Sapna Desai

1.3k total citations
60 papers, 644 citations indexed

About

Sapna Desai is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sapna Desai has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 644 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sapna Desai's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (17 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (13 papers). Sapna Desai is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (17 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (13 papers). Sapna Desai collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Sapna Desai's co-authors include Ajay Mahal, Tara Sinha, Udaya R. Waglé, Christina Lindan, Jeffrey S. Mandel, Shanti P. Tripathi, Esther S. Hudes, Audrey Prost, Simon Cousens and Ankita Shukla and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Sapna Desai

53 papers receiving 614 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sapna Desai United States 14 174 137 105 99 98 60 644
Tamil Kendall United States 18 249 1.4× 359 2.6× 136 1.3× 142 1.4× 191 1.9× 41 915
Amy M. Autry United States 13 78 0.4× 139 1.0× 295 2.8× 38 0.4× 160 1.6× 29 685
Sarah Rae Easter United States 18 95 0.5× 530 3.9× 470 4.5× 129 1.3× 127 1.3× 76 1.0k
Ganesh Dangal Nepal 14 95 0.5× 189 1.4× 231 2.2× 78 0.8× 85 0.9× 137 657
Nikki B. Zite United States 19 203 1.2× 478 3.5× 503 4.8× 84 0.8× 104 1.1× 75 1.2k
Sharmani Barnard United Kingdom 13 306 1.8× 185 1.4× 69 0.7× 62 0.6× 27 0.3× 26 801
Sammy Zakaria United States 15 100 0.6× 117 0.9× 155 1.5× 68 0.7× 131 1.3× 60 638
Kevin Koo United States 14 231 1.3× 70 0.5× 29 0.3× 40 0.4× 141 1.4× 83 640
Grzegorz Juszczyk Poland 15 64 0.4× 26 0.2× 46 0.4× 122 1.2× 33 0.3× 74 640
Alissa Bernholc United States 11 164 0.9× 215 1.6× 158 1.5× 19 0.2× 68 0.7× 19 644

Countries citing papers authored by Sapna Desai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sapna Desai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sapna Desai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sapna Desai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sapna Desai 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 Sapna Desai. Sapna Desai 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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Mathauer, Inke, et al.. (2025). Making health insurance responsive to citizens: learning from six low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health. 7(Suppl 6). e018176–e018176.
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Khan, Tila, et al.. (2024). Facilitators and barriers to maternal immunization and strategies to improve uptake in low-income and lower-middle income countries: A systematic review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 20(1). 2411823–2411823. 9 indexed citations
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Desai, Sapna, Neha Kumar, Lu Gram, et al.. (2024). Individual interventions, collective lessons: Developing mid-range theory on women’s groups to improve health. Journal of Global Health. 14. 4152–4152.
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Desai, Sapna, Dipti Govil, Devaki Nambiar, et al.. (2023). Hysterectomy and women’s health in India: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of older women. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 1–1. 6 indexed citations
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Desai, Sapna, et al.. (2022). Does Open Chest After LVAD Surgery Affect Blood Transfusion Rates and PRA. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(4). S487–S487.
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Kane, Sumit, Madhura Joshi, Sapna Desai, Ajay Mahal, & Barbara McPake. (2022). People's care seeking journey for a chronic illness in rural India: Implications for policy and practice. Social Science & Medicine. 312. 115390–115390. 13 indexed citations
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Desai, Sapna, et al.. (2022). Preimplant Hyponatremia Does Not Predict Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Current Problems in Cardiology. 48(8). 101239–101239. 1 indexed citations
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Bansal, Aditya, et al.. (2022). Six‐month outcomes in postapproval HeartMate3 patients: A single‐center US experience. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(7). 1907–1914. 3 indexed citations
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Hazra, Avishek, et al.. (2022). Matching Intent With Intensity: Implementation Research on the Intensity of Health and Nutrition Programs With Women's Self-Help Groups in India. Global Health Science and Practice. 10(2). e2100383–e2100383. 10 indexed citations
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Krim, Selim R., et al.. (2021). Triple Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Current Problems in Cardiology. 47(8). 100940–100940. 1 indexed citations
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Pinchoff, Jessie, et al.. (2021). Is living in a region with high groundwater arsenic contamination associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes? An analysis using nationally representative data from India. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 239. 113883–113883. 14 indexed citations
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Patel, Hamang, et al.. (2021). Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Heart Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Rejection. Ochsner Journal. 21(2). 133–138. 1 indexed citations
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Desai, Sapna, et al.. (2019). Patterns of hysterectomy in India: a national and state‐level analysis of the Fourth National Family Health Survey (2015–2016). BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 126(S4). 72–80. 29 indexed citations
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Desai, Sapna. (2009). Keeping the 'health' in health insurance.. Economic and political weekly. 44(38). 18–21. 20 indexed citations
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Lindan, Christina, Esther S. Hudes, Sapna Desai, et al.. (1995). Impact of an intervention on HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and condom use among sex workers in Bombay, India.. PubMed. 9 Suppl 1. S21–30. 128 indexed citations

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