Devender Roberts

5.6k citations

24 papers · 2.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 13

Impact in

Obstetrics and Gynecology top 0.5%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.5%
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

Papers in ⓘ

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology 4
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics 2
- Birth, Development, and Health 2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9
- Pregnancy-related medical research 5

Co-authors: Stuart R. Dalziel (2 shared papers)Nancy Medley (1 shared paper)Julie Brown (1 shared paper)Žarko Alfirević (8 shared papers)Vanessa Martlew (1 shared paper)Andrew Drakeley (2 shared papers)Mark D. Kilby (1 shared paper)Simon Gates (1 shared paper)
Journals: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4 papers)BMJ Open (2 papers)BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2 papers)European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (2 papers)Health Technology Assessment (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom New Zealand Australia

In The Last Decade

Devender Roberts

24 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth 2017 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2006 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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1	Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Devender Roberts, Julie Brown, Nancy Medley, Stuart R. Dalziel Hit paper breakdown →	2017	1159
2	Antenatal corticosteroids for accelerating fetal lung maturation for women at risk of preterm birth Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Devender Roberts, Stuart R. Dalziel Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1066
3	How strong is the association between maternal thrombophilia and adverse pregnancy outcome? European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·Žarko Alfirević, Devender Roberts, Vanessa Martlew	2002	240
4	Cervical stitch (cerclage) for preventing pregnancy loss in women Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Andrew Drakeley, Devender Roberts, Žarko Alfirević	2003	119
5	Interventions for the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Devender Roberts, James P Neilson, Mark D. Kilby, Simon Gates	2014	112
6	Alterations in maternally perceived fetal movement and their association with late stillbirth: findings from the Midland and North of England stillbirth case–control study BMJ Open ·Alexander Heazell, Jayne Budd, Minglan Li, Robin Cronin, Billie Bradford, Lesley McCowan, Edwin A. Mitchell, Tomasina Stacey, Bill Martin, Devender Roberts, John Thompson	2018	45
7	Inequalities and stillbirth in the UK: a meta-narrative review BMJ Open ·Carol Kingdon, Devender Roberts, M. Turner, Claire Storey, Nicola Crossland, Kenneth Finlayson, Soo Downe	2019	24
8	The Midland and North of England Stillbirth Study (MiNESS) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·Jayne Platts, Edwin A. Mitchell, Tomasina Stacey, Bill Martin, Devender Roberts, Lesley McCowan, Alexander Heazell	2014	23
9	Amnioinfusion in preterm premature rupture of membranes (AMIPROM): a randomised controlled trial of amnioinfusion versus expectant management in very early preterm premature rupture of membranes – a pilot study Health Technology Assessment ·Devender Roberts, Sarah Vause, William L. Martin, Pauline Green, Stephen Walkinshaw, Leanne Bricker, Caroline Beardsmore, Ben Nj Shaw, Andrew McKay, Gaynor Skotny, Paula Williamson, Žarko Alfirević	2014	21
10	Prenatal reflex DNA screening for trisomies 21, 18, and 13 Genetics in Medicine ·Nicholas Wald, Wayne J. Huttly, Jonathan P. Bestwick, Robert Old, Joan K. Morris, Ray Cheng, J. Aquilina, Elisabeth Peregrine, Devender Roberts, Žarko Alfirević	2017	19
11	Computerised antenatal fetal heart rate recordings between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·Devender Roberts, Bidyut Kumar, Douglas G. Tincello, Stephen Walkinshaw	2001	18
12	Pontomedullary disconnection: fetal and neonatal considerations Pediatric Radiology ·Emma McCann, David Pilling, Markus Hesseling, Devender Roberts, N. Subhedar, Elizabeth Sweeney	2005	14
13	The fetal outcome in pregnancies with isolated reduced amniotic fluid volume in the third trimester Journal of Perinatal Medicine ·Devender Roberts, E. C. Nwosu, Stephen Walkinshaw	1998	14
14	Early fetal death associated with compound heterozygosity for Noonan syndrome‐causative PTPN11 mutations American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ·Kristin Becker, Helen E. Hughes, Karol Howard, Maggie Armstrong, Devender Roberts, Edgar J. Lazda, John Short, Adam Shaw, Michael A. Patton, Marco Tartaglia	2007	8
15	Cervical pessary for short cervix in high risk pregnant women: 5 years experience in a single centre The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine ·Jelena Ivandić, Angharad Care, Laura Goodfellow, Borna Poljak, Andrew Sharp, Devender Roberts, Žarko Alfirević	2018	8
16	Cervical Cerclage for Prevention of Preterm Delivery Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Andrew Drakeley, Devender Roberts, Žarko Alfirević	2003	7
17	Women’s experiences of being invited to participate in a case-control study of stillbirth - findings from the Midlands and North of England Stillbirth Study BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·Jayne Budd, Tomasina Stacey, Bill Martin, Devender Roberts, Alexander Heazell	2018	6
18	Associations between consumption of coffee and caffeinated soft drinks and late stillbirth—Findings from the Midland and North of England stillbirth case-control study European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·Alexander Heazell, Kate Timms, Rebecca Scott, Lauren Rockliffe, Jayne Budd, Minglan Li, Robin Cronin, Lesley McCowan, Edwin A. Mitchell, Tomasina Stacey, Devender Roberts, John Thompson	2020	6
19	Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes before 23 weeks’ gestation: prospective observational study SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Laura Goodfellow, Angharad Care, Ciara Curran, Devender Roberts, M. Turner, Marian Knight, Alfirevic Zarko	2024	5
20	Computerised antenatal fetal heart rate recordings between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·Devender Roberts, Bidyut Kumar, Douglas G. Tincello, Stephen Walkinshaw	2001	5

About Devender Roberts

Devender Roberts is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, having authored 24 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis (6 papers), Pregnancy-related medical research (5 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (4 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers), Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (2 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Obstetrics and Gynecology (799 citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (1.8k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.7k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (253 citations) and Epidemiology (660 citations). Devender Roberts has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Stuart R. Dalziel, Nancy Medley, Julie Brown, Žarko Alfirević, Vanessa Martlew, Andrew Drakeley, Mark D. Kilby, Simon Gates, James P Neilson and Stephen Walkinshaw. Their work appears in journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ Open, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Health Technology Assessment.

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