Rita Sears

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rita Sears is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Sears has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rita Sears's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (2 papers), Blood transfusion and management (2 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (1 paper). Rita Sears is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (2 papers), Blood transfusion and management (2 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (1 paper). Rita Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Rita Sears's co-authors include Dennis T. Mangano, Anil Aggarwal, Ahvie Herskowitz, Christina Mora Mangano, Steven H. Graham, G Ozanne, Mark F. Newman, Marc S. Kanchuger, Nancy A. Nussmeier and Katherine E. Marschall and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Advanced Nursing and The American Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Rita Sears

6 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Adverse Cerebral Outcomes after Coronary Bypass Surgery

1996 1.4k citations Gary W. Roach, Marc S. Kanchuger et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Sears United States	5	1.1k	1.0k	487	261	213	7	1.7k
Richard L. Wolman United States	9	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	616 1.3×	240 0.9×	33 0.2×	16	1.9k
Harun Tatar Türkiye	23	709 0.6×	858 0.8×	441 0.9×	149 0.6×	83 0.4×	108	1.6k
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos United States	20	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	91 0.3×	69 0.3×	34	2.5k
Paul J. Corso United States	29	2.2k 2.0×	1.8k 1.8×	633 1.3×	140 0.5×	62 0.3×	83	2.8k
Jock N. McCullough United States	24	1.7k 1.5×	964 1.0×	2.2k 4.4×	335 1.3×	107 0.5×	49	3.0k
Lynda L. Mickleborough Canada	29	1.8k 1.6×	990 1.0×	286 0.6×	62 0.2×	76 0.4×	73	2.2k
James S. Donahoo United States	23	895 0.8×	770 0.8×	529 1.1×	97 0.4×	167 0.8×	65	1.6k
Robert C. Groom United States	20	637 0.6×	933 0.9×	189 0.4×	396 1.5×	457 2.1×	75	1.7k
James J. Klein United States	12	285 0.3×	312 0.3×	435 0.9×	218 0.8×	225 1.1×	14	865
W. Morris Brown United States	18	838 0.8×	913 0.9×	282 0.6×	41 0.2×	47 0.2×	40	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Rita Sears

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rita Sears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Sears

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

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Roach, Gary W., Marc S. Kanchuger, Christina Mora Mangano, et al.. (1996). Adverse Cerebral Outcomes after Coronary Bypass Surgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 335(25). 1857–1864. 1386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strauss, Ronald G., Kristi J. Ferguson, Gregory G. Stone, et al.. (1990). Surgeons' knowledge, attitude, and use of preoperative autologous blood donation. Transfusion. 30(5). 418–422. 12 indexed citations

3.

Strauss, Ronald G., Linda C. Stehling, Rita Sears, et al.. (1987). Predeposited Autologous Blood for Elective Surgery. New England Journal of Medicine. 316(9). 517–520. 227 indexed citations

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Toy, Pearl, Linda C. Stehling, Ronald G. Strauss, et al.. (1986). Underutilization of autologous blood donation among eligible elective surgical patients. The American Journal of Surgery. 152(5). 483–485. 22 indexed citations

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Simpson, Kathleen Rice & Rita Sears. (1985). Authority and responsibility delegation predicts quality of care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 10(4). 345–348. 4 indexed citations

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Sears, Rita, et al.. (1978). How Long Is That Thermometer Accurate?. AJN American Journal of Nursing. 78(8). 1375–1375. 9 indexed citations

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Sears, Rita. (1959). Use of Spinal Analgesia in Forceps and Breech Deliveries. BMJ. 1(5124). 755–758. 1 indexed citations

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