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The Practising Midwife is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Global Maternal and Child Health.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, The Practising Midwife 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Global Maternal and Child Health Child and Adolescent Health Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
ISSN1461-3123
Citation impact (2-yr)0.1
h-index6
i10-index3
Total citations1,387
Top institutions publishing hereOxford Brookes University
Journal websitewww.all4maternity.com
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Papers published in The Practising Midwife per year

4
2012
3
2013
2
2014
10
2017
91
2018
84
2019
93
2020
93
2021
90
2022
77
2023
66
2024
62
2025

Citation impact of The Practising Midwife by publication year

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2012
0
2013
3
2014
2
2017
25
2018
15
2019
41
2020
37
2021
18
2022
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2023
13
2024
2
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Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Practising Midwife

Covid-19 and Maternal and Infant Health: Are We Getting the Balance Right? A Rapid Scoping Review

Anastasia Topalidou, Gill Thomson, Soo Downe · 1 Jul 2020

Aim: The purpose of this study was to summarise the evidence of the clinical and psychological impacts of COVID-19 on perinatal women and their infants. Methods: A rapid scoping review was conducted based on methods proposed by Arksey and O’Malley, and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) practical guide for rapid reviews. We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE(R)…

Infant Feeding: Changing the Conversation

Francesca Entwistle · 1 Oct 2018

Francesca Entwistle, Midwife, RCM member and professional advisor to the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative, explains how the Royal College of Midwives’ (RCM) recent position statement on infant feeding and the media response (RCM 2018) lays blame incorrectly on individual midwives, while ignoring the real issues at stake: the vulnerability of breastfeeding in the UK…

Report on the Midwifery Workforce in the MOH, Saudi Arabia, for 2019

Roa Altaweli, Insaf Shaban, Patti Paine · 1 Sep 2020

This report presents the findings of a quantitative midwifery workforce study in the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Saudi Arabia in 2019. The aim of this report is to present the current midwifery workforce and recommend an adequate number of midwives required in maternity services based on a midwife-to-birth ratio. The midwifery workforce information in…

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What reference style does The Practising Midwife use?
The Practising Midwife uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, The Practising Midwife 12 (2023) 45–58.
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