Sarah Braunstein

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sarah Braunstein is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Braunstein has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Infectious Diseases, 94 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Sarah Braunstein's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (97 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (83 papers) and Sex work and related issues (28 papers). Sarah Braunstein is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (97 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (83 papers) and Sex work and related issues (28 papers). Sarah Braunstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Rwanda. Sarah Braunstein's co-authors include Janneke van de Wijgert, Colin W. Shepard, Preeti Pathela, Denis Nash, Julia A. Schillinger, Susan Blank, Qiang Xia, Lucia V. Torian, Demetre Daskalakis and Ellen W. Wiewel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Braunstein

124 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Microfluidics-based diagnostics of infectious diseases in the developing world

2011 589 citations Sarah Braunstein, Janneke van de Wijgert et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Jessica Justman United States

Etienne Karita United States

Ingrid V. Bassett United States

Paul K. Drain United States

Esther E. Freeman United States

Thomas C. Quinn United States

Xiang‐Sheng Chen China

John F. Brundage United States

Ian McGowan United States

Remco P. H. Peters South Africa

Jessica Justman United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Braunstein

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Braunstein

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

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Pekar, Jonathan E., Yu Wang, Jade Wang, et al.. (2025). Transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox epidemic in New York City. Nature Medicine. 31(5). 1464–1473. 5 indexed citations

Cherian, Teena, Sungwoo Lim, Monica Katyal, et al.. (2024). Impact of jail-based methadone or buprenorphine treatment on non-fatal opioid overdose after incarceration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 259. 111274–111274. 6 indexed citations

Rivera, Alexis V., et al.. (2023). Recruiting Black and Latina/Hispanic Transgender Women for HIV Research: Implementation of Respondent-Driven Sampling and Factors Associated with Peer Recruitment. Transgender Health. 9(4). 339–347.

Braunstein, Sarah, Amanda Wahnich, & Rachael Lazar. (2023). COVID-19 Outcomes Among People With HIV and COVID-19 in New York City. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(11). 1571–1582. 4 indexed citations

Rivera, Alexis V., et al.. (2022). Exploring the Association Between Gender Affirmation and PrEP use Among Transgender Women in New York City. AIDS and Behavior. 27(5). 1523–1530. 9 indexed citations

Paschen-Wolff, Margaret M., Aimee Campbell, Susan Tross, et al.. (2021). Durable Viral Suppression Among People with HIV and Problem Substance Use in the Era of Universal Antiretroviral Treatment. AIDS and Behavior. 26(2). 385–396. 7 indexed citations

Irvine, Mary K., McKaylee Robertson, Denis Nash, et al.. (2021). HIV Care Coordination promotes care re-engagement and viral suppression among people who have been out of HIV medical care: an observational effectiveness study using a surveillance-based contemporaneous comparison group. AIDS Research and Therapy. 18(1). 70–70. 5 indexed citations

Robertson, McKaylee, Sarah Braunstein, Donald R. Hoover, Sheng Li, & Denis Nash. (2020). Assessing linear CD4 decline quantifying diagnosis delay after HIV seroconversion: assessing the linearity assumption of CD4 decline. Annals of Epidemiology. 52. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Irvine, Mary K., Bruce Levin, McKaylee Robertson, et al.. (2020). PROMISE (Program Refinements to Optimize Model Impact and Scalability based on Evidence): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge trial assessing effectiveness of the revised versus original Ryan White Part A HIV Care Coordination Programme for patients with barriers to treatment in the USA. BMJ Open. 10(7). e034624–e034624. 10 indexed citations

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Rivera, Alexis V., Graham Harriman, Sidney Carrillo, & Sarah Braunstein. (2020). Trends in Methamphetamine Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City, 2004–2017. AIDS and Behavior. 25(4). 1210–1218. 34 indexed citations

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Rivera, Alexis V., et al.. (2019). Implementing Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit Women Who Exchange Sex in New York City: Factors Associated with Recruitment and Lessons Learned. AIDS and Behavior. 24(2). 580–591. 5 indexed citations

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Tymejczyk, Olga, et al.. (2018). HIV Care and Viral Load Suppression After Sexual Health Clinic Visits by Out-of-Care HIV-Positive Persons. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 32(10). 390–398. 5 indexed citations

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Udeagu, Chi-Chi N., et al.. (2018). Where Are They Now? Assessing if Persons Returned to HIV Care Following Loss to Follow-Up by Public Health Case Workers Were Engaged in Care in Follow-Up Years. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 32(5). 181–190. 14 indexed citations

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Walters, Suzan M., Alexis V. Rivera, Kathleen H. Reilly, et al.. (2018). Exchange Sex Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in the New York Metropolitan Area: The Importance of Local Context, Gender and Sexual Identity. AIDS and Behavior. 22(9). 2773–2787. 22 indexed citations

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Braunstein, Sarah, Rebekkah S. Robbins, & Demetre Daskalakis. (2017). Missed Opportunities: Adapting the HIV Care Continuum to Reduce HIV-Related Deaths. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 76(3). 231–240. 2 indexed citations

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Xia, Qiang, Sarah Braunstein, & Lucia V. Torian. (2017). Using the Revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staging System to Classify Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in New York City, 2011–2015. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 44(11). 653–655. 5 indexed citations

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Taylor, Melanie, Daniel R. Newman, Julia A. Schillinger, et al.. (2015). Viral Loads Among HIV-Infected Persons Diagnosed With Primary and Secondary Syphilis in 4 US Cities. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 70(2). 179–185. 10 indexed citations

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Pathela, Preeti, Sarah Braunstein, Susan Blank, Colin W. Shepard, & Julia A. Schillinger. (2015). The High Risk of an HIV Diagnosis Following a Diagnosis of Syphilis: A Population-level Analysis of New York City Men. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 61(2). 281–287. 78 indexed citations

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Robertson, McKaylee, et al.. (2014). Linkage and retention in care and the time to HIV viral suppression and viral rebound – New York City. AIDS Care. 27(2). 260–267. 36 indexed citations

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Ramjee, Gita, Neetha S. Morar, Sarah Braunstein, et al.. (2007). Acceptability of Carraguard, a candidate microbicide and methyl cellulose placebo vaginal gels among HIV-positive women and men in Durban, South Africa. AIDS Research and Therapy. 4(1). 20–20. 41 indexed citations

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