Robert Heimer

7.8k total citations
205 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Heimer is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Heimer has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Epidemiology, 96 papers in Infectious Diseases and 72 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Heimer's work include HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (144 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (86 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (66 papers). Robert Heimer is often cited by papers focused on HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (144 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (86 papers) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (66 papers). Robert Heimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Estonia. Robert Heimer's co-authors include Lauretta E. Grau, Edward H. Kaplan, Ed Cadman, Traci C. Green, Kaveh Khoshnood, Nádia Abdala, Andrei P. Kozlov, Merrill Singer, Olga Levina and Linda M. Niccolai and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Heimer

195 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Heimer United States 45 4.0k 2.7k 2.0k 977 844 205 5.9k
Handan Wand Australia 40 3.1k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 980 0.5× 810 0.8× 1.5k 1.8× 302 7.8k
Neal A. Halsey United States 49 4.4k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 459 0.2× 618 0.6× 773 0.9× 177 8.7k
Kimberly C. Brouwer United States 35 2.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 891 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 597 0.7× 108 3.8k
Peter R. Kerndt United States 40 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 549 0.3× 802 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 140 4.9k
R A Coutinho Netherlands 44 3.1k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 666 0.3× 488 0.5× 624 0.7× 154 5.9k
Andrew R. Moss United States 53 5.0k 1.2× 6.2k 2.3× 1.3k 0.7× 838 0.9× 2.4k 2.8× 104 10.3k
Gabriela Paz‐Bailey United States 40 3.0k 0.7× 4.1k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 208 5.9k
Gail Bolan United States 54 4.5k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 4.0k 4.7× 156 13.4k
Adeeba Kamarulzaman Malaysia 34 2.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 747 0.4× 436 0.4× 478 0.6× 138 4.2k
Matthew R. Golden United States 51 4.6k 1.1× 4.7k 1.7× 960 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 2.8k 3.4× 325 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Heimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Heimer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hill, Katherine, Robert Heimer, & Kimberly L. Sue. (2025). “Everybody’s Liking It”—Intentional Use of Xylazine in Fentanyl Among People Who Use Drugs. Substance Use & Misuse. 61(2). 209–216. 1 indexed citations
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Abidi, Syed Hani, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of resistance-associated substitutions (RAS) in hepatitis C virus in the Former Soviet Union countries. BMJ Open Gastroenterology. 12(1). e001657–e001657.
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Kim, Junghwan, Jinhyung Lee, Thomas Thornhill, et al.. (2024). Accessibility of Opioid Treatment Programs Based on Conventional vs Perceived Travel Time Measures. JAMA Network Open. 7(2). e240209–e240209. 9 indexed citations
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Clark, Katie, et al.. (2023). Xylazine in the drug supply: Emerging threats and lessons learned in areas with high levels of adulteration. International Journal of Drug Policy. 120. 104154–104154. 46 indexed citations
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Abboud, Sarah, David W. Seal, John E. Pachankis, et al.. (2023). Experiences of stigma, mental health, and coping strategies in Lebanon among Lebanese and displaced Syrian men who have sex with men: A qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine. 335. 116248–116248. 5 indexed citations
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Khoshnood, Kaveh, Russell Barbour, Forrest W. Crawford, et al.. (2021). Reported history and correlates of drug overdose among people who inject drugs in Lebanon. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 27(6). 571–579. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Navin, Cheneal Puljević, & Robert Heimer. (2020). Understanding motivations for large US cannabis firms' participation in the cannabis space: Qualitative study exploring views of key decision‐makers. Drug and Alcohol Review. 39(4). 347–355. 2 indexed citations
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Bazazi, Alexander R., Aishwarya Vijay, Forrest W. Crawford, et al.. (2017). HIV Testing and awareness of HIV status among people who inject drugs in greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.. AIDS Care. 30(1). 59–64. 10 indexed citations
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Heimer, Robert, et al.. (2017). HIV Risk, Prevalence, and Access to Care Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lebanon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(11). 1149–1154. 21 indexed citations
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Abdala, Nádia, Amisha Patel, & Robert Heimer. (2016). Recovering Infectious HIV from Novel Syringe–Needle Combinations with Low Dead Space Volumes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(10-11). 947–954. 5 indexed citations
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Binka, Mawuena, Elijah Paintsil, Amisha Patel, Brett D. Lindenbach, & Robert Heimer. (2015). Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes Is Dependent on the Design of the Syringe-Needle and Dead Space Volume. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0139737–e0139737. 17 indexed citations
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Dukhovlinova, Elena, Olga Toussova, Sergei V. Verevochkin, et al.. (2014). Two Independent HIV Epidemics in Saint Petersburg, Russia Revealed by Molecular Epidemiology. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(6). 608–614. 22 indexed citations
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Levina, Olga, et al.. (2012). Short Communication: HIV Prevalence and Risk Behavior Among Injection Drug Users and Their Sex Partners in Two Russian Cities. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 29(4). 687–690. 11 indexed citations
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Abdala, Nádia, et al.. (2007). Can homemade injectable opiates contribute to the HIV Epidemic among injection drug users in the countries of the Former Soviet Union. Addiction Biology. 101(5). 731–737. 1 indexed citations
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Nabatov, Alexey A., Sergei V. Verevochkin, Alexander Emelyanov, et al.. (2007). The Rate of Epidemiological And Virological Changes during The Transition from Nascent to Concentrated HIV Epidemic Stage in The Former Soviet Union Countries. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 23(2). 183–192. 9 indexed citations
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Singer, Merrill, Thomas J. Stopka, Kimberly Springer, et al.. (2000). The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users. American Journal of Public Health. 90(7). 1049–1056. 81 indexed citations
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Magnarelli, Louis A., et al.. (1998). Development and duration of antibody response against Ehrlichia equi in horses. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 212(12). 1910–1914. 30 indexed citations
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Khoshnood, Kaveh, Edward H. Kaplan, & Robert Heimer. (1995). 'Dropouts' or 'drop-ins'? Client retention and participation in New Haven's needle exchange program.. PubMed. 110(4). 462–6. 18 indexed citations

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