Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Early origin of coronary heart disease (the "Barker hypothesis")
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BMJ
|
1995
|
3.62
|
2
|
Newborn intensive care and neonatal mortality in low-birth-weight infants: a population study.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1982
|
3.51
|
3
|
Do clinical markers of barotrauma and oxygen toxicity explain interhospital variation in rates of chronic lung disease? The Neonatology Committee for the Developmental Network.
|
Pediatrics
|
2000
|
3.48
|
4
|
Neonatal mortality: an analysis of the recent improvement in the United States.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1980
|
3.20
|
5
|
Map-making and myth-making in Broad Street: the London cholera epidemic, 1854.
|
Lancet
|
2000
|
3.18
|
6
|
Phenobarbital compared with phenytoin for the treatment of neonatal seizures.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
2.84
|
7
|
The very low-birth-weight rate: Principal predictor of neonatal mortality in industrialized populations.
|
J Pediatr
|
1980
|
2.79
|
8
|
The ELGAN study of the brain and related disorders in extremely low gestational age newborns.
|
Early Hum Dev
|
2009
|
2.55
|
9
|
Impact of improved survival of very low birth weight infants on recent secular trends in the prevalence of cerebral palsy.
|
Pediatrics
|
1993
|
2.14
|
10
|
Behavioural problems in children who weigh 1000 g or less at birth in four countries.
|
Lancet
|
2001
|
2.08
|
11
|
The relation of transient hypothyroxinemia in preterm infants to neurologic development at two years of age.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1996
|
1.76
|
12
|
Cranial ultrasound prediction of disabling and nondisabling cerebral palsy at age two in a low birth weight population.
|
Pediatrics
|
1995
|
1.75
|
13
|
Fetal death during labor: an epidemiologic indicator of level of obstetric care.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1985
|
1.68
|
14
|
A quantitative review of mortality and developmental disability in extremely premature newborns.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
1998
|
1.66
|
15
|
Psychiatric outcomes in low-birth-weight children at age 6 years: relation to neonatal cranial ultrasound abnormalities.
|
Arch Gen Psychiatry
|
1997
|
1.64
|
16
|
Hypocapnia and other ventilation-related risk factors for cerebral palsy in low birth weight infants.
|
Pediatr Res
|
2001
|
1.59
|
17
|
Maternal infection, fetal inflammatory response, and brain damage in very low birth weight infants. Developmental Epidemiology Network Investigators.
|
Pediatr Res
|
1999
|
1.58
|
18
|
Neonatal cranial ultrasound abnormalities: association with developmental delay at age one in low birth weight infants.
|
J Dev Behav Pediatr
|
1990
|
1.48
|
19
|
Association of maternal IgM concentrations above the median at 15-19 weeks of gestation and early preterm delivery.
|
Lancet
|
1999
|
1.43
|
20
|
John Snow revisited: getting a handle on the Broad Street pump.
|
Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc
|
1999
|
1.39
|
21
|
Classifying brain damage in preterm infants.
|
J Pediatr
|
1999
|
1.39
|
22
|
Testosterone level as a potential selection bias for semen donors in assessing population fertility.
|
Epidemiology
|
1999
|
1.37
|
23
|
Pregnancy outcomes and community health: the POUCH study of preterm delivery.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
2001
|
1.36
|
24
|
Cerebral palsy and newborn care. II: Mortality and neurological impairment in low-birthweight infants.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1981
|
1.33
|
25
|
The choice of place of delivery. Effect of hospital level on mortality in all singleton births in New York City.
|
Am J Dis Child
|
1987
|
1.28
|
26
|
Separating authorship responsibility and authorship credit: a proposal for biomedical journals.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1998
|
1.22
|
27
|
White matter damage in preterm newborns--an epidemiologic perspective.
|
Early Hum Dev
|
1990
|
1.20
|
28
|
Cerebral palsy and mental retardation in relation to indicators of perinatal asphyxia. An epidemiologic overview.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1983
|
1.17
|
29
|
The apgar score and its components in the preterm infant.
|
Pediatrics
|
1998
|
1.14
|
30
|
Congenital malformation cluster in eastern United States.
