1 paper) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (1 paper). Kayla Giger is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (2 papers), Healthcare Policy and Management (1 paper) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (1 paper). Kayla Giger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Austria. Kayla Giger's co-authors include Laura Nyblade, Melissa A. Stockton, Edwin Wouters, Ellen M.H. Mitchell, Taweesap Siraprapasiri, Maria L. Ekstrand, Jaime Sapag, Janet M. Turan, Virginia Bond and LaRon E. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kayla Giger

9 papers receiving 636 citations

Hit Papers

Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we ca... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it
    2019 492 citations Laura Nyblade, Melissa A. Stockton et al. BMC 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
Kayla Giger United States 6 237 235 181 151 136 10 655
Amanda Landrian United States 16 167 0.7× 315 1.3× 236 1.3× 152 1.0× 79 0.6× 28 663
Gugu Mchunu South Africa 15 338 1.4× 358 1.5× 236 1.3× 187 1.2× 137 1.0× 80 892
Rosy Chhabra United States 12 267 1.1× 381 1.6× 246 1.4× 79 0.5× 140 1.0× 22 785
Kate Salters Canada 11 246 1.0× 308 1.3× 245 1.4× 108 0.7× 158 1.2× 42 767
Kristen Sullivan United States 16 318 1.3× 439 1.9× 209 1.2× 57 0.4× 140 1.0× 45 892
Trini Mathew United States 12 126 0.5× 265 1.1× 171 0.9× 64 0.4× 155 1.1× 25 659
Willis Owino Ong’or Kenya 8 180 0.8× 266 1.1× 112 0.6× 109 0.7× 138 1.0× 8 528
Violet Naanyu Yebei Kenya 7 203 0.9× 252 1.1× 115 0.6× 108 0.7× 138 1.0× 7 529
JoNell Potter United States 18 256 1.1× 222 0.9× 196 1.1× 46 0.3× 63 0.5× 79 934
Rafael Alves Guimarães Brazil 15 162 0.7× 129 0.5× 174 1.0× 45 0.3× 123 0.9× 88 703

Countries citing papers authored by Kayla Giger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kayla Giger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kayla Giger

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Sullivan, Gwyneth A., Yao Tian, Kayla Giger, et al.. (2024). Use of biobehavioral interventions in children undergoing surgery and associated patient-reported outcomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100159–100159.
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Kahwati, Leila C., Erin S. LeBlanc, Rachel Palmieri Weber, et al.. (2021). Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: An Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 2 indexed citations
3.
Kahwati, Leila C., Erin S. LeBlanc, Rachel Palmieri Weber, et al.. (2021). Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults. JAMA. 325(14). 1443–1443. 51 indexed citations
4.
Kahwati, Leila C., Erin S. LeBlanc, Rachel Palmieri Weber, et al.. (2021). Assessment of Study Quality. 2 indexed citations
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Viswanathan, Meera, Leila C. Kahwati, Beate Jahn, et al.. (2020). Universal screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a rapid review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020(9). CD013718–CD013718. 52 indexed citations
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Nyblade, Laura, Kayla Giger, Joshua Kimani, et al.. (2020). Police Discrimination, Misconduct, and Stigmatization of Female Sex Workers in Kenya: Associations with Delayed and Avoided Health Care Utilization and Lower Consistent Condom Use.. Health and Human Rights. 22(2). 199–212. 8 indexed citations
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Nyblade, Laura, Melissa A. Stockton, Kayla Giger, et al.. (2019). Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it. BMC Medicine. 17(1). 25–25. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stockton, Melissa A., Kayla Giger, & Laura Nyblade. (2018). A scoping review of the role of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in noncommunicable disease care. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0199602–e0199602. 39 indexed citations
9.
Blumberg, A & Kayla Giger. (1970). Hepatitis in Hemodialysis Units. New England Journal of Medicine. 283(12). 657–658. 7 indexed citations
10.
Giger, Kayla. (1967). [Secondary polyglobulia in kidney tumors].. PubMed. 97(33). 1067–70. 2 indexed citations

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