Karen Devries

30.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
137 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Karen Devries is a scholar working on Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Devries has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Health, 80 papers in Clinical Psychology and 70 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Karen Devries's work include Intimate Partner and Family Violence (78 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (69 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (49 papers). Karen Devries is often cited by papers focused on Intimate Partner and Family Violence (78 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (69 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (49 papers). Karen Devries collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Uganda. Karen Devries's co-authors include Charlotte Watts, Claudia García‐Moreno, Naeemah Abrahams, Heidi Stöckl, Christina Pallitto, Loraine Bacchus, Caroline G. Watts, Jennifer Child, Lori Heise and Joelle Mak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Karen Devries

125 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

Global and regional estimates of violence against women: ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2013 2011 2013 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.
    2013 2.4k citations Karen Devries, Heidi Stöckl et al. profile →
  2. The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
    2013 1.0k citations Karen Devries, Jennifer Child et al. profile →
  3. What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
    2011 1.0k citations Charlotte Watts, Karen Devries et al. BMC Public Health profile →
  4. Intimate Partner Violence and Incident Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies
    2013 825 citations Karen Devries, Loraine Bacchus et al. profile →
  5. The global prevalence of intimate partner homicide: a systematic review
    2013 644 citations Heidi Stöckl, Karen Devries et al. profile →
  6. Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women
    2011 437 citations Karen Devries, Charlotte Watts et al. profile →
  7. Intimate partner violence victimization and alcohol consumption in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 393 citations Karen Devries, Jennifer Child et al. profile →
  8. Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
    2014 333 citations Karen Devries, Janet Nakuti et al. profile →
  9. Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
    2018 283 citations Loraine Bacchus, Meghna Ranganathan et al. BMJ Open profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Devries United Kingdom 37 7.8k 4.7k 4.3k 4.3k 2.3k 137 11.1k
Mary Ellsberg United States 33 8.6k 1.1× 4.8k 1.0× 4.7k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 69 10.8k
Claudia García‐Moreno Switzerland 29 10.4k 1.3× 6.0k 1.3× 6.0k 1.4× 4.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.5× 70 14.2k
Naeemah Abrahams South Africa 36 5.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 3.7k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 2.3k 1.0× 130 9.1k
Henrica A. F. M. Jansen United Kingdom 19 6.5k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 26 7.9k
Linda L. Dahlberg United States 38 6.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 4.2k 1.0× 6.2k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 80 12.7k
James A. Mercy United States 51 7.9k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 5.2k 1.2× 9.0k 2.1× 1.8k 0.8× 158 16.2k
Heidi Stöckl United Kingdom 32 5.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 3.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 130 7.3k
Judith McFarlane United States 43 6.6k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 4.3k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 191 8.7k
Jacquelyn C. Campbell United States 68 15.5k 2.0× 6.2k 1.3× 9.6k 2.2× 8.2k 1.9× 4.5k 1.9× 319 20.2k
Kelsey Hegarty Australia 45 5.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 3.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 247 7.4k

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All Works

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Carter, Daniel J., Simone Datzberger, Colin Murray Parkes, et al.. (2024). Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3405–3405. 1 indexed citations
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Parkes, Colin Murray, et al.. (2024). Unintended pregnancies in the lives of young people in Luwero, Uganda: a narrative analysis. Culture Health & Sexuality. 26(9). 1201–1216.
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Peterman, Amber, Karen Devries, Alessandra Guedes, et al.. (2023). Ethical reporting of research on violence against women and children: a review of current practice and recommendations for future guidelines. BMJ Global Health. 8(5). e011882–e011882. 10 indexed citations
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Shah, Pooja, Tara Beattie, Rupert Kaul, et al.. (2023). Syndemic of factors that shape the early lives of women who enter into sex work: a qualitative methods study from Nairobi, Kenya. BMJ Open. 13(4). e068886–e068886. 3 indexed citations
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Fabbri, Camilla, et al.. (2023). Development of an intervention to prevent violence in Catholic primary schools in Zimbabwe: Innovation from within the Church. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(2). 37–51. 1 indexed citations
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Shah, Pooja, Rupert Kaul, Nambusi Kyegombe, et al.. (2023). Childhood and adolescent factors shaping vulnerability to underage entry into sex work: a quantitative hierarchical analysis of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya. BMJ Open. 13(12). e078618–e078618. 2 indexed citations
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Cerna-Turoff, Ilan, et al.. (2019). Violence against children and natural disasters: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative evidence. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217719–e0217719. 31 indexed citations
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Bacchus, Loraine, Meghna Ranganathan, Charlotte Watts, & Karen Devries. (2018). Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. BMJ Open. 8(7). e019995–e019995. 283 indexed citations breakdown →
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Devries, Karen, Louise Knight, Jennifer Child, et al.. (2017). Witnessing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 7(2). e013583–e013583. 37 indexed citations
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McTavish, Jill R., Melissa Kimber, Karen Devries, et al.. (2017). Mandated reporters’ experiences with reporting child maltreatment: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 7(10). e013942–e013942. 114 indexed citations
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Merrill, Katherine G., Louise Knight, Judith R. Glynn, et al.. (2017). School staff perpetration of physical violence against students in Uganda: a multilevel analysis of risk factors. BMJ Open. 7(8). e015567–e015567. 13 indexed citations
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Clarke, Kelly, Praveetha Patalay, Elizabeth Allen, et al.. (2016). Patterns and predictors of violence against children in Uganda: a latent class analysis. BMJ Open. 6(5). e010443–e010443. 51 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Ona, Rebecca French, Paula Baraitser, et al.. (2016). Safetxt: a pilot randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone to increase safer sex behaviours in young people. BMJ Open. 6(12). e013045–e013045. 8 indexed citations
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Maxwell, Lauren, et al.. (2015). Estimating the Effect of Intimate Partner Violence on Women’s Use of Contraception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118234–e0118234. 137 indexed citations
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Devries, Karen & Caroline Free. (2012). Boyfriends and booty calls: sexual partnership patterns among Canadian Aboriginal young people.. PubMed. 102(1). 13–7. 6 indexed citations
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Devries, Karen, Sunita Kishor, Holly Johnson, et al.. (2011). Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: Analysis of Prevalence Data from 19 Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Devries, Karen & Lorraine Greaves. (2004). Smoking Cessation for Pregnant Women. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 95(4). 278–280. 6 indexed citations

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