Mary Kinney

11.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Mary Kinney is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Kinney has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 24 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Mary Kinney's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (42 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (9 papers). Mary Kinney is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (42 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (9 papers). Mary Kinney collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Mary Kinney's co-authors include Joy E Lawn, Doris Chou, Lale Say, Mikkel Z. Oestergaard, Simon Cousens, Hannah Blencowe, Ann‐Beth Moller, Lori McDougall, Christopher P. Howson and Vinod K. Paul and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mary Kinney

48 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Born Too Soon: The global epidemiology of 15 million preterm births

2013 1.5k citations Hannah Blencowe, Simon Cousens et al. Reproductive Health profile →
Born Too Soon: Preterm birth matters

2013 445 citations Mary Kinney, Lori McDougall et al. Reproductive Health profile →
Two million intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths: Where, why, and what can be done?

2009 413 citations Joy E Lawn, Anne CC Lee et al. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics profile →
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study

2020 289 citations Ashish KC, Rejina Gurung et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
Stillbirths: ending preventable deaths by 2030

2016 280 citations Luc de Bernis, Mary Kinney et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary Kinney South Africa	23	3.7k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	50	5.0k
Jennifer Requejo United States	29	3.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	706 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	82	4.8k
Anne CC Lee United States	30	4.8k 1.3×	995 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	946 0.8×	65	6.2k
Jelka Zupan Switzerland	11	3.9k 1.1×	748 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	997 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	15	5.3k
Agustín Conde‐Agudelo United States	42	4.7k 1.3×	2.8k 2.3×	690 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	2.9k 2.5×	71	7.8k
Robert Pattinson South Africa	37	5.4k 1.5×	3.1k 2.5×	754 0.6×	573 0.5×	400 0.4×	140	6.6k
Fernando Althabe Argentina	34	3.9k 1.1×	3.3k 2.6×	374 0.3×	379 0.3×	633 0.6×	123	6.0k
Greg R. Alexander United States	43	4.1k 1.1×	2.8k 2.3×	300 0.2×	697 0.6×	894 0.8×	133	6.4k
Sarah Rohde South Africa	12	2.2k 0.6×	813 0.7×	570 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	13	3.8k
Camille Raynes‐Greenow Australia	30	1.4k 0.4×	901 0.7×	471 0.4×	283 0.2×	506 0.4×	153	3.1k
Nancy Medley United Kingdom	19	2.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	403 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	31	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Kinney

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lawn, Joy E, Étienne V Langlois, Bo Jacobsson, et al.. (2025). Born Too Soon: Learning from the past to accelerate action in the next decade. Reproductive Health. 22(S2). 106–106. 2 indexed citations

Lawn, Joy E, Rajat Khosla, Amy Reid, et al.. (2025). Born Too Soon: Accelerating change to 2030 and beyond. Reproductive Health. 22(S2). 113–113.

Seruwagi, Gloria, Mike English, Nehla Djellouli, et al.. (2024). How to evaluate a multi-country implementation-focused network: Reflections from the Quality of Care Network (QCN) evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). e0001897–e0001897. 1 indexed citations

Syed, Uzma, Mary Kinney, Francis Moses, et al.. (2022). Advancing maternal and perinatal health in low- and middle-income countries: A multi-country review of policies and programmes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 909991–909991. 5 indexed citations

George, Asha, Mary Kinney, Annie Haakenstad, et al.. (2021). Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents reflected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans. Reproductive Health. 18(S1). 124–124. 10 indexed citations

KC, Ashish, Rejina Gurung, Mary Kinney, et al.. (2020). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study. The Lancet Global Health. 8(10). e1273–e1281. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

George, Asha, Amnesty LeFevre, Mary Kinney, et al.. (2019). Lenses and levels: the why, what and how of measuring health system drivers of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health with a governance focus. BMJ Global Health. 4(Suppl 4). e001316–e001316. 20 indexed citations

Bekele, Abeba, et al.. (2019). Do Caretakers of Sick Young Infants with Possible Serious Bacterial Infection Adhere to Referrals from Health Posts to Health Centers. 4 indexed citations

Besada, Donela, Kate Kerber, Natalie Leon, et al.. (2016). Niger’s Child Survival Success, Contributing Factors and Challenges to Sustainability: A Retrospective Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146945–e0146945. 27 indexed citations

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Bernis, Luc de, Mary Kinney, William Stones, et al.. (2016). Stillbirths: ending preventable deaths by 2030. The Lancet. 387(10019). 703–716. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doherty, Tanya, Sarah Rohde, Donela Besada, et al.. (2016). Reduction in child mortality in Ethiopia: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys. Journal of Global Health. 6(2). 20401–20401. 19 indexed citations

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Sacks, Emma & Mary Kinney. (2015). Respectful maternal and newborn care: building a common agenda. Reproductive Health. 12(1). 46–46. 33 indexed citations

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Chou, Doris, Bernadette Daelmans, R. Rima Jolivet, Mary Kinney, & Lale Say. (2015). Ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. BMJ. 351. h4255–h4255. 139 indexed citations

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Dickson, Kim, Aline Simen-Kapeu, Mary Kinney, et al.. (2014). Every Newborn: health-systems bottlenecks and strategies to accelerate scale-up in countries. The Lancet. 384(9941). 438–454. 247 indexed citations

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Lawn, Joy E, Vinod K. Paul, Joseph Johnson, et al.. (2013). Born Too Soon: Care for the preterm baby. Reproductive Health. 10(S1). S5–S5. 208 indexed citations

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Kinney, Mary, Fannie Kachale, Hannah Blencowe, et al.. (2012). Newborn survival in Malawi: a decade of change and future implications. Health Policy and Planning. 27(suppl_3). iii88–iii103. 64 indexed citations

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Lawn, Joy E, Mary Kinney, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2012). Newborn survival: a multi-country analysis of a decade of change. Health Policy and Planning. 27(suppl_3). iii6–iii28. 170 indexed citations

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Kinney, Mary, Kate Kerber, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2010). Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: Where and Why Do They Die?. PLoS Medicine. 7(6). e1000294–e1000294. 336 indexed citations

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Friberg, Ingrid K., Mary Kinney, Joy E Lawn, et al.. (2010). Sub-Saharan Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children: How Many Lives Could Be Saved with Targeted Health Interventions?. PLoS Medicine. 7(6). e1000295–e1000295. 121 indexed citations

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Lawn, Joy E, Mary Kinney, Anne CC Lee, et al.. (2009). Reducing intrapartum-related deaths and disability: Can the health system deliver?. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 107(Supplement). S123–S142. 148 indexed citations

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