Uzma Syed

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Uzma Syed is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Uzma Syed has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Uzma Syed's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (7 papers). Uzma Syed is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (7 papers). Uzma Syed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Uzma Syed's co-authors include Gary L. Darmstadt, Ishtiaq Mannan, Burke A. Cunha, Rashed Shah, Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen, Samir K. Saha, Amnesty LeFevre, Habibur R Seraji and Mathuram Santosham and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

In The Last Decade

Uzma Syed

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    2008 481 citations Abdullah H Baqui, Gary L. Darmstadt et al. profile →

Peers

Uzma Syed
Ishtiaq Mannan Bangladesh
Alemayehu Worku Yalew Ethiopia
Sanjay B Baitule India
Sachiyo Yoshida Switzerland
Elizabeth Mason United States
Karen Odberg Pettersson Sweden
Alain K. Koffi United States
Dipak Kumar Mitra Bangladesh
Mesganaw Fantahun Afework Ethiopia
Holly Newby United States
Ishtiaq Mannan Bangladesh
Uzma Syed
Citations per year, relative to Uzma Syed Uzma Syed (= 1×) peers Ishtiaq Mannan

Countries citing papers authored by Uzma Syed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Uzma Syed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Uzma Syed. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Uzma Syed. The network helps show where Uzma Syed may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uzma Syed

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Uzma Syed. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Uzma Syed based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Uzma Syed. Uzma Syed is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fitzgerald, Ryan, Gloria Ikilezi, Uzma Syed, Ties Boerma, & Allisyn C. Moran. (2025). Operationalising an integrated mortality transition framework for programmatic priority setting across maternal and newborn health. BMJ Global Health. 10(5). e018610–e018610.
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Syed, Uzma, et al.. (2022). Maternal and newborn health for the urban poor: the need for a new mental model and implementation strategies to accelerate progress. Globalization and Health. 18(1). 46–46. 8 indexed citations
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Abdul‐Mutakabbir, Jacinda C., Elizabeth B. Hirsch, Taison D. Bell, et al.. (2022). A call to action: A need for initiatives that increase equitable access to COVID-19 therapeutics. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 11. 100263–100263. 8 indexed citations
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Syed, Uzma, Mary Kinney, Francis Moses, et al.. (2022). Advancing maternal and perinatal health in low- and middle-income countries: A multi-country review of policies and programmes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 909991–909991. 5 indexed citations
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Marcelin, Jasmine R, Talia H. Swartz, Vladimir Berthaud, et al.. (2021). Addressing and Inspiring Vaccine Confidence in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(9). ofab417–ofab417. 33 indexed citations
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Huttner, Angela, Alison Holmes, Britta Lassmann, et al.. (2021). Joint ESCMID, FEMS, IDSA, ISID and SSI position paper on the fair handling of career breaks among physicians and scientists when assessing eligibility for early-career awards. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 27(5). 704–707. 3 indexed citations
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Nonyane, Bareng A. S., Ashish KC, Jennifer A. Callaghan‐Koru, et al.. (2015). Equity improvements in maternal and newborn care indicators: results from the Bardiya district of Nepal. Health Policy and Planning. 31(4). 405–414. 12 indexed citations
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Cunha, Burke A., et al.. (2011). Swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia in hospitalized adults: Chest film findings. Heart & Lung. 40(3). 253–256. 6 indexed citations
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Cunha, Burke A., et al.. (2011). Bronchoalveolar carcinoma (adenocarcinoma) mimicking recurrent bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Heart & Lung. 41(1). 83–86. 8 indexed citations
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Cunha, Burke A., et al.. (2011). Severe swine influenza A (H1N1) versus severe human seasonal influenza A (H3N2): Clinical comparisons. Heart & Lung. 40(3). 257–261. 11 indexed citations
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Cunha, Burke A., et al.. (2011). Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pneumonitis mimicking swine influenza pneumonia during the swine influenza (H1N1) pandemic. Heart & Lung. 40(5). 462–466. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Anne CC, Joy E Lawn, Simon Cousens, et al.. (2009). Linking families and facilities for care at birth: What works to avert intrapartum-related deaths?. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 107(Supplement). S65–S88. 162 indexed citations
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Syed, Uzma, Neena Khadka, Asia Khan, & Stephen Wall. (2008). Care-seeking practices in South Asia: using formative research to design program interventions to save newborn lives. Journal of Perinatology. 28(S2). S9–S13. 87 indexed citations
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Baranchuk, Adrián, Kevin Michael, Uzma Syed, Christopher S. Simpson, & Damian Redfearn. (2008). Intermittent interatrial block after electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. Journal of Electrocardiology. 41(6). 662–664. 6 indexed citations
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Cunha, Burke A., et al.. (2006). Fever of unknown origin caused by late-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Heart & Lung. 35(1). 70–73. 6 indexed citations

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