Carol Kingdon

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Carol Kingdon is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Kingdon has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 15 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Carol Kingdon's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (35 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (13 papers). Carol Kingdon is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (35 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (13 papers). Carol Kingdon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and China. Carol Kingdon's co-authors include Soo Downe, Ana Pilar Betrán, Tina Lavender, Newton Opiyo, Gillian ML Gyte, James P Neilson, A. Metin Gülmezog̈lu, Jun Zhang, Abdu Mohiddin and Maria Regina Torloni and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Carol Kingdon

49 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Interventions to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections in healthy women and babies

2018 372 citations Ana Pilar Betrán, Carol Kingdon et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carol Kingdon United Kingdom	23	1.2k	1.0k	528	390	217	54	1.8k
Susie Dzakpasu Canada	21	676 0.5×	778 0.7×	440 0.8×	201 0.5×	239 1.1×	37	1.4k
Olha Lutsiv Canada	18	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	543 1.0×	372 1.0×	242 1.1×	22	1.9k
Rachel Rowe United Kingdom	25	631 0.5×	706 0.7×	282 0.5×	193 0.5×	247 1.1×	71	1.6k
Sarah Meaney Ireland	26	635 0.5×	627 0.6×	732 1.4×	708 1.8×	212 1.0×	118	1.9k
Matthews Tg Ireland	11	606 0.5×	845 0.8×	527 1.0×	171 0.4×	317 1.5×	23	1.8k
Laura Schummers Canada	13	784 0.6×	605 0.6×	397 0.8×	269 0.7×	145 0.7×	30	1.1k
Mary Ângela Parpinelli Brazil	28	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	516 1.0×	145 0.4×	531 2.4×	109	2.3k
Deborah B. Ehrenthal United States	24	703 0.6×	748 0.7×	565 1.1×	251 0.6×	268 1.2×	82	1.6k
Molly R. Altman United States	15	597 0.5×	365 0.3×	389 0.7×	379 1.0×	235 1.1×	37	1.1k
Kristi Seed United States	7	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	745 1.4×	266 0.7×	323 1.5×	8	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Kingdon

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Kingdon, Carol, Siobhan Holt, Christy Burden, et al.. (2025). Informing Decision‐Making About Caesarean Birth: A Delphi Study to Develop a Core Information Set. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 132(13). 2024–2039.

Kingdon, Carol, Laura Bonnett, Christy Burden, et al.. (2025). How Should We Communicate Information Regarding Birth Choices to Women?: An Online Randomised Survey. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 132(13). 2177–2185. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Anna, Sheelagh McGuinness, Gemma Clayton, et al.. (2025). Women’s perspectives of decision-making for labour and birth: a qualitative antenatal-postnatal paired interview study. BMJ Open. 15(6). e096171–e096171. 3 indexed citations

Ming, Damien, Abi Merriel, David M E Freeman, et al.. (2024). Advancing the management of maternal, fetal, and neonatal infection through harnessing digital health innovations. The Lancet Digital Health. 6(12). e926–e933.

Neal, Sarah, Zoë Matthews, Carol Kingdon, et al.. (2023). Assessing safe and personalised maternity and neonatal care through a pandemic: a case study of outcomes and experiences in two trusts in England using the ASPIRE COVID-19 framework. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 675–675. 3 indexed citations

Downe, Soo, Rebecca Nowland, Andrew Clegg, et al.. (2023). Theories for interventions to reduce physical and verbal abuse: A mixed methods review of the health and social care literature to inform future maternity care. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). e0001594–e0001594. 6 indexed citations

Long, Qian, Yaoguang Zhang, Jing Zhang, Xiaojun Tang, & Carol Kingdon. (2022). Changes in caesarean section rates in China during the period of transition from the one-child to two-child policy era: cross-sectional National Household Health Services Surveys. BMJ Open. 12(4). e059208–e059208. 13 indexed citations

Downe, Soo, et al.. (2022). Implementing Professional Midwife-Led Maternity Care in India for Healthy Pregnant Women: A Community Case Study. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 875595–875595. 5 indexed citations

Doraiswamy, Sathyanarayanan, et al.. (2021). Physician–patient communication in decision-making about Caesarean sections in eight district hospitals in Bangladesh: a mixed-method study. Reproductive Health. 18(1). 34–34. 15 indexed citations

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Feeley, Claire, et al.. (2021). Training and expertise in undertaking assisted vaginal delivery (AVD): a mixed methods systematic review of practitioners views and experiences. Reproductive Health. 18(1). 92–92. 9 indexed citations

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Kingdon, Carol, Devender Roberts, M. Turner, et al.. (2019). Inequalities and stillbirth in the UK: a meta-narrative review. BMJ Open. 9(9). e029672–e029672. 24 indexed citations

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Bohren, Meghan A., Newton Opiyo, Carol Kingdon, Soo Downe, & Ana Pilar Betrán. (2019). Optimising the use of caesarean section: a generic formative research protocol for implementation preparation. Reproductive Health. 16(1). 170–170. 18 indexed citations

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Long, Qian, Carol Kingdon, Fan Yang, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of and reasons for women’s, family members’, and health professionals’ preferences for cesarean section in China: A mixed-methods systematic review. PLoS Medicine. 15(10). e1002672–e1002672. 89 indexed citations

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Kemp, Ian, et al.. (2015). Fathers' presence at caesarean section with general anaesthetic: evidence and debate.. PubMed. 18(4). 19–22. 2 indexed citations

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Balaam, Marie‐Clare, Carol Kingdon, Gill Thomson, Kenneth Finlayson, & Soo Downe. (2015). ‘We make them feel special’: The experiences of voluntary sector workers supporting asylum seeking and refugee women during pregnancy and early motherhood. Midwifery. 34. 133–140. 25 indexed citations

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Kingdon, Carol, et al.. (2015). The Role of Healthcare Professionals in Encouraging Parents to See and Hold Their Stillborn Baby: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0130059–e0130059. 33 indexed citations

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Downe, Soo, et al.. (2013). Bereaved parents’ experience of stillbirth in UK hospitals: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Open. 3(2). e002237–e002237. 95 indexed citations

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Kingdon, Carol, et al.. (2009). Maternal obesity and pregnancy: a retrospective study. Midwifery. 26(1). 138–146. 46 indexed citations

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Kingdon, Carol, Lisa Baker, & Tina Lavender. (2006). Systematic Review of Nulliparous Women’s Views of Planned Cesarean Birth: The Missing Component in the Debate about a Term Cephalic Trial. Birth. 33(3). 229–237. 42 indexed citations

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Lavender, Tina, Carol Kingdon, Anna Hart, et al.. (2005). Could a randomised trial answer the controversy relating to elective caesarean section? National survey of consultant obstetricians and heads of midwifery. BMJ. 331(7515). 490–491. 34 indexed citations

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