Omkar Basnet

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 582 citations indexed

About

Omkar Basnet is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Omkar Basnet has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 582 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Omkar Basnet's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (10 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (9 papers). Omkar Basnet is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (19 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (10 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (9 papers). Omkar Basnet collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Nepal and United Kingdom. Omkar Basnet's co-authors include Ashish KC, Mats Målqvist, Rejina Gurung, Avinash K. Sunny, Kalpana Subedi, Prajwal Paudel, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Joy E Lawn, Mahendra Shrestha and Md Moinuddin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Omkar Basnet

33 papers receiving 570 citations

Hit Papers

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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. 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Omkar Basnet Sweden 10 365 246 132 104 91 34 582
Rejina Gurung Sweden 14 483 1.3× 313 1.3× 141 1.1× 129 1.2× 129 1.4× 50 733
Prajwal Paudel Nepal 10 339 0.9× 252 1.0× 80 0.6× 102 1.0× 83 0.9× 20 513
Avinash K. Sunny Nepal 14 385 1.1× 284 1.2× 82 0.6× 120 1.2× 128 1.4× 30 699
J.D. Seffah Ghana 17 357 1.0× 262 1.1× 52 0.4× 223 2.1× 123 1.4× 53 775
Ana Garcés United States 16 810 2.2× 255 1.0× 169 1.3× 175 1.7× 298 3.3× 49 1.1k
Diane Sawchuck Canada 21 951 2.6× 644 2.6× 162 1.2× 205 2.0× 155 1.7× 50 1.2k
Hema Magge United States 19 552 1.5× 112 0.5× 56 0.4× 69 0.7× 273 3.0× 41 776
James S. Rawlings United States 12 298 0.8× 167 0.7× 166 1.3× 166 1.6× 113 1.2× 23 634
M‐H Bouvier‐Colle France 12 428 1.2× 307 1.2× 34 0.3× 102 1.0× 67 0.7× 14 525
Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie Ethiopia 11 193 0.5× 71 0.3× 57 0.4× 38 0.4× 46 0.5× 16 369

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Omkar Basnet

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Basnet, Omkar, Pratiksha Bhattarai, Rejina Gurung, et al.. (2024). Assessment of economic burden due to COVID-19 pandemic during institutional childbirth in Nepal: before-and-after design. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e000507–e000507.
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Berkelhamer, Sara K., et al.. (2023). Observational study comparing heart rate in crying and non-crying but breathing infants at birth. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7(1). e001886–e001886. 3 indexed citations
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KC, Ashish, et al.. (2023). Association of disrespectful care after childbirth and COVID-19 exposure with postpartum depression symptoms- a longitudinal cohort study in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 145–145. 2 indexed citations
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Gurung, Rejina, et al.. (2023). Facilitators and barriers for implementation of a novel resuscitation quality improvement package in public referral hospitals of Nepal. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 662–662. 1 indexed citations
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KC, Ashish, So Yeon Kong, Omkar Basnet, et al.. (2022). Usability, acceptability and feasibility of a novel technology with visual guidance with video and audio recording during newborn resuscitation: a pilot study. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 29(1). e100667–e100667. 2 indexed citations
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Bhattarai, Pratiksha, et al.. (2022). Implementing quality improvement intervention to improve intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring during COVID-19 pandemic- observational study. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0275801–e0275801. 3 indexed citations
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Gurung, Rejina, Avinash K. Sunny, Prajwal Paudel, et al.. (2021). Predictors for timely initiation of breastfeeding after birth in the hospitals of Nepal- a prospective observational study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 16(1). 85–85. 9 indexed citations
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Sunny, Avinash K., et al.. (2021). Impact of free newborn care service package on out of pocket expenditure‐evidence from a multicentric study in Nepal. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 128–128. 7 indexed citations
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Ruysen, Harriet, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, et al.. (2021). Electronic data collection for multi-country, hospital-based, clinical observation of maternal and newborn care: EN-BIRTH study experiences. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(S1). 234–234. 4 indexed citations
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Gurung, Rejina, Harriet Ruysen, Avinash K. Sunny, et al.. (2021). Respectful maternal and newborn care: measurement in one EN-BIRTH study hospital in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(S1). 228–228. 13 indexed citations
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Basnet, Omkar, et al.. (2021). Effect of Delayed Cord Clamping on Neurodevelopment at 3 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Neonatology. 118(3). 282–288. 6 indexed citations
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Sunny, Avinash K., Rejina Gurung, Abhishek Gurung, Omkar Basnet, & Ashish KC. (2020). Out of Pocket Expenditure for Sick Newborn Care in Referral Hospitals of Nepal. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 24(S1). 57–65. 13 indexed citations
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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 →
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Gurung, Rejina, Abhishek Gurung, Omkar Basnet, et al.. (2020). REFINE (Rapid Feedback for quality Improvement in Neonatal rEsuscitation): an observational study of neonatal resuscitation training and practice in a tertiary hospital in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1). 756–756. 12 indexed citations
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Paudel, Prajwal, et al.. (2020). Adherence to World Health Organisation guidelines for treatment of early onset neonatal sepsis in low-income settings; a cohort study in Nepal. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 666–666. 9 indexed citations
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Andersson, Ola, Nisha Rana, Uwe Ewald, et al.. (2019). Intact cord resuscitation versus early cord clamping in the treatment of depressed newborn infants during the first 10 minutes of birth (Nepcord III) – a randomized clinical trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 15–15. 54 indexed citations
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KC, Ashish, et al.. (2019). A Review of eHealth Initiatives: Implications for Improving Health Service Delivery in Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. 17(3). 269–77. 5 indexed citations

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