Samantha Butler

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Samantha Butler is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samantha Butler has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 24 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Samantha Butler's work include Infant Development and Preterm Care (32 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (23 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (19 papers). Samantha Butler is often cited by papers focused on Infant Development and Preterm Care (32 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (23 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (19 papers). Samantha Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and Canada. Samantha Butler's co-authors include Heidelise Als, Gloria B. McAnulty, Frank H. Duffy, Albert J. Caron, Simon K. Warfield, Christine Fischer, Eric C. Eichenwald, Petra S. Hüppi, Robert V. Mulkern and Michael J. Rivkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Samantha Butler

55 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Early Experience Alters Brain Function and Structure

2004 633 citations Heidelise Als, Frank H. Duffy et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samantha Butler United States	27	1.6k	876	491	438	348	62	2.5k
Roberta Pineda United States	25	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	341 0.7×	440 1.0×	192 0.6×	71	2.3k
Joy V. Browne United States	19	1.2k 0.7×	491 0.6×	245 0.5×	415 0.9×	371 1.1×	39	1.7k
Liisa Holsti Canada	30	2.8k 1.7×	840 1.0×	142 0.3×	1.0k 2.4×	246 0.7×	78	3.5k
Gehan Roberts Australia	35	2.9k 1.8×	1.5k 1.7×	253 0.5×	252 0.6×	534 1.5×	92	3.6k
Barry E. Fleisher United States	14	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	220 0.4×	156 0.4×	335 1.0×	20	2.4k
Kaye Spence Australia	24	692 0.4×	390 0.4×	102 0.2×	102 0.2×	203 0.6×	89	1.8k
Alice Burnett Australia	27	1.7k 1.1×	944 1.1×	155 0.3×	134 0.3×	278 0.8×	75	2.2k
Cornelieke S.H. Aarnoudse-Moens Netherlands	19	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	140 0.3×	255 0.6×	432 1.2×	51	2.8k
Caron A. C. Clark United States	25	1.3k 0.8×	350 0.4×	78 0.2×	154 0.4×	900 2.6×	53	3.0k
Stacey C. Dusing United States	24	1.0k 0.6×	305 0.3×	93 0.2×	137 0.3×	515 1.5×	95	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Butler, Samantha, et al.. (2025). Thickened feeds for infants with critical CHD: a survey of current practices. Cardiology in the Young. 35(4). 711–716.

Marshall, Emily Gard, Anne E. Kazak, Amanda J. Shillingford, et al.. (2025). Interpersonal relationships after prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: Social stressors and supports. Journal of Perinatology. 45(7). 907–913.

Butler, Samantha, et al.. (2024). Gravitational-inspired wayfinding for drone swarms: a conceptual path planning method. 30. 15–15. 1 indexed citations

Vittner, Dorothy, Samantha Butler, Gretchen Lawhon, & Deborah M. Buehler. (2024). The newborn individualised developmental care and assessment program: A model of care for infants and families in hospital settings. Acta Paediatrica. 114(4). 743–751. 7 indexed citations

Butler, Samantha, et al.. (2024). Caring for hearts and minds: a quality improvement approach to individualized developmental care in the cardiac intensive care unit. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 12. 1384615–1384615. 1 indexed citations

Rogers, S., Jennifer L. Fogel, Jennifer K. Peterson, et al.. (2023). Optimising motor development in the hospitalised infant with CHD: factors contributing to early motor challenges and recommendations for assessment and intervention. Cardiology in the Young. 33(10). 1800–1812. 1 indexed citations

Lisanti, Amy Jo, Karen Uzark, Tondi M. Harrison, et al.. (2023). Developmental Care for Hospitalized Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(3). e028489–e028489. 37 indexed citations

Lambert, Linda M., Victoria L. Pemberton, Felicia Trachtenberg, et al.. (2022). Design and methods for the training in exercise activities and motion for growth (TEAM 4 growth) trial: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Cardiology. 359. 28–34. 2 indexed citations

Sengupta, Aditya, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Anjali Sadhwani, et al.. (2022). Abstract 10403: Residual Lesion Severity is Associated With Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Young Children With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 146(Suppl_1). 2 indexed citations

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Farsi, Zahra, et al.. (2021). Comparative Effectiveness of Simulation versus Serious Game for Training Nursing Students in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Control Trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–12. 28 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Adam R., Samantha Butler, Johanna Calderon, et al.. (2021). Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial interventions for individuals with CHD: a research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative. Cardiology in the Young. 31(6). 888–899. 43 indexed citations

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Fogel, Jennifer L., et al.. (2020). Disruptions in the development of feeding for infants with congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young. 31(4). 589–596. 36 indexed citations

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Ware, Janice, Jennifer Butcher, Beatrice Latal, et al.. (2020). Neurodevelopmental evaluation strategies for children with congenital heart disease aged birth through 5 years: recommendations from the cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative. Cardiology in the Young. 30(11). 1609–1622. 62 indexed citations

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Lisanti, Amy Jo, Dorothy Vittner, Barbara Medoff‐Cooper, et al.. (2018). Individualized Family-Centered Developmental Care. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 34(1). 85–93. 74 indexed citations

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Sood, Erica, et al.. (2016). Developmental Care in North American Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. Advances in Neonatal Care. 16(3). 211–219. 51 indexed citations

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McAnulty, Gloria B., Frank H. Duffy, Sandra Kosta, et al.. (2013). School-age effects of the newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program for preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction: preliminary findings. BMC Pediatrics. 13(1). 25–25. 48 indexed citations

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McAnulty, Gloria B., Samantha Butler, Jane Holmes Bernstein, et al.. (2009). Effects of the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) at Age 8 Years: Preliminary Data. Clinical Pediatrics. 49(3). 258–270. 51 indexed citations

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Als, Heidelise, Linda Gilkerson, Frank H. Duffy, et al.. (2003). A Three-Center, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Individualized Developmental Care for Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants: Medical, Neurodevelopmental, Parenting, and Caregiving Effects. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 24(6). 399–408. 252 indexed citations

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Caron, Albert J., et al.. (2002). Comprehension of the Referential Intent of Looking and Pointing Between 12 and 15 Months. Journal of Cognition and Development. 3(4). 445–464. 13 indexed citations

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Butler, Samantha, et al.. (1997). DC potentials and visual word processing. Journal of Psychophysiology. 11. 271–271.

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