Justine Shults

17.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
313 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Justine Shults is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Justine Shults has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 52 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 43 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Justine Shults's work include Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (28 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (21 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (21 papers). Justine Shults is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (28 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (21 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (21 papers). Justine Shults collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Justine Shults's co-authors include Mary B. Leonard, Babette S. Zemel, Jay D. Amsterdam, Virginia A. Stallings, Jon M. Burnham, Bethany J. Foster, Ardythe L. Morrow, Nicolas Stettler, Peter P. Reese and Sarah J. Ratcliffe and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Justine Shults

299 papers receiving 11.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justine Shults United States	59	2.3k	1.8k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	313	11.8k
Brian L. Strom United States	64	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	293	15.1k
Jill A. Hayden Canada	48	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	938 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	153	17.0k
Vin Tangpricha United States	63	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	281	15.8k
Tom Wilsgaard Norway	63	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	360	13.5k
Virginia A. Stallings United States	59	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	3.0k 2.0×	2.6k 1.8×	278	12.2k
Robert Scragg New Zealand	62	3.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	359	15.1k
Mei Chung United States	48	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	767 0.5×	194	9.8k
Stephen Sidney United States	72	2.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.8×	2.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.9k 2.1×	234	18.2k
John W. Epling United States	53	2.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	875 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	119	13.1k
Pamela J. Schreiner United States	60	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	682 0.5×	619 0.4×	313	11.6k

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Walter, Jennifer K., Aaron DeWitt, William Quarshie, et al.. (2025). An intervention in the paediatric cardiac ICU to standardise pre-family meeting huddles is feasible, acceptable, and improves clinician teamwork. Cardiology in the Young. 35(3). 520–528. 1 indexed citations

Walter, Jennifer K., Douglas L. Hill, Aaron DeWitt, et al.. (2024). A Pediatric Interprofessional Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Intervention: CICU Teams and Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TALC) is Feasible, Acceptable, and Improves Clinician Communication Behaviors in Family Meetings. Pediatric Cardiology. 46(4). 785–797. 1 indexed citations

Wood, Joanne N., Justine Shults, Daniel M. Lindberg, et al.. (2024). Variation in Use of Neuroimaging in the Care of Infants Undergoing Subspecialty Evaluations for Abuse: A Multicenter Study. Academic Pediatrics. 25(2). 102597–102597.

Bamat, Nicolas A., Justine Shults, Yun Li, et al.. (2023). Diuretic Tolerance to Repeated-Dose Furosemide in Infants Born Very Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 266. 113813–113813. 2 indexed citations

Fiks, Alexander G., A. Russell Localio, Justine Shults, et al.. (2023). Examination of Text Message Plans and Baseline Usage of Families Enrolled in a Text Message Influenza Vaccine Reminder Trial: Survey Study. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e39576–e39576.

Shults, Justine, Kristine A. Campbell, James D. Anderst, et al.. (2023). Predictors of Making a Referral to Child Protective Services Prior to Expert Consultation. Academic Pediatrics. 24(1). 78–86. 6 indexed citations

Vanderbilt, Douglas, Elizabeth Harstad, Justine Shults, et al.. (2022). Association of Coexisting Conditions, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Choice, and Likelihood of Improvement in Preschool-Age Children: A Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network Study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 32(6). 328–336. 5 indexed citations

Meyers, Melissa R., Justine Shults, Benjamin L. Laskin, et al.. (2019). Use of public health service increased risk kidneys in pediatric renal transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation. 23(5). e13405–e13405.

Amsterdam, Jay D., Andrew B. Newberg, Irene Soeller, & Justine Shults. (2012). Greater striatal dopamine transporter density may be associated with major depressive episode. Journal of Affective Disorders. 141(2-3). 425–431. 31 indexed citations

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Baker, Joshua F., Nehal N. Mehta, Daniel G. Baker, et al.. (2012). Vitamin D, Metabolic Dyslipidemia, and Metabolic Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis. The American Journal of Medicine. 125(10). 1036.e9–1036.e15. 30 indexed citations

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Kim, Han-Joo & Justine Shults. (2010). %QLS SAS Macro: A SAS Macro for Analysis of Correlated Data Using Quasi-Least Squares. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Shults, Justine, Wenguang Sun, Xin Tu, et al.. (2009). A comparison of several approaches for choosing between working correlation structures in generalized estimating equation analysis of longitudinal binary data. Statistics in Medicine. 28(18). 2338–2355. 71 indexed citations

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Ratcliffe, Sarah J. & Justine Shults. (2008). GEEQBOX: A MATLAB Toolbox for Generalized Estimating Equations and Quasi-Least Squares. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations

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Amsterdam, Jay D., et al.. (2007). Open-label study of s-citalopram therapy of chronic fatigue syndrome and co-morbid major depressive disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 32(1). 100–106. 8 indexed citations

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Magge, Sheela N., et al.. (2007). Leptin Levels among Prepubertal Children with Down Syndrome Compared with Their Siblings. The Journal of Pediatrics. 152(3). 321–326. 52 indexed citations

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Shults, Justine, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, & Mary B. Leonard. (2006). Improved generalized estimating equation analysis via xtqls for implementation of quasi-least squares in Stata. Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive. 38(1). 10–15. 20 indexed citations

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Amsterdam, Jay D. & Justine Shults. (2005). MAOI efficacy and safety in advanced stage treatment-resistant depression—A retrospective study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 89(1-3). 183–188. 55 indexed citations

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Leonard, Mary B., Justine Shults, Brenda A. Wilson, Andrew M. Tershakovec, & Babette S. Zemel. (2004). Obesity during childhood and adolescence augments bone mass and bone dimensions. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80(2). 514–523. 269 indexed citations

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Richmond, Therese S., Donald R. Kauder, Janice L. Hinkle, & Justine Shults. (2003). Early Predictors of Long-Term Disability After Injury. American Journal of Critical Care. 12(3). 197–205. 50 indexed citations

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Shults, Justine, et al.. (2002). Temperament Characteristics of Premature Infants in the First Year of Life. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 23(6). 430–435. 83 indexed citations

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