John M. Colford

22.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
184 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

John M. Colford is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. Colford has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 39 papers in Infectious Diseases and 39 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in John M. Colford's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (96 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (39 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (29 papers). John M. Colford is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (96 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (39 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (29 papers). John M. Colford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and India. John M. Colford's co-authors include Benjamin F. Arnold, Madhukar Pai, Tai-Wei Wu, Lee W. Riley, Alan Hubbard, Lorna Fewtrell, Wayne Enanoria, Timothy J. Wade, David Kay and Rachel Kaufmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John M. Colford

178 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2004 1.2k citations John M. Colford et al. profile →
Chorioamnionitis as a Risk Factor for Cerebral Palsy

2000 735 citations John M. Colford et al. profile →
Interferon-γ assays in the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review

2004 720 citations Madhukar Pai, Lee W. Riley et al. profile →
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. profile →
Systematic review: Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low‐ and middle‐income settings: systematic review and meta‐regression

2014 348 citations John M. Colford et al. profile →
The Effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

2014 334 citations Benjamin F. Arnold, John M. Colford et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
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. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Associations between floor material and E. coli contamination in rural Bangladeshi households 2025 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·(unknown), M. S. Islam, Amy J. Pickering, Laura H. Kwong, Andrew Mertens, (unknown), Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, (unknown), Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Ayşe Ercümen	0
2	Geographic pair matching in large-scale cluster randomized trials 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Benjamin F. Arnold, (unknown), Christine Tedijanto, Sammy M. Njenga, Mahbubur Rahman, Ayşe Ercümen, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Audrie Lin, Charles D. Arnold, Kishor Kumar Das, Christine P. Stewart, Clair Null, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard, Jade Benjamin‐Chung	2
3	Improved Child Feces Management Mediates Reductions in Childhood Diarrhea from an On-Site Sanitation Intervention: Causal Mediation Analysis of a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Rural Bangladesh 2024 ·Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health ·(unknown), Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Alan Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayşe Ercümen	0
4	Predicting Long COVID in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative Using Super Learner: Cohort Study 2024 ·JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ·(unknown), (unknown), Haodong Li, Jeremy Coyle, (unknown), Rachael V. Phillips, Andrew Mertens, Romain Pirracchio, Mark J. van der Laan, Rena C. Patel, John M. Colford, Alan Hubbard	1
5	Evaluating the robustness of targeted maximum likelihood estimators via realistic simulations in nutrition intervention trials 2022 ·Statistics in Medicine ·Haodong Li, Sonali Rosete, Jeremy Coyle, Rachael V. Phillips, Nima S. Hejazi, Ivana Malenica, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Andrew Mertens, John M. Colford, Mark J. van der Laan, Alan Hubbard	8
6	Evaluation of an on-site sanitation intervention against childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory infection 1 to 3.5 years after implementation: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·(unknown), Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Alan Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayşe Ercümen	7
7	City-wide school-located influenza vaccination: A retrospective cohort study 2021 ·Vaccine ·Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, (unknown), Chris J. Kennedy, Anna Nguyen, Nolan N. Pokpongkiat, Stephanie Djajadi, Anmol Seth, Nicola P. Klein, Alan Hubbard, Arthur Reingold, John M. Colford	2
