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Sarah J. Burgin

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1982
Infection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsHead and Neck Surgical OncologySarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentEar Surgery and Otitis Media

Publications

53

Citations

772

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

43

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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Sarah J. Burgin conducts clinical research in otolaryngology (the medical study of the ear, nose, and throat) and head and neck medicine. Her work spans ear conditions such as otitis media (middle ear infection) and cochlear implantation, head and neck tumors, and studies on how surgical and office procedures generate aerosols and droplets, which became especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also examines how hearing loss relates to balance and fall risk.

Otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat medicine)Ear infections and cochlear implantationAerosol/droplet risk in surgery during COVID-19Head and neck oncologyHearing loss and balance/fall risk

Publication activity spiked sharply in 2020-2021 (around 10-11 per year, largely COVID-19 related), then declined to a lower, steady level of roughly 2-5 papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 4,953 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 772cohort median 2,544
h-index: 13cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 10% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 15 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications1718192020: 10 publications202021: 11 publications11212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 5 publications242526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 10 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 7 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Otolaryngology×6
  • Publisher×6
  • Proceedings of IMPRS×3
  • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base×2
  • Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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