Robert L. Ostergard

981 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 548 citations indexed

About

Robert L. Ostergard is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Ostergard has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 548 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Ostergard's work include Intellectual Property and Patents (5 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (4 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (3 papers). Robert L. Ostergard is often cited by papers focused on Intellectual Property and Patents (5 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (4 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (3 papers). Robert L. Ostergard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert L. Ostergard's co-authors include Chelsea Lee, Haitham Khraishah, Christopher J. Anderson, Barrak Alahmad, Patrick M. Regan, Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Mohammed Mehadi Hassan Chowdhury, Antonella Zanobetti, Sanjay Rajagopalan and Mazen Albaghdadi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Ostergard

20 papers receiving 493 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.

Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health

2022 180 citations Haitham Khraishah, Barrak Alahmad et al. Nature Reviews Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert L. Ostergard United States	9	157	138	87	68	68	23	548
Fredrik Niclas Piro Norway	12	100 0.6×	143 1.0×	77 0.9×	84 1.2×	20 0.3×	30	762
Yunsong Chen China	14	195 1.2×	49 0.4×	50 0.6×	42 0.6×	10 0.1×	49	469
Alessandra Mattei Italy	16	105 0.7×	47 0.3×	238 2.7×	82 1.2×	17 0.3×	43	842
Chih Ming Tan United States	11	161 1.0×	33 0.2×	231 2.7×	74 1.1×	12 0.2×	44	609
Karien Dekker Netherlands	13	441 2.8×	76 0.6×	91 1.0×	120 1.8×	9 0.1×	33	817
J Robert Branston United Kingdom	16	52 0.3×	46 0.3×	124 1.4×	122 1.8×	20 0.3×	51	656
Adel Daoud Sweden	17	209 1.3×	24 0.2×	138 1.6×	161 2.4×	8 0.1×	51	705
Ning Ding China	16	100 0.6×	63 0.5×	302 3.5×	92 1.4×	6 0.1×	51	781
Carlos Bozzoli Germany	14	306 1.9×	31 0.2×	113 1.3×	218 3.2×	13 0.2×	32	786
Ceren Özgen United Kingdom	11	232 1.5×	135 1.0×	281 3.2×	39 0.6×	68 1.0×	25	628

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2025). Ambient temperature extremes and climate-related impacts on cardiovascular health: disparities and research gaps. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1).

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Ostergard, Robert L.. (2025). The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 50(5). 838–842. 2 indexed citations

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Khraishah, Haitham, et al.. (2024). Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease: Who Is Vulnerable?. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(1). 23–36. 4 indexed citations

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Khraishah, Haitham, Barrak Alahmad, Robert L. Ostergard, et al.. (2022). Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 19(12). 798–812. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

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Windsor, Leah, Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Alistair Windsor, et al.. (2020). Gender in the time of COVID-19: Evaluating national leadership and COVID-19 fatalities. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0244531–e0244531. 62 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L.. (2020). Ebola and the pestilence of corporate and governmental corruption in Guinea: Did mining interests exacerbate the largest Ebola outbreak in history (2014–2016)?. The Extractive Industries and Society. 8(1). 316–330. 3 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2019). An investigation of variation in bilateral investment treaties: exploring every BIT. Transnational Corporation Review. 11(1). 24–37. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Chelsea & Robert L. Ostergard. (2017). Measuring Discrimination Against LGBTQ People: A Cross-National Analysis. Human Rights Quarterly. 39(1). 37–72. 41 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2012). The Impact of Women's Rights on HIV/AIDS Prevalence, 1990-2005: A Global Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2011). Give Me Property or Give Me Death: Reconciling Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Health. Journal of Human Rights. 10(3). 339–357. 1 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2008). HIV/AIDS, the military and the future of Africa's security.. 27–52.

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2006). Between the sacred and the secular: indigenous intellectual property, international markets and the modern African state. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 44(2). 309–333. 4 indexed citations

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Mazrui, Alí A., et al.. (2004). Power, politics, and the African condition. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2003). Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis. African Studies Review. 46(2). 119–119. 4 indexed citations

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Anderson, Christopher J., Patrick M. Regan, & Robert L. Ostergard. (2002). Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights. Political Research Quarterly. 55(2). 439–439. 5 indexed citations

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Anderson, Christopher J., Patrick M. Regan, & Robert L. Ostergard. (2002). Political Repression and Public Perceptions of Human Rights. Political Research Quarterly. 55(2). 439–456. 45 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2001). Stealing from the past: Globalisation, strategic formation and the use of indigenous intellectual property in the biotechnology industry. Third World Quarterly. 22(4). 643–656. 14 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L., et al.. (2001). The Mazruiana Collection: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Published Works of Ali A. Mazrui, 1962-1997. African Studies Review. 44(3). 96–96.

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Ostergard, Robert L.. (2000). The Measurement of Intellectual Property Rights Protection. Journal of International Business Studies. 31(2). 349–360. 97 indexed citations

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Ostergard, Robert L.. (1999). The Political Economy of the South Africa–United States Patent Dispute. The Journal of World Intellectual Property. 2(6). 875–888. 7 indexed citations

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