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Papers

(The median citation count of Human Fertility is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Identification of potential key genes related to idiopathic male infertility using RNA-sequencing data: an in-silico approach	26
Early or late response in poor responders: does it make a difference in cycle outcome?	22
Weekday vs. weekend oocyte retrievals: is there a difference?	17
Does male fertility-related quality of life differ when undergoing evaluation by reproductive urologist versus reproductive endocrinologist?	14
DNA damage in prepared semen is negatively associated with semen quality and fertilisation rate in assisted reproduction technology (ART) treatment	13
Obstetric and perinatal outcomes of singleton pregnancy from donated frozen versus fresh oocytes	12
Is intrauterine hematoma associated with adverse pregnancy and obstetric outcomes of ART singletons? A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Young adult’s views on using a poster to learn about fertility: redesigning the fertility education poster	11
‘Womb for work' experiences of Thai women and gestational surrogacy practice in Thailand	11
Management of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in females	10
Fertility 2022 Rising to global challenges 5–8th January 2022	10
Reproductive rights where conditions apply: an analysis of discriminatory practice in funding criteria against would-be parents seeking funded fertility treatment in England	10
Similar implantation competence in euploid blastocysts developed on day 5 or day 6 in young women: a retrospective cohort study	9
Going going gone! has Covid really gone?	9
Investigation of motivations for depositing sperm during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Comparing infertility-related stress, coping, and quality of life among assisted reproductive technology and non-assisted reproductive technology treatments	9
List of Human Fertility Reviewers (June 1 2020–May 31 2021)	8
List of Human Fertility reviewers (1st June 2021–31st May 2022)	8
Nuclear sperm integrity and ICSI prognosis in Tunisian patients with MMAF syndrome (multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella)	7
The microbiome and male infertility: looking into the past to move forward	7
Celebrating the peer reviewers of Human Fertility (2005–2022)	7
British Infertility Counselling Association Registered Charity No 803743 www.bica.net	7
Prediction of clinical pregnancy outcome after single fresh blastocyst transfer during in vitro fertilization: an ensemble learning perspective	6
Comprehensive bioinformation analysis of differentially expressed genes in recurrent pregnancy loss	6
How do coping strategies influence fertility-related information seeking/avoidance?	6

DuoStim protocol- a novel fertility preservation strategy for female oncology patients	6
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility care: a qualitative systematic review	6
Does reciprocal translocation affect the meiotic segregation products of non-translocation chromosomes?	6
How low is too low? Postwash total motile sperm count effect on pregnancy outcomes in intrauterine insemination	6
Venous thromboembolism associated with medically assisted reproduction (MAR): British fertility society policy and practice guidance for assessment and prevention	6
The effect of embryo migration after embryo transfer with fresh oocyte donation cycles on pregnancy outcomes	6
Does non-cavity distorting intramural fibroid affect endometrium around the time of embryo implantation?	6
Should women with high body mass index be denied fertility treatments?	6
The case for reframing known donation	6
15 and 30 min of immobilization after IUI: a randomized control trial	6
Outcome of uterine functional structures protection by fertility preservative PUSH surgery in diffuse adenomyosis	6
Quality of information for oocyte donors on South African donor agency websites: a content analysis	5
Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), placental growth factor (PlGF) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in serum from women undergoing frozen embryo transfer	5
Is the use of IVF add-on treatments driven by patients or clinics? Findings from a UK patient survey	5
Response to Hasdemir et al. (2023) COVID-19 vaccinations on menstrual cycle and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels	5
The effect of COVID-19 vaccinations on menstrual cycle and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels in reproductive age women	5
Sperm donors versus long-term mates: a comparison of preferences of heterosexual and lesbian women	5
Fertility preservation provision in the NHS: a national assessment of care policies	5
Endometriosis affects the number of retrieved oocytes but not early embryonic development and live birth: a retrospective analysis of 716 IVF cycles	5
Human Fertility is moving to open access	5
Changes in the T-helper 1 and 2 cell populations during pregnancy in tacrolimus-treated women with repeated implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss	5
Comparative analysis of pregnancy outcomes in different time intervals following GnRH antagonist stimulation and modified natural frozen-thawed embryo transfers	5
Endometrial compaction is associated with the increased live birth rate in artificial frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles	4
Fertility preservation discussions, referral and follow-up in male-to-female and female-to-male adolescent transgender patients	4
Fertility 2025 Reproduction – Facts, Myths and Evidence 8–11th January 2025 ACC Liverpool The joint conference of the Association of Reproductive & Clinical Scientists, British Fertility Society,	4
