Gerald Bloom

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Gerald Bloom is a scholar working on Finance, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Bloom has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Finance, 38 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 37 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Gerald Bloom's work include Healthcare Systems and Reforms (54 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (38 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (22 papers). Gerald Bloom is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Reforms (54 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (38 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (22 papers). Gerald Bloom collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Gerald Bloom's co-authors include David H. Peters, M. Hafizur Rahman, William R. Brieger, Damian Walker, Hilary Standing, Gu Xingyuan, Shenglan Tang, Robert Lloyd, Malcolm Segall and Henry C. Lucas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Bloom

94 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Poverty and Access to Health Care in Developing Countries 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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. Poverty and Access to Health Care in Developing Countries
    2008 926 citations David H. Peters, Gerald Bloom et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerald Bloom United Kingdom 29 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 830 291 98 3.2k
Thomas J. Bossert United States 23 1.1k 0.9× 850 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 586 0.7× 196 0.7× 87 2.5k
John E. Ataguba South Africa 27 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 768 0.9× 192 0.7× 101 3.1k
Joses Muthuri Kirigia Republic of the Congo 33 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 457 1.6× 139 3.4k
Edwine Barasa Kenya 34 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 196 0.7× 134 3.5k
Hugh Waters United States 32 826 0.6× 770 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 722 0.9× 305 1.0× 68 3.0k
Octavio Gómez‐Dantés Mexico 21 853 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 597 0.7× 335 1.2× 105 2.6k
Agnès Soucat United States 27 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 239 0.8× 86 4.0k
Slim Haddad Canada 31 1.3k 1.0× 700 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 460 0.6× 397 1.4× 103 2.8k
Freddie Ssengooba Uganda 29 1.5k 1.2× 829 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 792 1.0× 469 1.6× 129 2.9k
Tsung-Mei Cheng United States 11 703 0.5× 834 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 956 1.2× 276 0.9× 15 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerald Bloom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerald Bloom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Bloom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Bloom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Bloom 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 Gerald Bloom. Gerald Bloom 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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Peckham, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Employing the policy capacity framework for health system strengthening. Policy and Society. 42(1). 1–13. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Tanvir, Sabrina Rasheed, Mohammad Iqbal, et al.. (2020). Digital Health and Inequalities in Access to Health Services in Bangladesh: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(7). e16473–e16473. 36 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald, et al.. (2020). The China-UK Global Health Support Programme: looking for new roles and partnerships in changing times. Global Health Research and Policy. 5(1). 26–26. 4 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yue, et al.. (2018). Evaluation and learning in complex, rapidly changing health systems: China’s management of health sector reform. Globalization and Health. 14(1). 112–112. 16 indexed citations
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Gu, Jing, Xiaoyun Li, Gerald Bloom, & Xiulan Zhang. (2014). China and International Development: Challenges and opportunities. IDS Bulletin. 45(4). 8 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald, Barun Kanjilal, Henry C. Lucas, & David H. Peters. (2012). Transforming health markets in Asia and Africa: Improving quality and access for the poor. Routledge eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald, Hilary Standing, Henry C. Lucas, et al.. (2011). Making health markets work better for poor people: the case of informal providers. Health Policy and Planning. 26(Suppl. 1). i45–i52. 109 indexed citations
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Meessen, Bruno, et al.. (2008). Health and social protection: experiences from Cambodia, China and Lao. 17 indexed citations
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Syed, Shamsuzzoha B, Adnan A. Hyder, Gerald Bloom, et al.. (2008). Exploring evidence-policy linkages in health research plans: A case study from six countries. Health Research Policy and Systems. 6(1). 4–4. 22 indexed citations
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Peters, David H., et al.. (2008). Poverty and Access to Health Care in Developing Countries. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1136(1). 161–171. 926 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bloom, Gerald & Hilary Standing. (2008). Future health systems: Why future? Why now?. Social Science & Medicine. 66(10). 2067–2075. 64 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald. (2005). HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION: MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE VERY POOR. 1 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald. (2001). Equity in health in unequal societies: meeting health needs in contexts of social change. Health Policy. 57(3). 205–224. 42 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald. (2000). Equity in Health in Unequal Societies: Towards Health Equity During Rapid Social Change. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 93(9). 2130–6. 4 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald & Shenglan Tang. (1999). Rural health prepayment schemes in China: towards a more active role for government. Social Science & Medicine. 48(7). 951–960. 35 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald & Di McIntyre. (1998). Towards equity in health in an unequal society. Social Science & Medicine. 47(10). 1529–1538. 27 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald. (1998). Primary health care meets the market in China and Vietnam. Health Policy. 44(3). 233–252. 44 indexed citations
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Xingyuan, Gu & Gerald Bloom. (1997). A Strategy for Health Sector Reform in Poor Rural China. IDS Bulletin. 28(1).
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Bloom, Gerald, et al.. (1997). The impact of China's health sector reform on county hospitals.. PubMed. 33(1). 19–23. 8 indexed citations
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Bloom, Gerald & Gu Xingyuan. (1997). Health sector reform: Lessons from China. Social Science & Medicine. 45(3). 351–360. 111 indexed citations

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