Margaret McConnell

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Margaret McConnell is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret McConnell has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Margaret McConnell's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (13 papers). Margaret McConnell is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (13 papers). Margaret McConnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and South Africa. Margaret McConnell's co-authors include Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Jonathan Zinman, S. Bryn Austin, Julia Raifman, Betsy Sinclair, Ellen Moscoe, Donald P. Green, Jessica Cohen and Connie Celum and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Margaret McConnell

96 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margaret McConnell United States	25	682	644	598	465	449	109	2.7k
William H. Dow United States	32	1.4k 2.1×	425 0.7×	417 0.7×	679 1.5×	332 0.7×	158	3.2k
Fred M. Ssewamala United States	32	1.4k 2.0×	546 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	647 1.4×	1.4k 3.1×	185	3.3k
Sarah Baird United States	30	1.1k 1.7×	734 1.1×	418 0.7×	712 1.5×	1.9k 4.2×	124	4.0k
Markus Goldstein United States	27	907 1.3×	626 1.0×	609 1.0×	1.1k 2.5×	947 2.1×	137	4.3k
Ashley Fox United States	26	989 1.5×	707 1.1×	311 0.5×	405 0.9×	145 0.3×	117	2.9k
Enid Schatz United States	26	715 1.0×	799 1.2×	596 1.0×	400 0.9×	429 1.0×	74	2.1k
Paul Pronyk United States	31	2.0k 2.9×	845 1.3×	1.5k 2.6×	754 1.6×	832 1.9×	62	3.8k
James Habyarimana United States	19	1.4k 2.1×	987 1.5×	990 1.7×	483 1.0×	627 1.4×	72	3.7k
Jishnu Das United States	44	1.6k 2.3×	878 1.4×	618 1.0×	1.4k 3.1×	1.3k 2.8×	141	6.0k
Damien de Walque United States	32	1.8k 2.7×	873 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	601 1.3×	1.0k 2.3×	130	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Margaret McConnell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margaret McConnell

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Chang, Wei, Sarah Little, Anneka Wickramanayake, et al.. (2025). Impact evaluation of a digital health platform empowering Kenyan women across the pregnancy-postpartum care continuum: A cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 22(2). e1004527–e1004527.

Rokicki, Slawa, et al.. (2025). Impact of nurse home visiting on take-up of social safety net programs in a Medicaid population. Health Affairs Scholar. 3(4). qxaf038–qxaf038. 1 indexed citations

Mehndiratta, Abha, et al.. (2025). Community health worker payment processes: a qualitative assessment of experiences in two Indian states. Health Policy and Planning. 40(4). 483–495.

Clarke‐Deelder, Emma, Dan Han, Anderson Borovac‐Pinheiro, et al.. (2023). Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage: A direct observation study in referral hospitals in Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). e0001670–e0001670. 4 indexed citations

McConnell, Margaret, et al.. (2023). Prescription for Cash? Cash Support to Low‐Income Families in Maternal and Pediatric Health Care Settings. Milbank Quarterly. 102(1). 64–82. 3 indexed citations

Lewis, Todd P, Margaret McConnell, Amit Aryal, et al.. (2023). Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 11(6). e862–e870. 13 indexed citations

McConnell, Margaret, Slawa Rokicki, S. Henry Ayers, et al.. (2023). Effect of an Intensive Nurse Home Visiting Program on Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Medicaid-Eligible Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 78(1). 7–9. 2 indexed citations

Geldsetzer, Pascal, Jennifer Manne‐Goehler, Justine Davies, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal evidence on treatment discontinuation, adherence, and loss of hypertension control in four middle-income countries. Science Translational Medicine. 14(652). eabi9522–eabi9522. 21 indexed citations

Haakenstad, Annie, Matthew M Coates, Gene Bukhman, Margaret McConnell, & Stéphane Verguet. (2022). Comparative health systems analysis of differences in the catastrophic health expenditure associated with non-communicable vs communicable diseases among adults in six countries. Health Policy and Planning. 37(9). 1107–1115. 14 indexed citations

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Clarke‐Deelder, Emma, Christian Suharlim, Susmita Chatterjee, et al.. (2021). Impact of campaign-style delivery of routine vaccines: a quasi-experimental evaluation using routine health services data in India. Health Policy and Planning. 36(4). 454–463. 16 indexed citations

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Ortblad, Katrina F., Michael M. Chanda, Magdalene Mwale, et al.. (2020). Perceived Knowledge of HIV-Negative Status Increases Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers in Zambian Transit Towns. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 34(4). 184–192. 5 indexed citations

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Raifman, Julia, Brittany M. Charlton, Renata Arrington‐Sanders, et al.. (2020). Sexual Orientation and Suicide Attempt Disparities Among US Adolescents: 2009–2017. PEDIATRICS. 145(3). 80 indexed citations

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Steenland, Maria W., Quinhas Fernandes, Sérgio Chicumbe, et al.. (2019). Effects of appointment scheduling on waiting time and utilisation of antenatal care in Mozambique. BMJ Global Health. 4(6). e001788–e001788. 16 indexed citations

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Steenland, Maria W., Quinhas Fernandes, Sandra Sequeira, et al.. (2019). Client experiences with antenatal care waiting times in southern Mozambique. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 538–538. 29 indexed citations

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Lewis, Todd P, et al.. (2019). Caregiving can be costly: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19(1). 227–227. 66 indexed citations

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Fink, Günther, et al.. (2018). How does anonymous online peer communication affect prevention behavior? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207679–e0207679. 10 indexed citations

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Ortblad, Katrina F., Daniel Kibuuka Musoke, Aidah Nakitende, et al.. (2017). Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: A cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial. PLoS Medicine. 14(11). e1002458–e1002458. 101 indexed citations

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Fischer, Greg, Dean Karlan, Margaret McConnell, & Pia Raffler. (2014). To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Margaret McConnell, Sendhil Mullainathan, & Jonathan Zinman. (2010). Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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McConnell, Margaret, et al.. (2000). Saving Time: Using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III as a Screening Test of Intelligence with Undergraduates. College student journal. 34(2). 281. 5 indexed citations

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