Esther van der Werf

703 total citations
23 papers, 412 citations indexed

About

Esther van der Werf is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther van der Werf has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Esther van der Werf's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (10 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (5 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (4 papers). Esther van der Werf is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (10 papers), Urinary Tract Infections Management (5 papers) and Antibiotic Use and Resistance (4 papers). Esther van der Werf collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Esther van der Werf's co-authors include Alastair D Hay, Lorna Duncan, Victoria Wilson, Ashley Hammond, Karen T Elvers, Alyson Huntley, Martine Busch, Rogier Hoenders, Erik W. Baars and Herman van Wietmarschen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Esther van der Werf

20 papers receiving 399 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Esther van der Werf Netherlands 10 118 88 74 68 47 23 412
Sudhanshu Saxena India 14 99 0.8× 49 0.6× 113 1.5× 71 1.0× 10 0.2× 49 660
Marina Marranzano Italy 22 77 0.7× 128 1.5× 18 0.2× 86 1.3× 73 1.6× 60 977
Elisa Ponzio Italy 12 31 0.3× 60 0.7× 22 0.3× 32 0.5× 20 0.4× 29 354
Ülle Parm Estonia 11 50 0.4× 108 1.2× 18 0.2× 61 0.9× 9 0.2× 22 377
Atara Uzan Israel 8 399 3.4× 79 0.9× 26 0.4× 105 1.5× 8 0.2× 10 706
Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento Brazil 14 56 0.5× 186 2.1× 21 0.3× 40 0.6× 9 0.2× 87 631
Afra Khosravi Iran 14 76 0.6× 69 0.8× 22 0.3× 61 0.9× 10 0.2× 69 520
Abid Rashid Pakistan 12 60 0.5× 153 1.7× 24 0.3× 30 0.4× 25 0.5× 50 425
Nancy Toedter Williams United States 8 211 1.8× 42 0.5× 13 0.2× 59 0.9× 16 0.3× 11 669
Fareed Ahmad Jordan 12 51 0.4× 229 2.6× 11 0.1× 39 0.6× 10 0.2× 33 458

Countries citing papers authored by Esther van der Werf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Esther van der Werf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther van der Werf

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All Works

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Werf, Esther van der, et al.. (2025). A core outcome set for acute otitis media (COS-AOM) for primary and community care studies. BMC Primary Care. 26(1). 134–134.
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Wode, Kathrin, et al.. (2025). Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 43(3). 529–537. 1 indexed citations
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Perry, Rachel, Alyson Huntley, Nai Ming Lai, et al.. (2024). The effectiveness of homeopathy in relieving symptoms and reducing antibiotic use in patients with otitis media: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Heliyon. 10(20). e39174–e39174. 1 indexed citations
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Wong, Eng Hwa, et al.. (2024). The effects of school-based hygiene intervention programme: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0308390–e0308390. 1 indexed citations
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Kristoffersen, Agnete E., Miek C. Jong, Johanna Hök Nordberg, Esther van der Werf, & Trine Stub. (2022). Safety and use of complementary and alternative medicine in Norway during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic using an adapted version of the I-CAM-Q; a cross-sectional survey. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 22(1). 234–234. 12 indexed citations
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Busch, Martine, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and predictive factors of complementary medicine use during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 in the Netherlands. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 22(1). 43–43. 10 indexed citations
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Wietmarschen, Herman van, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of herbal medicines to prevent and control symptoms of urinary tract infections and to reduce antibiotic use: A literature review. Integrative Medicine Research. 11(4). 100892–100892. 17 indexed citations
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Kristoffersen, Agnete E., Esther van der Werf, Trine Stub, et al.. (2021). Consultations with health care providers and use of self-management strategies for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 related symptoms. A population based cross-sectional study in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 64. 102792–102792. 19 indexed citations
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Werf, Esther van der, et al.. (2021). Lifestyle changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 48. 101901–101901. 1 indexed citations
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Mai, Chun‐Wai, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of nocturia among community-dwelling adults: a population-based study in Malaysia. BMC Urology. 21(1). 95–95. 5 indexed citations
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Werf, Esther van der, et al.. (2021). Lifestyle changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1226–1226. 70 indexed citations
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Elvers, Karen T, Victoria Wilson, Ashley Hammond, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic-induced changes in the human gut microbiota for the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in primary care in the UK: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 10(9). e035677–e035677. 159 indexed citations
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Werf, Esther van der, et al.. (2020). Long-term health effects of antipyretic drug use in the ageing population: protocol for a systematic review. F1000Research. 9. 1288–1288. 2 indexed citations
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Denholm, Rachel, Esther van der Werf, & Alastair D Hay. (2020). Use of antibiotics and asthma medication for acute lower respiratory tract infections in people with and without asthma: retrospective cohort study. Respiratory Research. 21(1). 4–4. 10 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael, Fran Webley, Mike Radford, et al.. (2019). Uva-ursi extract and ibuprofen as alternative treatments for uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women (ATAFUTI): a factorial randomized trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 25(8). 973–980. 38 indexed citations
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Werf, Esther van der, Niamh M Redmond, Hannah Thornton, et al.. (2019). Parental and clinician agreement of illness severity in children with RTIs: secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice. 69(681). e236–e245. 3 indexed citations
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