Sara Watson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 260 citations indexed

About

Sara Watson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Watson has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 260 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sara Watson's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (3 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (3 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (1 paper). Sara Watson is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (3 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (3 papers) and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (1 paper). Sara Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Sara Watson's co-authors include Susan Curtis, Richard R. Sharp, Cambray Smith, Xuan Zhu, Barbara Barry, Jordan Richardson, Alan D. Rogol, Wanzhu Tu, Aaron E. Carroll and Sandeep K. Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Hypertension and npj Digital Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sara Watson

8 papers receiving 253 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.

Patient apprehensions about the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

2021 216 citations Jordan Richardson, Cambray Smith et al. npj Digital Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Watson United States	4	147	75	43	41	40	12	260
Eileen Koski United States	6	76 0.5×	50 0.7×	20 0.5×	29 0.7×	44 1.1×	17	237
Brian C. Gin United States	7	202 1.4×	83 1.1×	82 1.9×	26 0.6×	44 1.1×	12	321
René Eber France	3	143 1.0×	52 0.7×	59 1.4×	23 0.6×	63 1.6×	4	248
Suebsarn Ruksakulpiwat Thailand	9	132 0.9×	26 0.3×	70 1.6×	49 1.2×	44 1.1×	39	313
Marieke Bak Netherlands	10	63 0.4×	87 1.2×	20 0.5×	50 1.2×	43 1.1×	40	277
Teresa Festl‐Wietek Germany	8	189 1.3×	75 1.0×	71 1.7×	28 0.7×	67 1.7×	26	332
Susan Curtis United States	8	205 1.4×	113 1.5×	56 1.3×	73 1.8×	53 1.3×	13	352
Iuliu Fulga Romania	7	78 0.5×	25 0.3×	61 1.4×	13 0.3×	31 0.8×	41	247
Isabel Chien United States	11	44 0.3×	126 1.7×	18 0.4×	72 1.8×	51 1.3×	16	395
Justin E. Tang United States	12	169 1.1×	57 0.8×	51 1.2×	86 2.1×	45 1.1×	35	341

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Watson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Watson

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Zhu, Xuan, Sara Watson, David T. Eton, et al.. (2025). Factors that influence unproven stem cell intervention seeking behavior: A qualitative analysis of U.S. patients considering or having undertaken unproven stem cell interventions. Social Science & Medicine. 382. 117795–117795.

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Watson, Sara, Alessandro R Marcon, Xuan Zhu, et al.. (2024). Descriptions of Scientific Evidence and Uncertainty of Unproven COVID-19 Therapies in US News: Content Analysis Study. PubMed. 4. e51328–e51328.

3.

Meagher, Karen M., et al.. (2024). Ready, Set, Sort! A User-Guide to Card Sorts for Community-Engaged Empirical Bioethics. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 19(4-5). 186–196.

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Meagher, Karen M., Sara Watson, Gina A. Suh, & Abinash Virk. (2022). The New Precision Stewards?. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(8). 1308–1308. 5 indexed citations

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Richardson, Jordan, Cambray Smith, Susan Curtis, et al.. (2021). Patient apprehensions about the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. npj Digital Medicine. 4(1). 140–140. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Watson, Sara, et al.. (2020). Implementation of a Volunteer Reiki Program at an Academic Medical Center in the Midwest. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 38(4). 400–409. 3 indexed citations

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Hannon, Tamara S., et al.. (2014). Morning Blood Pressure is Associated with Sleep Quality in Obese Adolescents. IUScholarWorks (Indiana University).

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Watson, Sara, et al.. (2013). Obstructive sleep apnoea in obese adolescents and cardiometabolic risk markers. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Sara & Alan D. Rogol. (2013). Recent updates on recombinant human growth hormone outcomes and adverse events. Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity. 20(1). 39–43. 6 indexed citations

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Watson, Sara, Tamara S. Hannon, George J. Eckert, et al.. (2013). Abstract 36: Adult Hypertension Risk is More than Quadrupled in Obese Children. Hypertension. 62(suppl_1). 3 indexed citations

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Watson, Sara, et al.. (2013). Obstructive sleep apnoea in obese adolescents and cardiometabolic risk markers. Pediatric Obesity. 9(6). 471–477. 23 indexed citations

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Watson, Sara, et al.. (2013). Acute mental status change as the presenting feature of adrenal insufficiency in a patient with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type II and stroke. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 27(5-6). 545–8. 3 indexed citations

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