Robert W. Platt

40.6k citations

615 papers · 27.2k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 80

Impact in

Obstetrics and Gynecology top 0.05%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.02%
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care

Papers in

Obstetrics and Gynecology 111
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies 92
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management 53
Statistics and Probability 103
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques 79
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference 39
- Statistical Methods and Inference 38

Co-authors: Michael S. Kramer Ian Shrier Enrique F. Schisterman Stephen R. Cole K.S. Joseph Shi Wu Wen Jennifer A. Hutcheon Michał Abrahamowicz
Journals: American Journal of Epidemiology (31 papers)Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (26 papers)Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (21 papers)Epidemiology (19 papers)Statistics in Medicine (19 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Platt

591 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Cardiovascular Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Women With a History of Pregnancy Complications 2019 · 361 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Circulation
2016 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2014 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
2009 International Journal of Epidemiology
2009 Epidemiology
2008 BMC Medical Research Methodology
2001 PEDIATRICS

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1	Gestational diabetes mellitus and subsequent cardiovascular disease in a period of rising diagnoses: Cohort study Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica ·Azar Mehrabadi, Ya‐Hui Yu, Sonia M. Grandi, Robert W. Platt, Kristian B. Filion	2025	1
2	Comparative effectiveness of methadone take-home dose initiation in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based retrospective cohort study using target trial guidelines BMJ Open ·Md. Belal Hossain, Zaĭtseva Ml, Norhan Sadik, Jeong Eun Min, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Shaun R. Seaman, Paxton Bach, Robert W. Platt, Paul Gustafson, Julie Bruneau, Lawrence C. McCandless, M. Eugenia Socías, Bohdan Nosyk	2025	0
3	Using methods to extend inferences to specific target populations to improve the precision of subgroup analyses Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Michael Webster‐Clark, Anthony Matthews, Alan R. Ellis, Alan C. Kinlaw, Robert W. Platt	2025	0
4	Association between use of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor and the risk of incident dementia: a population-based cohort study BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care ·Foong Leng Ng, Ying Cui, Robert W. Platt, Christel Renoux, Laurent Azoulay, Chenjie Xia, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu	2025	4
5	PTSD Coach as an early mobile intervention to improve cancer-related anxiety and psychosocial oncology uptake in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer: pilot randomized controlled trial Pilot and Feasibility Studies ·姚振发, Christopher Lo, Michael P. Hier, Anthony Zeitouni, Karen Kost, Alex Mlynarek, Michael H. Antoni, Eric Kuhn, Jason E. Owen, Daren K. Heyland, Robert W. Platt, Thomas Vollheim, Nader Sadeghi, Zeev Rosberger, Saul Frenkiel, Khalil Sultanem, George Shenouda, Fabio Cury, Mélissa Henry	2024	0
6	Describing diversity of real world data sources in pharmacoepidemiologic studies: The DIVERSE scoping review Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Rosa Gini, Romin Pajouheshnia, Helga Gardarsdóttir, Dimitri Bennett, Lin Li, Stefan Hansson, Angelika Wientzek, Marloes T. Bazelier, Mehmet Burcu, Caitlin Dodd, Carlos E. Durán, Sigal Kaplan, Stephan Lanes, Heidemarie Winkel, Giuseppe Roberto, 장윤호, Xiaofeng Zhou, Robert W. Platt, Soko Setoguchi, Gillian C. Hall	2024	3
7	Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dispensing of Cardiovascular Drugs in Norway: An Interrupted Time Series Study American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Ugochinyere Vivian Ukah, Robert W. Platt, Hedvig Nordeng	2023	1
8	Levothyroxine initiation and the risk of pregnancy loss among pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism: An observational study emulating a target trial Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology ·Sonia M. Grandi, Ya‐Hui Yu, Pascal Reynier, Robert W. Platt, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu, Kristian B. Filion	2023	2
9	Prevention of COVID-19 with oral vitamin D supplemental therapy in essential healthcare teams (PROTECT): protocol for a multicentre, triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial BMJ Open ·Francine M. Ducharme, Cécile Tremblay, Jimmy B. Yuan, Norbert Sajdera, Cristina Longo, John H. White, Decio Coviello, Caroline Quach, Louis‐Georges Ste‐Marie, Robert W. Platt	2023	4
