Debbie Rhea

2.4k total citations
132 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Debbie Rhea is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Debbie Rhea has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 38 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Debbie Rhea's work include Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (41 papers), Pregnancy-related medical research (26 papers) and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (23 papers). Debbie Rhea is often cited by papers focused on Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (41 papers), Pregnancy-related medical research (26 papers) and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (23 papers). Debbie Rhea collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Debbie Rhea's co-authors include Niki Istwan, Gary Stanziano, Christopher D. Lantz, Cheryl Desch, Allen E. Cornelius, Andrei Rebarber, Scott B. Martin, Víctor Hugo González-Quintero, Daniel H. Saltzman and Christy Greenleaf and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes Care, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Debbie Rhea

131 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Debbie Rhea United States 24 718 647 532 408 337 132 1.8k
Brian H. Wrotniak United States 19 243 0.3× 1.1k 1.6× 498 0.9× 119 0.3× 347 1.0× 57 2.0k
Briony Hill Australia 32 1.0k 1.4× 1.3k 2.0× 407 0.8× 407 1.0× 560 1.7× 107 2.6k
Elin R. Alsaker Norway 9 382 0.5× 578 0.9× 698 1.3× 192 0.5× 315 0.9× 13 1.7k
Raquel Costa Portugal 17 342 0.5× 922 1.4× 390 0.7× 228 0.6× 588 1.7× 87 1.5k
Sinéad M. O’Neill Ireland 19 877 1.2× 601 0.9× 802 1.5× 86 0.2× 211 0.6× 36 1.6k
F Stanley Australia 16 177 0.2× 355 0.5× 596 1.1× 285 0.7× 144 0.4× 29 1.4k
M. Garel France 22 255 0.4× 491 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 70 0.2× 290 0.9× 60 1.6k
Anette Ekström Sweden 21 490 0.7× 703 1.1× 407 0.8× 717 1.8× 283 0.8× 53 1.6k
Naila Zaman Khan Bangladesh 29 511 0.7× 154 0.2× 1.1k 2.1× 159 0.4× 391 1.2× 73 1.9k
Joshua R. Mann United States 22 209 0.3× 563 0.9× 297 0.6× 241 0.6× 403 1.2× 47 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2025). The Effects of the Modified LiiNK® Recess Intervention on Muscular Strength, Neuromuscular Control, and Resilience in Elementary School Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(10). 1469–1469.
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Recess on Chronic Stress Levels in Elementary School Children. Children. 12(7). 865–865. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2024). The Effects of the LiiNK Intervention on Physical Activity and Obesity Rates among Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(10). 1304–1304. 2 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2023). Development of the Movement Pattern Observation Tool (MPOT)—An Observational Tool to Measure Limb Movements during Elementary School Recess. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(8). 5589–5589. 2 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Multiple Recesses on Limb Movement Patterns in Children: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition. 12(3). 99–106. 2 indexed citations
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Bauml, Michelle, et al.. (2020). A Qualitative Study of Teachers’ Perceptions of Increased Recess Time on Teaching, Learning, and Behavior. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 34(4). 506–520. 11 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2020). The Preliminary Effects of a Multi-Recess School Intervention: Using Accelerometers to Measure Physical Activity Patterns in Elementary Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8919–8919. 16 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2013). Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, and At-Risk Eating Disordered Behavior Differences of Urban Adolescent Females. Eating Disorders. 21(3). 223–237. 16 indexed citations
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Istwan, Niki, et al.. (2011). The Effect of New Antepartum Weight Gain Guidelines and Prepregnancy Body Mass Index on the Development of Pregnancy-Related Hypertension. American Journal of Perinatology. 28(4). 285–292. 40 indexed citations
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Istwan, Niki, et al.. (2009). An Examination of the Clinical Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Tocolytic Replacement Following Recurrent Preterm Labor. American Journal of Perinatology. 27(1). 53–59. 5 indexed citations
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O’Brien, John, et al.. (2009). Uterine Activity in Women Receiving 17 α-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate for the Prevention of Preterm Birth: An Observational Study. American Journal of Perinatology. 27(2). 157–162. 8 indexed citations
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Joy, Saju, Debbie Rhea, Niki Istwan, Cheryl Desch, & Gary Stanziano. (2009). The Risk for Preterm Labor in Women Receiving 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate Prophylaxis for Preterm Birth Prevention. American Journal of Perinatology. 27(4). 343–348. 7 indexed citations
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González-Quintero, Víctor Hugo, et al.. (2008). Antenatal Factors Predicting Subsequent Need for Insulin Treatment in Women with Gestational Diabetes. Journal of Women s Health. 17(7). 1183–1187. 32 indexed citations
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Greenleaf, Christy, Scott B. Martin, & Debbie Rhea. (2008). Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education?. Obesity. 16(S2). S53–9. 30 indexed citations
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Flidel‐Rimon, Orna, Debbie Rhea, Eric S. Shinwell, Louis G. Keith, & Isaac Blickstein. (2006). Early weight gain does not decrease the incidence of low birth weight and small for gestational age triplets in mothers with normal pre-gestational body mass index. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 34(5). 404–8. 4 indexed citations
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Istwan, Niki, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of the pregnancy prolongation index (PPI) as a measure of success of obstetric interventions in the prevention of preterm birth and associated morbidities. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 192(6). 2047–2052. 1 indexed citations
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Blickstein, Isaac, Debbie Rhea, & Louis G. Keith. (2005). Characteristics of mothers who delivered the heaviest, average-weight, and lightest triplet sets. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 33(2). 113–6. 6 indexed citations
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Rebarber, Andrei, Ashley S. Roman, Niki Istwan, Debbie Rhea, & Gary Stanziano. (2005). Prophylactic cerclage in the management of triplet pregnancies. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 193(3). 1193–1196. 29 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie, et al.. (2004). Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Preterm Labor Management: Inpatient vs Outpatient. Journal of Perinatology. 24(8). 515–519. 10 indexed citations
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Rhea, Debbie. (1993). The perspectives of coaches and high school female athletes on eating disorders. University Microfilms eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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