Roberta B. Ness

29.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
267 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Roberta B. Ness is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta B. Ness has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 68 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 57 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Roberta B. Ness's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (71 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (59 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (51 papers). Roberta B. Ness is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (71 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (59 papers) and Reproductive tract infections research (51 papers). Roberta B. Ness collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Roberta B. Ness's co-authors include James M. Roberts, Catherine L. Haggerty, Lisa M. Bodnar, Debra C. Bass, Janet M. Catov, Francesmary Modugno, Nina Marković, Baha M. Sibai, David E. Soper and Sharon L. Hillier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Roberta B. Ness

263 papers receiving 14.3k 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.

Risk of Sequelae afterChlamydia trachomatisGenital Infection in Women

2010 468 citations Catherine L. Haggerty, Sami L. Gottlieb et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
Heterogeneous causes constituting the single syndrome of preeclampsia: A hypothesis and its implications

1996 450 citations Roberta B. Ness, James M. Roberts American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology profile →

Peers

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Mark A. Klebanoff United States

Fabio Parazzini Italy

Janet R. Daling United States

Jennifer F. Culhane United States

Louise A. Brinton United States

Elisabete Weiderpass Sweden

Michael W. Varner United States

Paul T. Seed United Kingdom

Aaron B. Caughey United States

Pisake Lumbiganon Thailand

Mark A. Klebanoff United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta B. Ness

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ness, Roberta B. & Thaddeus Mason Pope. (2024). Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: Systematic Review of Empirical Studies. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 28(8). 1114–1120. 1 indexed citations

Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Daniel O. Stram, Roberta B. Ness, et al.. (2015). Population Distribution of Lifetime Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the United States. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(4). 671–676. 71 indexed citations

Taylor, Brandie D., Gong Tang, Roberta B. Ness, et al.. (2015). Mid-pregnancy circulating immune biomarkers in women with preeclampsia and normotensive controls. Pregnancy Hypertension. 6(1). 72–78. 49 indexed citations

Steinwachs, Donald M., Jennifer D. Allen, William E. Barlow, et al.. (2010). NIH state-of-the-science conference statement: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening.. PubMed. 27(1). 1–31. 50 indexed citations

Haggerty, Catherine L., Sami L. Gottlieb, Brandie D. Taylor, et al.. (2010). Risk of Sequelae afterChlamydia trachomatisGenital Infection in Women. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(S2). 134–155. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

Gibbons, William E., Marcelle I. Cedars, & Roberta B. Ness. (2010). Toward understanding obstetrical outcome in advanced assisted reproduction: varying sperm, oocyte, and uterine source and diagnosis. Fertility and Sterility. 95(5). 1645–1649.e1. 42 indexed citations

Ness, Roberta B.. (2009). Introduction. Annals of Epidemiology. 19(4). 225–225. 1 indexed citations

Hess, Rachel, Ellen Olshansky, Roberta B. Ness, et al.. (2008). Pregnancy and birth history influence women's experience of menopause. Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society. 15(3). 435–441. 33 indexed citations

Haggerty, Catherine L. & Roberta B. Ness. (2008). Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Women s Health. 4(4). 383–397. 22 indexed citations

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Ness, Roberta B., James S. Koopman, & Mark S. Roberts. (2007). Causal System Modeling in Chronic Disease Epidemiology: A Proposal. Annals of Epidemiology. 17(7). 564–568. 38 indexed citations

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Ness, Roberta B., et al.. (2007). Trauma Associated With Cardiac Dysrhythmias: Results From a Large Matched Case-Control Study. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 62(5). 1186–1191. 20 indexed citations

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Haggerty, Catherine L., Jeffrey F. Peipert, Sherry Weitzen, et al.. (2005). Predictors of Chronic Pelvic Pain in an Urban Population of Women With Symptoms and Signs of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 32(5). 293–299. 56 indexed citations

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Ness, Roberta B., Holly E. Richter, Hugh Randall, et al.. (2005). Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies of Some Women With Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 61(1). 23–25. 2 indexed citations

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Shapiro, Ron, Amit Basu, Henkie P. Tan, et al.. (2005). Kidney transplantation under minimal immunosuppression after pretransplant lymphoid depletion with Thymoglobulin or Campath. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 200(4). 505–515. 124 indexed citations

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Keohavong, Phouthone, Liqiang Xi, Richard Day, et al.. (2005). HPRT gene alterations in umbilical cord blood T-lymphocytes in newborns of mothers exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 572(1-2). 156–166. 22 indexed citations

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Modugno, Francesmary, Roberta B. Ness, Glenn O. Allen, et al.. (2004). Oral contraceptive use, reproductive history, and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in women with and without endometriosis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 191(3). 733–740. 140 indexed citations

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Ness, Roberta B., David E. Soper, Robert L. Holley, et al.. (2002). Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment strategies for women with pelvic inflammatory disease: Results from the pelvic inflammatory disease evaluation and clinical health (peach) randomized trial. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 186(5). 929–937. 254 indexed citations

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Huss, Karen, Edward N. Squire, Gary Carpenter, & Roberta B. Ness. (1992). Educational programs for asthma from dust mite allergies. Annals of Internal Medicine. 118. 1 indexed citations

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Merkal, R. S., et al.. (1972). Effect of Methotrexate on Rabbits Infected with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis or Dermatophilus congolensis. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 33(2). 401–407. 1 indexed citations

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Merkal, R. S., Kamil Kopecký, A. B. Larsen, & Roberta B. Ness. (1970). Immunologic Mechanisms in Bovine Paratuberculosis. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 31(3). 475–486. 8 indexed citations

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