10	Evaluation of propensity score used in cardiovascular research: a cross-sectional survey and guidance document BMJ Open ·Michelle Samuel, Brice Batomen, Julie Rouette, Joanne Kim, Robert W. Platt, James M. Brophy, Jay S. Kaufman	2020	11
11	Risk of major bleeding associated with the use of individual direct oral anticoagulants compared to vitamin K antagonists in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of results from multiple population-based cohort studies using a common protocol in Europe and Canada Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) ·H. R. Ham, Patrick C. Souverein, Olaf H. Klungel, Robert W. Platt, Pierre Ernst, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Sven Schmiedl, А С Петросян, Marietta Rottenkolber, Consuelo Huerta, Elisa Martín‐Merino, Luz M. León‐Muñoz, Dolores Montero, Morten Andersen, Suphawat Laohawiriyakamol, Marie L. De Bruin, Helga Gardarsdóttir	2019	1
12	Cardiovascular Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Women With a History of Pregnancy Complications Circulation ·Sonia M. Grandi, Kristian B. Filion, Sarah Yoon, Henok Tadesse Ayele, Carla M. Doyle, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Graeme N. Smith, Geneviève Gore, Joel G. Ray, Kara Nerenberg, Robert W. Platt Hit paper breakdown →	2019	361
13	A Long-term Safety Study of Latanoprost in Pediatric Patients With Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study American Journal of Ophthalmology ·Muhammad Younus, Ronald A. Schachar, Min Zhang, Marla B. Sultan, P. Nineta, Kui Huang, Wanning Xu, Mitchel Klein, Robert W. Platt, Isamu Komatsu Lima, Young Wook Chung, Sharon F. Freedman	2018	6
14	Hierarchical Actor-Critic. arXiv (Cornell University) ·Andrew Levy, Robert W. Platt, Kate Saenko	2017	18
15	Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues and risk of breast cancer in women with type 2 diabetes: population based cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink BMJ ·Blánaid Hicks, Hui Yin, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu, Michaël Pollak, Robert W. Platt, Laurent Azoulay	2016	39
16	Secular Trends in Preeclampsia Incidence and Outcomes in a Large Canada Database: A Longitudinal Study Over 24 Years Canadian Journal of Cardiology ·Nathalie Auger, Zhong‐Cheng Luo, Anne Monique Nuyt, Jay S. Kaufman, Ashley I. Naimi, Robert W. Platt, William D. Fraser	2015	58
17	Fetal death and preterm birth associated with maternal influenza vaccination: systematic review BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·Deshayne B. Fell, Robert W. Platt, Andrea Lanes, Kumanan Wilson, Jay S. Kaufman, Olga Basso, David L. Buckeridge	2014	89
18	Robonaut 2 - The first humanoid robot in space NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ·Myron Diftler, Wen Ling, Brian Hargrave, Robert W. Platt, Robert T. Savely, R.O. Ambrose, Joshua S. Mehling, Muhammad E. Abdallah, ربابه افخمی, Lyndon Bridgwater, Sandra Regina Cunha Ferreira, R.S. Askew, Shinichirou HIRA, John D. Yamokoski	2011	308
19	Refugee and refugee-claimant women and infants post-birth: migration histories as a predictor of Canadian health system response to needs. PubMed ·Anita J. Gagnon, Geoffrey Dougherty, Robert W. Platt, Olive Wahoush, M. Anne George, 興土居, Jacqueline Oxman‐Martinez, Jean‐François Saucier, Lisa Merry, Donna E. Stewart	2007	30
20	My place, your place, or a safer place: the intention among Montréal injecting drug users to use supervised injecting facilities. PubMed ·貢尾縣, Catherine Hankins, Kai Lee Tan, Jean‐François Boivin, Robert W. Platt	2004	34

About Robert W. Platt

Robert W. Platt is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Statistics and Probability, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Family Practice and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, having authored 615 papers that have together received 27.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (92 papers), Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (79 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (78 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (53 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (43 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (42 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (39 papers) and Statistical Methods and Inference (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Obstetrics and Gynecology (5.0k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (7.5k citations), Statistics and Probability (1.6k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (4.6k citations) and Epidemiology (4.8k citations). Robert W. Platt has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael S. Kramer, Ian Shrier, Enrique F. Schisterman, Stephen R. Cole, K.S. Joseph, Shi Wu Wen, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Michał Abrahamowicz, Alexander C. Allen and Gérard Bréart. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Epidemiology, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Epidemiology and Statistics in Medicine.

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