Rebecca Webb

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 688 citations indexed

About

Rebecca Webb is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca Webb has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 688 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 10 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Rebecca Webb's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (15 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (9 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (7 papers). Rebecca Webb is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (15 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (9 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (7 papers). Rebecca Webb collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Rebecca Webb's co-authors include Susan Ayers, Judy Brook, Leanne M. Aitken, Debra Salmon, Rod Bond, Pamela C. Miller, Alexandra Thornton, Ansgar D. Endress, Suzanne Lee and Mary B. Newman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca Webb

29 papers receiving 668 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.

Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: A systematic review

2018 204 citations Judy Brook, Leanne M. Aitken et al. International Journal of Nursing Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca Webb United Kingdom	14	266	262	192	156	128	31	688
Carol McVeigh Australia	13	323 1.2×	157 0.6×	172 0.9×	158 1.0×	114 0.9×	23	598
Marilyn Evans Canada	15	303 1.1×	206 0.8×	199 1.0×	142 0.9×	126 1.0×	33	683
Öznur Körükcü Türkiye	14	304 1.1×	205 0.8×	83 0.4×	236 1.5×	147 1.1×	58	600
F. Beryl Pilkington Canada	13	139 0.5×	217 0.8×	164 0.9×	58 0.4×	44 0.3×	48	501
Judith W. Herrman United States	16	142 0.5×	141 0.5×	279 1.5×	28 0.2×	92 0.7×	45	660
Isabel María Fernández‐Medina Spain	15	188 0.7×	290 1.1×	157 0.8×	35 0.2×	260 2.0×	65	699
Lisa Kelly United States	12	253 1.0×	196 0.7×	205 1.1×	28 0.2×	106 0.8×	22	540
Gayle Roux United States	18	282 1.1×	288 1.1×	204 1.1×	44 0.3×	162 1.3×	44	725
Ju‐Eun Song South Korea	12	157 0.6×	85 0.3×	85 0.4×	65 0.4×	52 0.4×	39	387
Patricia Short Tomlinson United States	17	199 0.7×	335 1.3×	161 0.8×	26 0.2×	326 2.5×	31	825

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rebecca Webb

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Ayers, Susan, Daniel B. Wright, Rafael A. Caparrós-González, et al.. (2025). A brief international screening tool for traumatic birth and childbirth-related PTSD: the city BiTS-short form. BMJ Global Health. 10(8). e019216–e019216.

Bradley, Janet, et al.. (2025). Validation of the City Birth Trauma Scale to assess post-traumatic stress symptoms in maternity staff. Midwifery. 147. 104430–104430. 1 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, Nazihah Uddin, Elizabeth Ford, et al.. (2023). Meta-review of the barriers and facilitators to women accessing perinatal mental healthcare. BMJ Open. 13(7). e066703–e066703. 19 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Self-criticism and self-compassion as mediators of the relationship between alexithymia and postpartum depressive symptoms. Psihologija. 56(2). 145–162. 1 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Health anxiety, death anxiety and coronaphobia: Predictors of postpartum depression symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Midwifery. 124. 103747–103747. 6 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Conceptual frameworks of barriers and facilitators to perinatal mental healthcare: the MATRIx models. BJPsych Open. 9(4). e127–e127. 4 indexed citations

Brown, Abigail, et al.. (2021). The Journey towards resilience following a traumatic birth: A grounded theory. Midwifery. 104. 103204–103204. 8 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, Susan Ayers, Annick Bogaerts, et al.. (2021). When birth is not as expected: a systematic review of the impact of a mismatch between expectations and experiences. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(1). 475–475. 57 indexed citations

Webb, Rebecca, Ann Marie Smith, Susan Ayers, Daniel B. Wright, & Alexandra Thornton. (2021). Development and Validation of a Measure of Birth-Related PTSD for Fathers and Birth Partners: The City Birth Trauma Scale (Partner Version). Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 596779–596779. 16 indexed citations

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Ayers, Susan, et al.. (2019). What are women stressed about after birth?. Birth. 46(4). 678–685. 36 indexed citations

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Lusignan, Simon de, et al.. (2019). Analysis of Primary Care Computerised Medical Records with Deep Learning.. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 258. 249–250. 3 indexed citations

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Lusignan, Simon de, Ana Correa, Gaël Dos Santos, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Safety Surveillance of Influenza Vaccines in General Practice, Winter 2015-16: Feasibility Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 5(4). e12016–e12016. 11 indexed citations

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Ayers, Susan, et al.. (2019). Perinatal mental health and risk of child maltreatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Abuse & Neglect. 98. 104172–104172. 57 indexed citations

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Webb, Rebecca & Susan Ayers. (2019). Postnatal mental health and mothers’ processing of infant emotion: an eye-tracking study. Anxiety Stress & Coping. 32(5). 484–497. 6 indexed citations

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Lusignan, Simon de, Christopher McGee, Rebecca Webb, et al.. (2018). Conurbation, Urban, and Rural Living as Determinants of Allergies and Infectious Diseases: Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre Annual Report 2016-2017. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 4(4). e11354–e11354. 14 indexed citations

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O’Reilly, Helen, Christin Eltze, Kate Bennett, et al.. (2018). Cognitive outcomes following epilepsy in infancy: A longitudinal community‐based study. Epilepsia. 59(12). 2240–2248. 21 indexed citations

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Brook, Judy, et al.. (2018). Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 91. 47–59. 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Webb, Rebecca, Susan Ayers, & Ansgar D. Endress. (2017). The City Infant Faces Database: A validated set of infant facial expressions. Behavior Research Methods. 50(1). 151–159. 26 indexed citations

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Webb, Rebecca, et al.. (2017). A systematic review of measures of mental health and emotional wellbeing in parents of children aged 0–5. Journal of Affective Disorders. 225. 608–617. 11 indexed citations

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Webb, Rebecca & Susan Ayers. (2014). Cognitive biases in processing infant emotion by women with depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in pregnancy or after birth: A systematic review. Cognition & Emotion. 29(7). 1278–1294. 67 indexed citations

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