International Breastfeeding Journal

Papers
(The TQCC of International Breastfeeding Journal is 9. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on exclusive breastfeeding in non-infected mothers68
Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic – a literature review for clinical practice64
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in East Africa: a systematic review47
Breastfeeding mothers with COVID-19 infection: a case series46
Nutritional supplements and mother’s milk composition: a systematic review of interventional studies32
The relationship between perceived milk supply and exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months postpartum: a cross-sectional study31
Circadian changes in the composition of human milk macronutrients depending on pregnancy duration: a cross-sectional study26
Oropharyngeal administration of colostrum for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis in preterm infants with gestational age ≤ 32 weeks: a pilot single-center randomized controlled24
Effectiveness of a smartphone-based educational intervention to improve breastfeeding24
Interventions to promote exclusive breastfeeding among young mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis24
Does breastfeeding protect children from COVID-19? An observational study from pediatric services in Majorca, Spain24
Examining supports and barriers to breastfeeding through a socio-ecological lens: a qualitative study24
Are our babies off to a healthy start? The state of implementation of the Global strategy for infant and young child feeding in Europe24
Psychosocial barriers and enablers of exclusive breastfeeding: lived experiences of mothers in low-income townships, North West Province, South Africa23
Effectiveness of biological nurturing on early breastfeeding problems: a randomized controlled trial23
Examining working mothers’ experience of exclusive breastfeeding in Ghana23
Breastfed 13 month-old infant of a mother with COVID-19 pneumonia: a case report23
Dietary patterns and their association with breast milk macronutrient composition among lactating women22
Knowledge, attitude, motivation and planning of breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study among Jordanian women22
A review of the disruption of breastfeeding supports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in five Western countries and applications for clinical practice22
Associations between breastfeeding and cognitive function in children from early childhood to school age: a prospective birth cohort study20
Prelacteal feeding practices in Pakistan: a mixed-methods study20
Barriers and facilitators to breastfeeding during the immediate and one month postpartum periods, among Mexican women: a mixed methods approach20
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months in China: a cross-sectional study20
Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding in Spain: a cohort study19
The impact of coronavirus outbreak on breastfeeding guidelines among Brazilian hospitals and maternity services: a cross-sectional study19
Intermittent kangaroo mother care and the practice of breastfeeding late preterm infants: results from four hospitals in different provinces of China19
The role of prenatal food insecurity on breastfeeding behaviors: findings from the United States pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system19
Achieving global targets on breastfeeding in Thailand: gap analysis and solutions19
Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding in health facilities: secondary analysis of Bangladesh demographic and health survey 201419
A systematic review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to exclusive breastfeeding practice in sub-Saharan African countries19
Exploring the barriers and facilitators to the acceptability of donor human milk in eastern Uganda – a qualitative study18
The economic benefits of increasing breastfeeding rates in Spain18
Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care18
Understanding breastfeeding behaviours: a cross-sectional analysis of associated factors in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia18
Efficacy of behavioral interventions to improve maternal mental health and breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review18
Exclusive breastfeeding during the 40-day rest period and at six months in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study17
Factors that influence mothers’ prenatal decision to breastfeed in Spain17
Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK15
Barriers and challenges of infant feeding in disasters in middle- and high-income countries15
Evaluating antenatal breastmilk expression outcomes: a scoping review15
Early feeding practices and associated factors in Sudan: a cross-sectional analysis from multiple Indicator cluster survey14
Socioeconomic inequalities in early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh: findings from the 2018 demographic and health survey14
Association between breastfeeding and new mothers’ sleep: a unique Australian time use study14
Adaptation and validation of the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale and the breastfeeding knowledge questionnaire for use in an Ethiopian setting14
Prenatal breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and intention, and their associations with feeding practices during the first six months of life: a cohort study in Lebanon and Qatar14
A prospective cohort study on lactation status and breastfeeding challenges in mothers giving birth to preterm infants14
Helpful and challenging aspects of breastfeeding in public for women living in Australia, Ireland and Sweden: a cross-sectional study14
Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk13
Breastfeeding may have a long-term effect on oral microbiota: results from the Fin-HIT cohort13
Association of prenatal counselling and immediate postnatal support with early initiation of breastfeeding in Uttar Pradesh, India13
Factors associated with abandoning exclusive breastfeeding in Mexican mothers at two private hospitals13
Breastfeeding experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain:a qualitative study13
Realities and challenges of breastfeeding policy in the context of HIV: a qualitative study on community perspectives on facilitators and barriers related to breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers i13