‘How did you cope with such concerns?’: insights from a monitored online infertility peer support forum	4
24 years of policy statements, guidelines, and policy and practice articles in Human Fertility	4
Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists	4
Thank you and goodbye!	4
Elevated luteinizing hormone levels during the artificial endometrial preparation cycle do not impact pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer	4
Identification of long non-coding RNA biomarkers and signature scoring, with competing endogenous RNA networks- targeted drug candidates for recurrent implantation failure	4
Fertility knowledge and its related factors among married men and women in Zanjan, Iran	3
Gene pathway analysis of the endometrium at the start of the window of implantation in women with unexplained infertility and unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss: is unexplained recurrent pregnancy l	3
Higher chromosomal abnormality rate in blastocysts from a subset of patients with pericentric inversion (Inv) 1 variant	3
Psychological well-being and family functioning following identity-release gamete donation or standard IVF: follow-up of parents with adolescent children	3
Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes after abnormal hysterosalpingography	3
Effect of vitamin D supplementation on frozen embryo transfer cycle outcomes	3
Simultaneous transfer of one good-quality and one poor-quality cleavage stage embryo does not improve pregnancy outcomes	3
The Association of Irish Clinical Embryologists	3
Predictors and differences in fertility level among Nigerian women of reproductive age: a function of subgroup social norms fertility behaviour	3
Peer reviewers for Human Fertility in 2024	3
Statement of Retraction: Probiotic supplementation and the effects on weight loss, glycaemia and lipid profiles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled	3
Fertility awareness education improves fertility cycle knowledge and may reduce time-to-pregnancy in subfertile women	3
The relationship between endometriosis and diet	3
Research funding for male reproductive health and infertility in the UK and USA [2016 – 2019]	3
Donor-linking provisions in New Zealand: counselling roles, concerns and needs	3
Life satisfaction in parents after successful in vitro fertilization and natural pregnancy: a prospective longitudinal study from before pregnancy to 24 months after chi	3
We want to feel valued: eggs donors’ experiences of donation	2
The effects of tobacco and cannabis use on semen and endocrine parameters in infertile males	2
The role of myo-inositol supplement in assisted reproductive techniques	2

The impact of endometrial scratch performed in mid-luteal phase on the endometrium whole genome transcriptomic profiles in following menstrual cycle	2
The associations of cola intake with adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women after assisted reproductive technology treatment and women naturally conceived: a birth cohort study	2
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and epigenetic modifications in the placenta	2
Enable families with donor-conceived children to tailor their family story. Recommendations for policy and practice regarding legal age limits for accessing donor information in The Netherlands	2
Non-identified and directed embryo donation: a questionnaire study on donor and recipient perspectives	2
Swimming upstream: how theory and interdisciplinary inquiry matter for responsible, empirically robust science	2
Diminished ovarian reserve associates with pregnancy and birth outcomes after IVF: a retrospective cohort study	2
How do IVF patients interpret claims about fertility treatments? A randomised survey experiment	2
The use of ICSI in ART: evidence for practice	2
Adjuvants to prevent reformation of adhesions following adhesiolysis for Asherman syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Do sperm and lubricants gel well with each other? A systematic review	2
The Fertility Education Initiative: responding to the need for enhanced fertility and reproductive health awareness amongst young people in the United Kingdom	2
The paradox of the Italian clinical embryologist in the national public health system: hints towards harmonization of a postgraduate educational curriculum	2
The creation of a solo-mother family – a qualitative study	2
Chromosomal polymorphisms in assisted reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Inequalities in assisted reproduction technology utilisation between the G20 countries	2
Extended families? Contact expectations and experiences of egg donors donating to previously unknown recipients	2
The role of CFTR channel in female infertility	2
Evaluation of PGK2 and ACR proteins in seminal plasma: suggestion of potential new biomarkers for prediction of sperm retrieval in non-obstructive azoospermia patients	2
Donor sperm treatment: the role of semen parameters in intracervical insemination, a retrospective cohort study	2
Impact of body mass index on peripheral and uterine immune status in the window of implantation in patients with recurrent reproductive failure	2
Screening forChlamydia trachomatisand other sexually transmitted infections in the fertility clinic	2
What do families affected by Turner Syndrome think of ovarian tissue freezing in childhood?	2
Is there a relationship between morphokinetic parameters and neonatal sex in fresh embryo transfers?	2
2020 Impact factor	2
The effect of alpha lipoic acid supplementation on sperm functions in idiopathic asthenozoospermic patients: a case-controlled study	2
Longitudinal trends in fertility in women of advanced maternal age in the United States and Sweden from 1935–2018 and comparison to maternal mortality ratios	2
