Heather Brown

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Heather Brown is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Brown has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Heather Brown's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (7 papers), Maternal and fetal healthcare (6 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (5 papers). Heather Brown is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (7 papers), Maternal and fetal healthcare (6 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (5 papers). Heather Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Heather Brown's co-authors include Rachel Jewkes, Kristin Dunkle, Glenda Gray, Sioḃán D. Harlow, James Thomas, Shantini Paranjothy, Helen Rees, Kim Dickson, Therese Dowswell and Marina Stolina and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Brown

42 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa

2004 996 citations Kristin Dunkle, Rachel Jewkes et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Brown United States	21	1.3k	727	619	471	457	46	2.6k
Ron Gray United States	32	1.4k 1.1×	712 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	624 1.3×	496 1.1×	73	3.2k
Peter Gichangi Kenya	28	743 0.6×	436 0.6×	484 0.8×	145 0.3×	756 1.7×	144	2.2k
Manjulaa Narasimhan Switzerland	24	791 0.6×	263 0.4×	599 1.0×	101 0.2×	409 0.9×	95	2.1k
Heidi E. Jones United States	31	790 0.6×	209 0.3×	470 0.8×	128 0.3×	675 1.5×	132	2.9k
Ingrid T. Katz United States	30	1.2k 0.9×	337 0.5×	2.0k 3.3×	258 0.5×	225 0.5×	90	3.3k
Peter Piot United Kingdom	31	1.2k 0.9×	656 0.9×	2.0k 3.3×	116 0.2×	365 0.8×	59	3.5k
Rachel Manongi Tanzania	27	1.1k 0.8×	358 0.5×	925 1.5×	283 0.6×	595 1.3×	99	2.5k
Vibeke Rasch Denmark	32	1.3k 1.0×	431 0.6×	287 0.5×	423 0.9×	1.2k 2.7×	145	3.4k
Rafaël Van den Bergh Belgium	31	564 0.4×	226 0.3×	947 1.5×	266 0.6×	386 0.8×	139	4.0k
Dhayendre Moodley South Africa	28	811 0.6×	187 0.3×	1.7k 2.7×	172 0.4×	336 0.7×	117	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Brown

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Brown. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Brown based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heather Brown. Heather Brown is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Saraswat, Aishwarya, Alireza Nomani, Heather Brown, et al.. (2025). A Polysorbate-Based Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccine Formulation Induces In Vivo Immune Response Against SARS-CoV-2. Pharmaceutics. 17(4). 441–441. 1 indexed citations

Digre, Kathleen B., Louisa A. Stark, Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, et al.. (2024). Obesity-Preventive Behaviors and Improvements in Depression among Diverse Utah Women Receiving Coaching from Community Health Workers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 35(1). 186–208. 2 indexed citations

Sandall, Jane, Joanna Girling, Heather Brown, et al.. (2022). Implementation of a novel shared decision-making intervention in women with chronic hypertension in pregnancy: multiple-site multiple-method investigation. Pregnancy Hypertension. 30. 137–144. 4 indexed citations

Delaney, Rebecca K., Nelangi M. Pinto, Elissa M. Ozanne, et al.. (2021). Parents’ decision-making for their foetus or neonate with a severe congenital heart defect. Cardiology in the Young. 32(6). 896–903. 9 indexed citations

Mazonson, Peter, et al.. (2016). Prevalence of Medical Conditions Potentially Amenable to Cellular Therapy among Families Privately Storing Umbilical Cord Blood. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 21(1). 208–214. 1 indexed citations

Griffiths, James D, Gillian ML Gyte, Shantini Paranjothy, et al.. (2012). Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 5(9). CD007579–CD007579. 61 indexed citations

Paranjothy, Shantini, James D Griffiths, Hannah K Broughton, et al.. (2011). Interventions at caesarean section for reducing the risk of aspiration pneumonitis. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 20(2). 142–148. 13 indexed citations

Harris, David T., et al.. (2010). Studies on Practical Issues for Cord Blood Banking: Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Cryopreservation Variables. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

Brown, Heather, Shantini Paranjothy, Therese Dowswell, & James Thomas. (2008). Package of care for active management in labour for reducing caesarean section rates in low-risk women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD004907–CD004907. 76 indexed citations

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Stolina, Marina, Brad Bolon, Scot Middleton, et al.. (2008). The Evolving Systemic and Local Biomarker Milieu at Different Stages of Disease Progression in Rat Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 29(2). 158–174. 64 indexed citations

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Jewkes, Rachel, Helen Rees, Kim Dickson, Heather Brown, & Jonathan Levin. (2005). The impact of age on the epidemiology of incomplete abortions in South Africa after legislative change. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 112(3). 355–359. 68 indexed citations

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Schett, Georg, Scot Middleton, Brad Bolon, et al.. (2005). Additive bone‐protective effects of anabolic treatment when used in conjunction with RANKL and tumor necrosis factor inhibition in two rat arthritis models. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 52(5). 1604–1611. 54 indexed citations

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Jewkes, Rachel, Tebogo Gumede, Margaret S. Westaway, et al.. (2005). Why are women still aborting outside designated facilities in metropolitan South Africa?. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 112(9). 1236–1242. 98 indexed citations

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Schett, Georg, Marina Stolina, Brad Bolon, et al.. (2005). Analysis of the kinetics of osteoclastogenesis in arthritic rats. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 52(10). 3192–3201. 51 indexed citations

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Stolina, Marina, Stephen Adamu, Denise Dwyer, et al.. (2005). RANKL is a Marker and Mediator of Local and Systemic Bone Loss in Two Rat Models of Inflammatory Arthritis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 20(10). 1756–1765. 82 indexed citations

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Wee, Minnesota, Heather Brown, & F. Reynolds. (2005). The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for caesarean sections: implications for the anaesthetist. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 14(2). 147–158. 50 indexed citations

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Dunkle, Kristin, et al.. (2004). Gender-based violence, relationship power, and risk of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in South Africa. The Lancet. 363(9419). 1415–1421. 996 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stolina, Marina, Jane Guo, Raffaella Faggioni, Heather Brown, & Giorgio Senaldi. (2003). Regulatory effects of osteoprotegerin on cellular and humoral immune responses. Clinical Immunology. 109(3). 347–354. 36 indexed citations

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Faggioni, Raffaella, Russell C. Cattley, Jane Guo, et al.. (2001). IL-18-Binding Protein Protects Against Lipopolysaccharide- Induced Lethality and Prevents the Development of Fas/Fas Ligand-Mediated Models of Liver Disease in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 167(10). 5913–5920. 101 indexed citations

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Brown, Heather, et al.. (1998). HOME ALONE Meeting the Needs of Mothers After Cesarean Birth. AWHONN Lifelines. 2(1). 36–40. 1 indexed citations

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