Clair Null

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Clair Null is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Safety Research and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Clair Null has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 16 papers in Safety Research and 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Clair Null's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (38 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Clair Null is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (38 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Clair Null collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and United Kingdom. Clair Null's co-authors include Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford, Sammy M. Njenga, Christine P. Stewart, Holly N. Dentz, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Stephen P. Luby, Christine L. Moe and Habib Yakubu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Clair Null

42 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nu... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 100 200 300
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.

  1. 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 →
  2. The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea
    2019 230 citations Amy J. Pickering, Clair Null et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clair Null United States 19 1.1k 422 380 283 255 43 1.6k
Kate Medlicott Switzerland 17 1.1k 1.0× 328 0.8× 479 1.3× 257 0.9× 253 1.0× 19 1.9k
Daniel Mäusezahl Switzerland 20 1.0k 0.9× 225 0.5× 398 1.0× 214 0.8× 211 0.8× 67 1.9k
Parimita Routray United States 19 1.2k 1.1× 367 0.9× 538 1.4× 351 1.2× 157 0.6× 30 1.5k
Kelly Alexander United States 21 851 0.7× 322 0.8× 363 1.0× 459 1.6× 144 0.6× 35 1.9k
Robert Dreibelbis United Kingdom 28 1.8k 1.5× 633 1.5× 749 2.0× 547 1.9× 110 0.4× 107 3.0k
Bruce Gordon Switzerland 13 913 0.8× 241 0.6× 394 1.0× 183 0.6× 218 0.9× 29 1.5k
S. A. Esrey United States 8 1.2k 1.1× 309 0.7× 419 1.1× 207 0.7× 223 0.9× 11 1.7k
Elli Leontsini United States 22 735 0.6× 167 0.4× 327 0.9× 356 1.3× 65 0.3× 59 1.8k
Clarissa Brocklehurst United States 10 795 0.7× 132 0.3× 276 0.7× 140 0.5× 163 0.6× 18 1.4k
Rachel Peletz United States 19 981 0.9× 228 0.5× 330 0.9× 120 0.4× 360 1.4× 44 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Clair Null

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clair Null

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clair Null

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Clair Null. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Clair Null 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 Clair Null. Clair Null is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arnold, Benjamin F., Christine Tedijanto, Sammy M. Njenga, et al.. (2024). Geographic pair matching in large-scale cluster randomized trials. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1069–1069. 2 indexed citations
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Borkum, Evan, et al.. (2023). A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community‐based initiative to reduce stunting in rural Indonesia. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 20(1). e13593–e13593. 2 indexed citations
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Benjamin‐Chung, Jade, Yoshika S. Crider, Andrew Mertens, et al.. (2021). Household finished flooring and soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections among children in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Global Health. 9(3). e301–e308. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuke, Habib Yakubu, Katharine Robb, et al.. (2020). The SaniPath Exposure Assessment Tool: A quantitative approach for assessing exposure to fecal contamination through multiple pathways in low resource urban settlements. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234364–e0234364. 27 indexed citations
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Milner, Erin M., Patricia Kariger, Amy J. Pickering, et al.. (2020). Association between Malaria Infection and Early Childhood Development Mediated by Anemia in Rural Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(3). 902–902. 15 indexed citations
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Steinbaum, Lauren, et al.. (2019). Effect of a sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth prevalence and concentration in household soil: A cluster-randomized controlled trial and risk factor analysis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(2). e0007180–e0007180. 27 indexed citations
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Byrd, Kendra, Thomas N. Williams, Audrie Lin, et al.. (2018). Sickle Cell and α+-Thalassemia Traits Influence the Association between Ferritin and Hepcidin in Rural Kenyan Children Aged 14–26 Months. Journal of Nutrition. 148(12). 1903–1910. 5 indexed citations
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Byrd, Kendra, Holly N. Dentz, Anne M Williams, et al.. (2018). A behaviour change intervention with lipid‐based nutrient supplements had little impact on young child feeding indicators in rural Kenya. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 15(1). e12660–e12660. 12 indexed citations
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Williams, Anne M, Christine P. Stewart, Setareh Shahab‐Ferdows, et al.. (2018). Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1–6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. Journal of Nutrition. 148(1). 86–93. 4 indexed citations
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Null, Clair, Christine P. Stewart, Amy J. Pickering, et al.. (2018). Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health. 6(3). e316–e329. 385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stewart, Christine P., Patricia Kariger, Lia C. H. Fernald, et al.. (2018). Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Kenya (WASH Benefits Kenya): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2(4). 269–280. 56 indexed citations
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Pickering, Amy J., Benjamin F. Arnold, Holly N. Dentz, John M. Colford, & Clair Null. (2016). Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring. Environmental Health Perspectives. 125(3). 278–283. 19 indexed citations
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Steinbaum, Lauren, Sammy M. Njenga, Jimmy Kihara, et al.. (2016). Soil-Transmitted Helminth Eggs Are Present in Soil at Multiple Locations within Households in Rural Kenya. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157780–e0157780. 38 indexed citations
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Penakalapati, Gauthami, et al.. (2016). Handwashing With a Water-Efficient Tap and Low-Cost Foaming Soap: The Povu Poa “Cool Foam” System in Kenya. Global Health Science and Practice. 4(2). 336–341. 15 indexed citations
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Williams, Anne M, Caroline J. Chantry, Sera L. Young, et al.. (2016). Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya. Journal of Nutrition. 146(5). 1125–1131. 32 indexed citations
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Christensen, Garret, Holly N. Dentz, Amy J. Pickering, et al.. (2014). Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Adoption of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions and Their Combination in Rural Western Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92(2). 437–447. 25 indexed citations
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Blum, A, Clair Null, & Vivian Hoffmann. (2014). Marketing Household Water Treatment: Willingness to Pay Results from an Experiment in Rural Kenya. Water. 6(7). 1873–1886. 13 indexed citations
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Zwane, Alix Peterson, Jonathan Zinman, Eric Van Dusen, et al.. (2011). The Risk of Asking: Being Surveyed Can Affect Later Behavior. 108(10). 973–7. 2 indexed citations
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Null, Clair, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel, & Alix Peterson Zwane. (2010). Willingness to Pay for Cleaner Water in Less Developed Countries. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 7(7). 2028–39. 1 indexed citations

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