Christa Fischer-Walker

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Christa Fischer-Walker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christa Fischer-Walker has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Christa Fischer-Walker's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (7 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers). Christa Fischer-Walker is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (7 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers). Christa Fischer-Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Peru. Christa Fischer-Walker's co-authors include Robert E. Black, Claudio F. Lanata, Frederick J. Angulo, Sara M. Pires, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Aron J. Hall, Martyn Kirk, Ana Cecilia Olascoaga, Martin J. Aryee and Dörte Döpfer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christa Fischer-Walker

15 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 22 Foodborne Bacterial, Protozoal, and Viral Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis

2015 1.2k citations Martyn Kirk, Sara M. Pires et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Global Causes of Diarrheal Disease Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age: A Systematic Review

2013 489 citations Claudio F. Lanata, Christa Fischer-Walker et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Aetiology-Specific Estimates of the Global and Regional Incidence and Mortality of Diarrhoeal Diseases Commonly Transmitted through Food

2015 307 citations Sara M. Pires, Christa Fischer-Walker et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christa Fischer-Walker United States	10	1.3k	743	483	398	279	15	2.5k
James A Platts-Mills United States	30	1.7k 1.3×	486 0.7×	700 1.4×	579 1.5×	240 0.9×	99	2.7k
Carl J. Mason Thailand	33	1.9k 1.5×	952 1.3×	396 0.8×	818 2.1×	585 2.1×	121	4.1k
Beth D. Kirkpatrick United States	35	2.7k 2.1×	327 0.4×	692 1.4×	362 0.9×	358 1.3×	114	3.9k
Vũ Đình Thiểm Vietnam	28	1.3k 1.0×	464 0.6×	384 0.8×	884 2.2×	140 0.5×	79	3.0k
Robert E. Black United States	26	1.5k 1.2×	831 1.1×	684 1.4×	1.5k 3.9×	247 0.9×	37	3.3k
Đặng Đức Anh Vietnam	35	1.5k 1.2×	289 0.4×	279 0.6×	533 1.3×	155 0.6×	126	3.4k
Mecky Matee Tanzania	40	2.2k 1.7×	571 0.8×	222 0.5×	452 1.1×	406 1.5×	198	5.2k
Y. T. H. P. VAN DUYNHOVEN Netherlands	31	2.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	237 0.5×	401 1.0×	129 0.5×	55	3.4k
Karen H. Keddy South Africa	25	1.4k 1.1×	1.9k 2.6×	242 0.5×	1.3k 3.2×	392 1.4×	82	3.4k
C. A. Hart United Kingdom	37	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	161 0.3×	922 2.3×	728 2.6×	132	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christa Fischer-Walker

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15 of 15 papers shown

Barnabee, Gena, et al.. (2023). PrEP uptake and early persistence among adolescent girls and young women receiving services via community and hybrid community-clinic models in Namibia. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0289353–e0289353. 3 indexed citations

Barnabee, Gena, et al.. (2022). Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia. Global Health Science and Practice. 10(5). e2200226–e2200226. 2 indexed citations

Schwitters, Amee, Joanne E. Mantell, Harriet Nuwagaba‐Biribonwoha, et al.. (2021). Male Partner Age, Viral Load, and HIV Infection in Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Evidence From Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Baughman, Andrew L., Christa Fischer-Walker, Nicholus Mutenda, et al.. (2020). National-level effectiveness of ART to prevent early mother to child transmission of HIV in Namibia. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0233341–e0233341. 12 indexed citations

Tang, Alice, Ndapewa Hamunime, Christa Fischer-Walker, et al.. (2019). Introduction of an Alcohol-Related Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention (eSBI) Program to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Namibia’s Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Program. AIDS and Behavior. 23(11). 3078–3092. 12 indexed citations

Shillcutt, Samuel D., Amnesty LeFevre, Christa Fischer-Walker, et al.. (2017). Cost-effectiveness analysis of the diarrhea alleviation through zinc and oral rehydration therapy (DAZT) program in rural Gujarat India: an application of the net-benefit regression framework. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 15(1). 9–9. 7 indexed citations

LeFevre, Amnesty, Diwakar Mohan, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (2016). Diarrhea no more: does zinc help the poor? Evidence on the effectiveness of programmatic efforts to reach poorest in delivering zinc and ORS at scale in UP and Gujarat, India. Journal of Global Health. 6(2). 21001–21001. 4 indexed citations

Pires, Sara M., Christa Fischer-Walker, Claudio F. Lanata, et al.. (2015). Aetiology-Specific Estimates of the Global and Regional Incidence and Mortality of Diarrhoeal Diseases Commonly Transmitted through Food. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0142927–e0142927. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

Kirk, Martyn, Sara M. Pires, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2015). World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 22 Foodborne Bacterial, Protozoal, and Viral Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis. PLoS Medicine. 12(12). e1001921–e1001921. 1190 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pollard, Suzanne L., et al.. (2015). Estimating the herd immunity effect of rotavirus vaccine. Vaccine. 33(32). 3795–3800. 57 indexed citations

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Lee, G., Pablo Peñataro Yori, Maribel Paredes Olórtegui, et al.. (2014). An instrument for the assessment of diarrhoeal severity based on a longitudinal community-based study. BMJ Open. 4(6). e004816–e004816. 26 indexed citations

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Lanata, Claudio F., et al.. (2013). Global Causes of Diarrheal Disease Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e72788–e72788. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Santosham, Mathuram, Aruna Chandran, Sean Fitzwater, et al.. (2010). Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease. The Lancet. 376(9734). 63–67. 181 indexed citations

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Johnson, Hope L., Li Liu, Christa Fischer-Walker, & R. E. Black. (2010). Estimating the distribution of causes of death among children age 1-59 months in high-mortality countries with incomplete death certification. International Journal of Epidemiology. 39(4). 1103–1114. 35 indexed citations

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Walker, Neff, et al.. (2010). Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival. International Journal of Epidemiology. 39(Supplement 1). i21–i31. 164 indexed citations

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