Andrew Mertens

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew Mertens is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Mertens has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Andrew Mertens's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 papers). Andrew Mertens is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 papers). Andrew Mertens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and United Kingdom. Andrew Mertens's co-authors include Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Rebecca M. Niemiec, Jerry J. Vaske, Stephen P. Luby, Amy J. Pickering, Audrie Lin and Pavani K. Ram and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Mertens

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

2018 385 citations Clair Null, Christine P. Stewart et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Associations between floor material and E. coli contamination in rural Bangladeshi households 2025 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·(unknown), M. S. Islam, Amy J. Pickering, Laura H. Kwong, Andrew Mertens, (unknown), Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, (unknown), Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Ayşe Ercümen	0
2	Time-specific bidirectional links between the maternal microbiome, milk composition, and infant gut microbiota 2025 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·(unknown), Kelsey Fehr, Laéticia Céline Toe, Lindsay H. Allen, Lars Bode, Daniela Hampel, (unknown), Andrew Mertens, Bianca Robertson, Chloe Yonemitsu, Bruno De Meulenaer, Carl Lachat, Justin L. Sonnenburg, Meghan B. Azad, (unknown)	0
3	Geographic pair matching in large-scale cluster randomized trials 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Benjamin F. Arnold, (unknown), Christine Tedijanto, Sammy M. Njenga, Mahbubur Rahman, Ayşe Ercümen, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Audrie Lin, Charles D. Arnold, Kishor Kumar Das, Christine P. Stewart, Clair Null, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard, Jade Benjamin‐Chung	2
4	Improved Child Feces Management Mediates Reductions in Childhood Diarrhea from an On-Site Sanitation Intervention: Causal Mediation Analysis of a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Rural Bangladesh 2024 ·Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health ·(unknown), Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Alan Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayşe Ercümen	0
5	Predicting Long COVID in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative Using Super Learner: Cohort Study 2024 ·JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ·(unknown), (unknown), Haodong Li, Jeremy Coyle, (unknown), Rachael V. Phillips, Andrew Mertens, Romain Pirracchio, Mark J. van der Laan, Rena C. Patel, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard	1
6	How age and sex affect treatment outcomes for children with severe malnutrition: A multi‐country secondary data analysis 2023 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Susan Thurstans, Charles Opondo, Jeanette Bailey, Heather Stobaugh, (unknown), Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Andrew Seal, Mark Myatt, André Briend, Michel Garenne, Andrew Mertens, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Rebecca Sear, Marko Kerac	1
7	Who will encourage a sustainable diet? Understanding the psychological predictors of relational organizing 2023 ·Sustainability Science ·Megan S. Jones, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Mertens, Gregg Sparkman	7
8	Assessing sustained uptake of latrine and child feces management interventions: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh 1–3.5 years after intervention initiation 2023 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·Mahfuza Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi, Leanne Unicomb, (unknown), Andrew Mertens, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby, Ayşe Ercümen	2
9	How Can Nutrition Research Better Reflect the Relationship Between Wasting and Stunting in Children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project 2022 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Kate Sadler, Philip James, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, André Briend, Sheila Isanaka, Andrew Mertens, Mark Myatt, Kieran S. O’Brien, Patrick Webb, Tanya Khara, Jonathan C. K. Wells	14
10	Evaluating the robustness of targeted maximum likelihood estimators via realistic simulations in nutrition intervention trials 2022 ·Statistics in Medicine ·Haodong Li, Sonali Rosete, Jeremy Coyle, Rachael V. Phillips, Nima S. Hejazi, Ivana Malenica, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Andrew Mertens, John M. Colford, Mark J. van der Laan, Alan Hubbard	8
11	Evaluation of an on-site sanitation intervention against childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory infection 1 to 3.5 years after implementation: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·(unknown), Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Alan Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayşe Ercümen	7
12	Household finished flooring and soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections among children in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: a prospective cohort study 2021 ·The Lancet Global Health ·Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Yoshika S. Crider, Andrew Mertens, Ayşe Ercümen, Amy J. Pickering, Audrie Lin, Lauren Steinbaum, Jenna M. Swarthout, Mahbubur Rahman, Sarker Masud Parvez, Rashidul Haque, Sammy M. Njenga, Jimmy Kihara, Clair Null, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Benjamin F. Arnold	22
13	Substantial underestimation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the United States 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Sean L. Wu, Andrew Mertens, Yoshika S. Crider, Anna Nguyen, Nolan N. Pokpongkiat, Stephanie Djajadi, Anmol Seth, Michelle S. Hsiang, John M. Colford, Art Reingold, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Jade Benjamin‐Chung	241
14	Associations between High Temperature, Heavy Rainfall, and Diarrhea among Young Children in Rural Tamil Nadu, India: A Prospective Cohort Study 2019 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Andrew Mertens, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Paramasivan Rajkumar, (unknown), Durairaj Natesan, Alan Hubbard, Ranjiv Khush, John M. Colford, Benjamin F. Arnold	40
15	Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial breakdown → 2018 ·The Lancet Global Health ·Clair Null, Christine P. Stewart, Amy J. Pickering, Holly N. Dentz, Benjamin F. Arnold, Charles D. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Thomas Clasen, Kathryn G. Dewey, Lia C. H. Fernald, Alan Hubbard, Patricia Kariger, Audrie Lin, Stephen P. Luby, Andrew Mertens, Sammy M. Njenga, (unknown), Pavani K. Ram, John M. Colford	385
16	WASH Benefits Analysis of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Outcomes 2017 ·OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) ·(unknown), Audrie Lin, Andrew Mertens	1
17	Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on telomere length among children in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh 2017 ·eLife ·Audrie Lin, Benjamin F. Arnold, Andrew Mertens, Jue Lin, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, (unknown), Alan Hubbard, Christine P. Stewart, Abul K Shoab, Md Ziaur Rahman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Firdaus S. Dhabhar, Lia C. H. Fernald, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby	5
18	Autumn leaf subsidies influence spring dynamics of freshwater plankton communities 2015 ·Oecologia ·Samuel B. Fey, Andrew Mertens, Kathryn L. Cottingham	12
19	Working Memory in Written Composition: An Evaluation of the 1996 Model 2013 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ronald T. Kellogg, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Mertens	37
20	Signature of ecological partitioning in the maintenance of damselfly diversity 2011 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Adam M. Siepielski, Andrew Mertens, (unknown), Mark A. McPeek	31

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