Rachel Albalak

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rachel Albalak is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Albalak has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Rachel Albalak's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Rachel Albalak is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Rachel Albalak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Uganda. Rachel Albalak's co-authors include Nigel Bruce, Rogelio Pérez‐Padilla, A. Roberto Frisancho, Gerald J. Keeler, Kirk R. Smith, John P. McCracken, David M. Mannino, Scott D. Grosse, James Repace and Michael Haber and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Albalak

31 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Indoor air pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge.

2000 1.2k citations Nigel Bruce, Rachel Albalak et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Albalak United States	17	1.3k	1.2k	301	232	219	32	2.5k
John P. McCracken United States	28	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	446 1.5×	231 1.0×	189 0.9×	77	2.9k
Kevin Mortimer United Kingdom	37	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	232 0.8×	243 1.0×	456 2.1×	161	5.1k
Anaité Díaz-Artiga Guatemala	26	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	325 1.1×	194 0.8×	45 0.2×	56	2.5k
Lisa M. Thompson United States	22	1.0k 0.8×	821 0.7×	294 1.0×	218 0.9×	493 2.3×	114	2.7k
Om Kurmi United Kingdom	26	910 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	216 0.7×	92 0.4×	48 0.2×	84	2.4k
Sophie Bonjour Switzerland	9	860 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	219 0.7×	850 3.7×	141 0.6×	10	2.8k
Kalpana Balakrishnan India	37	2.7k 2.0×	2.7k 2.2×	864 2.9×	489 2.1×	110 0.5×	150	4.9k
Duncan Fullerton United Kingdom	12	641 0.5×	535 0.4×	158 0.5×	90 0.4×	75 0.3×	19	1.2k
Jonathan Grigg United Kingdom	38	677 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	85 0.3×	123 0.5×	101 0.5×	210	4.9k
Jennyfer Wolf Switzerland	15	729 0.6×	616 0.5×	197 0.7×	1.3k 5.6×	329 1.5×	22	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Albalak

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20 of 20 papers shown

Suthar, Amitabh B., et al.. (2023). Programmatic Implications of National Recent HIV Infection Surveillance in Cambodia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(10). 1347–1351.

Volkmann, Tyson, et al.. (2018). Lessons Learned From the Implementation of HIV Biological-Behavioral Surveys of Key Populations in the Caribbean. AIDS Education and Prevention. 30(6). 528–541. 3 indexed citations

Alemnji, George, et al.. (2017). Improving Laboratory Efficiency in the Caribbean to Attain the World Health Organization HIV Treat All Recommendations. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 34(2). 132–139. 2 indexed citations

Alemnji, George, et al.. (2016). Improving the Quality of and Access to HIV Rapid Testing in the Caribbean Region: Program Implementation, Outcomes, and Recommendations. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(9). 879–884. 6 indexed citations

Albalak, Rachel, et al.. (2014). The impact of SLMTA in improving laboratory quality systems in the Caribbean Region. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 3(2). 199–199. 19 indexed citations

Basurto‐Dávila, Ricardo, Ismael R. Ortega‐Sanchez, Martin I. Meltzer, et al.. (2013). Effect of Winter School Breaks on Influenza-like Illness, Argentina, 2005–2008. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(6). 938–944. 13 indexed citations

Basurto‐Dávila, Ricardo, Martin I. Meltzer, Rachel Albalak, et al.. (2012). Household economic impact and attitudes toward school closures in two cities in Argentina during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(6). 1308–1315. 12 indexed citations

Weinfurter, Paul, Henry M. Blumberg, Gary Goldbaum, et al.. (2011). Predictors of discordant tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube results in various high-risk groups. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 15(8). 1056–1061. 43 indexed citations

Meites, Elissa, et al.. (2010). Hospital Capacity during an Influenza Pandemic—Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32(1). 87–90. 5 indexed citations

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Albalak, Rachel. (2007). Trends in Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Comorbidity, United States, 1993-2004. Archives of Internal Medicine. 167(22). 2443–2443. 44 indexed citations

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Katz, Dolly, et al.. (2006). Setting the agenda: A new model for collaborative tuberculosis epidemiologic research. Tuberculosis. 87(1). 1–6. 16 indexed citations

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Jereb, John, Rachel Albalak, & Kenneth G. Castro. (2004). The Arden House Conference on Tuberculosis, Revisited: Perspectives for Tuberculosis Elimination in the United States. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 25(3). 255–269. 3 indexed citations

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Bruce, Nigel, et al.. (2004). Impact of improved stoves, house construction and child location on levels of indoor air pollution exposure in young Guatemalan children. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 14(S1). S26–S33. 117 indexed citations

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Mannino, David M., Rachel Albalak, Scott D. Grosse, & James Repace. (2003). Second-hand Smoke Exposure and Blood Lead Levels in U.S. Children. Epidemiology. 14(6). 719–727. 77 indexed citations

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Lapping, Karin, et al.. (2002). Comparison of a Positive Deviant Inquiry with a Case-Control Study to Identify Factors Associated with Nutritional Status among Afghan Refugee Children in Pakistan. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 23(4_suppl2). 26–33. 13 indexed citations

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Albalak, Rachel, Gary Noonan, Sharunda Buchanan, et al.. (2002). Blood lead levels and risk factors for lead poisoning among children in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Science of The Total Environment. 301(1-3). 75–85. 56 indexed citations

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Albalak, Rachel, et al.. (2001). Indoor Respirable Particulate Matter Concentrations from an Open Fire, Improved Cookstove, and LPG/Open Fire Combination in a Rural Guatemalan Community. Environmental Science & Technology. 35(13). 2650–2655. 140 indexed citations

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Albalak, Rachel, Usha Ramakrishnan, Aryeh D. Stein, et al.. (2000). Co-Occurrence of Nutrition Problems in Honduran Children. Journal of Nutrition. 130(9). 2271–2273. 29 indexed citations

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Frisancho, A. Roberto, et al.. (1997). Developmental, genetic, and environmental components of lung volumes at high altitude. American Journal of Human Biology. 9(2). 191–203. 59 indexed citations

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Frisancho, A. Roberto, Shelley L. Smith, & Rachel Albalak. (1994). Relationship of serum cholesterol and truncal body fat distribution among Mexican Americans is accentuated by obesity. American Journal of Human Biology. 6(1). 51–59. 4 indexed citations

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