Endometrial receptivity evaluation using hysteroscopic endometrial gland image recognition	2
Effect of female body mass index on intrauterine insemination outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The first 25 years of Human Fertility	2
The future of sperm: a biovariability framework for understanding global sperm count trends	1
Best practice for embryology staffing in HFEA licensed assisted conception centres-guidance from Association of Reproductive & Clinical Scientists	1
Endometrial scratching in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK): a follow-up survey	1
MicroRNA-16 represses granulosa cell proliferation in polycystic ovarian syndrome through inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway by downregulation of Apelin13	1
The use of intrauterine balloon therapy in reproductive medicine and surgery: a guidance for practice	1
The infected blood inquiry report—lessons for gamete donation	1
Psychometric properties of Persian version of the infertile women’s exposure to violence determination scale (IWEVDS)	1
Association of menstrual blood volume and reproductive outcomes in patients with caesarean scar pregnancy managed using uterine artery embolization and curettage	1
Exploring Swedish single women’s decision to choose motherhood through medically assisted reproduction – a qualitative study	1
Make our wellbeing a priority: donor-conceived adults call for ongoing support and conversation about their donor conception	1
Fertility and pregnancy complications following chorioamnionitis	1
Maternal and child-health outcomes in different endometrial preparation methods for frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective study	1
Prevalence of subtle distal Fallopian tube abnormalities and their association with endometriosis in infertility patients: a prospective cohort study	1
Motivations for egg donation to previously unknown recipients: donation as a personal, relational act of giving	1
Y-chromosome haplogroups and Azoospermia Factor (AZF) analysis in Tunisian infertile male	1
The 44 ^th and 45 ^th Meeting of the Human Fertility Editorial Board	1
Ovarian sensitivity index can be used as a more sensitive indicator than follicular output rate to predict IVF/ICSI outcomes in patients of normal expected ovarian response stimulated with GnRH antago	1
Systematic protocol and methodology needed for pre-procedure counselling of elective egg freezing patients in Singapore	1
Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench?	1
Allan Pacey: Thank you from Human Fertility and the BFS	1
Clomiphene citrate priming increases sensitivity during ovarian stimulation in poor ovarian responders undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment: a retrospective cohor	1
The Effect of CoQ10 supplementation on ART treatment and oocyte quality in older women	1
Lessons from 10 years’ experience running the Fiom KID-DNA database, a voluntary DNA-linking register for donor-conceived people and donors in The Netherlands	1
SARS-CoV-2 effects on male reproduction: should men be worried??	1
Switching to intracytoplasmic sperm injection provides no benefit in couples of poor embryonic development in the previous in vitro fertilization cycle	1
Fertility preservation and realignment in transgender women	1
Human Fertility publishes China issue	1
Chinese herbal medicines as complementary therapy to in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer in women with infertility: protocols and applications	1
Fertility preservation decisions in young women with breast cancer: a qualitative study of health care professionals’ views and experiences	1
Cumulative live birth rate of in vitro fertilization cycle via progestin-primed ovarian stimulation versus gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol in infertile women with normal ovarian res	1
Hysteroscopicmetroplasty as a treatment option for women with congenital dysmorphic uterus suffering from impaired reproductive performance	1
Providers’ attitudes towards payment to egg donors: an international survey	1
Does egg-sharing negatively impact on the chance of the donor or recipient achieving a live birth?	1
Influence of delayed blastulation and expansion grade on clinical outcomes of high-quality blastocyst transfer: an analysis of 1751 frozen-thawed cycles	1
Royal College of Nursing: Fertility Nursing Forum	1
Clinical features of isolated Fallopian tube torsion: evidence from a large series	1
Risk of embryo aneuploidy is affected by the increase in sperm DNA damage in recurrent implantation failure patients under ICSI-CGH array cycles	1
What do Sunni Muslims think about religiously forbidden reproductive options?	1
The voice of infertility: a review of fertility podcasts	1
FSH administration at 12-hour intervals for the first 2 days, combined with mandatory GnRH-agonist trigger and blastocyst vitrification in women (<80Kg) with high AMH levels, results in higher cumu	1
Can a lack of knowledge of the ovulatory cycle result in primary infertility? Evidence from selected South Asian countries	1
Digital support tools for fertility patients – a narrative systematic review	1
Cost-effectiveness modelling of three different hysterosalpingography diagnostic strategies in addition to standard fertility management for couples with unexplained infertility in the United Kingdom	1
British Fertility Society	1
Reproductive outcomes in patients with high levels of sperm DNA fragmentation using testicular sperm for intracytoplasmic injection: a retrospective analysis	1
Pathways that determine the fertility of sedente and migrant Oraon populations of Eastern India: a structural equation modelling approach	1
The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective	1