Breastfeeding practices among Syrian refugees in Turkey13
Positive breastfeeding experiences and facilitators in mothers of preterm and low birthweight infants: a meta-ethnographic review12
Exclusive breastfeeding patterns in Tanzania: Do individual, household, or community factors matter?12
Maternal nutritional status and child feeding practices: a retrospective study in Santal communities, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India12
Vulnerable families and costly formula: a qualitative exploration of infant formula purchasing among peri-urban Peruvian households12
Factors associated with post NICU discharge exclusive breastfeeding rate and duration amongst first time mothers of preterm infants in Shanghai: a longitudinal cohort study12
Corporate political activity of the baby food industry: the example of Nestlé in the United States of America12
Management of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in lactation: case report and review of the literature12
Good practices in perinatal care and breastfeeding protection during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a national situation analysis among BFHI maternity hospitals in Spain12
The effect of donor human milk on the length of hospital stay in very low birthweight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Randomized clinical trial of the effect of the onset time of skin-to-skin contact at birth, immediate compared to early, on the duration of breastfeeding in full term newborns11
Impact of cesarean section on timely initiation of breastfeeding in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia11
Prevalence of and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among women with children aged < 24 months in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania: a community-based cross-sectional st11
Maternal and child factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa11
Relationship between maternal body mass index with the onset of breastfeeding and its associated problems: an online survey11
Recommendations for breastfeeding during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic11
Prenatal infant feeding intentions and actual feeding practices during the first six months postpartum in rural Rwanda: a qualitative, longitudinal cohort study11
Effects of baby-friendly practices on breastfeeding duration in China: a case-control study11
“If I have money, I cannot allow my baby to breastfeed only …” barriers and facilitators to scale-up of peer counselling for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda11
Perinatal psychological interventions to promote breastfeeding: a narrative review10
The effect of breastfeeding education with grandmothers’ attendance on breastfeeding self-efficacy and infant feeding pattern in Iranian primiparous women: a quasi-experimental pilot study10
Acceptability of donor breastmilk banking among health workers: a cross-sectional survey in Zimbabwean urban settings10
Maternal satisfaction with breastfeeding in the first month postpartum and associated factors10
Feeding in the first six months of life is associated with the probability of having bronchiolitis: a cohort study in Spain10
A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) Practices in Wajir County, Kenya10
Reported infant feeding practices and contextual influences on breastfeeding: qualitative interviews with women registered to MomConnect in three South African provinces10
Exposure to marketing of breastmilk substitutes in Mexican women: Sources and scope10
Expression profiles of hsa-miR-148a-3p and hsa-miR-125b-5p in human breast milk and infant formulae10
Barriers for early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding up to six months in predominantly rural Sri Lanka: a need to strengthen policy implementation10
The estimated incidence of lactational breast abscess and description of its management by percutaneous aspiration at the Douala General Hospital, Cameroon10
Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert10
Calcium, zinc, and vitamin D in breast milk: a systematic review and meta-analysis9
Self-efficacy, support and sustainability – a qualitative study of the experience of establishing breastfeeding for first-time Australian mothers following early discharge9
Maternal experience of intimate partner violence is associated with suboptimal breastfeeding practices in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia: insights from a DHS analysis9
Improving breastfeeding support through the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives: a scoping review9
Knowledge and practice of induction of lactation in trans women among professionals working in trans health9
Predicting risk of early discontinuation of exclusive breastfeeding at a Brazilian referral hospital for high-risk neonates and infants: a decision-tree analysis9
Macronutrient, immunoglobulin a and total antioxidant capacity profiles of human milk from 1 to 24 months: a cross-sectional study in Thailand9
Prevalence and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among rural mothers of infants less than six months of age in Southern Nations, Nationalities, Peoples (SNNP) and Tigray regions, Ethiopi9
What does early initiation and duration of breastfeeding have to do with childhood mortality? Analysis of pooled population-based data in 35 sub-Saharan African countries9
Comparing breastfeeding experiences between mothers spending the traditional Chinese confinement period in a confinement centre and those staying at home: a cohort study9
Role of human milk banks amid COVID 19: perspective from a milk bank in India9
Early essential newborn care is associated with increased breastfeeding: a quasi-experimental study from Sichuan Province of Western China9
Work and breast milk feeding: a qualitative exploration of the experience of lactating mothers working in ready made garments factories in urban Bangladesh9
Experiences of workplace breastfeeding in a provincial government setting: a qualitative exploratory study among managers and mothers in South Africa9
Determinants of low breastfeeding self-efficacy amongst mothers of children aged less than six months: results from the BADUTA study in East Java, Indonesia9
Skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding practices in Nigeria: a study of socioeconomic inequalities9
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