Belén Torondel

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Belén Torondel is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Belén Torondel has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 32 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 19 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Belén Torondel's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (32 papers), Menstrual Health and Disorders (30 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Belén Torondel is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (32 papers), Menstrual Health and Disorders (30 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Belén Torondel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Tanzania. Belén Torondel's co-authors include Colin Sumpter, Thomas Clasen, Parimita Routray, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt, Sophie Boisson, Bethany A. Caruso, James Leiper, Beata Wójciak‐Stothard, Jeroen H. J. Ensink and Matthew C. Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Belén Torondel

79 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoe... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial
    2014 362 citations Thomas Clasen, Parimita Routray et al. profile →

Peers

Belén Torondel
Rachel Kaufmann United States
Nagalla Balakrishna India
Hong Yan China
John Μ. Pettifor South Africa
Christine P. Stewart United States
Ghose Bishwajit Canada
Francesco Branca Italy
Anna Winkvist Sweden
Manuel Ramírez‐Zea Guatemala
John Hall Australia
Rachel Kaufmann United States
Belén Torondel
Citations per year, relative to Belén Torondel Belén Torondel (= 1×) peers Rachel Kaufmann

Countries citing papers authored by Belén Torondel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Belén Torondel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Belén Torondel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Belén Torondel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Belén Torondel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Belén Torondel. Belén Torondel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Okello, Elialilia S., Philip Ayieko, Jennifer Rubli, et al.. (2024). Unmet menstrual needs and psychosocial well-being among schoolgirls in Northern Tanzania: baseline results from the PASS MHW study. BMC Women s Health. 24(1). 522–522. 2 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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Sommer, Marni, Belén Torondel, Julie Hennegan, et al.. (2021). How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Health Action. 14(1). 1920315–1920315. 76 indexed citations
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Nabwera, Helen, et al.. (2021). Menstrual hygiene management practices and associated health outcomes among school-going adolescents in rural Gambia. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0247554–e0247554. 29 indexed citations
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Wilbur, Jane, Nathaniel Scherer, Islay Mactaggart, et al.. (2021). Are Nepal’s water, sanitation and hygiene and menstrual hygiene policies and supporting documents inclusive of disability? A policy analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20(1). 157–157. 22 indexed citations
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Miiro, George, Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Jessica Nakiyingi‐Miiro, et al.. (2018). Menstrual health and school absenteeism among adolescent girls in Uganda (MENISCUS): a feasibility study. BMC Women s Health. 18(1). 4–4. 136 indexed citations
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Wilbur, Jane, Tess Bright, Thérèse Mahon, et al.. (2018). Developing Behaviour Change Interventions for Improving Access to Health and Hygiene for People with Disabilities: Two Case Studies from Nepal and Malawi. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(12). 2746–2746. 11 indexed citations
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Torondel, Belén, et al.. (2018). Improving menstrual hygiene management in emergency contexts: literature review of current perspectives. International Journal of Women s Health. Volume 10. 169–186. 47 indexed citations
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Baker, Kelly K., Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Belén Torondel, et al.. (2017). From menarche to menopause: A population-based assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene risk factors for reproductive tract infection symptoms over life stages in rural girls and women in India. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188234–e0188234. 41 indexed citations
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Routray, Parimita, Belén Torondel, Marion W. Jenkins, Thomas Clasen, & Wolf‐Peter Schmidt. (2017). Processes and challenges of community mobilisation for latrine promotion under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in rural Odisha, India. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 453–453. 20 indexed citations
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Routray, Parimita, Belén Torondel, Thomas Clasen, & Wolf‐Peter Schmidt. (2017). Women's role in sanitation decision making in rural coastal Odisha, India. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0178042–e0178042. 60 indexed citations
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Reese, Heather E., Parimita Routray, Belén Torondel, et al.. (2017). Design and rationale of a matched cohort study to assess the effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention in rural Odisha, India. BMJ Open. 7(3). e012719–e012719. 18 indexed citations
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Heijnen, Marieke, Parimita Routray, Belén Torondel, & Thomas Clasen. (2015). Shared Sanitation Versus Individual Household Latrines in Urban Slums: A Cross-Sectional Study in Orissa, India. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(2). 263–268. 53 indexed citations
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Irish, Seth R., et al.. (2013). Characteristics of Latrines in Central Tanzania and Their Relation to Fly Catches. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e67951–e67951. 16 indexed citations
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Baliga, Reshma S., Lan Zhao, Melanie Madhani, et al.. (2008). Synergy between Natriuretic Peptides and Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors Ameliorates Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(8). 861–869. 53 indexed citations
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David, Anna L., Belén Torondel, I Zachary, et al.. (2008). Local delivery of VEGF adenovirus to the uterine artery increases vasorelaxation and uterine blood flow in the pregnant sheep. Gene Therapy. 15(19). 1344–1350. 68 indexed citations
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Lluch, Paloma, Belén Torondel, Pascual Medina, et al.. (2004). Plasma concentrations of nitric oxide and asymmetric dimethylarginine in human alcoholic cirrhosis. Journal of Hepatology. 41(1). 55–59. 90 indexed citations

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