Sarah Finer

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sarah Finer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Molecular Biology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Finer has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sarah Finer's work include Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (7 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Sarah Finer is often cited by papers focused on Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (7 papers), Chronic Disease Management Strategies (6 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers). Sarah Finer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Sarah Finer's co-authors include Alberto Sánchez Crespo, Gordon A. Craig, G. A. Hitman, Vardhman K. Rakyan, Panos Deloukas, Thomas A. Down, Walter M. Stern, Ana M. Valdes, Owen T McCann and Richard David Leslie and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Finer

90 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Human aging-associated DNA hypermethylation occurs preferentially at bivalent chromatin domains

2010 556 citations Vardhman K. Rakyan, Thomas A. Down et al. profile →
The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics

1964 258 citations Sarah Finer 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 Finer United Kingdom	29	943	933	745	470	434	97	3.4k
Ming Lü China	35	662 0.7×	342 0.4×	594 0.8×	120 0.3×	102 0.2×	182	4.2k
Patricia A. Hurley United States	30	450 0.5×	480 0.5×	838 1.1×	346 0.7×	707 1.6×	76	5.3k
A. B. Atkinson United Kingdom	43	855 0.9×	483 0.5×	903 1.2×	260 0.6×	237 0.5×	172	8.3k
David Coleman United States	38	1.5k 1.6×	144 0.2×	772 1.0×	806 1.7×	261 0.6×	125	6.0k
Peter Thijssen Belgium	23	713 0.8×	194 0.2×	307 0.4×	193 0.4×	277 0.6×	68	1.9k
David Cesarini United States	32	377 0.4×	104 0.1×	801 1.1×	1.1k 2.4×	280 0.6×	57	3.9k
Peter Munk Christiansen Denmark	28	504 0.5×	684 0.7×	383 0.5×	188 0.4×	148 0.3×	124	2.5k
Håkan Johansson Sweden	24	1.1k 1.2×	202 0.2×	324 0.4×	231 0.5×	70 0.2×	96	5.6k
Karen Johnson United States	23	97 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	50 0.1×	565 1.3×	67	4.6k
William F. Holmes United States	29	859 0.9×	210 0.2×	311 0.4×	128 0.3×	80 0.2×	68	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Finer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Finer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Finer

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

All Works

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Walter, Klaudia, Qin Huang, Juha Karjalainen, et al.. (2025). Widespread recessive effects on common diseases in a cohort of 44,000 British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis with high autozygosity. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 112(6). 1316–1329.

Hodgson, Sam, Miriam Samuel, Daniel Stow, et al.. (2025). Evidence of ethnic variations in the relationships between routinely recorded clinical factors and T2D: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Obesity. 49(10). 1929–1945.

Samuel, Miriam, Sophie V. Eastwood, Caroline E Morton, et al.. (2024). Weight trends among adults with diabetes or hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study using OpenSAFELY. British Journal of General Practice. 74(748). e767–e776. 1 indexed citations

Samuel, Miriam, Sophie V. Eastwood, Caroline E Morton, et al.. (2024). Trends in weight gain recorded in English primary care before and during the Coronavirus-19 pandemic: An observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform. PLoS Medicine. 21(6). e1004398–e1004398. 5 indexed citations

Samuel, Miriam, Tahania Ahmad, R. Hamish McAllister‐Williams, et al.. (2023). Ethnic differences in early onset multimorbidity and associations with health service use, long-term prescribing, years of life lost, and mortality: A cross-sectional study using clustering in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. PLoS Medicine. 20(10). e1004300–e1004300. 14 indexed citations

Magavern, Emma, Benjamin M. Jacobs, Helen R. Warren, et al.. (2023). CYP2C19 Genotype Prevalence and Association With Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in British–South Asians Treated With Clopidogrel. JACC Advances. 2(7). 100573–100573. 13 indexed citations

Huang, Qin Qin, Neneh Sallah, Bhavi Trivedi, et al.. (2022). Transferability of genetic loci and polygenic scores for cardiometabolic traits in British Pakistani and Bangladeshi individuals. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4664–4664. 34 indexed citations

Hodgson, Sam, Qin Qin Huang, Neneh Sallah, et al.. (2022). Integrating polygenic risk scores in the prediction of type 2 diabetes risk and subtypes in British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 19(5). e1003981–e1003981. 33 indexed citations

Casement, John, Sarah Finer, Dennis Lendrem, et al.. (2022). Tracking trajectories of multiple long-term conditions using dynamic patient-cluster associations. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). 28. 4390–4399. 1 indexed citations

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Clinch, Megan, et al.. (2021). Could social prescribing contribute to type 2 diabetes prevention in people at high risk? Protocol for a realist, multilevel, mixed methods review and evaluation. BMJ Open. 11(4). e042303–e042303. 8 indexed citations

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Papoutsi, Chrysanthi, Grainne Colligan, Ann Hagell, et al.. (2019). Promises and Perils of Group Clinics for Young People Living With Diabetes: A Realist Review. Diabetes Care. 42(5). 705–712. 10 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah, Khalid S. Khan, G. A. Hitman, et al.. (2011). Inadequate vitamin D status in pregnancy: evidence for supplementation. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 91(2). 159–163. 9 indexed citations

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Bell, Christopher G., Sarah Finer, Cecilia M. Lindgren, et al.. (2010). Integrated Genetic and Epigenetic Analysis Identifies Haplotype-Specific Methylation in the FTO Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Susceptibility Locus. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e14040–e14040. 185 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1999). The intermediate ages. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1997). Empires, monarchies, and the modern state. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1997). Ancient monarchies and empires. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1980). Political Science: An Idiosyncratic Retrospect of a Putative Discipline. Government and Opposition. 15(3-4). 346–363. 6 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1973). The Political Power of Organized Labour. Government and Opposition. 8(4). 391–406. 9 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah. (1958). Private industry and political power. 1 indexed citations

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Finer, Sarah, et al.. (1953). Local government in England and Wales. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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