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Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Family Planning 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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An Assessment of Third‐Party Reporting of Close Ties to Measure Sensitive Behaviors: The Confidante Method to Measure Abortion Incidence in Ethiopia and Uganda	29
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Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi	23
Measuring Family Planning Provider Bias: A Discrete Choice Experiment among Burkinabé, Pakistani, and Tanzanian Providers	20
“I Was Confident From the Bottom of My Heart That I Will be Fine With These Medicines”: Qualitative Analysis of Decision‐Making Around Self‐Managed Abortion Trajectories in India	18
People, Rights, and Choices: Keeping the Promise of the ICPD Programme of Action Alive	18
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Interrupted Access to and Use of Family Planning Among Youth in a Community‐Based Service in Zimbabwe During the First Year of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	14
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Women's Perspectives on the Unique Benefits and Challenges of Self‐Injectable Contraception: A Four‐Country In‐Depth Interview Study in Sub‐Saharan Africa	14
Barriers and Enablers Influencing Women's Adoption and Continuation of Vaginally Inserted Contraceptive Methods: A Literature Review	13
Is the Decision Not to Use Contraception an Indicator of Reproductive Agency?	13
How Interviewers Affect Responses to Sensitive Questions on the Justification for Wife Beating, the Refusal to have Conjugal Sex, and Domestic Violence in India	12
Feasibility and Acceptability of LNG 1.5 mg as an On‐Demand Pericoital Contraceptive in Ghana	12
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Child Marriage, Reproductive Outcomes, and Service Utilization among Young Afghan Women: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey in Afghanistan	11
A Welcome Message from the New Editors	11
There's an App for That: Exploring the Market for Contraceptive Fertility Tracking Apps in the Philippines	10
Contraceptive Intentions and Use throughout the Extended Postpartum Period: A Panel Study in Ethiopia	10
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Intention to Use Contraception: Promises and Pitfalls of Family Planning's Emerging Demand Indicator	9
Exploring Multiple Measures of Pregnancy Preferences and Their Relationship with Postpartum Contraceptive Uptake Using Longitudinal Data from PMA Ethiopia	9
Does Provider Bias Affect Choice of a Facility for Family Planning Services by Women in Urban Senegal?	9

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A “Plus” Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts of an Integrated Intervention Layered onto A National Social Protection Program on Sexual Behavior and Health Seeking among Tanzania's Youth	9
Family Planning in the Sierra Leone Ebola Outbreak: Women's Proximal and Distal Reasoning	9
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Estimating Incidence of Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Refugee Settlements in Uganda	8
Early Childbearing and Child Marriage: An Update	8
Mothers Time: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of a Community‐Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention on Postpartum Mental Health and Family Planning in Northwest Ethiopia	8
Need for Standardized Measure of Modern Method Availability: Assessment of Indicators Using Health Facility Data from Three Country Contexts	8
Big Data and AI in Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Comment	7
A Girl and a Boy, Are a Bundle of Joy: A Rise in Gender‐Equitable Fertility Preferences in India	7
Evaluating Contraceptive Empowerment Among Women and Girls in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Validation of the Women's and Girls’ Empowerment in Sexual and Reproductive Health (WGE‐SRH) Index Contraceptive Empow	7
Measuring Fertility Intentions During Times of Crisis: An Example Using Survey Data Amid the Covid‐19 Pandemic	7
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi: A Qualitative Analysis	6
Contraceptive Use Before and After Abortion: A Cross‐Sectional Study from Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire	6
Child Marriage in Mainland China	6
The Impact of Mass Media‐Delivered Family Planning Campaigns in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Meta‐Analysis of Advertising and Entertainment‐Education Format Effects	5
Person‐Centered Measurement: Ensuring Prioritization of Individuals’ Values, Needs, and Preferences Within the Global Contraceptive Measurement Ecosystem	5
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The Educational Differentiation of African Birth Timing	5
Abortion Legalization in Uruguay: Effects on Adolescent Fertility	5
The Global Adolescent Fertility Decline is Counteracted by Increasing Teen Births in Sub‐Saharan Africa	5
Adapting and Validating the G‐NORM (Gender Norms Scale) in Nepal: An Examination of How Gender Norms Are Associated with Agency and Reproductive Health Outcomes	4
Validation and Assessment of a Tool to Measure Psychosocial Readiness to Use Modern Contraceptives among Women in Tigray, Ethiopia	4
Women, Girls, and the Climate Crisis: Advancing Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender Equality in Climate Policies at ICPD+30	4
Meeting Preferences for Specific Contraceptive Methods: An Overdue Indicator	4
Effects of Performance‐Based Financing on Availability, Quality, and Use of Family Planning Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Impact Evaluation	4
Alignment between Desires and Outcomes among Women Wanting to Avoid Pregnancy: A Global Comparative Study of “Conditional” Unintended Pregnancy Rates	4
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Stop or Switch: Correlates of Stopping Use or Switching Contraceptive Methods While Wanting to Avoid Pregnancy in 48 Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries	4
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Measuring Unmet Need for Contraception Using a Person‐Centered Algorithm: An Application With a Community‐Based Sample of Married Rohingya Women in Bangladesh	3
The Relationships between Drought Exposure, Fertility Preferences, and Contraceptive Behaviors: A Multicountry Study	3
Validation and Predictive Utility of a Person‐Centered Quality of Contraceptive Counseling (QCC‐10) Scale in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Multicountry Study of Family Planning Clients and a New Indicator for	3
Access to Higher Education and Adolescent Fertility in Chile	3
Contraceptive Method Skew in India 1992–2016: Analysis Using a New Method Skew Index	3
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The State of Person‐Centered Measurement for Family Planning Need and Use: A Scoping Review	3
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya	2
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Changes in Latin American and Caribbean Household Structure Amidst Fertility Decline, 1960–2020	2
New Measures for Family Planning and Exposure to Risk of Pregnancy Based on Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use Data	2
Are Contraceptive Method Preferences Stable? Measuring Change in the Preferred Method among Kenyan Women	2
Characteristics Associated with Reliability in Reporting of Contraceptive Use: Assessing the Reliability of the Contraceptive Calendar in Seven Countries	2
Indicators for Reproductive Violence: A Systematized Review to Develop a Multilevel Measurement Framework	2
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The Stability of Child Fostering in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Case of Senegal	2
Reproductive Autonomy in Fertility Research in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review	2
Gifting Relationships and School Dropout in Rural Malawi: Examining Differences by Gender and Poverty Level	1
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Modeling Contraception and Pregnancy in Malawi: A Thanzi La Onse Mathematical Modeling Study	1
Unwanted Family Planning: Prevalence Estimates for 56 Countries	1
Preference‐Aligned Fertility Management as a Person‐Centered Alternative to Contraceptive Use‐Focused Measures	1
Capitalizing on Population Dynamics 30 Years on from the International Conference on Population and Development	1
Measuring Contraceptive Autonomy at Two Sites in Burkina Faso: A First Attempt to Measure a Novel Family Planning Indicator	1
How Do Women Learn They Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Awareness in Nepal	1
Unwanted Family Planning Including Unwanted Sterilization: Preliminary Prevalence Estimates for India	1