Sarah Cairns‐Smith

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sarah Cairns‐Smith is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Cairns‐Smith has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sarah Cairns‐Smith's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (4 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Sarah Cairns‐Smith is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (4 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Sarah Cairns‐Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Sarah Cairns‐Smith's co-authors include Benjamin P. George, Hamilton Moses, David H. M. Matheson, E. Ray Dorsey, Joy E Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Eve Lackritz, Joe Leigh Simpson, Salimah R. Walani and Andrew C. Serazin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Cairns‐Smith

12 papers receiving 967 citations

Hit Papers

Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potenti... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potential reductions with interventions in 39 countries with very high human development index
    2012 407 citations Hannah Chang, Jim Larson et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. The Anatomy of Medical Research
    2015 293 citations Hamilton Moses, David H. M. Matheson et al. JAMA profile →

Peers

Sarah Cairns‐Smith
Marc J.N.C. Keirse Netherlands
Parvin Tajik Iran
Andrea Lanes United States
Zahra Cheraghi Iran
Anne‐Marie Côté Canada
Anna Palatnik United States
Anne-Marie Dyer United States
Gabriel Y. Lai United States
Margaret Astin United Kingdom
Malia S. Q. Murphy Canada
Marc J.N.C. Keirse Netherlands
Sarah Cairns‐Smith
Citations per year, relative to Sarah Cairns‐Smith Sarah Cairns‐Smith (= 1×) peers Marc J.N.C. Keirse

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Cairns‐Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Cairns‐Smith

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Cairns‐Smith

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Grogan, Martha, Francisco López-Jiménez, Spencer Guthrie, et al.. (2025). Value of Artificial Intelligence for Enhancing Suspicion of Cardiac Amyloidosis Using Electrocardiography and Echocardiography: A Narrative Review. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(8). e036533–e036533. 3 indexed citations
2.
Cairns‐Smith, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Contraceptive technology is failing to meet the needs of people in the United States because of underinvestment in new methods. Contraception. 138. 110518–110518. 1 indexed citations
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Vogelsong, Kirsten M., et al.. (2020). Reboot contraceptives research — it has been stuck for decades. Nature. 587(7835). 543–545. 9 indexed citations
4.
Seidman, Gabriel, et al.. (2015). Barriers and Enablers of Kangaroo Mother Care Practice: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125643–e0125643. 196 indexed citations
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Moses, Hamilton, et al.. (2015). The Anatomy of Medical Research. JAMA. 313(2). 174–174. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, Hsiao‐Han, Jim Larson, Hannah Blencowe, et al.. (2014). Preventing Preterm Births. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest. 34(1). 16–17. 35 indexed citations
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Chang, Hannah, Jim Larson, Hannah Blencowe, et al.. (2013). Preventing Preterm Births. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 68(5). 339–341. 1 indexed citations
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Meier, Christoph, Sarah Cairns‐Smith, & Ulrik Schulze. (2013). Can emerging drug classes improve R&D productivity?. Drug Discovery Today. 18(13-14). 607–609. 14 indexed citations
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Chang, Hannah, Jim Larson, Hannah Blencowe, et al.. (2012). Preventing preterm births: analysis of trends and potential reductions with interventions in 39 countries with very high human development index. The Lancet. 381(9862). 223–234. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cairns‐Smith, Sarah & Peter Karran. (1992). Epigenetic silencing of the DNA repair enzyme O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in Mex- human cells.. PubMed. 52(19). 5257–63. 27 indexed citations
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Karran, Peter, et al.. (1990). Regulation of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase expression in the Burkitt's lymphoma cell line Raji. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 233(1-2). 23–30. 4 indexed citations
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Karran, Peter, et al.. (1990). Coregulation of the human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase with two unrelated genes that are closely linked.. PubMed. 50(5). 1532–7. 17 indexed citations

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