Mark Spigt

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mark Spigt is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Spigt has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in General Health Professions, 26 papers in Epidemiology and 25 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Mark Spigt's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (24 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (18 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (11 papers). Mark Spigt is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (24 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (18 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (11 papers). Mark Spigt collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Norway and Ethiopia. Mark Spigt's co-authors include Geert‐Jan Dinant, Daniel Kotz, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Rik Crutzen, Román Blanco, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Solomon Shiferaw, J. André Knottnerus, Merijn Godefrooij and Luc Budé and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Spigt

123 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A simple formula for the calculation of sample size in pilot studies
    2015 361 citations Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Daniel Kotz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Spigt Netherlands 31 1.0k 893 595 504 383 130 3.2k
Julia Fox‐Rushby United Kingdom 35 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 421 0.7× 867 1.7× 608 1.6× 134 5.0k
Silvia Stringhini Switzerland 36 1.5k 1.5× 557 0.6× 315 0.5× 1.3k 2.6× 546 1.4× 167 5.3k
Florian Fischer Germany 30 953 0.9× 546 0.6× 299 0.5× 497 1.0× 179 0.5× 196 3.0k
Cheryl A. Moyer United States 38 1.3k 1.3× 2.1k 2.4× 570 1.0× 967 1.9× 373 1.0× 180 4.8k
Shiva Raj Mishra Nepal 33 760 0.7× 550 0.6× 307 0.5× 617 1.2× 200 0.5× 155 3.3k
Vânia Naomi Hirakata Brazil 22 1.2k 1.1× 647 0.7× 336 0.6× 991 2.0× 476 1.2× 100 4.6k
Hong Yan China 38 768 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 1.0k 2.0× 411 1.1× 283 4.9k
Melanie Bertram Switzerland 31 856 0.8× 462 0.5× 202 0.3× 765 1.5× 273 0.7× 78 3.8k
Jonathon L. Maguire Canada 31 453 0.4× 698 0.8× 694 1.2× 1.0k 2.1× 411 1.1× 215 3.9k
Saharnaz Nedjat Iran 35 1.3k 1.3× 419 0.5× 216 0.4× 1.0k 2.0× 408 1.1× 288 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Spigt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Spigt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Spigt

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

All Works

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Yihune, Manaye, Agegnehu Bante, Abebe Gedefaw Belete, et al.. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to maternal healthcare in East Africa: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of perspectives from women, their families, healthcare providers, and key stakeholders. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 111–111. 5 indexed citations
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Hailu, Dejene, et al.. (2025). How long does it take to start minimal enteral feeding in preterm Neonates admitted to NICUs in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia?. ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 51(1). 27–27.
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Demelash, Sileshi, et al.. (2025). Development and validation of an assessment tool for public health emergency management program. Global Health Research and Policy. 10(1). 44–44.
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Spigt, Mark, et al.. (2024). Engagement with mental health and health behavior change interventions: An integrative review of key concepts. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 32. 100748–100748. 5 indexed citations
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Demelash, Sileshi, et al.. (2024). Developing a comprehensive framework for evaluating public health emergency management program implementation: A scoping review. Public Health. 239. 22–31. 1 indexed citations
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Astatkie, Ayalew, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of undernutrition among pregnant women and its differences across relevant subgroups in rural Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition. 42(1). 17–17. 4 indexed citations
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Kotz, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Validity of urges to smoke measures in predicting smoking relapse during treatment in primary care. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 31(1). 48–48. 4 indexed citations
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Medhanyie, Araya Abrha, et al.. (2018). Best practices for addressing socio-cultural barriers to reproductive, maternal and neonatal health service utilization among women from pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia:. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 32. 3 indexed citations
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Shiferaw, Solomon, Mark Spigt, Assefa Seme, et al.. (2017). Does proximity of women to facilities with better choice of contraceptives affect their contraceptive utilization in rural Ethiopia?. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187311–e0187311. 54 indexed citations
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Delft, Sanne van, et al.. (2016). Prospective, observational study comparing automated and visual point-of-care urinalysis in general practice. BMJ Open. 6(8). e011230–e011230. 9 indexed citations
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Medhanyie, Araya Abrha, Alex G. Little, Henock G. Yebyo, et al.. (2015). Health workers’ experiences, barriers, preferences and motivating factors in using mHealth forms in Ethiopia. Human Resources for Health. 13(1). 2–2. 84 indexed citations
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Godefrooij, Merijn, et al.. (2014). Implementing cardiometabolic health checks in general practice: a qualitative process evaluation. BMC Family Practice. 15(1). 132–132. 7 indexed citations
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Little, Alex G., Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Henock G. Yebyo, et al.. (2014). Correction: Meeting Community Health Worker Needs for Maternal Health Care Service Delivery Using Appropriate Mobile Technologies in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 9(1). 7 indexed citations
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Moser, Albine, et al.. (2014). Practices and challenges of growth monitoring and promotion in ethiopia: a qualitative study.. PubMed. 32(3). 441–51. 45 indexed citations
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Little, Alex G., Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Henock G. Yebyo, et al.. (2013). Meeting Community Health Worker Needs for Maternal Health Care Service Delivery Using Appropriate Mobile Technologies in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77563–e77563. 85 indexed citations
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Godefrooij, Merijn, et al.. (2010). [Cardiometabolic risk factors detected with a preventative screening programme].. PubMed. 154. A1860–A1860. 7 indexed citations

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