Andrea Whitney

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Andrea Whitney is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Whitney has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Neurology, 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 5 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Andrea Whitney's work include Epilepsy research and treatment (6 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (4 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). Andrea Whitney is often cited by papers focused on Epilepsy research and treatment (6 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (4 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers). Andrea Whitney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Andrea Whitney's co-authors include J. Helen Cross, Elizabeth Neal, Ruby H. Schwartz, Nicole Edwards, Margaret Lawson, Fenella J. Kirkham, William Gray, Mark Mullee, Andrew Durnford and Christin Eltze and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet Neurology, Thorax and Epilepsia.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Whitney

19 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The ketogenic diet for the treatment of childhood epilepsy: a randomised controlled trial

2008 810 citations Elizabeth Neal, Ruby H. Schwartz et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrea Whitney United Kingdom	15	982	691	488	340	231	19	1.6k
Roser Pons Greece	21	261 0.3×	826 1.2×	155 0.3×	644 1.9×	273 1.2×	58	1.6k
M. Pineda Spain	22	660 0.7×	201 0.3×	299 0.6×	618 1.8×	398 1.7×	51	1.7k
Ricardo Cersósimo Argentina	27	315 0.3×	388 0.6×	1.2k 2.5×	150 0.4×	209 0.9×	68	1.6k
B. Wilken Germany	21	273 0.3×	216 0.3×	108 0.2×	306 0.9×	119 0.5×	38	1.2k
Mercè Pineda Spain	26	642 0.7×	234 0.3×	220 0.5×	995 2.9×	407 1.8×	54	2.0k
Johan Lundgren Sweden	20	215 0.2×	122 0.2×	271 0.6×	333 1.0×	180 0.8×	28	1.3k
Martha Spilioti Greece	17	257 0.3×	133 0.2×	242 0.5×	171 0.5×	122 0.5×	47	827
Marina Trivisano Italy	25	200 0.2×	129 0.2×	875 1.8×	460 1.4×	644 2.8×	104	1.7k
Douglas E. Crompton Australia	18	108 0.1×	130 0.2×	611 1.3×	457 1.3×	343 1.5×	28	1.4k
Francesca Ragona Italy	23	119 0.1×	138 0.2×	885 1.8×	477 1.4×	297 1.3×	59	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrea Whitney

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19 of 19 papers shown

Maru, Sheela, Cheryl Hall, Caroline Cooke, et al.. (2025). Building HOPE: Integrating community-based doula care in public hospitals in New York City. Health Affairs Scholar. 3(3). qxaf033–qxaf033. 1 indexed citations

Evans, Hazel, Neil Gibson, Joanna Bennett, et al.. (2023). British Thoracic Society Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing. Thorax. 78(10). 1043–1054. 16 indexed citations

Evans, Hazel, Neil Gibson, Joanna Bennett, et al.. (2023). British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing. Thorax. 78(Suppl 2). s1–s27. 18 indexed citations

O’Reilly, Helen, Christin Eltze, Kate Bennett, et al.. (2018). Cognitive outcomes following epilepsy in infancy: A longitudinal community‐based study. Epilepsia. 59(12). 2240–2248. 21 indexed citations

Ladds, Emma, Andrea Whitney, Eszter Dombi, et al.. (2018). De novo DNM1L mutation associated with mitochondrial epilepsy syndrome with fever sensitivity. Neurology Genetics. 4(4). e258–e258. 27 indexed citations

Douglas, Andrew G. L., Gaia Andreoletti, Kevin Talbot, et al.. (2017). ADCY5-related dyskinesia presenting as familial myoclonus-dystonia. Neurogenetics. 18(2). 111–117. 31 indexed citations

Whitney, Andrea, et al.. (2016). Multidisciplinary care of a paediatric patient with Gradenigo's syndrome. BMJ Case Reports. 2016. bcr2015214337–bcr2015214337. 14 indexed citations

Singh, Jaspal, Marjorie Illingworth, Andrea Whitney, et al.. (2015). Spinal Muscular Atrophy-Lower Extremity Dominant (SMA-LED), with bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria and infantile epileptic encephalopathy, due a novel DYNC1H1 mutation. Neuromuscular Disorders. 25. S222–S223. 3 indexed citations

Holley, Simone, Andrea Whitney, Fenella J. Kirkham, et al.. (2014). Executive function and sleep problems in childhood epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 37. 20–25. 28 indexed citations

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Fong, Choong Yi, John Osborne, Stuart W. Edwards, et al.. (2013). An investigation into the relationship between vigabatrin, movement disorders, and brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in children with infantile spasms. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 55(9). 862–867. 33 indexed citations

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Shah, Siddharth, Sian Ellard, Rachel Kneen, et al.. (2012). Childhood presentation of COL4A1 mutations. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 54(6). 569–574. 53 indexed citations

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Eltze, Christin, W.K. Chong, Tim Cox, et al.. (2012). A population‐based study of newly diagnosed epilepsy in infants. Epilepsia. 54(3). 437–445. 60 indexed citations

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Durnford, Andrew, et al.. (2012). Interrater reliability of Engel, International League Against Epilepsy, and McHugh seizure outcome classifications following vagus nerve stimulator implantation. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 10(3). 226–229. 15 indexed citations

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Kirkham, Fenella J., Philip Haywood, Megan Cox, et al.. (2011). Movement disorder emergencies in childhood. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 15(5). 390–404. 37 indexed citations

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Durnford, Andrew, William H. Rodgers, Fenella J. Kirkham, et al.. (2011). Very good inter-rater reliability of Engel and ILAE epilepsy surgery outcome classifications in a series of 76 patients. Seizure. 20(10). 809–812. 76 indexed citations

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Taylor, Ellen, et al.. (2011). Successful treatment of two paediatric cases of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with Cyclophosphamide: The need for early aggressive immunotherapy in tumour negative paediatric patients. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 16(1). 74–78. 56 indexed citations

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Neal, Elizabeth, Ruby H. Schwartz, Margaret Lawson, et al.. (2008). The ketogenic diet for the treatment of childhood epilepsy: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology. 7(6). 500–506. 810 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neal, Elizabeth, Ruby H. Schwartz, Margaret Lawson, et al.. (2008). A randomized trial of classical and medium‐chain triglyceride ketogenic diets in the treatment of childhood epilepsy. Epilepsia. 50(5). 1109–1117. 306 indexed citations

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Whitney, Andrea, Ming Lim, Dipak Kanabar, & Jean‐Pierre Lin. (2007). Massive SCA7 expansion detected in a 7‐month‐old male with hypotonia, cardiomegaly, and renal compromise. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 49(2). 140–143. 14 indexed citations

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