Kate Whitfield

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kate Whitfield is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Whitfield has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kate Whitfield's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers), Malaria Research and Control (4 papers) and Conferences and Exhibitions Management (2 papers). Kate Whitfield is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers), Malaria Research and Control (4 papers) and Conferences and Exhibitions Management (2 papers). Kate Whitfield collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Denmark and United States. Kate Whitfield's co-authors include Christian Gluud, Lise Lotte Gluud, Jørn Wetterslev, Goran Bjelaković, Dimitrinka Nikolova, Ole Pryds, Secher Nj, Jesper Brok, Marko Bjelaković and Rosa G Simonetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PLoS Medicine and American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

In The Last Decade

Kate Whitfield

13 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
    2014 447 citations Goran Bjelaković, Lise Lotte Gluud et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →
  2. Antenatal magnesium sulphate may prevent cerebral palsy in preterm infants-but are we convinced? Evaluation of an apparently conclusive meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis
    2010 421 citations Secher Nj, Ole Pryds et al. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 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 Whitfield Spain 8 477 370 264 241 183 14 1.3k
Siri Forsmo Norway 26 192 0.4× 290 0.8× 126 0.5× 225 0.9× 291 1.6× 62 1.9k
Dorothy Mackerras Australia 24 85 0.2× 531 1.4× 419 1.6× 245 1.0× 96 0.5× 61 1.6k
Colin Weaver Canada 9 224 0.5× 199 0.5× 137 0.5× 128 0.5× 19 0.1× 25 1.2k
Robert Lipnick United States 17 324 0.7× 744 2.0× 99 0.4× 176 0.7× 76 0.4× 25 2.5k
Mona Nabulsi Lebanon 23 858 1.8× 465 1.3× 579 2.2× 311 1.3× 30 0.2× 62 1.9k
Gregory K. Davis Australia 24 188 0.4× 362 1.0× 60 0.2× 841 3.5× 1.1k 5.8× 51 1.5k
Sarath Lekamwasam Sri Lanka 19 155 0.3× 97 0.3× 62 0.2× 90 0.4× 33 0.2× 113 1.1k
Rimesh Pal India 25 165 0.3× 55 0.1× 140 0.5× 49 0.2× 52 0.3× 114 2.2k
Maleeka Ladhani Australia 8 216 0.5× 117 0.3× 120 0.5× 74 0.3× 17 0.1× 15 746
Kimberly K. Vesco United States 27 279 0.6× 677 1.8× 42 0.2× 682 2.8× 1.4k 7.9× 85 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kate Whitfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kate Whitfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kate Whitfield

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Bousema, Teun, L. Burtscher, Ronald P. van Rij, D. Barret, & Kate Whitfield. (2022). The critical role of funders in shrinking the carbon footprint of research. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(1). e4–e6. 13 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Kate, et al.. (2022). Targeted drug administration as an accelerator strategy for malaria elimination: a systematic review. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Kate, et al.. (2022). Targeted test and treat at point of entry (border screening) to reduce importation of human malaria parasites: a systematic review. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Kate, et al.. (2022). Mass test and treat as an accelerator strategy for malaria elimination: a systematic review. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Kate, et al.. (2021). Environmentally sustainable practices in global health research and higher education institutions: Lessons from consultation with the TropEd Global Health institutions. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 27(2). 122–128. 3 indexed citations
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Bousema, Teun, Prashanth Selvaraj, Abdoulaye Djimdé, et al.. (2020). Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Academic Conferences: The Example of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(5). 1758–1761. 51 indexed citations
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Drakeley, Chris, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Bradford Hall, et al.. (2017). malERA: An updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine. 14(11). e1002456–e1002456. 151 indexed citations
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Bjelaković, Goran, Lise Lotte Gluud, Dimitrinka Nikolova, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014(1). CD007470–CD007470. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bjelaković, Goran, Lise Lotte Gluud, Dimitrinka Nikolova, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014(6). CD007469–CD007469. 165 indexed citations
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Brok, Jesper, et al.. (2011). The information gap between the required and the actual accrued information size in the meta-analysis of antenatal magnesium sulphate to prevent cerebral palsy in preterm infants. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 118(7). 891–891. 1 indexed citations
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Nj, Secher, et al.. (2010). Antenatal magnesium sulphate may prevent cerebral palsy in preterm infants-but are we convinced? Evaluation of an apparently conclusive meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 118(1). 1–5. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitfield, Kate, et al.. (2010). Levamisole for chronic hepatitis B. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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Mumtaz, Khalid, Kate Whitfield, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri, & Prakesh S. Shah. (2007). Lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021(11). 8 indexed citations

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