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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Does male fertility-related quality of life differ when undergoing evaluation by reproductive urologist versus reproductive endocrinologist?	24
DNA damage in prepared semen is negatively associated with semen quality and fertilisation rate in assisted reproduction technology (ART) treatment	17
Obstetric and perinatal outcomes of singleton pregnancy from donated frozen versus fresh oocytes	14
Identification of potential key genes related to idiopathic male infertility using RNA-sequencing data: an in-silico approach	12
Early or late response in poor responders: does it make a difference in cycle outcome?	12
Weekday vs. weekend oocyte retrievals: is there a difference?	12
Is intrauterine hematoma associated with adverse pregnancy and obstetric outcomes of ART singletons? A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
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
‘Womb for work' experiences of Thai women and gestational surrogacy practice in Thailand	10
Young adult’s views on using a poster to learn about fertility: redesigning the fertility education poster	10
Similar implantation competence in euploid blastocysts developed on day 5 or day 6 in young women: a retrospective cohort study	9
Comparing infertility-related stress, coping, and quality of life among assisted reproductive technology and non-assisted reproductive technology treatments	9
Going going gone! has Covid really gone?	9
Investigation of motivations for depositing sperm during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Management of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in females	9
List of Human Fertility reviewers (1st June 2021–31st May 2022)	9
Nuclear sperm integrity and ICSI prognosis in Tunisian patients with MMAF syndrome (multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella)	8
Celebrating the peer reviewers of Human Fertility (2005–2022)	8
British Infertility Counselling Association Registered Charity No 803743 www.bica.net	8
Prediction of clinical pregnancy outcome after single fresh blastocyst transfer during in vitro fertilization: an ensemble learning perspective	7
The microbiome and male infertility: looking into the past to move forward	7
Should women with high body mass index be denied fertility treatments?	7
The case for reframing known donation	6
How do coping strategies influence fertility-related information seeking/avoidance?	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	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
Comprehensive bioinformation analysis of differentially expressed genes in recurrent pregnancy loss	6
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility care: a qualitative systematic review	6
Venous thromboembolism associated with medically assisted reproduction (MAR): British fertility society policy and practice guidance for assessment and prevention	6
How low is too low? Postwash total motile sperm count effect on pregnancy outcomes in intrauterine insemination	6
Does reciprocal translocation affect the meiotic segregation products of non-translocation chromosomes?	6
15 and 30 min of immobilization after IUI: a randomized control trial	6
Endometriosis affects the number of retrieved oocytes but not early embryonic development and live birth: a retrospective analysis of 716 IVF cycles	5
DuoStim protocol- a novel fertility preservation strategy for female oncology patients	5
Fertility preservation provision in the NHS: a national assessment of care policies	5
Comparative analysis of pregnancy outcomes in different time intervals following GnRH antagonist stimulation and modified natural frozen-thawed embryo transfers	5
Thank you and goodbye!	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
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
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	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
Simultaneous transfer of one good-quality and one poor-quality cleavage stage embryo does not improve pregnancy outcomes	4
‘How did you cope with such concerns?’: insights from a monitored online infertility peer support forum	4
Endometrial compaction is associated with the increased live birth rate in artificial frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles	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
Identification of long non-coding RNA biomarkers and signature scoring, with competing endogenous RNA networks- targeted drug candidates for recurrent implantation failure	4
Fertility preservation discussions, referral and follow-up in male-to-female and female-to-male adolescent transgender patients	4
24 years of policy statements, guidelines, and policy and practice articles in Human Fertility	4
Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists	4
The relationship between endometriosis and diet	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
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
Psychological well-being and family functioning following identity-release gamete donation or standard IVF: follow-up of parents with adolescent children	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
The Association of Irish Clinical Embryologists	3
Peer reviewers for Human Fertility in 2024	3
Fertility awareness education improves fertility cycle knowledge and may reduce time-to-pregnancy in subfertile women	3
Donor-linking provisions in New Zealand: counselling roles, concerns and needs	3
Research funding for male reproductive health and infertility in the UK and USA [2016 – 2019]	3
Effect of vitamin D supplementation on frozen embryo transfer cycle outcomes	3
Fertility knowledge and its related factors among married men and women in Zanjan, Iran	3
Higher chromosomal abnormality rate in blastocysts from a subset of patients with pericentric inversion (Inv) 1 variant	3
Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes after abnormal hysterosalpingography	3
Predictors and differences in fertility level among Nigerian women of reproductive age: a function of subgroup social norms fertility behaviour	3
The first 25 years of Human Fertility	2
Donor sperm treatment: the role of semen parameters in intracervical insemination, a retrospective cohort study	2
Diminished ovarian reserve associates with pregnancy and birth outcomes after IVF: a retrospective cohort study	2
What do families affected by Turner Syndrome think of ovarian tissue freezing in childhood?	2

Do sperm and lubricants gel well with each other? A systematic review	2
Fertility preservation and realignment in transgender women	2
British Fertility Society	2
Effect of female body mass index on intrauterine insemination outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
We want to feel valued: eggs donors’ experiences of donation	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 role of myo-inositol supplement in assisted reproductive techniques	2
