Doris Ma Fat

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Doris Ma Fat is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Doris Ma Fat has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 2 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Doris Ma Fat's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (7 papers), Health and Conflict Studies (3 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (2 papers). Doris Ma Fat is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (7 papers), Health and Conflict Studies (3 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (2 papers). Doris Ma Fat collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Australia. Doris Ma Fat's co-authors include Colin Mathers, Ties Boerma, Mie Inoue, Chalapati Rao, Alan D López, Daniel Hogan, Doris Chou, Marleen Temmerman, Leontine Alkema and Ann‐Beth Moller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Doris Ma Fat

9 papers receiving 2.9k 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 levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group

2015 1.5k citations Leontine Alkema, Doris Chou et al. The Lancet profile →
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data.

2005 941 citations Colin Mathers, Doris Ma Fat et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Global and regional causes of death

2009 470 citations Colin Mathers, Ties Boerma et al. British Medical Bulletin profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Doris Ma Fat Switzerland	8	1.6k	826	519	382	371	9	3.0k
Margaret C. Hogan United States	11	2.2k 1.3×	926 1.1×	547 1.1×	659 1.7×	721 1.9×	13	3.6k
Ricardo Pérez‐Cuevas Mexico	23	987 0.6×	750 0.9×	567 1.1×	226 0.6×	234 0.6×	137	2.5k
Mie Inoue Switzerland	12	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	290 0.6×	410 1.1×	667 1.8×	15	4.1k
Claudia Hanson Sweden	27	2.0k 1.3×	803 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	242 0.6×	356 1.0×	160	3.0k
Julie Knoll Rajaratnam United States	14	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	168 0.3×	403 1.1×	716 1.9×	18	2.9k
Gustavo Nígenda Mexico	20	915 0.6×	993 1.2×	199 0.4×	542 1.4×	184 0.5×	97	2.1k
William Stones United Kingdom	28	1.8k 1.1×	852 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	227 0.6×	360 1.0×	128	3.6k
Kishwar Azad United Kingdom	27	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	330 0.6×	282 0.7×	883 2.4×	106	2.8k
Alexandre Dumont France	30	2.0k 1.2×	788 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	384 1.0×	218 0.6×	154	3.0k
Yan Guo China	22	684 0.4×	433 0.5×	292 0.6×	307 0.8×	220 0.6×	90	1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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9 of 9 papers shown

Rao, Chalapati, Don de Savigny, Samantha Dolan, et al.. (2025). The role of mortality surveillance in pandemic preparedness and response. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(3). 213–222. 2 indexed citations

Suthar, Amitabh B., Sherry Yin, Doris Ma Fat, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of approaches to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: A systematic review and synthesis of policies in 25 countries. PLoS Medicine. 16(9). e1002929–e1002929. 23 indexed citations

Alkema, Leontine, Doris Chou, Daniel Hogan, et al.. (2016). Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Maternal Mortality Between 1990 and 2015, With Scenario-based Projections to 2030: A Systematic Analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest. 36(4). 191–191. 20 indexed citations

Alkema, Leontine, Doris Chou, Daniel Hogan, et al.. (2015). Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. The Lancet. 387(10017). 462–474. 1483 indexed citations breakdown →

Cuchí, Paloma, Doris Ma Fat, Peter D. Ghys, et al.. (2012). Identifying and quantifying misclassified and under-reported AIDS deaths in Brazil: a retrospective analysis from 1985 to 2009. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 88(Suppl 2). i86–i94. 20 indexed citations

Mathers, Colin, Ties Boerma, & Doris Ma Fat. (2009). Global and regional causes of death. British Medical Bulletin. 92(1). 7–32. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

Fat, Doris Ma. (2006). A method for deriving leading causes of death. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2006(4). 297–304. 54 indexed citations

Mathers, Colin, Doris Ma Fat, Mie Inoue, Chalapati Rao, & Alan D López. (2005). Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 83(3). 171–7. 941 indexed citations breakdown →

Stein, Cláudia, Mie Inoue, & Doris Ma Fat. (2004). The global mortality of infectious and parasitic diseases in children. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 15(3). 125–129. 9 indexed citations

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