David Watkins

23.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

David Watkins is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, David Watkins has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 20 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in David Watkins's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (37 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (22 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (16 papers). David Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (37 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (22 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (16 papers). David Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. David Watkins's co-authors include Bongani M. Mayosi, Andrea Beaton, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Liesl Zühlke, Rachel Nugent, Mark E. Engel, Gene Bukhman, Craig Sable and Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David Watkins

113 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015

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Jennifer Manne‐Goehler United States

Jobert Richie Nansseu Cameroon

Jean Joël Bigna Cameroon

S. Natarajan United States

Don Goldmann United States

David Ofori‐Adjei Ghana

Christopher R. Frei United States

Ganesan Karthikeyan India

Ana Olga Mocumbi Mozambique

J. Reilly United Kingdom

Jennifer Manne‐Goehler United States

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1.2k ×1.6

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612 ×1.0

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469 ×0.9

249 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by David Watkins

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Watkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Watkins

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chang, Angela Y., Emily K. Johnson, Kent Buse, et al.. (2025). From sex differences to sex inequalities in life expectancy: A cross-country observational benchmarking analysis. PLoS Medicine. 22(12). e1004828–e1004828.

Watkins, David, David Flood, Thomas A. Gaziano, et al.. (2025). Global Impact of Fixed-Dose Combination Therapies on Cardiovascular Mortality and Events, 2023-2050. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 86(3). 149–161.

Kawakatsu, Yoshito, Jonathan F Mosser, Christopher Adolph, et al.. (2024). High-resolution mapping of essential maternal and child health service coverage in Nigeria: a machine learning approach. BMJ Open. 14(6). e080135–e080135. 1 indexed citations

Coates, Matthew M, et al.. (2024). Service readiness for the management of non-communicable diseases in publicly financed facilities in Malawi: findings from the 2019 Harmonised Health Facility Assessment census survey. BMJ Open. 14(1). e072511–e072511. 2 indexed citations

Fall, Ndate, Joselyn Rwebembera, Sarah de Loizaga, et al.. (2024). User‐Centered Design to Develop Automated Short Message Service Messaging for Patient Support of Rheumatic Heart Disease Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(2). e031252–e031252. 2 indexed citations

Danforth, Kristen, Karl Blanchet, Arianna Rubin Means, et al.. (2023). Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of essential packages of health services. BMJ Global Health. 8(Suppl 1). e010726–e010726. 12 indexed citations

Norheim, Ole Frithjof & David Watkins. (2023). The Role of HTA for Essential Health Benefit Package Design in Low or Middle-Income Countries. Health Systems & Reform. 9(3). 2273051–2273051. 3 indexed citations

Watkins, David, et al.. (2023). Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower–Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. 14(S1). 255–271. 4 indexed citations

Kawakatsu, Yoshito, Christopher Adolph, Jonathan F Mosser, et al.. (2022). Factors consistently associated with utilisation of essential maternal and child health services in Nigeria: analysis of the five Nigerian national household surveys (2003–2018). BMJ Open. 12(9). e061747–e061747. 3 indexed citations

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Kawakatsu, Yoshito, Emmy Okello, Peter Lwabi, et al.. (2021). Examining the Ugandan health system’s readiness to deliver rheumatic heart disease-related services. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(2). e0009164–e0009164. 10 indexed citations

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Zühlke, Liesl, et al.. (2021). Health system costs of rheumatic heart disease care in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1303–1303. 7 indexed citations

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Mao, Wenhui, Osondu Ogbuoji, David Watkins, et al.. (2021). Achieving global mortality reduction targets and universal health coverage: The impact of COVID-19. PLoS Medicine. 18(6). e1003675–e1003675. 10 indexed citations

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Blanchet, Karl, Ala Alwan, Caroline Antoine, et al.. (2020). Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health. 5(10). e003675–e003675. 41 indexed citations

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Longenecker, Chris T., Vuyisile T. Nkomo, Craig Sable, et al.. (2019). Trends and presentation patterns of acute rheumatic fever hospitalisations in the United States. Cardiology in the Young. 29(11). 1387–1390. 8 indexed citations

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Abrams, J. T., David Watkins, Leila Abdullahi, Mark E. Engel, & Liesl Zühlke. (2019). Integrating the prevention and control of rheumatic heart disease into country health systems: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 9(6). e028908–e028908. 1 indexed citations

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Abdullahi, Leila, et al.. (2018). Task sharing to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 8(2). e019511–e019511. 3 indexed citations

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Horton, Susan, Hellen Gelband, Dean T. Jamison, et al.. (2017). Ranking 93 health interventions for low- and middle-income countries by cost-effectiveness. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182951–e0182951. 73 indexed citations

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Watkins, David & Rachel Nugent. (2017). Setting priorities to address cardiovascular diseases through universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries. Heart Asia. 9(1). 54–58. 7 indexed citations

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Palafox, Benjamin, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Raman Kumar, et al.. (2017). The WHF Roadmap for Reducing CV Morbidity and Mortality Through Prevention and Control of RHD. Global Heart. 12(1). 47–47. 42 indexed citations

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Watkins, David, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology, health systems and stakeholders in rheumatic heart disease in Africa: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 6(5). e011266–e011266. 10 indexed citations

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