The effects of tobacco and cannabis use on semen and endocrine parameters in infertile males	2
The paradox of the Italian clinical embryologist in the national public health system: hints towards harmonization of a postgraduate educational curriculum	2
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and epigenetic modifications in the placenta	2
Endometrial receptivity evaluation using hysteroscopic endometrial gland image recognition	2
The role of CFTR channel in female infertility	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
Cost-effectiveness modelling of three different hysterosalpingography diagnostic strategies in addition to standard fertility management for couples with unexplained infertility in the United Kingdom	2
Fertility and pregnancy complications following chorioamnionitis	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
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
A qualitative study of Australian adolescent perceptions of fertility and infertility	2
The use of ICSI in ART: evidence for practice	2
Impact of body mass index on peripheral and uterine immune status in the window of implantation in patients with recurrent reproductive failure	2
Is there a relationship between morphokinetic parameters and neonatal sex in fresh embryo transfers?	2
Inequalities in assisted reproduction technology utilisation between the G20 countries	2
The creation of a solo-mother family – a qualitative study	2
Non-identified and directed embryo donation: a questionnaire study on donor and recipient perspectives	2
Extended families? Contact expectations and experiences of egg donors donating to previously unknown recipients	2
Chromosomal polymorphisms in assisted reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Fertility preservation decisions in young women with breast cancer: a qualitative study of health care professionals’ views and experiences	2
Exploring Swedish single women’s decision to choose motherhood through medically assisted reproduction – a qualitative study	2
Screening forChlamydia trachomatisand other sexually transmitted infections in the fertility clinic	2
Swimming upstream: how theory and interdisciplinary inquiry matter for responsible, empirically robust science	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
Adjuvants to prevent reformation of adhesions following adhesiolysis for Asherman syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
How do IVF patients interpret claims about fertility treatments? A randomised survey experiment	2
The impact of endometrial scratch performed in mid-luteal phase on the endometrium whole genome transcriptomic profiles in following menstrual cycle	2
The effect of alpha lipoic acid supplementation on sperm functions in idiopathic asthenozoospermic patients: a case-controlled study	2
The infected blood inquiry report—lessons for gamete donation	1
The effectiveness of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCs) in preventing persistent corpus luteal cysts following oocyte retrieval: a randomized controlled trial	1
A matter of choice? – patient decision-making and support in non-euploid embryo transfers	1
The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective	1
The voice of infertility: a review of fertility podcasts	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
Allan Pacey: Thank you from Human Fertility and the BFS	1
Clinical features of isolated Fallopian tube torsion: evidence from a large series	1
Switching to intracytoplasmic sperm injection provides no benefit in couples of poor embryonic development in the previous in vitro fertilization cycle	1
Best practice for embryology staffing in HFEA licensed assisted conception centres-guidance from Association of Reproductive & Clinical Scientists	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
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
Psychometric properties of Persian version of the infertile women’s exposure to violence determination scale (IWEVDS)	1
Maternal and child-health outcomes in different endometrial preparation methods for frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective study	1
Does egg-sharing negatively impact on the chance of the donor or recipient achieving a live birth?	1
Providers’ attitudes towards payment to egg donors: an international survey	1
Hysteroscopicmetroplasty as a treatment option for women with congenital dysmorphic uterus suffering from impaired reproductive performance	1
Systematic protocol and methodology needed for pre-procedure counselling of elective egg freezing patients in Singapore	1
The 44 ^th and 45 ^th Meeting of the Human Fertility Editorial Board	1
The use of intrauterine balloon therapy in reproductive medicine and surgery: a guidance for practice	1
MicroRNA-16 represses granulosa cell proliferation in polycystic ovarian syndrome through inhibition of the PI3K/Akt pathway by downregulation of Apelin13	1
Motivations for egg donation to previously unknown recipients: donation as a personal, relational act of giving	1
Association of menstrual blood volume and reproductive outcomes in patients with caesarean scar pregnancy managed using uterine artery embolization and curettage	1
Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench?	1
Influence of delayed blastulation and expansion grade on clinical outcomes of high-quality blastocyst transfer: an analysis of 1751 frozen-thawed cycles	1
SARS-CoV-2 effects on male reproduction: should men be worried??	1
Digital support tools for fertility patients – a narrative systematic review	1
Human Fertility publishes China issue	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
Optimising the screening for haemoglobinopathies in pregnancy planning	1
Royal College of Nursing: Fertility Nursing Forum	1
Endometrial scratching in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK): a follow-up survey	1
Clomiphene citrate priming increases sensitivity during ovarian stimulation in poor ovarian responders undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment: a retrospective cohor	1
Prevalence of subtle distal Fallopian tube abnormalities and their association with endometriosis in infertility patients: a prospective cohort study	1
Can a lack of knowledge of the ovulatory cycle result in primary infertility? Evidence from selected South Asian countries	1
Reproductive outcomes in patients with high levels of sperm DNA fragmentation using testicular sperm for intracytoplasmic injection: a retrospective analysis	1
Make our wellbeing a priority: donor-conceived adults call for ongoing support and conversation about their donor conception	1
The Effect of CoQ10 supplementation on ART treatment and oocyte quality in older women	1
Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies following medicated, stimulated and natural, frozen embryo transfer cycles: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Chinese herbal medicines as complementary therapy to in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer in women with infertility: protocols and applications	1