James A. Church

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

James A. Church is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Church has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in James A. Church's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). James A. Church is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). James A. Church collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Kenya. James A. Church's co-authors include Kathryn Maitland, Andrew J. Prendergast, Nicholas C. Grassly, Edward P K Parker, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, Benjamin A. Lopman, Sasirekha Ramani, Beth D. Kirkpatrick, Felicity Fitzgerald and Diana M. Gibb and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

James A. Church

24 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Human Development Report

2001 6.0k citations James A. Church Journal of Government Information profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Church United Kingdom	14	2.5k	1.3k	987	761	739	26	6.8k
Michael Woolcock United States	30	5.6k 2.3×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	617 0.8×	105	10.2k
Francisco H. G. Ferreira United States	41	3.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	635 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	334 0.5×	158	5.6k
Frances Stewart United Kingdom	35	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	883 0.9×	661 0.9×	203 0.3×	166	5.0k
Michael P. Todaro United States	37	3.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.0×	451 0.6×	356 0.5×	137	7.4k
Quentin Wodon United States	36	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	413 0.4×	2.1k 2.8×	1.0k 1.4×	359	7.2k
Nora Lustig United States	30	2.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	641 0.6×	948 1.2×	161 0.2×	169	5.0k
World Bank United States	39	1.9k 0.7×	3.1k 2.4×	938 1.0×	666 0.9×	239 0.3×	72	8.5k
Sebastián Galiani United States	33	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	527 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	759 1.0×	189	5.5k
Robert Chambers United Kingdom	39	3.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	954 1.3×	546 0.7×	168	11.5k
Sabina Alkire United Kingdom	38	4.4k 1.8×	1.6k 1.2×	848 0.9×	2.5k 3.2×	339 0.5×	138	7.9k

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Evans, Ceri, Bernard Chasekwa, James A. Church, et al.. (2024). Associations Between Histo-blood Group Antigen Status in Mother-Infant Dyads and Infant Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity in Rural Zimbabwe. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(1). e225–e233.

Drummond, Murray, et al.. (2024). Dating apps and their relationship with body image, mental health and wellbeing: A systematic review. Computers in Human Behavior. 165. 108515–108515. 4 indexed citations

Church, James A., Sandra Rukobo, Margaret Govha, et al.. (2021). Associations between biomarkers of environmental enteric dysfunction and oral rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in rural Zimbabwean infants. EClinicalMedicine. 41. 101173–101173. 6 indexed citations

Robertson, Ruairi C., James A. Church, Thaddeus J. Edens, et al.. (2021). The fecal microbiome and rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in rural Zimbabwean infants. Vaccine. 39(38). 5391–5400. 21 indexed citations

Church, James A., Sandra Rukobo, Margaret Govha, et al.. (2021). Associations Between Biomarkers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity in Rural Zimbabwean Infants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Church, James A., Bernard Chasekwa, Sandra Rukobo, et al.. (2020). Predictors of oral rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in rural Zimbabwean infants. Vaccine. 38(13). 2870–2878. 6 indexed citations

Church, James A., Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Kuda Mutasa, et al.. (2019). Enteropathogens and Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity in a Cluster Randomized Trial of Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rural Zimbabwe. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 38(12). 1242–1248. 8 indexed citations

Church, James A., Sandra Rukobo, Margaret Govha, et al.. (2019). The Impact of Improved Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Immunogenicity in Zimbabwean Infants: Substudy of a Cluster-randomized Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69(12). 2074–2081. 22 indexed citations

Church, James A., Edward P K Parker, Beth D. Kirkpatrick, Nicholas C. Grassly, & Andrew J. Prendergast. (2019). Interventions to improve oral vaccine performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19(2). 203–214. 50 indexed citations

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Church, James A., Sandra Rukobo, Margaret Govha, et al.. (2018). Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and immune responses to oral polio vaccine in Zimbabwean infants. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 113(3). 110–115. 5 indexed citations

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Church, James A., et al.. (2016). Increased adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes to ICAM-1 in children with acute intestinal injury. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 54–54. 13 indexed citations

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Church, James A., Felicity Fitzgerald, A Sarah Walker, Diana M. Gibb, & Andrew J. Prendergast. (2015). The expanding role of co-trimoxazole in developing countries. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15(3). 327–339. 66 indexed citations

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Church, James A. & Kathryn Maitland. (2014). Invasive bacterial co-infection in African children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review. BMC Medicine. 12(1). 31–31. 132 indexed citations

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Gumbo, Hlanai, Bernard Chasekwa, James A. Church, et al.. (2014). Congenital and Postnatal CMV and EBV Acquisition in HIV-Infected Zimbabwean Infants. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e114870–e114870. 23 indexed citations

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Church, James A.. (2011). The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors and the collision of two cultures. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 16(1). 100–100. 38 indexed citations

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Church, James A., et al.. (2006). Cytomegalovirus retinitis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Eye. 21(9). 1230–1233. 5 indexed citations

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Church, James A.. (2004). Filling in the gaps: Issues and strategies for collection development in United Nations Depository Libraries. Journal of Government Information. 30(1). 8–19.

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Church, James A.. (2001). Human Development Report. Journal of Government Information. 28(3). 348–351. 5957 indexed citations breakdown →

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Church, James A., Hart Isaacs, Andrew Saxon, Thomas G. Keens, & W. H. G. Richards. (1981). Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis and hypogammaglobulinemia in children.. PubMed. 124(4). 491–6. 25 indexed citations

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Richards, Warren, et al.. (1981). Los Angeles air pollution and asthma in children.. PubMed. 47(5 Pt 1). 348–54. 46 indexed citations

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