Sarah Ballou

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Sarah Ballou is a scholar working on Gastroenterology, Surgery and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Ballou has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Gastroenterology, 30 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Sarah Ballou's work include Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (52 papers), Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (16 papers) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (16 papers). Sarah Ballou is often cited by papers focused on Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (52 papers), Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (16 papers) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (16 papers). Sarah Ballou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sarah Ballou's co-authors include Laurie Keefer, Anthony Lembo, Judy Nee, Johanna Iturrino, Vikram Rangan, Prashant Singh, William Hirsch, Jesse Katon, Vivian Cheng and Ted J. Kaptchuk and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Ballou

81 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Frequency of Adverse Events in the Placebo Arms of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

2022 94 citations Sarah Ballou, Ted J. Kaptchuk et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah Ballou United States	27	1.1k	522	342	235	229	89	2.0k
Judy Nee United States	23	885 0.8×	544 1.0×	294 0.9×	160 0.7×	171 0.7×	79	1.6k
Monica Jarrett United States	36	2.1k 1.9×	552 1.1×	748 2.2×	120 0.5×	303 1.3×	99	3.4k
Vikram Rangan United States	19	632 0.6×	373 0.7×	232 0.7×	120 0.5×	120 0.5×	61	1.1k
D A Drossman United States	13	956 0.9×	520 1.0×	235 0.7×	55 0.2×	128 0.6×	28	1.7k
Ingvard Wilhelmsen Norway	22	1.0k 1.0×	726 1.4×	200 0.6×	44 0.2×	94 0.4×	52	1.7k
Kevin W. Olden United States	29	2.8k 2.6×	1.6k 3.0×	907 2.7×	96 0.4×	376 1.6×	101	4.1k
Jan Svedlund Sweden	26	2.6k 2.4×	1.6k 3.1×	803 2.3×	381 1.6×	219 1.0×	58	4.5k
Miguel Saps United States	32	3.0k 2.8×	1.3k 2.4×	356 1.0×	112 0.5×	97 0.4×	133	4.2k
Christine B. Dalton United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	887 1.7×	382 1.1×	27 0.1×	155 0.7×	39	1.8k
Barbara K. Bruce United States	25	278 0.3×	347 0.7×	641 1.9×	164 0.7×	45 0.2×	67	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Ballou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Ballou

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Papamichael, Konstantinos, Daniel Fu Keung Wong, Kristen T. Crowell, et al.. (2025). Sexual Health and STI Counseling Is Critical but Often Overlooked in IBD. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 71(2). 457–465.

Grossberg, Laurie B., Loren Rabinowitz, Ammu Susheela, et al.. (2025). A Multicenter Study to Assess Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 31(9). 2381–2389. 2 indexed citations

Ballou, Sarah, Dipesh H. Vasant, Livia Guadagnoli, et al.. (2024). A primer for the gastroenterology provider on psychosocial assessment of patients with disorders of gut‐brain interaction. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 36(12). e14894–e14894. 6 indexed citations

Singh, Prashant, Sarah Ballou, Vikram Rangan, et al.. (2024). Prevalence and determinants of postprandial diarrhea in a tertiary care center. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 36(7). e14792–e14792. 1 indexed citations

Hasan, Syed, Sarah Ballou, Laurie Keefer, & Dipesh H. Vasant. (2023). Improving access to gut‐directed hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome in the digital therapeutics' era: Are mobile applications a “smart” solution?. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 35(4). e14554–e14554. 9 indexed citations

Ballou, Sarah, Prashant Singh, Judy Nee, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Associated Factors of Bloating: Results From the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study. Gastroenterology. 165(3). 647–655.e4. 10 indexed citations

Ballou, Sarah, Vikram Rangan, Judy Nee, et al.. (2023). What Is Unspecified Functional Bowel Disorder? A Commonly Seen, Rarely Recognized, and Poorly Understood Diagnosis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 118(8). 1402–1409. 2 indexed citations

Rangan, Vikram, Prashant Singh, Sarah Ballou, et al.. (2021). Improvement in constipation and diarrhea is associated with improved abdominal pain in patients with functional bowel disorders. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 34(4). e14253–e14253. 4 indexed citations

Rangan, Vikram, Judy Nee, Prashant Singh, et al.. (2020). Fecal Urgency: Clinical and Manometric Characteristics in Patients With and Without Diarrhea. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 65(12). 3679–3687. 4 indexed citations

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Rangan, Vikram, Sarah Ballou, Andrea Shin, et al.. (2019). Use of Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Patient Satisfaction Based on the IBS in America Survey. Gastroenterology. 158(3). 786–788.e1. 54 indexed citations

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Singh, Prashant, Vikram Rangan, Sarah Ballou, et al.. (2019). Fecal urgency is common in constipated patients and is associated with anxiety. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 31(4). e13545–e13545. 15 indexed citations

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Ballou, Sarah, Jesse Katon, Prashant Singh, et al.. (2019). Chronic Diarrhea and Constipation Are More Common in Depressed Individuals. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 17(13). 2696–2703. 110 indexed citations

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Ballou, Sarah, Ha Neul Lee, Jesse Katon, et al.. (2019). Effects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on Daily Activities Vary Among Subtypes Based on Results From the IBS in America Survey. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 17(12). 2471–2478.e3. 74 indexed citations

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Singh, Prashant, Vikram Rangan, Sarah Ballou, et al.. (2019). Similarities in Clinical and Psychosocial Characteristics of Functional Diarrhea and Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18(2). 399–405.e1. 23 indexed citations

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Rangan, Vikram, William Hirsch, Sarah Ballou, et al.. (2018). Clinical and manometric characteristics of women with paradoxical puborectalis syndrome. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 6(10). 1578–1585. 1 indexed citations

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Ballou, Sarah, William Hirsch, Prashant Singh, et al.. (2018). Emergency department utilisation for inflammatory bowel disease in the United States from 2006 to 2014. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 47(7). 913–921. 31 indexed citations

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Ballou, Sarah, Alissa Beath, Ted J. Kaptchuk, et al.. (2018). Factors Associated With Response to Placebo in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 16(11). 1738–1744.e1. 30 indexed citations

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Sommers, Thomas, Prashant Singh, Vikram Rangan, et al.. (2018). Significant Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Fecal Impaction in Patients Who Present to the Emergency Department. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 64(5). 1320–1327. 13 indexed citations

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Rangan, Vikram, Shuji Mitsuhashi, Prashant Singh, et al.. (2018). Risk Factors for Fecal Urgency Among Individuals With and Without Diarrhea, Based on Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 16(9). 1450–1458.e2. 21 indexed citations

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Sommers, Thomas, Shuji Mitsuhashi, Prashant Singh, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of Chronic Constipation and Chronic Diarrhea in Diabetic Individuals in the United States. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 114(1). 135–142. 74 indexed citations

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