Elizabeth Ball

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Ball is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Ball has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 16 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Ball's work include Endometriosis Research and Treatment (16 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (9 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (7 papers). Elizabeth Ball is often cited by papers focused on Endometriosis Research and Treatment (16 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (9 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (7 papers). Elizabeth Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Elizabeth Ball's co-authors include Catherine Meads, Martin Hirsch, Fiona Lyall, Salma Ayis, SC Robson, John Cunningham, Kathy Evans, Michael Almond, Eric Fyrberg and Christine Fyrberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Lancet and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Ball

44 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Music as an aid for postoperative recovery in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 357 citations Martin Hirsch, Elizabeth Ball et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth Ball United Kingdom	19	374	319	317	290	223	47	1.7k
Cheryl K. Walker United States	26	550 1.5×	90 0.3×	694 2.2×	821 2.8×	632 2.8×	58	2.6k
Tarja Laitinen Finland	30	382 1.0×	33 0.1×	142 0.4×	168 0.6×	136 0.6×	98	2.9k
David Phillips United Kingdom	28	387 1.0×	111 0.3×	293 0.9×	786 2.7×	22 0.1×	52	2.5k
Harald Abele Germany	27	273 0.7×	51 0.2×	631 2.0×	872 3.0×	45 0.2×	182	2.5k
Irina Burd United States	33	387 1.0×	118 0.4×	1.1k 3.5×	1.6k 5.4×	89 0.4×	154	3.8k
Morrie M. Gelfand Canada	23	264 0.7×	103 0.3×	536 1.7×	193 0.7×	32 0.1×	56	2.9k
W.A.J.G. Lemmens Netherlands	23	193 0.5×	54 0.2×	97 0.3×	187 0.6×	68 0.3×	73	2.0k
Yoshio Matsuda Japan	27	241 0.6×	37 0.1×	818 2.6×	1.1k 3.7×	174 0.8×	169	2.4k
Marianne Wulff Sweden	20	194 0.5×	163 0.5×	581 1.8×	421 1.5×	29 0.1×	44	1.8k
John R. Østergaard Denmark	35	805 2.2×	34 0.1×	102 0.3×	615 2.1×	181 0.8×	144	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elizabeth Ball

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Snell, Kym I E, Andrew W. Horne, Julie Dodds, et al.. (2025). Predicting pain reduction following laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study using UK national and research databases. BMJ Open. 15(8). e099374–e099374.

Rivas, Carol, Louise M. Goff, Ruth Dobson, et al.. (2022). Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve the Health, Social Care, and Well-being of Minoritized Ethnic Groups With Chronic Conditions or Impairments: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(7). e38361–e38361. 3 indexed citations

Ball, Elizabeth, et al.. (2021). If virtual gynecology clinics are here to stay, we need to include everyone. AJOG Global Reports. 2(1). 100043–100043. 4 indexed citations

Marlin, Nadine, Carol Rivas, John Allotey, et al.. (2021). Development and Validation of Clinical Prediction Models for Surgical Success in Patients With Endometriosis: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(4). e20986–e20986. 4 indexed citations

Ball, Elizabeth, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 in Women's health: Pre-operative gynaecological assessment and shared decision making. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 73. 12–21. 4 indexed citations

Ball, Elizabeth, Frank Röhricht, Liz Steed, et al.. (2020). mHealth: providing a mindfulness app for women with chronic pelvic pain in gynaecology outpatient clinics: qualitative data analysis of user experience and lessons learnt. BMJ Open. 10(3). e030711–e030711. 18 indexed citations

Ball, Elizabeth, Brennan C Kahan, Gordon Forbes, et al.. (2018). Smartphone App Using Mindfulness Meditation for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain (MEMPHIS): Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 7(1). e8–e8. 6 indexed citations

Khan, Khalid S., Lee Middleton, Andrew Sutton, et al.. (2018). MRI versus laparoscopy to diagnose the main causes of chronic pelvic pain in women: a test-accuracy study and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment. 22(40). 1–92. 14 indexed citations

Hirsch, Martin, et al.. (2015). Music as an aid for postoperative recovery in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. 386(10004). 1659–1671. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ball, Elizabeth, et al.. (2014). Why Some Students Study Abroad and Others Stay.. Research in higher education journal. 25. 5 indexed citations

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Kuhrt, Katy, et al.. (2013). The ‘evil twin syndrome’ in chronic pelvic pain: A systematic review of prevalence studies of bladder pain syndrome and endometriosis. International Journal of Surgery. 11(3). 233–237. 76 indexed citations

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Leung, Elaine, et al.. (2012). Future research in gynaecological surgery. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 27(3). 471–478. 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Elizabeth & Kim Hinshaw. (2007). The current management of vaginal birth after previous caesarean delivery. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. 9(2). 77–82. 4 indexed citations

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Ball, Elizabeth, Stephen C. Robson, Salma Ayis, Fiona Lyall, & Judith N. Bulmer. (2007). Expression of TGF beta in the placental bed is not altered in sporadic miscarriage. Placenta. 28(8-9). 965–971. 5 indexed citations

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Ball, Elizabeth, Hugh J. Byrne, & Colin J. Davis. (2007). The value of two-step operative laparoscopy with interval pituitary suppression in the treatment of infertility caused by severe endometriosis. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 19(4). 303–307. 2 indexed citations

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Pijnenborg, Robert, Elizabeth Ball, Judith N. Bulmer, et al.. (2006). In Vivo Analysis of Trophoblast Cell Invasion in the Human. Humana Press eBooks. 122. 9–44. 17 indexed citations

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Robson, Stephen C., H. Blair Simpson, Elizabeth Ball, Fiona Lyall, & Judith N. Bulmer. (2002). Punch biopsy of the human placental bed. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 187(5). 1349–1355. 69 indexed citations

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Parsons, Victor, Dianne Baldwin, Caje Moniz, et al.. (1993). Successful Control of Hyperparathyroidism in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Using Magnesium Carbonate and Calcium Carbonate as Phosphate Binders. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 63(4). 379–383. 25 indexed citations

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Sparrow, John C., Mary C. Reedy, Elizabeth Ball, et al.. (1991). Functional and ultrastructural effects of a missense mutation in the indirect flight muscle-specific actin gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Molecular Biology. 222(4). 963–982. 30 indexed citations

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Ball, Elizabeth. (1987). Arthrin, a myofibrillar protein of insect flight muscle, is an actin-ubiquitin conjugate. Cell. 51(2). 221–228. 191 indexed citations

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