Rachel Westfall

556 total citations
18 papers, 388 citations indexed

About

Rachel Westfall is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Westfall has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 388 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rachel Westfall's work include Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (3 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (2 papers). Rachel Westfall is often cited by papers focused on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (3 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (2 papers). Rachel Westfall collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Rachel Westfall's co-authors include Cecilia Benoit, Rielle Capler, Patricia A. Janssen, Philippe Lucas, Rachel Phillips, S. Mikael Jansson, Cheryl Lans, Lisa Taylor‐Swanson, Sirpa Wrede and Jane Sandall and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, The Canadian Journal of Sociology and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Westfall

17 papers receiving 363 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Westfall Canada	10	145	137	114	76	71	18	388
Zahra Abbaspoor Iran	11	129 0.9×	146 1.1×	22 0.2×	52 0.7×	130 1.8×	62	420
Farideh Kazemi Iran	13	104 0.7×	202 1.5×	25 0.2×	113 1.5×	128 1.8×	73	494
Somayeh Abdolahian Iran	12	72 0.5×	190 1.4×	19 0.2×	50 0.7×	112 1.6×	28	418
Zahra Mehdizadeh Tourzani Iran	10	48 0.3×	107 0.8×	31 0.3×	28 0.4×	64 0.9×	22	305
Masoumeh Delaram Iran	13	76 0.5×	161 1.2×	10 0.1×	85 1.1×	41 0.6×	74	423
Arezoo Pirak Iran	6	134 0.9×	133 1.0×	12 0.1×	78 1.0×	64 0.9×	9	335
Zahra Yazdanpanahi Iran	11	38 0.3×	124 0.9×	22 0.2×	24 0.3×	43 0.6×	37	294
Helene Diezel Australia	10	37 0.3×	67 0.5×	13 0.1×	45 0.6×	63 0.9×	17	229
Soheila Nazarpour Iran	13	37 0.3×	188 1.4×	13 0.1×	105 1.4×	35 0.5×	45	593
Khadije Bazrafshan Iran	10	88 0.6×	83 0.6×	13 0.1×	35 0.5×	143 2.0×	20	282

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18 of 18 papers shown

Westfall, Rachel. (2024). GALACTAGOGUE HERBS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY AND REVIEW. 2(2). 22–27.

Lans, Cheryl, Lisa Taylor‐Swanson, & Rachel Westfall. (2018). Herbal fertility treatments used in North America from colonial times to 1900, and their potential for improving the success rate of assisted reproductive technology. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 5. 60–81. 15 indexed citations

Westfall, Rachel. (2016). The Pregnant/Birthing Body: Negotiations of Personal Autonomy. 277–290. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Y., S.C.D. Wright, & Rachel Westfall. (2009). Reversed gender distribution of diabetes in Northern Canada. Public Health. 123(12). 782–786. 5 indexed citations

Westfall, Rachel, Patricia A. Janssen, Philippe Lucas, & Rielle Capler. (2009). Reprint of: Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: Patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against ‘morning sickness’. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 15(4). 242–246. 10 indexed citations

Sandall, Jane, Cecilia Benoit, Sirpa Wrede, et al.. (2009). Social Service Professional or Market Expert?. Current Sociology. 57(4). 529–553. 24 indexed citations

Westfall, Rachel & Cecilia Benoit. (2008). Interpreting Compliance and Resistance to Medical Dominance in Women's Accounts of Their Pregnancies. Sociological Research Online. 13(3). 62–77. 5 indexed citations

Benoit, Cecilia, et al.. (2007). Social factors linked to postpartum depression: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. Journal of Mental Health. 16(6). 719–730. 30 indexed citations

Westfall, Rachel, et al.. (2007). Obstructed Labour: Race and Gender in the Re-Emergence of Midwifery. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 32(4). 518–518. 12 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel, Patricia A. Janssen, Philippe Lucas, & Rielle Capler. (2005). Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: Patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against ‘morning sickness’. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 12(1). 27–33. 116 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel & Cecilia Benoit. (2004). The rhetoric of “natural” in natural childbirth: childbearing women's perspectives on prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour. Social Science & Medicine. 59(7). 1397–1408. 40 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel & Barry W. Glickman. (2004). Conservation of Indigenous Medicinal Plants in Canada. 4 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2003). Herbal Healing in Pregnancy. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy. 3(4). 17–39. 4 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2003). Use of anti-emetic herbs in pregnancy: women's choices, and the question of safety and efficacy. Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery. 10(1). 30–36. 60 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2003). An ethnographic account of lotus birth.. PubMed. 34–6. 1 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2003). Herbal Healing in Pregnancy. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy. 3(4). 17–39. 36 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2002). The state of midwifery in British Columbia, Canada.. PubMed. 51–5. 2 indexed citations

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Westfall, Rachel. (2001). Herbal medicine in pregnancy and childbirth. Advances in Therapy. 18(1). 47–55. 22 indexed citations

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