8	Effect of sanitation improvements on soil-transmitted helminth eggs in courtyard soil from rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial 2021 ·PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·Laura H. Kwong, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, (unknown), Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Sarker Masud Parvez, Mahfuza Islam, Leanne Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, Kara L. Nelson, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby, Ayşe Ercümen	6
9	Substantial underestimation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the United States 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Sean L. Wu, Andrew Mertens, Yoshika S. Crider, Anna Nguyen, Nolan N. Pokpongkiat, Stephanie Djajadi, Anmol Seth, Michelle S. Hsiang, John M. Colford, Art Reingold, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Jade Benjamin‐Chung	241
10	Evaluation of a city-wide school-located influenza vaccination program in Oakland, California, with respect to vaccination coverage, school absences, and laboratory-confirmed influenza: A matched cohort study 2020 ·PLoS Medicine ·Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, Chris J. Kennedy, (unknown), Nolan N. Pokpongkiat, Anna Nguyen, Wendy Jilek, (unknown), Erica Pan, Pam Daily Kirley, Tanya Libby, Alan Hubbard, Arthur Reingold, John M. Colford	18
11	Microbiological contamination of young children’s hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Sarker Masud Parvez, (unknown), Amy J. Pickering, Laura H. Kwong, Benjamin F. Arnold, Musarrat Jabeen Rahman, (unknown), Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby, Leanne Unicomb, Ayşe Ercümen	10
12	Sickle Cell and α+-Thalassemia Traits Influence the Association between Ferritin and Hepcidin in Rural Kenyan Children Aged 14–26 Months 2018 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Kendra Byrd, Thomas N. Williams, Audrie Lin, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Charles D. Arnold, (unknown), Holly N. Dentz, Sammy M. Njenga, Gouthami Rao, John M. Colford, Clair Null, Christine P. Stewart	5
13	A behaviour change intervention with lipid‐based nutrient supplements had little impact on young child feeding indicators in rural Kenya 2018 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Kendra Byrd, Holly N. Dentz, Anne M Williams, (unknown), Amy J. Pickering, (unknown), (unknown), Gouthami Rao, Charles D. Arnold, Benjamin F. Arnold, Kathryn G. Dewey, John M. Colford, Clair Null, Christine P. Stewart	12
14	FECAL CONTAMINATION ALONG MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL PATHWAYS IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSEQUENT DIARRHEA AMONG CHILDREN IN RURAL BANGLADESH 2017 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Amy J. Pickering, Ayşe Ercümen, Benjamin F. Arnold, Laura H. Kwong, Sarker Masud Parvez, Craig Kullmann, Rokeya Ahmed, Claire Chase, Leanne Unicomb, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby	1
15	Acute Illness Among Surfers After Exposure to Seawater in Dry- and Wet-Weather Conditions 2017 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Benjamin F. Arnold, Kenneth Schiff, Ayşe Ercümen, Jade Benjamin‐Chung, Joshua A. Steele, John F. Griffith, Steven J. Steinberg, Paul Smith, Charles D. McGee, Richard W. Wilson, (unknown), Stephen B. Weisberg, John M. Colford	53
16	Changing landscape of acute encephalitis syndrome in India: a systematic review. 2013 ·PubMed ·Rajnish Joshi, Shriprakash Kalantri, Arthur Reingold, John M. Colford	52
17	Swimmer Illness Associated with Marine Water Exposure and Water Quality Indicators 2013 ·Epidemiology ·Benjamin F. Arnold, Kenneth Schiff, John F. Griffith, Joshua S. Gruber, Vincent Yau, Catherine C. Wright, Timothy J. Wade, Susan E. Burns, (unknown), Charles D. McGee, Mark Gold, Yiping Cao, Stephen B. Weisberg, John M. Colford	50
18	Serial Testing of Health Care Workers for Tuberculosis Using Interferon-γ Assay 2006 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Madhukar Pai, Rajnish Joshi, Sandeep Dogra, Deepak Kumar Mendiratta, P Narang, Shriprakash Kalantri, Arthur Reingold, John M. Colford, Lee W. Riley, Dick Menzies	223
19	A Dynamic Model to Assess Microbial Health Risks Associated with Beneficial Uses of Biosolids 2004 ·Risk Analysis ·Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Jeffrey A. Soller, James C. Scott, (unknown), John M. Colford	44
20	Group B Streptococcal Bacteremia in Adults Five Yearsʼ Experience and a Review of the Literature 1995 ·Medicine ·John M. Colford, Janet C. Mohle‐Boetani, Kenneth L. Vosti	43

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