Abigail Ward

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Abigail Ward is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Abigail Ward has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Abigail Ward's work include Malaria Research and Control (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers). Abigail Ward is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (7 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (3 papers). Abigail Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Myanmar. Abigail Ward's co-authors include Justin M Cohen, Bruno Moonen, Oliver Sabot, David L. Smith, Gavin Yamey, Chris Cotter, Arnaud Le Menach, Christopher Lourenço, Kathleen Maloney and Deepika Kandula and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Patient Education and Counseling.

In The Last Decade

Abigail Ward

16 papers receiving 476 citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes

2012 352 citations Justin M Cohen, David L. Smith et al. Malaria Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abigail Ward United States	8	374	101	61	57	32	16	493
Simon P. Kigozi Uganda	13	481 1.3×	105 1.0×	83 1.4×	81 1.4×	34 1.1×	25	567
Sónia Enosse Mozambique	15	562 1.5×	86 0.9×	100 1.6×	101 1.8×	26 0.8×	30	683
Mame Birame Diouf United States	10	316 0.8×	138 1.4×	55 0.9×	37 0.6×	27 0.8×	16	530
Denis Rubahika Uganda	12	343 0.9×	149 1.5×	47 0.8×	45 0.8×	18 0.6×	12	416
Gebre Ab Barnabas Ethiopia	7	253 0.7×	86 0.9×	44 0.7×	49 0.9×	8 0.3×	13	378
Renuka Kunte India	8	218 0.6×	45 0.4×	68 1.1×	71 1.2×	31 1.0×	24	364
Andy Bauleni Malawi	12	449 1.2×	174 1.7×	47 0.8×	95 1.7×	25 0.8×	22	553
Taye Gari Ethiopia	16	307 0.8×	145 1.4×	128 2.1×	46 0.8×	21 0.7×	35	568
Kafula Silumbe Zambia	13	419 1.1×	153 1.5×	57 0.9×	70 1.2×	30 0.9×	27	503
Monica P. Shah United States	12	368 1.0×	130 1.3×	31 0.5×	80 1.4×	10 0.3×	27	465

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abigail Ward

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16 of 16 papers shown

Lam, Felix, Jimmy Opigo, Rodger W. Stringham, et al.. (2024). Assessing availability, prices, and market share of quality-assured malaria ACT and RDT in the private retail sector in Nigeria and Uganda. Malaria Journal. 23(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Maharaj, Rajendra, et al.. (2023). The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on malaria transmission in South Africa. Malaria Journal. 22(1). 107–107. 4 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail, et al.. (2022). Key factors associated with malaria infection among patients seeking care through the public sector in endemic townships of Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 86–86. 7 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail, et al.. (2021). Factors associated with the decline of malaria in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region between 2013 and 2017. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 20470–20470. 5 indexed citations

Yen, Renata W., Marie‐Anne Durand, Sarah Cohen, et al.. (2020). Text-only and picture conversation aids both supported shared decision making for breast cancer surgery: Analysis from a cluster randomized trial. Patient Education and Counseling. 103(11). 2235–2243. 11 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail, et al.. (2020). The optimal surface for delivery of CPR: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation. 155. 159–164. 15 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail, Kathleen Maloney, Charles Opondo, et al.. (2019). Seasonal malaria chemoprevention packaged with malnutrition prevention in northern Nigeria: A pragmatic trial (SMAMP study) with nested case-control. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210692–e0210692. 13 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail, Patricia van den Berg, & Richard Body. (2019). 014 Shared decision making: T-MACS choice for chest pain patients in the ED. Emergency Medicine Journal. 36(12). 779–780. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Abigail & Richard Body. (2017). BET 2: Sharing decisions for patients with suspected cardiac chest pain in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal. 34(12). 854–857. 2 indexed citations

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Maloney, Kathleen, Abigail Ward, Theodoor Visser, et al.. (2017). Expanding access to parasite-based malaria diagnosis through retail drug shops in Tanzania: evidence from a randomized trial and implications for treatment. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 6–6. 27 indexed citations

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Klassen, Ann C., et al.. (2015). The association of area-level social class and tobacco use with adverse breast cancer characteristics among white and black women: evidence from Maryland, 1992–2003. International Journal of Health Geographics. 14(1). 13–13. 12 indexed citations

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Ward, Abigail, et al.. (2014). Price subsidies increase the use of private sector ACTs: evidence from a systematic review. Health Policy and Planning. 30(3). 397–405. 25 indexed citations

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Lourenço, Christopher, et al.. (2014). Strengthening malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment in Namibia: a test of case management training interventions in Kavango Region. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 508–508. 13 indexed citations

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Ward, Abigail. (2014). “Word people”: a conversation with David Dabydeen. Atlantic Studies. 11(1). 30–46. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Justin M, David L. Smith, Chris Cotter, et al.. (2012). Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes. Malaria Journal. 11(1). 122–122. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ward, Abigail & J. F. Pickering. (1981). Preliminary testing of the explanatory power of the EEC consumer attitudes survey in the United Kingdom. Applied Economics. 13(1). 19–34. 4 indexed citations

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