Andrew Weeks

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Andrew Weeks is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Weeks has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 98 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Andrew Weeks's work include Maternal and fetal healthcare (82 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (77 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (29 papers). Andrew Weeks is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and fetal healthcare (82 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (77 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (29 papers). Andrew Weeks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Uganda and United States. Andrew Weeks's co-authors include Žarko Alfirević, Rajnish Mittal, Gillian ML Gyte, Declan Devane, Cecily Begley, William McGuire, Beverly Winikoff, Tina Lavender, Florence Mirembe and James Ditai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Weeks

162 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

“We have to clean ourselves to ensure that our children are healthy and beautiful”: findings from a qualitative assessment of a hand hygiene poster in rural Uganda

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Author						Papers	Cites
Andrew Weeks	2.8k	2.4k	1.5k	597	396	174	4.5k
Catherine Deneux‐Tharaux	4.0k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	825 1.4×	376 0.9×	250	5.7k
Stacie Geller	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	688 1.2×	147 0.4×	145	5.4k
Metin Gülmezoglu	1.5k 0.5×	964 0.4×	842 0.5×	162 0.3×	149 0.4×	30	3.0k
Walter J. Hannah	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	124 0.2×	380 1.0×	32	4.0k
Shivaprasad S. Goudar	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	572 0.4×	374 0.6×	63 0.2×	171	3.6k
Fernando Althabe	3.9k 1.4×	3.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	277 0.5×	229 0.6×	123	6.0k
Hora Soltani	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	157 0.3×	297 0.8×	107	5.0k
Scott A. Lorch	2.1k 0.7×	651 0.3×	783 0.5×	790 1.3×	553 1.4×	232	4.9k
Adrienne Gordon	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	818 0.5×	73 0.1×	188 0.5×	143	3.4k
Vicki Flenady	4.1k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	174 0.3×	330 0.8×	215	7.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weeks, Andrew, et al.. (2025). The UK Maternity Crisis: Analysing the Underlying Causes to Find Solutions. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 132(12). 1713–1715.

Patabendige, Malitha, Suze Jans, G Justus Hofmeyr, et al.. (2025). The Effectiveness of Oxytocin for Preventing Postpartum Haemorrhage: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 133(1). 24–33. 1 indexed citations

Mukunya, David, Peter Olupot‐Olupot, Francis Okello, et al.. (2025). Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection and its effect on hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants aged 3–10 months: A cohort study in Eastern Uganda. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318655–e0318655. 1 indexed citations

Patabendige, Malitha, Daniel L. Rolnik, Wentao Li, Andrew Weeks, & Ben Willem Mol. (2024). How labor induction methods have evolved throughout history, from the Egyptian era to the present day: evolution, effectiveness, and safety. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 7(1). 101515–101515.

Mundle, Shuchita, Hillary Bracken, Brian Faragher, et al.. (2021). The Induction with Foley OR Misoprostol (INFORM) Study dataset. A dataset of 602 women with hypertensive disease in pregnancy, in India, randomised to either Foley catheter or oral misoprostol for induction of labour. BMC Research Notes. 14(1). 355–355.

Weeks, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Alcohol keeps eDNA at the party longer. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4.

Li, Wentao, Saioa Goñi, Andrew Weeks, et al.. (2020). Foley catheter vs oral misoprostol for induction of labor: individual participant data meta‐analysis. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 57(2). 215–223. 15 indexed citations

Saito, Hiroki, Kyoko Inoue, James Ditai, & Andrew Weeks. (2020). Pattern of Peri-Operative Antibiotic Use among Surgical Patients in a Regional Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda. Surgical Infections. 21(6). 540–546. 9 indexed citations

Duley, Lelia, Jon Dorling, Susan Ayers, et al.. (2019). Improving quality of care and outcome at very preterm birth: the Preterm Birth research programme, including the Cord pilot RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(8). 1–280. 5 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew & Susan Bewley. (2018). Improbable, but plausible, research study: a randomised controlled trial of premature cord clamping vs. neonatal venesection to achieve routine prophylactic neonatal red cell reduction. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 111(8). 270–275. 2 indexed citations

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Mundle, Shuchita, Hillary Bracken, Brian Faragher, et al.. (2018). Foley Catheterisation Versus Oral Misoprostol for Induction of Labour in Hypertensive Women in India (INFORM): A Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised Controlled Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 73(1). 3–5. 2 indexed citations

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Aflaifel, Nasreen, et al.. (2017). PPH Butterfly: a novel device to treat postpartum haemorrhage through uterine compression. BMJ Innovations. 3(1). 45–54. 7 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew, et al.. (2016). Retained placenta: will medical treatment ever be possible?. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 95(5). 501–504. 7 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew, P. J. Watt, C W Yoxall, et al.. (2015). Innovation in immediate neonatal care: development of the Bedside Assessment, Stabilisation and Initial Cardiorespiratory Support (BASICS) trolley. BMJ Innovations. 1(2). 53–58. 23 indexed citations

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Alfirevic, Ana, Jill Durocher, David Dickens, et al.. (2015). Misoprostol-Induced Fever and Genetic Polymorphisms in Drug Transporters SLCO1B1 and ABCC4 in Women of Latin American and European Ancestry. Pharmacogenomics. 16(9). 919–928. 13 indexed citations

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Collins, Peter W., D. Bruynseels, Rebecca Cannings‐John, et al.. (2014). Fibrin-based clot formation as an early and rapid biomarker for progression of postpartum hemorrhage: a prospective study. Blood. 124(11). 1727–1736. 159 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew, Anna Hart, Hussain Jafri, et al.. (2010). Umbilical Vein Oxytocin for the Treatment of Retained Placenta (Release Study): A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 65(5). 301–303. 3 indexed citations

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Gemzell‐Danielsson, Kristina, Pak Chung Ho, Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León, Andrew Weeks, & Beverly Winikoff. (2007). Misoprostol to treat missed abortion in the first trimester. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 99(S2). S182–5. 49 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew, Christian Fiala, & Peter Šafář. (2005). Misoprostol and the debate over off‐label drug use. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 112(3). 269–272. 46 indexed citations

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Weeks, Andrew, et al.. (1999). Hand washing. BMJ. 319(7208). 518–518. 20 indexed citations

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