|
Lancet
|
1980
|
1.13
|
31
|
Cerebral palsy and newborn care. III: Estimated prevalence rates of cerebral palsy under differing rates of mortality and impairment of low-birthweight infants.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1981
|
1.12
|
32
|
Social class indicators and mortality in low birth weight infants.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1982
|
1.10
|
33
|
Relation of cranial ultrasound abnormalities in low-birthweight infants to motor or cognitive performance at ages 2, 6, and 9 years.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1999
|
1.10
|
34
|
Emergency room utilization in the first 15 months of life: a randomized study.
|
Pediatrics
|
1979
|
1.09
|
35
|
An assessment of the effects of maternal age and parity in different components of perinatal mortality.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1986
|
1.09
|
36
|
Measuring health status using the Health Utilities Index: agreement between raters and between modalities of administration.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2001
|
1.04
|
37
|
Comparison of management strategies for extreme prematurity in New Jersey and the Netherlands: outcomes and resource expenditure.
|
Pediatrics
|
2001
|
1.03
|
38
|
Birth and the origins of cerebral palsy.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1986
|
1.03
|
39
|
Mediators of fetal inflammation in extremely low gestational age newborns.
|
Cytokine
|
2001
|
1.02
|
40
|
Time trends in sport-caught Great Lakes fish consumption and serum polychlorinated biphenyl levels among Michigan Anglers, 1973-1993.
|
Environ Sci Technol
|
2001
|
1.00
|
41
|
Measuring health-related quality of life in adolescents: agreement between raters and between methods of administration.
|
Child Care Health Dev
|
2000
|
1.00
|
42
|
Hypothyroxinemia of prematurity and the risk of cerebral white matter damage.
|
J Pediatr
|
1999
|
1.00
|
43
|
Interobserver variability in neonatal cranial ultrasonography.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
1988
|
0.99
|
44
|
Follow-up studies of low-birthweight infants: suggestions for design, analysis and reporting.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1981
|
0.99
|
45
|
Age at death used to assess the effect of interhospital transfer of newborns.
|
Pediatrics
|
1984
|
0.99
|
46
|
Infant mortality reexamined.
|
JAMA
|
1982
|
0.98
|
47
|
Cerebral palsy and newborn care. I: secular trends in cerebral palsy.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1981
|
0.96
|
48
|
The relationship of Apgar score to neurologic handicap: a survey of clinicians.
|
Obstet Gynecol
|
1983
|
0.94
|
49
|
Blood pressure ranges in premature infants: II. The first week of life.
|
Pediatrics
|
1996
|
0.93
|
50
|
Maternal receipt of magnesium sulfate does not seem to reduce the risk of neonatal white matter damage.
|
Pediatrics
|
1997
|
0.93
|
51
|
Psychopathology in young adults born at extremely low birth weight.
|
Psychol Med
|
2010
|
0.93
|
52
|
Treatment decisions for the extremely premature infant.
|
J Pediatr
|
2000
|
0.92
|
53
|
Antenatal corticosteroids and cranial ultrasonographic abnormalities.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1999
|
0.92
|
54
|
Blood pressure ranges in premature infants. I. The first hours of life.
|
J Pediatr
|
1994
|
0.92
|
55
|
Early postnatal hypotension is not associated with indicators of white matter damage or cerebral palsy in extremely low gestational age newborns.
|
J Perinatol
|
2011
|
0.91
|
56
|
Recent trends in neonatal mortality: the Canadian experience.
|
Can Med Assoc J
|
1982
|
0.90
|
57
|
Racial differences in pregnancy duration and its implications for perinatal care.
|
Med Hypotheses
|
1990
|
0.90
|
58
|
Medical care and preterm infants of normal birth weight.
|
Pediatrics
|
1986
|
0.90
|
59
|
Maternal cocaine use during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.
|
Epidemiol Rev
|
1994
|
0.90
|
60
|
Groups of histopathologic abnormalities in brains of very low birthweight infants.
|
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol
|
1998
|
0.90
|
61
|
The central New Jersey neonatal brain haemorrhage study: design of the study and reliability of ultrasound diagnosis.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
1992
|
0.89
|
62
|
Perinatal brain injury in premature infants born to mothers using alcohol in pregnancy. Neonatal Brain Hemorrhage Study Team.
|
Pediatrics
|
1995
|
0.89
|
63
|
Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment in neonatal intensive care: issues for the 1990s.
|
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
|
1994
|
0.88
|
64
|
Handicap and prematurity.
|
Lancet
|
1983
|
0.87
|
65
|
Antecedents and neonatal consequences of low Apgar scores in preterm newborns: a population study.
