Miriam H. Labbok

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Miriam H. Labbok is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Miriam H. Labbok has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Epidemiology, 27 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Miriam H. Labbok's work include Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (80 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (27 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (20 papers). Miriam H. Labbok is often cited by papers focused on Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (80 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (27 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (20 papers). Miriam H. Labbok collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and South Africa. Miriam H. Labbok's co-authors include Katherine Krasovec, Sheryl W. Abrahams, David Clark, Armond S. Goldman, Kathleen Ford, John T. Queenan, Charles M. Perou, Lisa A. Carey, Joseph Geradts and Kathleen Conway and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature reviews. Immunology and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Miriam H. Labbok

93 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit 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.

Epidemiology of basal-like breast cancer

2007 691 citations Robert C. Millikan, Beth Newman et al. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment profile →
Toward Consistency in Breastfeeding Definitions

1990 557 citations Miriam H. Labbok et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miriam H. Labbok United States	37	2.9k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	907	98	4.5k
Mari Jeeva Sankar India	15	5.0k 1.7×	2.3k 1.5×	3.1k 2.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	40	6.8k
Ruowei Li United States	41	4.1k 1.4×	2.6k 1.7×	1.7k 1.4×	2.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	84	5.7k
Ranadip Chowdhury India	22	1.7k 0.6×	775 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	724 0.6×	788 0.9×	90	2.8k
Alice Rumbold Australia	33	589 0.2×	128 0.1×	434 0.4×	860 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	137	4.1k
Anne E. Burke United States	31	710 0.2×	127 0.1×	102 0.1×	1.0k 0.9×	688 0.8×	93	2.8k
Elena Ricci Italy	36	469 0.2×	263 0.2×	88 0.1×	653 0.6×	552 0.6×	215	4.1k
Pura Rayco‐Solon United Kingdom	23	457 0.2×	129 0.1×	646 0.5×	661 0.6×	754 0.8×	39	2.5k
Selvi B Williams United States	14	273 0.1×	219 0.1×	54 0.0×	1.2k 1.0×	280 0.3×	21	3.0k
Kari Mattila Finland	26	716 0.2×	196 0.1×	58 0.0×	698 0.6×	142 0.2×	127	3.5k
Fred Rosner United States	33	399 0.1×	138 0.1×	118 0.1×	890 0.8×	353 0.4×	357	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Miriam H. Labbok

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Miriam H. Labbok's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Miriam H. Labbok with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Miriam H. Labbok more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Miriam H. Labbok

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Miriam H. Labbok. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Miriam H. Labbok. The network helps show where Miriam H. Labbok may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miriam H. Labbok

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Labbok, Miriam H., Kathryn Wouk, & Kristin P. Tully. (2024). Systematic Review of Evidence for Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Step 3: Prenatal Breastfeeding Education. UNC Libraries.

Yotebieng, Marcel, Miriam H. Labbok, & Frieda Behets. (2019). Infant feeding practices and determinants of poor breastfeeding behavior in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a descriptive study. UNC Libraries.

Tully, Kristin P., et al.. (2018). Evaluation of Ready, Set, BABY: A prenatal breastfeeding education and counseling approach. Birth. 46(1). 113–120. 20 indexed citations

Berens, Pamela & Miriam H. Labbok. (2014). ABM Clinical Protocol #13: Contraception During Breastfeeding, Revised 2015. Breastfeeding Medicine. 10(1). 3–12. 39 indexed citations

Yotebieng, Marcel, et al.. (2013). Infant feeding practices and determinants of poor breastfeeding behavior in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a descriptive study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 8(1). 11–11. 36 indexed citations

Taylor, Emily, et al.. (2013). Understanding Women's Interpretations of Infant Formula Advertising. Birth. 40(2). 115–124. 37 indexed citations

Labbok, Miriam H., et al.. (2012). Definitions of Breastfeeding: Call for the Development and Use of Consistent Definitions in Research and Peer-Reviewed Literature. Breastfeeding Medicine. 7(6). 397–402. 79 indexed citations

Labbok, Miriam H.. (2012). Global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Monitoring Data: Update and Discussion. Breastfeeding Medicine. 7(4). 210–222. 84 indexed citations

Cameron, Barbara, Sara Javanparast, Miriam H. Labbok, Rachel Scheckter, & Ellen McIntyre. (2011). Breastfeeding Support in Child Care: An International Comparison of Findings from Australia and the United States. Breastfeeding Medicine. 7(3). 163–166. 16 indexed citations

10.

Jensen, Elizabeth T. & Miriam H. Labbok. (2010). Unintended Consequences of the WIC Formula Rebate Program on Infant Feeding Outcomes: Will the New Food Packages Be Enough?. Breastfeeding Medicine. 6(3). 145–149. 16 indexed citations

11.

Meier, Benjamin Mason & Miriam H. Labbok. (2010). From the Bottle to the Grave: Realizing a Human Right to Breastfeeding Through Global Health Policy. Case Western Reserve law review. 60(4). 1073. 1 indexed citations

12.

Labbok, Miriam H., et al.. (2010). What are the Risks Associated with Formula Feeding? A Re‐Analysis and Review. Birth. 37(1). 50–58. 73 indexed citations

13.

Abrahams, Sheryl W., et al.. (2008). Breastfeeding in the workplace: Other employees' attitudes towards services for lactating mothers. International Breastfeeding Journal. 3(1). 25–25. 17 indexed citations

14.

Melvin, Cathy L., et al.. (2008). A descriptive study of Cambodian refugee infant feeding practices in the United States. International Breastfeeding Journal. 3(1). 2–2. 7 indexed citations

15.

Labbok, Miriam H.. (2008). Transdisciplinary breastfeeding support: Creating program and policy synergy across the reproductive continuum. International Breastfeeding Journal. 3(1). 16–16. 13 indexed citations

16.

Millikan, Robert C., Beth Newman, Chiu-Kit Tse, et al.. (2007). Epidemiology of basal-like breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 109(1). 123–139. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

17.

Labbok, Miriam H., Tessa Wardlaw, Ann K. Blanc, David Clark, & Nancy Terreri. (2006). Trends in Exclusive Breastfeeding: Findings From the 1990s. Journal of Human Lactation. 22(3). 272–276. 48 indexed citations

18.

Clark, Danielle & Miriam H. Labbok. (2006). Celebrating the Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding. 14 indexed citations

19.

Zinaman, Michael J., et al.. (1992). Acute Prolactin and Oxytocin Responses and Milk Yield to Infant Suckling and Artificial Methods of Expression in Lactating Women. PEDIATRICS. 89(3). 437–440. 64 indexed citations

20.

Pérez, Alfredo, et al.. (1988). Use-effectiveness of the ovulation method initiated during postpartum breastfeeding. Contraception. 38(5). 499–508. 14 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact