Robert Klitzman

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Klitzman is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Klitzman has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 32 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 30 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert Klitzman's work include Ethics in Clinical Research (43 papers), Reproductive Health and Technologies (27 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (19 papers). Robert Klitzman is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Clinical Research (43 papers), Reproductive Health and Technologies (27 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (19 papers). Robert Klitzman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert Klitzman's co-authors include Paul S. Appelbaum, Wendy K. Chung, Lisa Judy Chin, Jennifer Teitcher, José A. Bauermeister, Walter Bockting, Michael H. Miner, Karen Marder, Mark V. Sauer and Harrison G. Pope and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert Klitzman

155 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Detecting, Preventing, and Responding to “Fraudsters” in Internet Research: Ethics and Tradeoffs

2015 357 citations Robert Klitzman et al. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Klitzman United States	33	1.2k	935	738	631	563	158	3.8k
Gail Geller United States	40	2.0k 1.7×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.7×	815 1.3×	503 0.9×	153	4.9k
Arja R. Aro Denmark	41	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	553 0.7×	428 0.7×	830 1.5×	153	5.2k
Louise Keogh Australia	28	642 0.5×	739 0.8×	566 0.8×	389 0.6×	490 0.9×	149	2.7k
Linda J. Beckman United States	37	857 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	159 0.2×	681 1.1×	766 1.4×	155	4.2k
Natalie Lippa United States	7	1.4k 1.1×	847 0.9×	668 0.9×	258 0.4×	569 1.0×	14	5.5k
Heather Skirton United Kingdom	35	914 0.8×	627 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	1.1k 1.7×	374 0.7×	163	3.8k
Lynn Gillam Australia	33	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	542 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	1.1k 2.0×	168	4.7k
Judy C. Chang United States	40	872 0.7×	959 1.0×	543 0.7×	971 1.5×	578 1.0×	165	5.7k
Anne Moyer United States	38	647 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	404 0.5×	606 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	95	5.2k
Jeffrey Kahn United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	660 0.7×	161 0.2×	329 0.5×	199 0.4×	128	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Klitzman

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Kempf, Mirjam-Colette, Amy K. Johnson, Gina M. Wingood, et al.. (2025). Updating an HIV Knowledge Questionnaire With Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Through Expert Opinions in the United States Using Delphi Methodology: A Qualitative Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 36(3). 227–236.

Schnall, Rebecca, Mirjam‐Colette Kempf, Gregory C. Phillips, et al.. (2024). Protocol: the American Women: Assessing Risk Epidemiologically (AWARE) cohort study. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3422–3422. 2 indexed citations

Song, Jiyoun, Maxim Topaz, Robert Klitzman, et al.. (2024). Natural Language Processing to Identify Home Health Care Patients at Risk for Becoming Incapacitated With No Evident Advance Directives or Surrogates. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25(8). 105019–105019. 1 indexed citations

Wynn, Julia, Benjamin Huber, L. Casey White, et al.. (2024). Impact of a Genetic Diagnosis for a Child’s Autism on Parental Perceptions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 55(5). 1809–1823. 6 indexed citations

Klitzman, Robert, et al.. (2023). Barriers and facilitators faced by hospital chaplains in communicating with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning patients. Patient Education and Counseling. 113. 107753–107753. 1 indexed citations

Goldman, Jill, Wendy R. Uhlmann, Ali Naini, Robert Klitzman, & Karen Marder. (2023). Genetic Testing of HTT Modifiers for Huntington's Disease: Considerations for Clinical Guidelines. Movement Disorders. 38(12). 2151–2154. 3 indexed citations

Klitzman, Robert, et al.. (2023). Muslim patients in the U.S. confronting challenges regarding end-of-life and palliative care: the experiences and roles of hospital chaplains. BMC Palliative Care. 22(1). 28–28. 9 indexed citations

Klitzman, Robert, et al.. (2023). Receiving de novo genetic diagnoses for autism with intellectual disability: parents’ views of impacts on families’ reproductive decisions. Journal of Community Genetics. 15(1). 85–96. 2 indexed citations

Klitzman, Robert. (2023). “Why me?”: Qualitative research on why patients ask, what they mean, how they answer and what factors and processes are involved. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100218–100218. 2 indexed citations

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Dawson, Liza, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Alex John London, et al.. (2016). Addressing ethical challenges in HIV prevention research with people who inject drugs. Journal of Medical Ethics. 44(3). 149–158. 7 indexed citations

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Sauer, Mark V., et al.. (2015). How Agencies Market Egg Donation on the Internet: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 43(3). 610–618. 21 indexed citations

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Appelbaum, Paul S., Abby J. Fyer, Robert Klitzman, et al.. (2014). Researchers’ views on informed consent for return of secondary results in genomic research. Genetics in Medicine. 17(8). 644–650. 14 indexed citations

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Appelbaum, Paul S., Abby J. Fyer, Robert Klitzman, et al.. (2013). Informed consent for return of incidental findings in genomic research. Genetics in Medicine. 16(5). 367–373. 50 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert. (2012). US IRBS CONFRONTING RESEARCH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. Developing World Bioethics. 12(2). 63–73. 28 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert. (2011). “Members of the Same Club”: Challenges and Decisions Faced by US IRBs in Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22796–e22796. 26 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert, et al.. (2010). Disclosures of funding sources and conflicts of interest in published HIV/AIDS research conducted in developing countries. Journal of Medical Ethics. 36(8). 505–510. 12 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert. (2009). The Impact of Social Contexts in Testing for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency: The Roles of Physicians and Others. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 13(2). 269–276. 12 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert, Paul S. Appelbaum, Wendy K. Chung, & Mark V. Sauer. (2008). Anticipating issues related to increasing preimplantation genetic diagnosis use: a research agenda. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 17. 33–42. 20 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert, et al.. (2007). Disclosures of Huntington disease risk within families: Patterns of decision‐making and implications. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(16). 1835–1849. 45 indexed citations

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Klitzman, Robert. (2006). "Post-Residency Disease" and the Medical Self: Identity, Work, and Health Care Among Doctors Who Become Patients. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 49(4). 542–552. 16 indexed citations

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