Robert Darby

676 total citations
26 papers, 350 citations indexed

About

Robert Darby is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Darby has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 350 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Darby's work include Genital Health and Disease (18 papers), Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (11 papers) and Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (8 papers). Robert Darby is often cited by papers focused on Genital Health and Disease (18 papers), Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (11 papers) and Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (8 papers). Robert Darby collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Robert Darby's co-authors include J Svoboda, Brian D. Earp, Robert S. Van Howe and Laurence Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as The Medical Journal of Australia, Archives of Sexual Behavior and Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Robert Darby

23 papers receiving 295 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Darby Australia 11 240 176 129 77 39 26 350
Katharine B. Dalke United States 7 44 0.2× 97 0.6× 82 0.6× 266 3.5× 48 1.2× 17 908
Lih Mei Liao United Kingdom 4 105 0.4× 162 0.9× 25 0.2× 88 1.1× 20 0.5× 4 349
Pierre Mouriquand France 8 72 0.3× 65 0.4× 86 0.7× 323 4.2× 21 0.5× 16 896
Marta Bižić Serbia 17 377 1.6× 320 1.8× 13 0.1× 152 2.0× 55 1.4× 44 776
Kazım Emre Karaşahin Türkiye 13 58 0.2× 185 1.1× 85 0.7× 10 0.1× 5 0.1× 60 538
Leen Aerts Belgium 13 80 0.3× 102 0.6× 22 0.2× 39 0.5× 10 0.3× 22 478
Lian Elfering Netherlands 12 178 0.7× 165 0.9× 12 0.1× 20 0.3× 50 1.3× 18 515
Nina Callens Belgium 15 96 0.4× 125 0.7× 56 0.4× 182 2.4× 27 0.7× 24 628
Julie Alderson United Kingdom 7 15 0.1× 71 0.4× 39 0.3× 63 0.8× 24 0.6× 13 296
Garry L.S. Pigot Netherlands 17 362 1.5× 240 1.4× 9 0.1× 105 1.4× 54 1.4× 36 744

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Darby

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Darby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Darby

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Earp, Brian D. & Robert Darby. (2017). Circumcision, Sexual Experience, and Harm. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Earp, Brian D. & Robert Darby. (2017). Circumcision, Autonomy and Public Health. Public Health Ethics. 12(1). 64–81. 10 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2014). To avoid circumcision complications, avoid circumcision. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 8(7-8). 231–231. 4 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2014). Syphilis 1855 and HIV-AIDS 2007: Historical reflections on the tendency to blame human anatomy for the action of micro-organisms. Global Public Health. 10(5-6). 573–588. 6 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2013). The child's right to an open future: is the principle applicable to non-therapeutic circumcision?. Journal of Medical Ethics. 39(7). 463–468. 46 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert, et al.. (2013). The British Royal Family’s Circumcision Tradition. SAGE Open. 3(4). 2 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert & Robert S. Van Howe. (2011). Not a surgical vaccine: there is no case for boosting infant male circumcision to combat heterosexual transmission of HIV in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(5). 459–465. 15 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert & J Svoboda. (2007). A Rose by Any Other Name? Rethinking the Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Genital Cutting. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 21(3). 301–323. 30 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2007). The Benefits of Psychological Surgery: John Scoffern's Satire on Isaac Baker Brown. Medical History. 51(4). 527–544.
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Darby, Robert. (2005). Pathologizing Male Sexuality: Lallemand, Spermatorrhea, and the Rise of Circumcision. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 60(3). 283–319. 16 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2005). The riddle of the sands: circumcision, history, and myth.. PubMed. 118(1218). U1564–U1564. 8 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2005). A Plague of Paradoxes: AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 34(6). 707–709. 1 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2004). William Acton's Antipodean Disciples: A Colonial Perspective on His Theories of Male Sexual (Dys)function. Journal of the History of Sexuality. 13(2). 157–182. 6 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2003). 'Where Doctors Differ': The Debate on Circumcision as a Protection against Syphilis, 1855-1914: The Debate on Circumcision as a Protection against Syphilis, 1855-1914. 16(1). 57. 1 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2003). “An Oblique and Slovenly Initiation”: The Circumcision Episode in Tristram Shandy. Eighteenth-Century Life. 27(1). 72–84. 3 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2003). 'Where Doctors Differ': The Debate on Circumcision as a Protection against Syphilis, 1855-1914. Social History of Medicine. 16(1). 57–78. 11 indexed citations
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Darby, Robert. (2002). Oscillations on the Hotspur-Falstaff Spectrum: Paul Fussell and the Ironies of War. War in History. 9(3). 307–331. 1 indexed citations

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