Sevgi O. Aral

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Sevgi O. Aral is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sevgi O. Aral has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in General Health Professions, 62 papers in Infectious Diseases and 52 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Sevgi O. Aral's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (101 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (60 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (52 papers). Sevgi O. Aral is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (101 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (60 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (52 papers). Sevgi O. Aral collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Canada. Sevgi O. Aral's co-authors include King K. Holmes, Judith N. Wasserheit, Robert E. Johnson, Kevin Fenton, André J. Nahmias, Douglas T. Fleming, Francis K. Lee, Michael E. St. Louis, Geraldine M. McQuillan and Willard Cates and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Sevgi O. Aral

177 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sevgi O. Aral United States	50	3.7k	3.0k	2.7k	2.1k	1.7k	179	7.9k
Kevin Fenton United Kingdom	49	3.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	3.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	151	8.9k
Judith N. Wasserheit United States	37	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	93	8.4k
Helen Ward United Kingdom	52	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	285	8.2k
Thomas A. Peterman United States	45	2.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	158	6.8k
Charlotte Kent United States	37	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	696 0.4×	101	5.5k
Hillard Weinstock United States	47	3.5k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.8×	942 0.6×	143	9.6k
Jonathan M. Zenilman United States	50	2.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.8×	973 0.6×	245	9.4k
Willard Cates United States	41	3.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	188	9.4k
Matthew R. Golden United States	51	2.8k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	4.7k 1.7×	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	325	8.8k
Stuart M. Berman United States	40	3.4k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.8×	658 0.4×	95	9.1k

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Hillier, Sharon L., Kyle T. Bernstein, & Sevgi O. Aral. (2021). A Review of the Challenges and Complexities in the Diagnosis, Etiology, Epidemiology, and Pathogenesis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(Supplement_2). S23–S28. 30 indexed citations

Loosier, Penny S., et al.. (2021). O19.3 Trends in Discussion of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV on Reddit, 2014–2019. A60.3–A61. 1 indexed citations

Kitayama, Ken, Angela M. Bayer, Patricia Segura, et al.. (2020). Filling the gaps in the Peruvian care continuum for HIV-infected pregnant mothers: a case–control study in metropolitan Lima-Callao, Peru. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 31(10). 982–988. 1 indexed citations

Elmes, Jocelyn, Romain Silhol, Kristen L. Hess, et al.. (2020). Receptive anal sex contributes substantially to heterosexually acquired HIV infections among at‐risk women in twenty US cities: Results from a modelling analysis. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 84(2). e13263–e13263. 10 indexed citations

Atujuna, Millicent, Elizabeth E. Tolley, Judith G. Auerbach, et al.. (2019). Cognitive testing of an instrument to evaluate acceptability and use of pre‐exposure prophylaxis products among women. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 34(1). 78–84. 2 indexed citations

Owusu‐Edusei, Kwame, et al.. (2019). County-Level Social Capital and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 47(3). 165–170. 8 indexed citations

Young, Sean D., et al.. (2017). Using social media as a tool to predict syphilis. Preventive Medicine. 109. 58–61. 33 indexed citations

Aral, Sevgi O., et al.. (2013). The new public health and STD/HIV prevention : personal, public and health systems approaches. Springer eBooks. 12 indexed citations

Chesson, Harrell W., Charlotte Kent, Kwame Owusu‐Edusei, Jami S. Leichliter, & Sevgi O. Aral. (2012). Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates Across the “Eight Americas”. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 39(6). 458–464. 39 indexed citations

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Aral, Sevgi O.. (2010). Partner Concurrency and the STD/HIV Epidemic. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 12(2). 134–139. 35 indexed citations

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Blanchard, James & Sevgi O. Aral. (2010). Emergent properties and structural patterns in sexually transmitted infection and HIV research. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 86(Suppl 3). iii4–iii9. 31 indexed citations

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Hogben, Matthew & Sevgi O. Aral. (2010). Risk compensation in the age of biomedical prevention.. PubMed. 24(4). 5–7. 7 indexed citations

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Foxman, Betsy, Sevgi O. Aral, & King K. Holmes. (2006). Common Use in the General Population of Sexual Enrichment Aids and Drugs to Enhance Sexual Experience. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 33(3). 156–162. 44 indexed citations

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Aral, Sevgi O., Nancy Padian, & King K. Holmes. (2005). Advances in Multilevel Approaches to Understanding the Epidemiology and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV: An Overview. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 191(s1). S1–S6. 64 indexed citations

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Semaan, Salaam, Alden S. Klovdahl, & Sevgi O. Aral. (2004). Protecting the Privacy, Confidentiality, Relationships and Medical Safety of Sex Partners in Partner Notification and Management Studies. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 35(1). 39. 5 indexed citations

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Ness, Roberta B., Sharon L. Hillier, Holly E. Richter, et al.. (2003). Why Women Douche and Why They May or May Not Stop. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 30(1). 71–74. 53 indexed citations

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Foxman, Betsy, Sevgi O. Aral, & King K. Holmes. (1998). Interrelationships Among Douching Practices, Risky Sexual Practices, and History of Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases in an Urban Population. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 25(2). 90–99. 66 indexed citations

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Beral, Valerie, Robert T. Rolfs, M R Joesoef, Sevgi O. Aral, & Daniel W. Cramer. (1994). Primary infertility: characteristics of women in North America according to pathological findings.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 48(6). 576–579. 8 indexed citations

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Wasserheit, Judith N., Sevgi O. Aral, & King K. Holmes. (1991). Research issues in human behavior and sexually transmitted diseases in the AIDS era. 171 indexed citations

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McCray, Eugene, et al.. (1990). HIV seroprevalence surveys in sexually transmitted disease clinics.. PubMed. 105(2). 119–24. 25 indexed citations

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