Table 5.
Information on the Top 20 Cited Articles
| Ranking | Title | Corresponding Author | Organization | Journal | Years | Number of Citations | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clinical pharmacology of tramadol | Grond, S | Univ Halle Wittenberg | CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS | 2004 | 755 | Basic medical study |
| 2. | Pain and women’s satisfaction with the experience of childbirth: A systematic review | Hodnett, ED | Maternal Child Nursing Res Unit | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 2002 | 586 | Systematic review |
| 3. | Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women | Sandall, J | St Thomas Hosp | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2013 | 530 | Systematic review |
| 4. | Risk factors for suboptimal infant breastfeeding behavior, delayed onset of lactation, and excess neonatal weight loss | Dewey, KG | Univ Calif Davis | PEDIATRICS | 2003 | 469 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 5. | Preventing the First Cesarean Delivery Summary of a Joint Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Workshop | Spong, CY | Pregnancy & Perinatol Branch, NIH | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 2012 | 443 | Review articles |
| 6. | Contemporary Patterns of Spontaneous Labor With Normal Neonatal Outcomes | Zhang, J | Epidemiol Branch, NIH | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 2010 | 419 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 7. | A negative birth experience: Prevalence and risk factors in a national sample | Waldenstrom, U | Karolinska Institutet | BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE | 2004 | 388 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 8. | Epidural versus non-epidural or no analgesia in labour | Anim-Somuah, M | Tameside Hosp NHS Fdn Trust | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2011 | 365 | Systematic Review |
| 9. | Perinatal factors and the development of autism - A population study | Glasson, EJ | Univ Western Australia | ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY | 2004 | 349 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 10. | THE EFFECT OF INTRAPARTUM EPIDURAL ANALGESIA ON NULLIPAROUS LABOR - A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, PROSPECTIVE TRIAL | THORP, JA | ST LUKES HOSP | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 1993 | 336 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 11. | Continuous support for women during childbirth | Hodnett, ED | Univ Toronto | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2013 | 326 | Systematic Review |
| 12. | Continuous support for women during childbirth | Bohren, MA | WHO, Dept Reprod Hlth & Res | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2017 | 316 | Systematic Review |
| 13. | Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews | Neilson, JP | Univ Liverpoo | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2012 | 287 | Systematic Review |
| 14. | Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women | Sandall, J | Kings Coll London | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2008 | 274 | Systematic Review |
| 15. | Continuous support for women during childbirth (Withdrawn Paper. 2007, art. no. CD003766) | Hodnett, ED | Univ Toronto | COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | 2007 | 270 | Systematic Review |
| 16. | Relative analgesic potencies of ropivacaine and bupivacaine for epidural analgesia in labor - Implications for therapeutic indexes | Polley, LS | Mott Hosp | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 1999 | 261 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 17. | Bishop score and risk of cesarean delivery after induction of labor in nulliparous women | Vrouenraets, FPJM | Univ Limburg | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 2005 | 259 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 18. | Advances in and limitations of up-and-down methodology - A precis of clinical use, study design, and dose estimation in anesthesia research | Pace, NL | Univ Utah | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2007 | 249 | Review articles |
| 19. | Risk of cesarean delivery with elective induction of labor at term in nulliparous women | Seyb, ST | Northwestern University | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 1999 | 246 | Retrospective clinical studies |
| 20. | Obstetric events leading to anal sphincter damage | O’Herlihy, C | Univ Coll Dublin | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY | 1998 | 239 | Retrospective clinical studies |