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2000
|
0.85
|
66
|
Thyroxine values from newborn screening of 919 infants born before 29 weeks' gestation.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1997
|
0.84
|
67
|
An application of multivariate ranks to assess effects from combining factors: metal exposures and semen analysis outcomes.
|
Stat Med
|
2008
|
0.84
|
68
|
Sport-caught fish consumption and conception delay in licensed Michigan anglers.
|
Environ Res
|
1999
|
0.83
|
69
|
Feeding practices and early neonatal jaundice.
|
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
|
1982
|
0.83
|
70
|
The reliability of neonatal head circumference measurement.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
1991
|
0.82
|
71
|
Cerebral palsy in term infants--birth or before birth?
|
J Pediatr
|
2001
|
0.81
|
72
|
Hypernatremic dehydration of infancy: an epidemiologic review.
|
Am J Dis Child
|
1980
|
0.81
|
73
|
Sonographic diagnosis of cisternal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the premature infant.
|
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
|
1994
|
0.81
|
74
|
Investigation of a temporal cluster of left sided congenital heart disease.
|
J Epidemiol Community Health
|
1984
|
0.80
|
75
|
The impressionable fetus? Fetal life and adult health.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1994
|
0.80
|
76
|
Adult stroke and perinatal brain damage: like grandparent, like grandchild?
|
Neuropediatrics
|
2002
|
0.80
|
77
|
Preeclampsia and cerebral palsy: are they related?
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1998
|
0.79
|
78
|
Etiologic factors in cerebral palsy.
|
Pediatr Ann
|
1986
|
0.79
|
79
|
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the play the winner rule.
|
Pediatrics
|
1985
|
0.79
|
80
|
SSPE, measles virus, and the matrix protein: report of a case with unusual immunochemical findings.
|
Ann Neurol
|
1981
|
0.78
|
81
|
Efficiency of sampling: birthweight and gestational age distributions in two cohorts, < 31 weeks and 500-1499 grams.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
1995
|
0.78
|
82
|
Roundtable: survival and outcome of the extremely low-birthweight infant.
|
Birth
|
1992
|
0.78
|
83
|
Technology at birth.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1990
|
0.78
|
84
|
Does the loss of placental hormones contribute to neurodevelopmental disabilities in preterm infants?
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
1994
|
0.77
|
85
|
Preterm birth: from prediction to prevention.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1998
|
0.76
|
86
|
Disability information improves reliability of cerebral palsy classification.
|
Dev Med Child Neurol
|
2001
|
0.75
|
87
|
Article on parental notification law draws criticism. Family planning behavior of minors doubted.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1992
|
0.75
|
88
|
ACTOBAT: 1-year follow-up.
|
Pediatrics
|
1997
|
0.75
|
89
|
Re: "Very low birth weight: a problematic cohort for epidemiologic studies of very small or immature neonates".
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1992
|
0.75
|
90
|
Plague in India.
|
Lancet
|
1995
|
0.75
|
91
|
Determinants of interhospital transfer of low-birth-weight newborns.
|
Med Care
|
1988
|
0.75
|
92
|
Tension pneumothorax and intraventricular haemorrhage.
|
Lancet
|
1983
|
0.75
|
93
|
Analysis of neonatal mortality.
|
J Pediatr
|
1981
|
0.75
|
94
|
Variation in use of corticosteroids among infants < or = 1,500 grams across hospitals in three states.
|
J Matern Fetal Med
|
1998
|
0.75
|
95
|
Epidemiology and the wider world: celebrating Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
1992
|
0.75
|
96
|
Correlates of low thyroxine values at newborn screening among infants born before 32 weeks gestation.
|
Early Hum Dev
|
1997
|
0.75
|