Shirley Simmonds

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Shirley Simmonds is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shirley Simmonds has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 5 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Shirley Simmonds's work include Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (5 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers). Shirley Simmonds is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (5 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers). Shirley Simmonds collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. Shirley Simmonds's co-authors include Clive Osmond, David J. Barker, D J Barker, Caroline Fall, G Wield, P D Winter, D.J.P. Barker, Catherine Law, Cyrus Cooper and Avan Aihie Sayer and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Epidemiology, International Journal of Epidemiology and British Journal Of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Shirley Simmonds

21 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Fetal and placental size and risk of hypertension in adult life.

1990 1.3k citations David J. Barker, Clive Osmond et al. BMJ profile →
Early growth and death from cardiovascular disease in women.

1993 563 citations Clive Osmond, D J Barker et al. BMJ profile →
The relation of small head circumference and thinness at birth to death from cardiovascular disease in adult life.

1993 546 citations D J Barker, Clive Osmond et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shirley Simmonds United Kingdom	14	2.5k	1.4k	783	478	390	22	3.2k
Eero Kajantie Finland	31	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	855 1.1×	579 1.2×	427 1.1×	78	3.7k
Romy Gaillard Netherlands	36	2.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	409 0.9×	481 1.2×	179	4.7k
Stefanie N. Hinkle United States	39	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	258 0.5×	276 0.7×	147	3.7k
Anneli Pouta Finland	40	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	386 0.8×	234 0.6×	114	4.7k
Ann L. Yaktine United States	16	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 2.0×	1.7k 2.2×	312 0.7×	525 1.3×	51	4.8k
Izzuddin M. Aris United States	32	1.1k 0.5×	807 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	350 0.7×	408 1.0×	153	2.7k
Anna‐Karin Wikström Sweden	35	2.4k 1.0×	2.8k 2.0×	1.1k 1.4×	313 0.7×	111 0.3×	170	4.2k
Chunfang Qiu United States	32	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	905 1.2×	391 0.8×	184 0.5×	105	3.4k
Maria do Carmo Franco Brazil	27	1.3k 0.5×	740 0.5×	262 0.3×	395 0.8×	471 1.2×	102	2.3k
Shin Y. Kim United States	30	2.3k 0.9×	3.7k 2.6×	1.2k 1.5×	334 0.7×	130 0.3×	66	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shirley Simmonds

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Darlow, Ben, Melanie Brown, Andrew M. Briggs, et al.. (2025). Online osteoarthritis training programme for community-based clinicians: Mixed methods cohort study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 7(2). 100610–100610. 1 indexed citations

Darlow, Ben, Melanie Brown, James Stanley, et al.. (2023). Reducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service. Musculoskeletal Care. 21(4). 1053–1067. 5 indexed citations

Pīhama, Leonie, et al.. (2020). Honour Project Aotearoa. 6 indexed citations

Westbury, Leo D., Holly Syddall, Shirley Simmonds, Cyrus Cooper, & Avan Aihie Sayer. (2016). Identification of risk factors for hospital admission using multiple-failure survival models: a toolkit for researchers. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 16(1). 46–46. 18 indexed citations

Syddall, Holly, Leo D. Westbury, Shirley Simmonds, et al.. (2015). Understanding poor health behaviours as predictors of different types of hospital admission in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 70(3). 292–298. 8 indexed citations

Simmonds, Shirley, Holly Syddall, Leo D. Westbury, et al.. (2015). Grip strength among community-dwelling older people predicts hospital admission during the following decade. Age and Ageing. 44(6). 954–959. 36 indexed citations

Simmonds, Shirley, Holly Syddall, Bronagh Walsh, et al.. (2014). Understanding NHS hospital admissions in England: linkage of Hospital Episode Statistics to the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Age and Ageing. 43(5). 653–660. 21 indexed citations

Simmonds, Shirley, et al.. (2014). Ma? ori perspectives on hospice care. Diversity & Equality in Health and Care. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Robinson, Siân, Georgia Ntani, Shirley Simmonds, et al.. (2012). Type of milk feeding in infancy and health behaviours in adult life: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 109(6). 1114–1122. 23 indexed citations

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Verschuur, Carl, Holly Syddall, Georgia Ntani, et al.. (2011). Markers of inflammatory status are associated with hearing threshold in older people: findings from the Hertfordshire ageing study. Age and Ageing. 41(1). 92–97. 84 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Shirley, Diana Sarfati, Ricci Harris, & Gordon Purdie. (2011). P1-52 The implications of using different methods to measure ethnicity in a cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 65(Suppl 1). A81.2–A81. 1 indexed citations

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Syddall, Holly, Shirley Simmonds, Helmut Martin, et al.. (2009). Cohort profile: The Hertfordshire Ageing Study (HAS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 39(1). 36–43. 28 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Shirley, Bridget Robson, Fiona Cram, & Gordon Purdie. (2008). Kaupapa Maori Epidemiology. 15(1). 3. 10 indexed citations

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Robson, Bridget, Gordon Purdie, Fiona Cram, & Shirley Simmonds. (2007). Age standardisation – an indigenous standard?. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 4(1). 3–3. 52 indexed citations

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Inskip, Hazel, Keith M. Godfrey, Helmut Martin, et al.. (2007). Size at birth and its relation to muscle strength in young adult women. Journal of Internal Medicine. 262(3). 368–374. 51 indexed citations

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Syddall, Holly, Avan Aihie Sayer, Shirley Simmonds, et al.. (2005). Birth Weight, Infant Weight Gain, and Cause-specific Mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology. 161(11). 1074–1080. 100 indexed citations

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Osmond, Clive, D J Barker, P D Winter, Caroline Fall, & Shirley Simmonds. (1993). Early growth and death from cardiovascular disease in women.. BMJ. 307(6918). 1519–1524. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barker, D J, Clive Osmond, Shirley Simmonds, & G Wield. (1993). The relation of small head circumference and thinness at birth to death from cardiovascular disease in adult life.. BMJ. 306(6875). 422–426. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Law, Catherine, D.J.P. Barker, Clive Osmond, Caroline Fall, & Shirley Simmonds. (1992). Early growth and abdominal fatness in adult life.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 46(3). 184–186. 324 indexed citations

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Barker, David J., et al.. (1990). Fetal and placental size and risk of hypertension in adult life.. BMJ. 301(6746). 259–262. 1271 indexed citations breakdown →

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