Regine Unkels

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 689 citations indexed

About

Regine Unkels is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Regine Unkels has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 689 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 8 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Regine Unkels's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (2 papers). Regine Unkels is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (2 papers). Regine Unkels collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and Sweden. Regine Unkels's co-authors include Nynke van den Broek, Helen Smith, Sarah Bar‐Zeev, Abimbola Olaniran, Florence Mgawadere, Abigail Kazembe, Mselenge Mdegela, Bettina Utz, Mamuda Aminu and SE Adaji and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

In The Last Decade

Regine Unkels

17 papers receiving 667 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.

Who is a community health worker? – a systematic review of definitions

2017 231 citations Abimbola Olaniran, Helen Smith et al. Global Health Action profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Regine Unkels United Kingdom	9	448	256	173	81	80	19	689
Angelo Nyamtema Tanzania	15	596 1.3×	225 0.9×	224 1.3×	100 1.2×	93 1.2×	29	761
Abdul Hakeem Jokhio Pakistan	6	505 1.1×	199 0.8×	186 1.1×	196 2.4×	60 0.8×	7	694
Fannie Kachale Malawi	13	501 1.1×	277 1.1×	138 0.8×	128 1.6×	48 0.6×	33	632
Jigyasa Sharma United States	10	403 0.9×	326 1.3×	183 1.1×	46 0.6×	100 1.3×	23	668
Bettina Utz Belgium	14	505 1.1×	173 0.7×	372 2.2×	83 1.0×	60 0.8×	25	696
Columba Mbekenga Tanzania	15	490 1.1×	224 0.9×	250 1.4×	85 1.0×	29 0.4×	51	690
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman Bangladesh	17	565 1.3×	195 0.8×	234 1.4×	212 2.6×	105 1.3×	74	873
Isabelle L. Lange United Kingdom	14	421 0.9×	200 0.8×	139 0.8×	90 1.1×	128 1.6×	34	626
Hema Magge United States	19	552 1.2×	273 1.1×	112 0.6×	181 2.2×	110 1.4×	41	776
Maurice Bucagu Switzerland	11	558 1.2×	230 0.9×	233 1.3×	172 2.1×	137 1.7×	19	786

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Regine Unkels

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19 of 19 papers shown

Metta, Emmy, Regine Unkels, Lilian Teddy Mselle, et al.. (2024). Exploring women’s experiences of care during hospital childbirth in rural Tanzania: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 290–290. 3 indexed citations

Alvesson, Helle Mølsted, Andrea B. Pembe, Lilian Teddy Mselle, et al.. (2024). Women’s and maternity care providers’ perceptions of pain management during childbirth in hospitals in Southern Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 417–417.

Unkels, Regine, et al.. (2024). Sufficiency health-wise: sustainable paths towards planetary and public health. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1497657–1497657.

Unkels, Regine, et al.. (2024). “Letting themselves go during care” – exploring patient autonomy during co-designed intrapartum care in a Beninese maternity ward. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 566–566. 1 indexed citations

Unkels, Regine, Fatuma Manzi, Ntuli Kapologwe, et al.. (2023). Feasibility, usability and acceptability of a novel digital hybrid-system for reporting of routine maternal health information in Southern Tanzania: A mixed-methods study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e0000972–e0000972. 5 indexed citations

Unkels, Regine, et al.. (2023). Understanding maternity care providers’ use of data in Southern Tanzania. BMJ Global Health. 8(1). e010937–e010937. 9 indexed citations

Mgawadere, Florence, Regine Unkels, Abigail Kazembe, & Nynke van den Broek. (2017). Factors associated with maternal mortality in Malawi: application of the three delays model. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17(1). 219–219. 138 indexed citations

Olaniran, Abimbola, Helen Smith, Regine Unkels, Sarah Bar‐Zeev, & Nynke van den Broek. (2017). Who is a community health worker? – a systematic review of definitions. Global Health Action. 10(1). 1272223–1272223. 231 indexed citations breakdown →

Mgawadere, Florence, Regine Unkels, Adetoro A. Adegoke, & Nynke van den Broek. (2016). Measuring maternal mortality using a Reproductive Age Mortality Study (RAMOS). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 16(1). 291–291. 15 indexed citations

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Mgawadere, Florence, Regine Unkels, & Nynke van den Broek. (2016). Assigning cause of maternal death: a comparison of findings by a facility‐based review team, an expert panel using the new ICD‐MM cause classification and a computer‐based program (InterVA‐4). BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 123(10). 1647–1653. 10 indexed citations

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Unkels, Regine, et al.. (2014). Barriers to male involvement in uptake of Prevention-of-Motherto-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science. 3(5). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Aminu, Mamuda, Regine Unkels, Mselenge Mdegela, et al.. (2014). Causes of and factors associated with stillbirth in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic literature review. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 121(s4). 141–153. 199 indexed citations

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Velzen, C. L. van, et al.. (2014). Single‐dose compared with multiple day antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean section in low‐resource settings, a randomized controlled, noninferiority trial. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 94(1). 43–49. 32 indexed citations

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Beekhuizen, Heleen J. van & Regine Unkels. (2012). Textbook of gynecology for less-resourced locations. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 10 indexed citations

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Goeckenjan, Maren, et al.. (2009). Soziales Risiko – geburtshilfliches Risiko?. Der Gynäkologe. 42(2). 102–110. 7 indexed citations

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Unkels, Regine, et al.. (2009). O969 Comparison of a single prophylactic dose of ampicillin and metronidazole before caesarean section with a multiple day regimen of these antibiotics in prevention of postpartum maternal infection in a low resource setting; a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 107(S2). 3 indexed citations

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Beekhuizen, Heleen J. van, et al.. (2006). Complications of obstructed labour: pressure necrosis of neonatal scalp and vesicovaginal fistula. The Lancet. 368(9542). 1210–1210. 15 indexed citations

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Wacker, J., Regine Unkels, Christoph Bode, Paul Werner, & G. Bastert. (1998). [Pregnancy in corrected transposition of great arteries and therapy with ACE inhibitors].. PubMed. 120(9). 462–4. 2 indexed citations

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Wacker, J., et al.. (1994). [Anti-hypertensive therapy in pregnancy-induced hypertension with urapidil].. PubMed. 116(5). 271–3. 7 indexed citations

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