Myron E. Wegman

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Myron E. Wegman is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Myron E. Wegman has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in General Health Professions, 26 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Myron E. Wegman's work include Child and Adolescent Health (28 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (16 papers). Myron E. Wegman is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Health (28 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (16 papers). Myron E. Wegman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cuba and Switzerland. Myron E. Wegman's co-authors include Milton I. Roemer, Javed Siddiqi, James Watt, Judith R. Lave, Leona Baumgartner, Sam Shapiro, Helen M. Wallace, James G. Hughes, David Rosner and Sarah Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Myron E. Wegman

84 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Annual summary of vital statistics--1980.

1981 307 citations Myron E. Wegman PubMed profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Myron E. Wegman United States	18	475	304	295	160	153	94	1.2k
Linda P. Brown United States	20	493 1.0×	207 0.7×	420 1.4×	365 2.3×	130 0.8×	58	1.4k
Edem E. Ekwo United States	18	316 0.7×	164 0.5×	181 0.6×	233 1.5×	111 0.7×	42	956
Brinda Bhaskar United States	12	522 1.1×	484 1.6×	188 0.6×	105 0.7×	67 0.4×	15	954
Helen L. Britton United States	16	379 0.8×	131 0.4×	91 0.3×	205 1.3×	78 0.5×	26	816
J A Martin United States	9	452 1.0×	93 0.3×	202 0.7×	155 1.0×	283 1.8×	9	1.1k
Danika Barry United States	17	482 1.0×	282 0.9×	316 1.1×	246 1.5×	105 0.7×	26	1.5k
Michael A. Wall United States	15	112 0.2×	300 1.0×	73 0.2×	117 0.7×	76 0.5×	41	1.2k
Charles S. Mahan United States	18	238 0.5×	93 0.3×	224 0.8×	148 0.9×	130 0.8×	44	929
Donna R. Parker United States	20	182 0.4×	174 0.6×	208 0.7×	167 1.0×	158 1.0×	49	1.4k
Mary Hannah Canada	21	749 1.6×	250 0.8×	188 0.6×	308 1.9×	720 4.7×	60	1.6k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wegman, Myron E.. (2001). Infant Mortality in the 20th Century, Dramatic but Uneven Progress. Journal of Nutrition. 131(2). 401S–408S. 28 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1996). Association News: In Memoriam: James Watt, 1911-1995. American Journal of Public Health. 86(10). 1488–1489.

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1996). Infant mortality: some international comparisons.. PubMed. 98(6 Pt 1). 1020–7. 24 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1994). Annual summary of vital statistics--1993.. PubMed. 94(6 Pt 1). 792–803. 26 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1993). Sentinel for Health: A History of the Centers for Disease Control. JAMA. 269(18). 2425–2425. 2 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E. & Milton I. Roemer. (1992). National Health Systems of the World, Volume 1, the Countries. Journal of Public Health Policy. 13(2). 242–242. 10 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1987). Annual Summary of Vital Statistics—1986. PEDIATRICS. 80(6). 817–827. 29 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1986). Low Birth Weight, Vital Records, and Infant Mortality. PEDIATRICS. 78(6). 1143–1145. 3 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1984). Annual summary of vital statistics--1983.. PubMed. 74(6). 981–90. 15 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1982). Annual summary of vital statistics--1981.. PubMed. 70(6). 835–43. 14 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1980). International research: the People's Republic of China.. American Journal of Public Health. 70(1). 9–11. 7 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1977). Health departments: then and now.. American Journal of Public Health. 67(10). 913–914. 2 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1975). Annual Summary of Vital Statistics-1974. PEDIATRICS. 56(6). 1081–1092. 38 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1973). ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS–1972. PEDIATRICS. 52(6). 873–882. 3 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1971). ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS–1970. PEDIATRICS. 48(6). 979–983. 7 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1965). ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS—1964. PEDIATRICS. 36(6). 951–955. 2 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1963). ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS--1962.. PubMed. 32. 1102–5. 1 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E., et al.. (1958). Pediatric education in Latin America.. PubMed. 22(1, Part 2). 205–34. 1 indexed citations

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1954). PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING AND MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK. PEDIATRICS. 14(2). 167–170.

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Wegman, Myron E.. (1953). Infant diarrhea in Finland.. PubMed. 25(5). 358–68. 2 indexed citations

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