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Robert W. Platt

Robert W. Platt

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
43464
World Ranking
6510
National Ranking
253

Robert W. Platt publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert W. Platt sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 611 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Robert W. Platt D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert W. Platt sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert W. Platt is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on statistical and epidemiological research. Their publication record includes 326 works primarily related to Medicine and its subfields.

The subfields of study in which Robert W. Platt has been active include:

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Research topics covered by Robert W. Platt show a strong emphasis on methodological approaches and applied health studies, including:

  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning

Frequent publication venues where Robert W. Platt's work has appeared include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Statistics in Medicine
  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • UNC Libraries

Co-authorship is a notable aspect, with repeated collaborations with several researchers. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Kristian B. Filion
  • Oriana Hoi Yun Yu
  • Christel Renoux
  • Pascal Reynier
  • Mireille E. Schnitzer

Recent publications by Robert W. Platt demonstrate a focus on diverse issues such as real-world evidence, pediatric treatments, and safety reviews:

  • Reproducibility of real-world evidence studies using clinical practice data to inform regulatory and coverage decisions, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Efficacy and Safety of Metformin for Obesity: A Systematic Review, 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Efficacy of Melatonin in Children With Postconcussive Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • High-dimensional propensity scores for empirical covariate selection in secondary database studies: Planning, implementation, and reporting, 2022, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
  • Acetaminophen use during pregnancy and the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A causal association or bias?, 2020, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Overadjustment bias and unnecessary adjustment in epidemiologic studies.

    Enrique F. Schisterman;Stephen R. Cole;Robert W. Platt

  • A New and Improved Population-Based Canadian Reference for Birth Weight for Gestational Age

    Michael S. Kramer;Robert W. Platt;Shi Wu Wen;K.S. Joseph

  • Breastfeeding and Child Cognitive Development: New Evidence From a Large Randomized Trial

    Michael S. Kramer;Frances Aboud;Elena Mironova;Irina Vanilovich

  • Reducing bias through directed acyclic graphs.

    Ian Shrier;Robert W Platt

  • The Contribution of Mild and Moderate Preterm Birth to Infant Mortality

    Michael S. Kramer;Kitaw Demissie;Hong Yang;Robert W. Platt

  • Illustrating bias due to conditioning on a collider

    Stephen R Cole;Robert W. Platt;Enrique F. Schisterman;Haitao Chu

  • Specifying a target trial prevents immortal time bias and other self-inflicted injuries in observational analyses

    Miguel A. Hernán;Miguel A. Hernán;Brian C. Sauer;Sonia Hernández-Díaz;Robert Platt

  • A common variant in methionine synthase reductase combined with low cobalamin (vitamin B12) increases risk for spina bifida.

    Aaron Wilson;Aaron Wilson;Robert Platt;Robert Platt;Qing Wu;Daniel Leclerc

  • Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure at age 6.5 y: evidence from a large randomized trial.

    Michael S Kramer;Lidia Matush;Irina Vanilovich;Robert W Platt

  • Infant growth and health outcomes associated with 3 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding

    Michael S Kramer;Tong Guo;Robert W Platt;Zinaida Sevkovskaya

  • Stress Pathways to Spontaneous Preterm Birth: The Role of Stressors, Psychological Distress, and Stress Hormones

    Michael S. Kramer;John Lydon;Louise Séguin;Lise Goulet

  • Determinants of preterm birth rates in Canada from 1981 through 1983 and from 1992 through 1994.

    K.S. Joseph;Michael S. Kramer;Sylvie Marcoux;Arne Ohlsson

  • Should Meta-Analyses of Interventions Include Observational Studies in Addition to Randomized Controlled Trials? A Critical Examination of Underlying Principles

    Ian Shrier;Jean-François Boivin;Russell J. Steele;Robert W. Platt

  • Cardiovascular Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Women With a History of Pregnancy Complications.

    Sonia M. Grandi;Kristian B. Filion;Kristian B. Filion;Sarah Yoon;Sarah Yoon;Henok T. Ayele;Henok T. Ayele

  • Socio-economic disparities in preterm birth: causal pathways and mechanisms.

    Michael S. Kramer;Lise Goulet;John Lydon;Louise Séguin

  • Human Papillomavirus Infection and Time to Progression and Regression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Nicolas F. Schlecht;Robert W. Platt;Eliane Duarte-Franco;Maria C. Costa

  • Breastfeeding and infant growth: biology or bias?

    Michael S Kramer;Tong Guo;Robert W Platt;Stanley Shapiro

  • Independent Effect of Depression and Anxiety on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations and Hospitalizations

    Wanning Xu;Jean-Paul Collet;Stanley Shapiro;Yingxiang Lin

  • Why are babies getting bigger? Temporal trends in fetal growth and its determinants.

    Michael S. Kramer;Isabelle Morin;Hong Yang;Robert W. Platt

  • Genetic polymorphisms in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and methionine synthase, folate levels in red blood cells, and risk of neural tube defects.

    Benedicte Christensen;Laura Arbour;Pamela Tran;Daniel Leclerc

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Kramer
Michael S. Kramer McGill University
Susan R. Kahn
Susan R. Kahn McGill University
K.S. Joseph
K.S. Joseph University of British Columbia
Samy Suissa
Samy Suissa McGill University
Pierre Ernst
Pierre Ernst McGill University
Roderic A. Grupen
Roderic A. Grupen University of Massachusetts Amherst
Charles W. Wampler
Charles W. Wampler General Motors (United States)
Kate Saenko
Kate Saenko Boston University
Tibor Schuster
Tibor Schuster McGill University
Michal Abrahamowicz
Michal Abrahamowicz McGill University

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