Anna Maria van Eijk

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Anna Maria van Eijk is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Maria van Eijk has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 44 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 18 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Anna Maria van Eijk's work include Malaria Research and Control (54 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (40 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (23 papers). Anna Maria van Eijk is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (54 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (40 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (23 papers). Anna Maria van Eijk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. Anna Maria van Eijk's co-authors include Feiko O. ter Kuile, John Ayisi, Richard W. Steketee, Laurence Slutsker, Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard, Piet A. Kager, Bernard L. Nahlen, Frank Odhiambo, Daniel H. Rosen and Ambrose Misore and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Anna Maria van Eijk

107 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2016 284 citations Anna Maria van Eijk, Muthusamy Sivakami et al. BMJ Open profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Maria van Eijk United States	42	3.3k	2.1k	800	746	661	110	5.3k
Marcel Tanner Switzerland	45	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	731 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	117	5.8k
David Schellenberg United Kingdom	41	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	653 0.9×	640 1.0×	116	6.1k
Hassan Mshinda Tanzania	50	3.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	791 1.1×	806 1.2×	128	7.5k
Joel G. Breman United States	43	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	338 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	596 0.9×	99	5.9k
Robert D. Newman United States	38	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	534 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	82	5.3k
Norbert Peshu Kenya	49	4.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	721 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	890 1.3×	95	8.0k
Monica E. Parise United States	36	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	346 0.4×	513 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	55	4.6k
Jean‐Pierre Van Geertruyden Belgium	33	2.1k 0.6×	883 0.4×	349 0.4×	526 0.7×	569 0.9×	200	3.6k
Meghna Desai United States	31	3.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	522 0.7×	457 0.6×	823 1.2×	106	4.5k
Azucena Bardají Spain	32	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	390 0.5×	497 0.7×	357 0.5×	97	3.2k

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Eijk, Anna Maria van, Linda Mason, Elizabeth Nyothach, et al.. (2025). Factors associated with school dropout and sexual and reproductive health: a cross-sectional analysis among out-of-school girls in western Kenya. BMJ Public Health. 3(1). e001528–e001528. 1 indexed citations

Vörös, András, Elisa Bellotti, Anna Maria van Eijk, et al.. (2025). A multilevel social network approach to studying multiple disease-prevention behaviors. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1718–1718.

Mehta, Supriya D., Fredrick Otieno, Garazi Zulaika, et al.. (2024). Increased reproductive tract infections among secondary school girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with pandemic-related stress, mental health, and domestic safety. Sexual Medicine. 12(3). qfae045–qfae045. 3 indexed citations

Czapar, Anna E., Garazi Zulaika, Fredrick Otieno, et al.. (2024). Water source, latrine type, and rainfall are associated with detection of non-optimal and enteric bacteria in the vaginal microbiome: a prospective observational cohort study nested within a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 1419–1419.

Zulaika, Garazi, Fredrick Otieno, Linda Mason, et al.. (2024). Menstrual cups to reduce bacterial vaginosis and STIs through reduced harmful sexual and menstrual practices among economically vulnerable women: protocol of a single arm trial in western Kenya. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3089–3089. 3 indexed citations

Ompad, Danielle C., Anne Kessler, Yesim Tozan, et al.. (2023). The effectiveness of malaria camps as part of the malaria control program in Odisha, India. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22998–22998. 1 indexed citations

Mehta, Supriya D., Walter Agingu, Garazi Zulaika, et al.. (2023). Vaginal Microbial Network Analysis Reveals Novel Taxa Relationships among Adolescent and Young Women with Incident Sexually Transmitted Infection Compared with Those Remaining Persistently Negative over a 30-Month Period. Microorganisms. 11(8). 2035–2035. 2 indexed citations

Zulaika, Garazi, Elizabeth Nyothach, Anna Maria van Eijk, et al.. (2023). Menstrual cups and cash transfer to reduce sexual and reproductive harm and school dropout in adolescent schoolgirls in western Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 65. 102261–102261. 6 indexed citations

Mehta, Supriya D., Garazi Zulaika, Walter Agingu, et al.. (2023). Analysis of bacterial vaginosis, the vaginal microbiome, and sexually transmitted infections following the provision of menstrual cups in Kenyan schools: Results of a nested study within a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 20(7). e1004258–e1004258. 19 indexed citations

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Plesons, Marina, Belén Torondel, Bethany A. Caruso, et al.. (2023). Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries. Global Health Action. 16(1). 2279396–2279396. 4 indexed citations

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Spinhoven, Philip, Garazi Zulaika, Elizabeth Nyothach, et al.. (2022). Quality of life and well-being problems in secondary schoolgirls in Kenya: Prevalence, associated characteristics, and course predictors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). e0001338–e0001338. 1 indexed citations

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Nyothach, Elizabeth, Anna Maria van Eijk, David Obor, et al.. (2021). Pregnancy and marriage among teenage schoolgirls in rural western Kenya; a secondary analysis of a menstrual solution feasibility COHORT study. International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology. 10(9). 3277–3277. 5 indexed citations

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Zulaika, Garazi, Elizabeth Nyothach, Anna Maria van Eijk, et al.. (2021). Factors associated with the prevalence of HIV, HSV-2, pregnancy, and reported sexual activity among adolescent girls in rural western Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 18(9). e1003756–e1003756. 16 indexed citations

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Eijk, Anna Maria van, Garazi Zulaika, Linda Mason, et al.. (2021). Exploring menstrual products: A systematic review and meta-analysis of reusable menstrual pads for public health internationally. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257610–e0257610. 44 indexed citations

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Mason, Linda, Muthusamy Sivakami, Harshad Thakur, et al.. (2017). ‘We do not know’: a qualitative study exploring boys perceptions of menstruation in India. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 174–174. 44 indexed citations

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Kovacs, Stéphanie, Anna Maria van Eijk, Esperança Sevene, et al.. (2016). The Safety of Artemisinin Derivatives for the Treatment of Malaria in the 2nd or 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0164963–e0164963. 23 indexed citations

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Phillips‐Howard, Penelope A., Elizabeth Nyothach, Feiko O. ter Kuile, et al.. (2016). Menstrual cups and sanitary pads to reduce school attrition, and sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study in rural Western Kenya. BMJ Open. 6(11). e013229–e013229. 134 indexed citations

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Odhiambo, Frank, Caryl Beynon, Sheila Ogwang, et al.. (2013). Trauma-Related Mortality among Adults in Rural Western Kenya: Characterising Deaths Using Data from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79840–e79840. 21 indexed citations

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Eijk, Anna Maria van, John Ayisi, Feiko O. ter Kuile, et al.. (2002). Risk factors for malaria in pregnancy in an urban and peri-urban population in western Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96(6). 586–592. 34 indexed citations

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Keuter, Monique, et al.. (1990). Comparison of chloroquine, pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine, and chlorproguanil and dapsone as treatment for falciparum malaria in pregnant and non-pregnant women, Kakamega District, Kenya.. BMJ. 301(6750). 466–470. 45 indexed citations

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