Kate Best

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kate Best is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Best has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kate Best's work include Frailty in Older Adults (7 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (7 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (5 papers). Kate Best is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (7 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (7 papers) and Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (5 papers). Kate Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United States. Kate Best's co-authors include Judith Rankin, Ruth Bell, Mark S. Pearce, Morven C. Brown, Jason Waugh, Stephen C. Robson, Peter W. G. Tennant, Svetlana V. Glinianaia, Alessio Coi and Nicola Heslehurst and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kate Best

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cardiovascular disease risk in women with pre-eclampsia: ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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. Cardiovascular disease risk in women with pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 518 citations Morven C. Brown, Kate Best et al. European Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kate Best United Kingdom 14 571 525 290 281 204 39 1.1k
Monika Sanghavi United States 12 345 0.6× 274 0.5× 563 1.9× 99 0.4× 224 1.1× 27 1.1k
Kathryn Melsop United States 16 472 0.8× 424 0.8× 451 1.6× 111 0.4× 304 1.5× 29 1.4k
Gary Mires United Kingdom 18 662 1.2× 610 1.2× 141 0.5× 232 0.8× 92 0.5× 49 1.4k
Arthur J. Vaught United States 17 441 0.8× 332 0.6× 351 1.2× 71 0.3× 134 0.7× 76 972
Takeshi Murakoshi Japan 23 633 1.1× 924 1.8× 102 0.4× 69 0.2× 170 0.8× 88 1.3k
Ann Kinga Malinowski Canada 18 1.2k 2.1× 821 1.6× 415 1.4× 85 0.3× 148 0.7× 83 2.0k
Karen J. Carlson United States 15 720 1.3× 107 0.2× 245 0.8× 157 0.6× 237 1.2× 24 1.6k
Eran Weiner Israel 19 864 1.5× 730 1.4× 75 0.3× 214 0.8× 175 0.9× 135 1.3k
Jocelyn Rouleau Canada 19 1.1k 1.9× 1.3k 2.5× 194 0.7× 223 0.8× 239 1.2× 27 1.9k
Jennifer Donnelly Ireland 18 296 0.5× 422 0.8× 101 0.3× 105 0.4× 82 0.4× 65 856

Countries citing papers authored by Kate Best

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kate Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kate Best

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kate Best. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kate Best 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 Kate Best. Kate Best is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Best, Kate, Farag Shuweihdi, Juan Carlos Bazo‐Alvarez, et al.. (2025). Development and external validation of the electronic frailty index 2 using routine primary care electronic health record data. Age and Ageing. 54(4). 8 indexed citations
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Shuweihdi, Farag, et al.. (2024). Measurement Invariance of a Quality-of-life Measure, CASP-12, within the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19(5). 2155–2170. 1 indexed citations
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Shuweihdi, Farag, et al.. (2024). Bidirectional association between frailty and quality of life within English longitudinal study of aging. Quality of Life Research. 34(1). 261–271. 2 indexed citations
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Николова, С., et al.. (2023). The impact of long-term conditions on the progression of frailty. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0284011–e0284011. 2 indexed citations
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Best, Kate, Sarah Alderson, David P Alldred, et al.. (2022). 825 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION INDEX (ACMI). Age and Ageing. 51(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Lesley, Anne Heaven, Catherine Quinn, et al.. (2021). Community Ageing Research 75+ (CARE75+) REMOTE study: a remote model of recruitment and assessment of the health, well-being and social circumstances of older people. BMJ Open. 11(11). e048524–e048524. 5 indexed citations
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Best, Kate, Nicola Miller, Elizabeth S. Draper, et al.. (2021). The Improved Prognosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart: A Population-Based Register Study of 343 Cases in England and Wales. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9. 635776–635776. 16 indexed citations
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Heslehurst, Nicola, Angela C. Flynn, Lem Ngongalah, et al.. (2021). Diet, Physical Activity and Gestational Weight Gain Patterns among Pregnant Women Living with Obesity in the North East of England: The GLOWING Pilot Trial. Nutrients. 13(6). 1981–1981. 8 indexed citations
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Glinianaia, Svetlana V., Joan K. Morris, Kate Best, et al.. (2020). Long-term survival of children born with congenital anomalies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies. PLoS Medicine. 17(9). e1003356–e1003356. 67 indexed citations
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Best, Kate, Rute Vieira, Svetlana V. Glinianaia, & Judith Rankin. (2019). Socio‐economic inequalities in mortality in children with congenital heart disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 33(4). 291–309. 30 indexed citations
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Slack, Emma, Kate Best, Judith Rankin, & Nicola Heslehurst. (2019). Maternal obesity classes, preterm and post-term birth: a retrospective analysis of 479,864 births in England. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19(1). 434–434. 37 indexed citations
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Best, Kate, Svetlana V. Glinianaia, Raghu Lingam, Joan K. Morris, & Judith Rankin. (2018). Projected number of children with isolated spina bifida or down syndrome in England and Wales by 2020. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 61(9). 539–545. 4 indexed citations
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Best, Kate & Judith Rankin. (2016). Long‐Term Survival of Individuals Born With Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 5(6). 103 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Saurabh, Kate Best, & David Steel. (2013). Lens–iris diaphragm retropulsion syndrome during phacoemulsification in vitrectomized eyes. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 39(12). 1852–1858. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Morven C., Kate Best, Mark S. Pearce, et al.. (2013). Cardiovascular disease risk in women with pre-eclampsia: systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Epidemiology. 28(1). 1–19. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Best, Kate, Peter W. G. Tennant, Ruth Bell, & Judith Rankin. (2012). Impact of maternal body mass index on the antenatal detection of congenital anomalies. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 119(12). 1503–1511. 46 indexed citations
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Best, Kate, Svetlana V. Glinianaia, Mary Bythell, & Judith Rankin. (2012). Hirschsprung's disease in the North of England: Prevalence, associated anomalies, and survival. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(6). 477–480. 17 indexed citations

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