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95366
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330

Simon Cousens 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 Simon Cousens sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 450 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Cousens 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 Simon Cousens sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Simon Cousens is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a concentration on health issues affecting children and maternal populations across diverse settings.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Significant recent publications authored or co-authored by Cousens include:

  • "Global, regional, and national estimates and trends in stillbirths from 2000 to 2019: a systematic assessment" (2021) published in The Lancet
  • "Patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized neonates and young infants with sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort study (NeoOBS)" (2023) published in PLoS Medicine
  • "Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia" (2021) published in JAMA
  • "Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital" (2022) published in The Lancet
  • "Assessment of the validity of the measurement of newborn and maternal health-care coverage in hospitals (EN-BIRTH): an observational study" (2020) published in The Lancet Global Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon Cousens include:

  • Zulfiqar A Bhutta
  • Joy E Lawn
  • Hannah Blencowe
  • Sajid Soofi
  • Imran Ahmed

Their work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Global Health
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Population Health Metrics

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

  • 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

  • 4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why?

    Joy E Lawn;Simon Cousens;Jelka Zupan

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK

    R G Will;J W Ironside;M Zeidler;S N Cousens

  • Transmissions to mice indicate that ‘new variant’ CJD is caused by the BSE agent

    M. E. Bruce;R. G. Will;J. W. Ironside;I. McConnell

  • What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival.

    Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Tahmeed Ahmed;Robert E. Black;Simon Cousens

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

    Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens;Doris Chou;Mikkel Oestergaard

  • Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival

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

  • Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?

    Gary L Darmstadt;Gary L Darmstadt;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Simon Cousens;Taghreed Adam

  • Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030

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

  • Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion.

    C A Llewelyn;P E Hewitt;R S G Knight;K Amar

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995: a systematic analysis.

    Simon Cousens;Hannah Blencowe;Cynthia Stanton;Doris Chou

  • 4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why? Neonatal survival 1.

    Lawn Je;Cousens S;Zupan J

Frequent Co-Authors

Joy E Lawn
Joy E Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Robert E Black
Robert E Black Johns Hopkins University
Robert G. Will
Robert G. Will University of Edinburgh
Gary L. Darmstadt
Gary L. Darmstadt Stanford University
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Colin Mathers
Colin Mathers Rochester Institute of Technology
Betty R. Kirkwood
Betty R. Kirkwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell University of Edinburgh

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