Jane Sandall

17.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
303 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Jane Sandall is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Sandall has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 118 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 81 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Jane Sandall's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (134 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (64 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (36 papers). Jane Sandall is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (134 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (64 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (36 papers). Jane Sandall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Jane Sandall's co-authors include Hora Soltani, Declan Devane, Simon Gates, Andrew Shennan, Anita J. Gagnon, Debra Bick, Nicola Mackintosh, Caroline Homer, Rachel M. Tribe and Marie Hatem and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jane Sandall

294 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women

2013 1.0k citations Jane Sandall, Andrew Shennan et al. profile →
Short-term and long-term effects of caesarean section on the health of women and children

2018 757 citations Jane Sandall, Rachel M. Tribe et al. profile →
Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women

2016 583 citations Jane Sandall, Andrew Shennan et al. profile →
Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

2015 469 citations Jane Sandall, Paul T. Seed et al. profile →
Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women

2015 415 citations Jane Sandall, Andrew Shennan et al. profile →
Midwife continuity of care models versus other models of care for childbearing women

2024 62 citations Jane Sandall, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jane Sandall	6.6k	5.1k	3.0k	2.6k	1.6k	303	10.8k
Caroline Homer	6.6k 1.0×	5.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	425	11.9k
Soo Downe	5.5k 0.8×	4.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	237	10.3k
Katy B. Kozhimannil	3.4k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	209	7.4k
Eugene Declercq	5.1k 0.8×	5.0k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	184	8.7k
Joshua P. Vogel	7.2k 1.1×	9.5k 1.9×	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	220	14.0k
Ana Langer	3.8k 0.6×	5.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	883 0.6×	200	7.8k
Meghan A. Bohren	3.4k 0.5×	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	132	6.9k
Holly Powell Kennedy	3.3k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	147	5.8k
Jeanne‐Marie Guise	3.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	329 0.2×	180	7.6k
Rhonda Small	2.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	142	6.2k

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Kayode, Gbenga A, B. Thilaganathan, Christy Burden, et al.. (2025). Disparities in Stillbirths in England: Analysis of A Population‐Based Study of 1.3 Million Births. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 132(8). 1130–1138. 3 indexed citations

Seed, Paul T., et al.. (2025). Contact with child protection services during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study using the eLIXIR Born in South London, UK maternity-child data linkage. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 1101–1101.

Mayra, Kaveri, Zoë Matthews, Jane Sandall, & Sabu S. Padmadas. (2024). “I have to listen to them or they might harm me” and other narratives of why women endure obstetric violence in Bihar, India. Birth. 52(3). 393–411. 2 indexed citations

Thomas, Suzie, et al.. (2024). Meaningful community engagement and involvement in global health and research: ‘Changing mindsets with a million conversations’ in Sierra Leone. Journal of Global Health. 14. 3019–3019. 1 indexed citations

Silverio, Sergio A., et al.. (2024). Preliminary findings on the experiences of care for women who suffered early pregnancy losses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 522–522. 2 indexed citations

Challacombe, Fiona, Mary Newburn, Sergio A. Silverio, et al.. (2024). Women’s experiences of attempted suicide in the perinatal period (ASPEN-study) – a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 255–255. 4 indexed citations

Kayode, Gbenga A, Christy Burden, Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, et al.. (2024). Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in preterm births in an English maternity setting: a population-based study of 1.3 million births. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 371–371. 3 indexed citations

Moses, Francis, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, Paul T. Seed, et al.. (2023). CRADLE-5: a stepped-wedge type 2 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the real-world scale-up of the CRADLE Vital Signs Alert intervention into routine maternity care in Sierra Leone—study protocol. Trials. 24(1). 2 indexed citations

Moses, Francis, Francis Smart, Fiona Reid, et al.. (2023). Scale-up of a novel vital signs alert device to improve maternity care in Sierra Leone: a mixed methods evaluation of adoption. Reproductive Health. 20(1). 6–6. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Shawn, Amy M. Meadowcroft, Siân Davies, et al.. (2023). The feasibility of team care for women seeking to plan a vaginal breech birth (OptiBreech 1): an observational implementation feasibility study in preparation for a pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9(1). 80–80. 4 indexed citations

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Sandall, Jane, et al.. (2022). Breech specialist midwives and clinics in the OptiBreech Trial feasibility study: An implementation process evaluation. Birth. 50(3). 596–605. 8 indexed citations

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Mackintosh, Nicola, et al.. (2022). Curating the digital space: Structural gate-keeping and boundary work in maternity care. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100145–100145. 1 indexed citations

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Silverio, Sergio A., Abigail Easter, Daghni Rajasingam, et al.. (2022). On race and ethnicity during a global pandemic: An ‘imperfect mosaic’ of maternal and child health services in ethnically-diverse South London, United Kingdom. EClinicalMedicine. 48. 101433–101433. 19 indexed citations

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Turienzo, Cristina Fernandez, Hannah Rayment‐Jones, Yvette Roe, et al.. (2021). A realist review to explore how midwifery continuity of care may influence preterm birth in pregnant women. Birth. 48(3). 375–388. 29 indexed citations

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Turienzo, Cristina Fernandez, Debra Bick, Annette Briley, et al.. (2020). Midwifery continuity of care versus standard maternity care for women at increased risk of preterm birth: A hybrid implementation–effectiveness, randomised controlled pilot trial in the UK. PLoS Medicine. 17(10). e1003350–e1003350. 31 indexed citations

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Dregan, Alex, Majella O’Keeffe, Ingrid Wolfe, et al.. (2020). Association of macro-level determinants with adolescent overweight and suicidal ideation with planning: A cross-sectional study of 21 Latin American and Caribbean Countries. PLoS Medicine. 17(12). e1003443–e1003443. 18 indexed citations

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Mackintosh, Nicola, Shona Agarwal, Natalie Armstrong, et al.. (2020). Online resources and apps to aid self-diagnosis and help seeking in the perinatal period: A descriptive survey of women's experiences. Midwifery. 90. 102803–102803. 27 indexed citations

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Rayment‐Jones, Hannah, Sergio A. Silverio, James M. Harris, Angela Harden, & Jane Sandall. (2020). Project 20: Midwives’ insight into continuity of care models for women with social risk factors: what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and how. Midwifery. 84. 102654–102654. 42 indexed citations

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Sadler, Euan, Jane Sandall, Nick Sevdalis, & Dan Wilson. (2018). The contribution of implementation science to improving the design and evaluation of integrated care programmes for older people with frailty. Journal of Integrated Care. 27(3). 232–240. 15 indexed citations

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Sandall, Jane, Caroline Homer, Euan Sadler, et al.. (2011). Staffing in maternity units. Getting the right people in the right place at the right time. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 38 indexed citations

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