M. Barton Laws

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

M. Barton Laws is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Barton Laws has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in M. Barton Laws's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (16 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 papers). M. Barton Laws is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (16 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 papers). M. Barton Laws collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nepal and Canada. M. Barton Laws's co-authors include Ira B. Wilson, Glenn Flores, Eric Hardt, Milagros Abreu, Barry Zuckerman, Diana Bowser, William H. Rogers, Mary Catherine Beach, Dena E. Rifkin and Becky L. Genberg and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PEDIATRICS and Medical Care.

In The Last Decade

M. Barton Laws

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Errors in Medical Interpretation and Their Potential Clinical Consequences in Pediatric Encounters

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Barton Laws United States	20	986	319	309	304	249	52	1.7k
Janice Blanchard United States	21	788 0.8×	266 0.8×	72 0.2×	468 1.5×	407 1.6×	67	1.9k
Dennis P. Andrulis United States	16	778 0.8×	175 0.5×	183 0.6×	294 1.0×	289 1.2×	39	1.5k
Marc L. Berk United States	21	1.1k 1.1×	397 1.2×	286 0.9×	132 0.4×	415 1.7×	58	2.2k
Laura S. Sadowski United States	21	1.1k 1.1×	494 1.5×	93 0.3×	217 0.7×	390 1.6×	36	1.9k
Mark J. Fagan United States	25	596 0.6×	97 0.3×	36 0.1×	253 0.8×	133 0.5×	69	1.6k
Marjorie S. Rosenthal United States	23	972 1.0×	266 0.8×	72 0.2×	200 0.7×	142 0.6×	75	1.7k
Barbara Kondilis Greece	11	2.1k 2.2×	200 0.6×	50 0.2×	40 0.1×	269 1.1×	14	2.8k
Tiffani J. Johnson United States	18	562 0.6×	301 0.9×	74 0.2×	350 1.2×	377 1.5×	43	1.7k
Neil Spike Australia	19	1.1k 1.1×	80 0.3×	67 0.2×	111 0.4×	65 0.3×	115	2.0k
Nina S. Parikh United States	16	1.1k 1.1×	108 0.3×	62 0.2×	202 0.7×	96 0.4×	45	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Laws, M. Barton, Ira B. Wilson, Dingfen Han, et al.. (2023). Does the Quality of Behavior Change Counseling in Routine HIV Care Vary According to Topic and Demand?. AIDS and Behavior. 27(11). 3780–3788.

Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the impact of integrated behavioral health intervention. Medicine. 100(34). e27066–e27066. 2 indexed citations

Wachira, Juddy, et al.. (2018). Experiences and expectations of patients living with HIV on their engagement with care in Western Kenya. Patient Preference and Adherence. Volume 12. 1393–1400. 9 indexed citations

Nease, Donald E., et al.. (2018). “Our lab is the community”: Defining essential supporting infrastructure in engagement research. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2(4). 228–233. 6 indexed citations

Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (2017). Health-Needs Assessment for West African Immigrants in Greater Providence, RI.. PubMed. 100(1). 47–50. 6 indexed citations

Beach, Mary Catherine, M. Barton Laws, Gary S. Rose, et al.. (2017). Effects of Minimal Versus Intensive Intervention to Enhance Motivational Interviewing in HIV Care. AIDS and Behavior. 22(1). 276–286. 8 indexed citations

Saha, Somnath, Ira B. Wilson, M. Barton Laws, et al.. (2016). How does decision complexity affect shared decision making? An analysis of patient-provider antiretroviral initiation dialogue. Patient Education and Counseling. 100(5). 919–926. 4 indexed citations

Laws, M. Barton, Yoojin Lee, William H. Rogers, et al.. (2014). Provider–Patient Communication About Adherence to Anti-retroviral Regimens Differs by Patient Race and Ethnicity. AIDS and Behavior. 18(7). 1279–1287. 17 indexed citations

Wallace, Byron, Thomas A Trikalinos, M. Barton Laws, Ira B. Wilson, & Eugene Charniak. (2013). A Generative Joint, Additive, Sequential Model of Topics and Speech Acts in Patient-Doctor Communication. 1765–1775. 12 indexed citations

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Flickinger, Tabor, Stephen A. Berry, P. Todd Korthuis, et al.. (2013). Counseling to Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behavior in HIV Care: A Multi-Center, Direct Observation Study. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 27(7). 416–424. 18 indexed citations

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Fuller, Christina H., Allison P. Patton, Kevin Lane, et al.. (2013). A community participatory study of cardiovascular health and exposure to near-highway air pollution: study design and methods. Reviews on Environmental Health. 28(1). 21–35. 28 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (2013). Problems and processes in medical encounters: The cases method of dialogue analysis. Patient Education and Counseling. 91(2). 192–199. 11 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, Mary Catherine Beach, Yoojin Lee, et al.. (2012). Provider-patient Adherence Dialogue in HIV Care: Results of a Multisite Study. AIDS and Behavior. 17(1). 148–159. 40 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, Lauren Epstein, Yoojin Lee, et al.. (2011). The association of visit length and measures of patient-centered communication in HIV care: A mixed methods study. Patient Education and Counseling. 85(3). e183–e188. 26 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw, Steven A. Safren, et al.. (2010). Discussion of Sexual Risk Behavior in HIV Care is Infrequent and Appears Ineffectual: A Mixed Methods Study. AIDS and Behavior. 15(4). 812–822. 29 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (2003). A New Method for Evaluating the Quality of Medical Interpretation. Medical Care. 42(1). 71–80. 56 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (2002). Tobacco availability and point of sale marketing in demographically contrasting districts of Massachusetts: Table 1. Tobacco Control. 11(suppl 2). ii71–ii73. 126 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton. (2002). Racial and Ethnic Identification Practices in Public Health Data Systems in New England. Public Health Reports. 117(1). 50–61. 31 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton, et al.. (1998). The Latina Breast Cancer Control Study, Year One: Factors Predicting Screening Mammography Utilization by Urban Latina Women in Massachusetts. Journal of Community Health. 23(4). 251–267. 48 indexed citations

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Laws, M. Barton. (1978). A student in Canada.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 71(11). 25–6. 1 indexed citations

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