Sara Hersey

877 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 499 citations indexed

About

Sara Hersey is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medical Services and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Hersey has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 499 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sara Hersey's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (11 papers), Disaster Response and Management (7 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (5 papers). Sara Hersey is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (11 papers), Disaster Response and Management (7 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (5 papers). Sara Hersey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sierra Leone and Australia. Sara Hersey's co-authors include John T. Redd, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Barbara J. Marston, Foday Dafae, Rebecca Bunnell, Wenshu Li, Paul Sengeh, Oliver Morgan, Ann O’Leary and Mohammad B. Jalloh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sara Hersey

15 papers receiving 484 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.

Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015

2018 298 citations Mohamed F. Jalloh, Wenshu Li et al. BMJ Global Health profile →

Peers

Sara Hersey

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Kathy Hageman United States

Khoudia Sow Senegal

Ramin Shiraly Iran

Umberto Pellecchia Luxembourg

Meredith Hickson United States

Kelly Holton United States

Laurie Mazurik Canada

Joseph TF Lau Hong Kong

Aliza Monroe‐Wise United States

Majid Alabdulla Qatar

Kathy Hageman United States

Sara Hersey

287 ×1.1

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187 ×1.3

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151 ×1.3

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114 ×1.5

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89 ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Sara Hersey Sara Hersey (= 1×) peers Kathy Hageman

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Hersey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Hersey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sara Hersey. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sara Hersey. The network helps show where Sara Hersey may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Hersey

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Shroff, Zubin Cyrus, Johanna Hanefeld, Vernon J. Lee, et al.. (2025). Governance and structure of national public health agencies: a critical foundation for strengthening public health security. BMJ Global Health. 10(5). e017724–e017724.

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Khan, Wasiq, Aamer Ikram, Sara Hersey, et al.. (2023). Tackling health emergencies in complex settings: the role of national public health institutes in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Lancet. 403(10421). 8–10.

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Bensyl, Diana M., Yelena Gorina, Sara Hersey, et al.. (2021). Finding the graves: SLED Family Reunification Program. Annals of Epidemiology. 64. 15–22. 2 indexed citations

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Alpren, Charles, Sarah D. Bennett, Yelena Gorina, et al.. (2021). Building the Sierra Leone Ebola Database: organization and characteristics of data systematically collected during 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic. Annals of Epidemiology. 60. 35–44. 3 indexed citations

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Namageyo-Funa, Apophia, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Aaron S. Wallace, et al.. (2020). Data on the implementation of VaxTrac electronic immunization registry in Sierra Leone. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32. 106167–106167.

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Jalloh, Mohamed F., Reinhard Kaiser, Amara Jambai, et al.. (2020). National reporting of deaths after enhanced Ebola surveillance in Sierra Leone. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(8). e0008624–e0008624. 4 indexed citations

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Gorina, Yelena, et al.. (2020). Ensuring ethical data access: the Sierra Leone Ebola Database (SLED) model. Annals of Epidemiology. 46. 1–4. 7 indexed citations

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Jalloh, Mohamed F., Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Aaron S. Wallace, et al.. (2020). Assessment of VaxTrac electronic immunization registry in an urban district in Sierra Leone: Implications for data quality, defaulter tracking, and policy. Vaccine. 38(39). 6103–6111. 12 indexed citations

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Clark, Jocalyn, et al.. (2019). Lessons Learned in Financing Rapid Response to Recent Epidemics in West and Central Africa : A Qualitative Study. 1–51. 1 indexed citations

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Jalloh, Mohamed F., Wenshu Li, Rebecca Bunnell, et al.. (2018). Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015. BMJ Global Health. 3(2). e000471–e000471. 298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kharsany, Ayesha B. M., Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile, et al.. (2018). Community-based HIV prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: results of a cross-sectional household survey. The Lancet HIV. 5(8). e427–e437. 53 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Amanda L., Reinhard Kaiser, Mohamed F. Jalloh, et al.. (2017). Reporting Deaths Among Children Aged <5 Years After the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Bombali District, Sierra Leone, 2015–2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 66(41). 1116–1118. 3 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Reinhard, Natalie Johnson, Mohamed F. Jalloh, et al.. (2017). The WHO global reference list of 100 core health indicators: the example of Sierra Leone. Pan African Medical Journal. 27. 246–246. 15 indexed citations

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Jalloh, Mohamed F., Rebecca Bunnell, Susan Robinson, et al.. (2017). Assessments of Ebola knowledge, attitudes and practices in Forécariah, Guinea and Kambia, Sierra Leone, July–August 2015. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1721). 20160304–20160304. 21 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Reinhard, Natalie Johnson, Mohamed F. Jalloh, et al.. (2017). The WHO global reference list of 100 core health indicators: the example of Sierra Leone. Pan African Medical Journal. 27. 1 indexed citations

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Alpren, Charles, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Reinhard Kaiser, et al.. (2017). The 117 call alert system in Sierra Leone: from rapid Ebola notification to routine death reporting. BMJ Global Health. 2(3). e000392–e000392. 16 indexed citations

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Marston, Barbara J., E. Kainne Dokubo, Lise D. Martel, et al.. (2017). Ebola Response Impact on Public Health Programs, West Africa, 2014–2017. Emerging infectious diseases. 23(13). 46 indexed citations

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Li, Wenshu, Mohamed F. Jalloh, Rebecca Bunnell, et al.. (2016). Public Confidence in the Health Care System 1 Year After the Start of the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak — Sierra Leone, July 2015. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65(21). 538–542. 17 indexed citations

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