James E. Kucik

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

James E. Kucik is a scholar working on Surgery, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Kucik has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in James E. Kucik's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (9 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). James E. Kucik is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (9 papers), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (9 papers) and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (9 papers). James E. Kucik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kenya. James E. Kucik's co-authors include Adolfo Correa, Csaba Siffel, Mikyong Shin, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Wendy N. Nembhard, Owen Devine, Tiffany Riehle‐Colarusso, Chengxing Lu, Lilah M. Besser and Ariane Marelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

James E. Kucik

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Congenital Heart Defects in the United States

2016 423 citations Suzanne M. Gilboa, Owen Devine et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. Kucik United States	20	717	681	445	431	265	33	1.9k
Marian K. Bakker Netherlands	27	412 0.6×	361 0.5×	724 1.6×	887 2.1×	99 0.4×	73	2.2k
Mary K. Ethen United States	17	487 0.7×	502 0.7×	231 0.5×	678 1.6×	66 0.2×	31	1.5k
Ellika Andolf Sweden	32	431 0.6×	304 0.4×	731 1.6×	1.1k 2.5×	100 0.4×	92	2.9k
Themistoklis Dagklis Greece	28	538 0.8×	516 0.8×	753 1.7×	1.5k 3.5×	73 0.3×	193	2.9k
Luigi Raio Switzerland	35	819 1.1×	499 0.7×	718 1.6×	1.7k 4.0×	200 0.8×	196	3.7k
Joseph R. Wax United States	28	872 1.2×	230 0.3×	667 1.5×	1.6k 3.6×	127 0.5×	176	2.9k
J. W. Wladimiroff Netherlands	25	576 0.8×	329 0.5×	385 0.9×	1.3k 2.9×	218 0.8×	90	2.4k
Ekkehart Jenetzky Germany	25	541 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	183 0.4×	137 0.3×	171 0.6×	98	2.3k
Nathalie Lelong France	31	405 0.6×	751 1.1×	802 1.8×	1.0k 2.4×	42 0.2×	111	2.7k
Seán Kennedy Australia	22	306 0.4×	245 0.4×	272 0.6×	509 1.2×	148 0.6×	102	1.7k

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Puddy, Richard W., et al.. (2024). Advancing Evidence-Based Public Health Policy: How Core Component Thinking Can Illuminate the Multilevel Nature of Public Health Policy. Public Health Reports. 139(6). 675–683. 1 indexed citations

Song, Suhang, et al.. (2023). Exploring the association of paid sick leave with healthcare utilization and health outcomes in the United States: a rapid evidence review. Global Health Journal. 7(1). 9–17. 6 indexed citations

Khushalani, Jaya S., Suhang Song, Brian H. Calhoun, Richard W. Puddy, & James E. Kucik. (2021). Preventing Leading Causes of Death: Systematic Review of Cost-Utility Literature. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 62(2). 275–284. 3 indexed citations

Song, Suhang & James E. Kucik. (2021). Trends in the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on the Use of Clinical Preventive Services. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 62(5). 752–762. 13 indexed citations

Song, Suhang & James E. Kucik. (2021). Trends in the Utilization of Recommended Clinical Preventive Services, 2011–2019. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 61(2). 149–157. 4 indexed citations

Lopez, Keila N., Wendy N. Nembhard, Ying Wang, et al.. (2017). Birth defect survival for hispanic subgroups. Birth Defects Research. 110(4). 352–363. 14 indexed citations

Grosse, Scott D., R. J. Berry, J. Mick Tilford, James E. Kucik, & Norman J. Waitzman. (2016). Retrospective Assessment of Cost Savings From Prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 50(5). S74–S80. 88 indexed citations

Wang, Ying, Mark A. Canfield, T. Cara, et al.. (2015). Racial/Ethnic Differences in Survival of United States Children with Birth Defects: A Population-Based Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 166(4). 819–826.e2. 64 indexed citations

Kucik, James E., Wendy N. Nembhard, Pamela Donohue, et al.. (2014). Community Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Survival of Infants With Congenital Heart Defects. American Journal of Public Health. 104(11). e150–e157. 60 indexed citations

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Kirby, Russell S., Jennifer Marshall, Jean Paul Tanner, et al.. (2013). Prevalence and Correlates of Gastroschisis in 15 States, 1995 to 2005. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 122(2). 275–281. 120 indexed citations

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Shin, Mikyong, James E. Kucik, Csaba Siffel, et al.. (2012). Improved Survival Among Children with Spina Bifida in the United States. The Journal of Pediatrics. 161(6). 1132–1137.e3. 86 indexed citations

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Kucik, James E., Clinton J. Alverson, Suzanne M. Gilboa, & Adolfo Correa. (2012). Racial/Ethnic Variations in the Prevalence of Selected Major Birth Defects, Metropolitan Atlanta, 1994–2005. Public Health Reports. 127(1). 52–61. 34 indexed citations

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Marelli, Ariane, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Owen Devine, et al.. (2012). ESTIMATING THE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 – WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(13). E787–E787. 14 indexed citations

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Shin, Mikyong, Lilah M. Besser, Csaba Siffel, et al.. (2010). Prevalence of Spina Bifida Among Children and Adolescents in 10 Regions in the United States. PEDIATRICS. 126(2). 274–279. 85 indexed citations

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Feldkamp, Marcia L., Jennita Reefhuis, James E. Kucik, et al.. (2008). Case-control study of self reported genitourinary infections and risk of gastroschisis: findings from the national birth defects prevention study, 1997-2003. BMJ. 336(7658). 1420–1423. 66 indexed citations

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Kucik, James E., et al.. (2008). Birth Defects Cluster Study: A national approach to birth defects cluster investigations. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 82(11). 805–811. 5 indexed citations

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Besser, Lilah M., Mikyong Shin, James E. Kucik, & Adolfo Correa. (2007). Prevalence of down syndrome among children and adolescents in metropolitan Atlanta. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 79(11). 765–774. 32 indexed citations

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Shin, Mikyong, James E. Kucik, & Adolfo Correa. (2007). Causes of death and case fatality rates among infants with down syndrome in metropolitan Atlanta. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 79(11). 775–780. 22 indexed citations

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Williams, Laura, James E. Kucik, Clinton J. Alverson, Richard S. Olney, & Adolfo Correa. (2005). Epidemiology of gastroschisis in metropolitan Atlanta, 1968 through 2000. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 73(3). 177–183. 69 indexed citations

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Correa‐Villaseñor, Adolfo, Janet D. Cragan, James E. Kucik, et al.. (2003). The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program: 35 years of birth defects surveillance at the centers for disease control and prevention. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 67(9). 617–624. 115 indexed citations

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