Marina Plesons

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 597 citations indexed

About

Marina Plesons is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marina Plesons has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 597 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Infectious Diseases and 10 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Marina Plesons's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (18 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (12 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers). Marina Plesons is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (18 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (12 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers). Marina Plesons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Marina Plesons's co-authors include Venkatraman Chandra‐Mouli, Julie Hennegan, Chris Bobel, Thérèse Mahon, Inga T. Winkler, Alka Barua, Kiran Sharma, Avni Amin, Katherine Watson and Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academic Medicine and Journal of Adolescent Health.

In The Last Decade

Marina Plesons

30 papers receiving 580 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.

Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research

2021 198 citations Julie Hennegan, Inga T. Winkler et al. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marina Plesons United States	11	326	234	127	82	77	36	597
Beatrice W. Maina Kenya	13	263 0.8×	154 0.7×	152 1.2×	61 0.7×	77 1.0×	24	424
Michelle A. Eilers United States	6	453 1.4×	242 1.0×	222 1.7×	44 0.5×	55 0.7×	10	646
Elaine Reis Brandão Brazil	17	461 1.4×	226 1.0×	144 1.1×	70 0.9×	59 0.8×	62	725
Francis Sambah Ghana	18	336 1.0×	178 0.8×	320 2.5×	56 0.7×	76 1.0×	35	618
Amanda Kalamar United States	11	343 1.1×	144 0.6×	265 2.1×	131 1.6×	59 0.8×	18	605
Néia Schor Brazil	14	370 1.1×	163 0.7×	91 0.7×	47 0.6×	85 1.1×	59	582
Collins Adu Australia	17	330 1.0×	120 0.5×	394 3.1×	75 0.9×	71 0.9×	58	719
Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun South Africa	14	344 1.1×	97 0.4×	253 2.0×	64 0.8×	119 1.5×	40	611
Anna Kågesten Sweden	14	259 0.8×	91 0.4×	118 0.9×	35 0.4×	77 1.0×	39	478
Brad Kerner United States	9	402 1.2×	139 0.6×	312 2.5×	127 1.5×	60 0.8×	10	571

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marina Plesons

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Plesons, Marina, et al.. (2025). Training and Mentoring Medical Students Across the United States to Conduct Human Rights Health Research. Academic Medicine. 100(11). 1278–1283. 1 indexed citations

Plesons, Marina, William Yang, Edward Suarez, et al.. (2025). Rapid initiation of antiretrovirals at a syringe services program for people with HIV who inject drugs. Annals of Medicine. 57(1). 2461670–2461670.

Scheidell, Joy D., Marina Plesons, Hansel Tookes, et al.. (2025). Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida. Harm Reduction Journal. 22(1). 117–117.

Bartholomew, Tyler S., Marina Plesons, David P. Serota, et al.. (2024). Project CHARIOT: study protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation study of comprehensive tele-harm reduction for engagement of people who inject drugs in HIV prevention services. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 19(1). 21–21. 2 indexed citations

Plesons, Marina, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Angela R. Bazzi, et al.. (2024). Syringe services program staff and participant perspectives on changing drug consumption behaviors in response to xylazine adulteration. Harm Reduction Journal. 21(1). 162–162. 6 indexed citations

Tookes, Hansel, Tyler S. Bartholomew, Marina Plesons, et al.. (2023). Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019–2020. International Journal of Drug Policy. 123. 104289–104289. 4 indexed citations

Plesons, Marina, Sara De Meyer, Joshua Amo‐Adjei, et al.. (2023). Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 31(2). 2204043–2204043. 3 indexed citations

Suarez, Edward, et al.. (2023). Adaptation of the Tele-Harm Reduction intervention to promote initiation and retention in buprenorphine treatment among people who inject drugs: a retrospective cohort study. Annals of Medicine. 55(1). 733–743. 10 indexed citations

Plesons, Marina, Belén Torondel, Bethany A. Caruso, et al.. (2023). Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries. Global Health Action. 16(1). 2279396–2279396. 4 indexed citations

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Bastien, Sheri, et al.. (2022). Improving health worker motivation and performance to deliver adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: study design of implementation research to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a package of interventions. Global Health Action. 15(1). 2022280–2022280. 3 indexed citations

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Irinyenikan, Theresa Azonima, Adeniyi Kolade Aderoba, Olufunmilayo I. Fawole, et al.. (2022). Adolescent experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities: secondary analysis of a community-based survey in four countries. BMJ Global Health. 5(Suppl 2). e007954–e007954. 10 indexed citations

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Plesons, Marina, et al.. (2021). A collaborative learning approach to improving health worker performance in adolescent sexual and reproductive health service provision: a descriptive feasibility study in six health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Global Health Action. 14(1). 1985228–1985228. 4 indexed citations

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Hennegan, Julie, Inga T. Winkler, Chris Bobel, et al.. (2021). Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 29(1). 31–38. 198 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plesons, Marina, et al.. (2020). Building an enabling environment and responding to resistance to sexuality education programmes: experience from Jharkhand, India. Reproductive Health. 17(1). 168–168. 5 indexed citations

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Denno, Donna M., Marina Plesons, & Venkatraman Chandra‐Mouli. (2020). Effective strategies to improve health worker performance in delivering adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 33(6). 269–297. 16 indexed citations

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Barua, Alka, Katherine Watson, Marina Plesons, Venkatraman Chandra‐Mouli, & Kiran Sharma. (2020). Adolescent health programming in India: a rapid review. Reproductive Health. 17(1). 87–87. 42 indexed citations

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Plesons, Marina, et al.. (2019). What can the global movement to end child marriage learn from the implementation of other multi-sectoral initiatives?. BMJ Global Health. 4(5). e001739–e001739. 15 indexed citations

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Plesons, Marina, et al.. (2019). Managing Sex Education Controversy Deep in the Heart of Texas: A Case Study of the North East Independent School District (NEISD). American Journal of Sexuality Education. 15(1). 53–81. 10 indexed citations

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Chandra‐Mouli, Venkatraman, et al.. (2018). Building Support for Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health Education and Responding to Resistance in Conservative Contexts: Cases From Pakistan. Global Health Science and Practice. 6(1). 128–136. 30 indexed citations

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Caffe, Sonja, Marina Plesons, Alma Virginia Camacho, et al.. (2017). Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 83–83. 55 indexed citations

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