Nancy L. Childs

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Nancy L. Childs is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy L. Childs has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Neurology and 4 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nancy L. Childs's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (8 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (7 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (4 papers). Nancy L. Childs is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (8 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (7 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (4 papers). Nancy L. Childs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Nancy L. Childs's co-authors include Walt N. Mercer, Bernd Eifert, John Whyte, Douglas I. Katz, Paul Novak, Joseph T. Giacino, David Long, Kathleen Kalmar, Flora M. Hammond and Emilia Bagiella and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Neurology and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Nancy L. Childs

9 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Placebo-Controlled Trial of Amantadine for Severe Traumat... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Placebo-Controlled Trial of Amantadine for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
    2012 516 citations Joseph T. Giacino, John Whyte et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers

Nancy L. Childs
Walt N. Mercer United States
Angela Drake United States
Pasquale Moretta Italy
David Long Australia
Darryl Kaelin United States
Jan C. M. Lavrijsen Netherlands
Scott McCullagh Canada
Bernd Eifert Germany
Patricia M. Arenth United States
Rosette C. Biester United States
Walt N. Mercer United States
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Citations per year, relative to Nancy L. Childs Nancy L. Childs (= 1×) peers Walt N. Mercer

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy L. Childs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy L. Childs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy L. Childs

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

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Giacino, Joseph T., John Whyte, Emilia Bagiella, et al.. (2013). Placebo-Controlled Trial of Amantadine for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Survey of Anesthesiology. 57(5). 216–217. 39 indexed citations
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Giacino, Joseph T., John Whyte, Emilia Bagiella, et al.. (2012). Placebo-Controlled Trial of Amantadine for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(9). 819–826. 516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whyte, John, Olivia Gosseries, Inna Chervoneva, et al.. (2009). Predictors of short-term outcome in brain-injured patients with disorders of consciousness. Progress in brain research. 177. 63–72. 60 indexed citations
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Whyte, John, Douglas I. Katz, David Long, et al.. (2005). Predictors of outcome in prolonged posttraumatic disorders of consciousness and assessment of medication effects: A multicenter study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86(3). 453–462. 122 indexed citations
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Whyte, John, Madeline C. DiPasquale, Nancy L. Childs, et al.. (1999). RECOVERY FROM THE VEGETATIVE AND MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATES: PREPARATION FOR A MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 78(2). 181–181. 2 indexed citations
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Crismon, M. Lynn, et al.. (1998). Cerebrospinal Fluid Monoamine Metabolites and Glucose Metabolism in Posttraumatic Aggression. Biological Psychiatry. 43(8). 619–621. 6 indexed citations
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Childs, Nancy L. & Ronald E. Cranford. (1997). Termination of Nutrition and Hydration in the Minimally Conscious State: Contrasting Clinical Views. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 12(4). 70–78. 5 indexed citations
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Childs, Nancy L. & Walt N. Mercer. (1996). Late Improvement in Consciousness after Post-Traumatic Vegetative State. New England Journal of Medicine. 334(1). 24–25. 71 indexed citations
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Childs, Nancy L., et al.. (1993). Accuracy of diagnosis of persistent vegetative state. Neurology. 43(8). 1465–1465. 403 indexed citations

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