Women and Birth

Top Research Topics at Women and Birth?

Women and Birth tackles a plethora of topics, such as Nursing, Obstetrics, Family medicine, Childbirth and Qualitative research. Topics in Nursing were tackled in line with various other fields like Context (language use), Health care, Maternity care, Breastfeeding and Thematic analysis. Women and Birth focuses on Obstetrics as well as the interrelated topic of Caesarean section.

Feeling and Focus group are some topics wherein Qualitative research research discussed in the journal have an impact.

• Nursing (34.86%)
• Obstetrics (22.54%)
• Family medicine (14.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Factors that positively influence breastfeeding duration to 6 months: A literature review (369 citations)
• The effects of maternal depression, anxiety, and perceived stress during pregnancy on preterm birth: A systematic review. (257 citations)
• Self reported fear of childbirth and its association with women's birth experience and mode of delivery: a longitudinal population-based study (116 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Women and Birth:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Nursing, Obstetrics, Childbirth, Family medicine and MEDLINE. The studies on Nursing discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Continuity of care, Health care, Qualitative research and Focus group. The most cited publications deal with Childbirth in conjunction with Clinical psychology and similar fields in Psychological intervention.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• Internal medicine
• Nursing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Nursing, Qualitative research, Family medicine, Obstetrics and Childbirth. In it, Context (language use) and Health care, Maternity care are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nursing research. Women and Birth primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Qualitative research but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

• Feeling together with Anxiety,
• Mental health which connect with Social support and Loneliness,
• Developmental psychology, which have a strong connection to Breastfeeding..

Women and Birth explores research in Family medicine alongside concepts in Psychological intervention and other areas of study in Intervention (counseling). The journal focuses on Obstetrics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Quality (business), Bachelor, Continuity of care, Autonomy and Focus group. The journal explores research in Childbirth and the adjacent study of Postpartum period.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. (48 citations)
• Caring for the carers: Ensuring the provision of quality maternity care during a global pandemic. (29 citations)
• The experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A qualitative study (17 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Women and Birth (based on the number of publications) are:

• Caroline S.E. Homer (107 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Maralyn Foureur (66 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Hannah G Dahlen (63 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Jennifer Fenwick (59 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Kathleen Fahy (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Women and Birth (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Technology, Sydney (168 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Griffith University (116 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Sydney (109 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Queensland (94 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• La Trobe University (73 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 43.81% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.83% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.58% of all publications and 24.78% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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