2026 Joy E Lawn: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	129	364	346	33	31	426	91295
Medicine	131	2343	2182	246	237	424	100092

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2018 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Joy E Lawn is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Other notable subfields include general health professions, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on maternal and child health, including:

Global Maternal and Child Health
Infant Development and Preterm Care
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Neonatal and Maternal Infections
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Joy E Lawn has contributed to a number of publications in prominent journals. Some of the recent papers include:

"National, regional, and global estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis," 2023, The Lancet
"A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China," 2021, The Lancet
"Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic response on intrapartum care, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality outcomes in Nepal: a prospective observational study," 2020, The Lancet Global Health
"Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting," 2023, The Lancet
"Small vulnerable newborns-big potential for impact," 2023, The Lancet

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues including:

The Lancet
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Population Health Metrics
BMC Pediatrics
Reproductive Health

Joy E Lawn collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Hannah Blencowe
Eric O. Ohuma
Louise T. Day
Nahya Salim
Donat Shamba

Among the honors received by Joy E Lawn are membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) awarded in 2018 and fellowship in The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

National regional and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications.

Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens;Mikkel Z. Oestergaard;Doris Chou

5647
Citations
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: An updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000

Li Liu;Hope L Johnson;Simon Cousens;Jamie Perin

5110
Citations
4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why?

Joy E Lawn;Simon Cousens;Jelka Zupan

4667
Citations
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis

Robert E Black;Simon Cousens;Hope L Johnson;Joy E Lawn

4011
Citations
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis.

Lei Liu;Shefali Oza;Daniel Hogan;Jamie Perin

3735
Citations
Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals

Li Liu;Shefali Oza;Dan Hogan;Yue Chu

3532
Citations
Born Too Soon: The global epidemiology of 15 million preterm births

Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens;Doris Chou;Mikkel Oestergaard

2495
Citations
Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival

Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn;Hannah Blencowe;Shefali Oza;Danzhen You

2248
Citations
Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030

Joy E Lawn;Joy E Lawn;Hannah Blencowe;Hannah Blencowe;Peter Waiswa;Agbessi Amouzou

1859
Citations
Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER Statement

Gretchen A. Stevens;Leontine Alkema;Robert E. Black;J. Ties Boerma

1853
Citations
Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?

Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Jai K Das;Rajiv Bahl;Joy E Lawn;Joy E Lawn

1663
Citations
Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers

Andy Haines;David Sanders;David Sanders;Uta Lehmann;Alexander K Rowe

1203
Citations
Born too soon : the Global action report on preterm birth

C.P. Howson;M.V. Kinney;J.E. Lawn

1173
Citations
Continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health: from slogan to service delivery

Kate J Kerber;Joseph E de Graft-Johnson;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Pius Okong

1160
Citations
Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?

Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn;Hannah Blencowe;Robert Clive Pattinson;Simons Cousens

1027
Citations
National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis

Hannah Blencowe;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens;Fiorella Bianchi Jassir;Lale Say

1004
Citations
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review.

Michael K Mwaniki;Maurine Atieno;Joy E Lawn;Charles R J C Newton;Charles R J C Newton;Charles R J C Newton

994
Citations
National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Joanne Katz;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens

989
Citations
Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (1 of 7): Definitions, description of the burden and opportunities to improve data

Joy E Lawn;Michael G Gravett;Toni M Nunes;Craig E Rubens;Craig E Rubens

976
Citations
Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

966
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Cousens London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

Gary L. Darmstadt Stanford University

Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh

Colin Mathers Rochester Institute of Technology

Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand

Robert E Black Johns Hopkins University

Mickey Chopra World Bank

Shams El Arifeen International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Paul T. Heath St George's, University of London

External Links

Personal website of Joy E Lawn

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