Sunita Mutha

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sunita Mutha is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunita Mutha has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Health Professions, 8 papers in Emergency Medicine and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Sunita Mutha's work include Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (10 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (7 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Sunita Mutha is often cited by papers focused on Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (10 papers), Infection Control in Healthcare (7 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (6 papers). Sunita Mutha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Türkiye. Sunita Mutha's co-authors include Leah Karliner, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Alice Hm Chen, Frederick P. Heinzel, M D Sadick, Richard M. Locksley, Niels Agger-Gupta, John I. Takayama, Donna B. Jeffe and Victoria J. Fraser and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of General Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sunita Mutha

35 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Do Professional Interpreters Improve Clinical Care for Pa... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750 1000
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. Do Professional Interpreters Improve Clinical Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency? A Systematic Review of the Literature
    2006 1.0k citations Leah Karliner, Elizabeth A. Jacobs et al. Health Services Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sunita Mutha United States 18 1.4k 671 637 568 361 37 2.5k
Edgar K. Marcuse United States 30 913 0.6× 392 0.6× 260 0.4× 474 0.8× 402 1.1× 74 4.9k
Kristopher Fennie United States 30 774 0.5× 556 0.8× 524 0.8× 231 0.4× 415 1.1× 132 3.6k
Laura E. Riley United States 33 219 0.2× 1.0k 1.5× 147 0.2× 203 0.4× 177 0.5× 132 4.0k
Allison Kennedy United States 27 598 0.4× 115 0.2× 333 0.5× 331 0.6× 393 1.1× 64 3.2k
Sally Hull United Kingdom 34 672 0.5× 282 0.4× 353 0.6× 115 0.2× 127 0.4× 116 3.7k
Jeffrey J. Stoddard United States 31 1.5k 1.1× 320 0.5× 308 0.5× 214 0.4× 124 0.3× 56 3.7k
Elwyn Chomba United States 37 1.4k 1.0× 428 0.6× 243 0.4× 197 0.3× 284 0.8× 117 3.9k
Patricia Kissinger United States 39 2.0k 1.4× 860 1.3× 303 0.5× 197 0.3× 437 1.2× 169 4.9k
Morten Sodemann Denmark 30 368 0.3× 283 0.4× 163 0.3× 150 0.3× 87 0.2× 124 3.3k
Supriya D. Mehta United States 34 843 0.6× 968 1.4× 352 0.6× 306 0.5× 214 0.6× 145 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sunita Mutha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunita Mutha

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Karliner, Leah, Steven E. Gregorich, Sunita Mutha, et al.. (2024). Language Access Systems Improvement initiative: impact on professional interpreter utilisation, a natural experiment. BMJ Open. 14(1). e073486–e073486. 6 indexed citations
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Garcia, Maria E., Sunita Mutha, Lisa C. Diamond, et al.. (2023). Language-Concordant Care: a Qualitative Study Examining Implementation of Physician Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(14). 3099–3106. 7 indexed citations
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Fraze, Taressa & Sunita Mutha. (2023). Be kind. Use systems. Improve care. Health Services Research. 58(2). 247–249. 1 indexed citations
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Gregorich, Steven E., et al.. (2021). Patient Perspectives on the Quality of Professional Interpretation: Results from LASI Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(8). 2386–2391. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Jonathan, Anna María Nápoles, Sunita Mutha, et al.. (2017). Hospital discharge preparedness for patients with limited English proficiency: A mixed methods study of bedside interpreter-phones. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(1). 25–32. 37 indexed citations
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Assemi, Mitra, Sunita Mutha, & Karen Suchanek Hudmon. (2007). Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Program for Cultural Competence. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 71(6). 110–110. 3 indexed citations
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Assemi, Mitra, Sunita Mutha, & Karen Suchanek Hudmon. (2007). Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Program for Cultural Competence. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 71(6). 110–110. 34 indexed citations
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Karliner, Leah, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Alice Hm Chen, & Sunita Mutha. (2006). Do Professional Interpreters Improve Clinical Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency? A Systematic Review of the Literature. Health Services Research. 42(2). 727–754. 1044 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ogrinc, Greg, Linda A. Headrick, Sunita Mutha, et al.. (2003). A Framework for Teaching Medical Students and Residents about Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Synthesized from a Literature Review. Academic Medicine. 78(7). 748–756. 168 indexed citations
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Mutha, Sunita, et al.. (2002). Evidence for Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Rotations. Academic Medicine. 77(7). 688–693. 46 indexed citations
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Akduman, Deniz, Paul B. LʼEcuyer, Sunita Mutha, et al.. (1999). Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Operating Room Behaviors in Four Surgical Subspecialties: Personal Protective Equipment and Behaviors in Surgery. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 20(2). 110–114. 49 indexed citations
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Evanoff, Bradley, et al.. (1999). Compliance With Universal Precautions Among Emergency Department Personnel Caring for Trauma Patients. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 33(2). 160–165. 71 indexed citations
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Jeffe, Donna B., et al.. (1998). Does Clinical Experience Affect Medical Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Compliance With Universal Precautions?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 19(10). 767–771. 5 indexed citations
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Fine, Michael J., et al.. (1997). Prognosis and outcomes or patients with communityacquired pneumonia. Pneumologie. 51(2). 1 indexed citations
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Mutha, Sunita, John I. Takayama, & E H OʼNeil. (1997). Insights into medical studentsʼ career choices based on third- and fourth-year studentsʼ focus-group discussions. Academic Medicine. 72(7). 635–40. 105 indexed citations
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Jeffe, Donna B., et al.. (1997). Healthcare Workers' Attitudes and Compliance With Universal Precautions Gender, Occupation, and Specialty Differences. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 18(10). 710–712. 10 indexed citations
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Fincher, Ruth‐Marie E., et al.. (1996). Internal medicine student clubs in U.S. medical schools. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 11(7). 440–440. 3 indexed citations
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Linzer, Mark, Thomas J. Slavin, Sunita Mutha, et al.. (1994). Admission, recruitment, and retention. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 9(S1). S14–S23. 36 indexed citations

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