Kelly Alexander

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kelly Alexander is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelly Alexander has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kelly Alexander's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers), Menstrual Health and Disorders (11 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 papers). Kelly Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers), Menstrual Health and Disorders (11 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 papers). Kelly Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. Kelly Alexander's co-authors include Sophie Boisson, Thomas Clasen, Matthew C. Freeman, Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard, Linda Mason, Joshua V. Garn, Kayla F. Laserson, Gauthami Penakalapati, Kate Medlicott and Gloria D. Sclar and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Kelly Alexander

33 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea

2015 273 citations Thomas Clasen, Kelly Alexander et al. profile →
The impact of sanitation on infectious disease and nutritional status: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017 236 citations Matthew C. Freeman, Joshua V. Garn et al. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelly Alexander United States	21	851	662	459	363	322	35	1.9k
Bethany A. Caruso United States	26	1.0k 1.2×	935 1.4×	671 1.5×	409 1.1×	465 1.4×	87	2.5k
Kelly K. Baker United States	21	643 0.8×	331 0.5×	249 0.5×	220 0.6×	144 0.4×	57	1.4k
Daniel H. Rosen United States	23	604 0.7×	782 1.2×	338 0.7×	922 2.5×	192 0.6×	36	2.2k
Robert Dreibelbis United Kingdom	28	1.8k 2.1×	240 0.4×	547 1.2×	749 2.1×	633 2.0×	107	3.0k
Amal Halder Bangladesh	17	809 1.0×	193 0.3×	331 0.7×	338 0.9×	194 0.6×	41	1.4k
Richard Rheingans United States	37	1.6k 1.8×	570 0.9×	513 1.1×	682 1.9×	596 1.9×	75	4.0k
Elli Leontsini United States	22	735 0.9×	534 0.8×	356 0.8×	327 0.9×	167 0.5×	59	1.8k
Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage Kenya	29	1.9k 2.2×	733 1.1×	842 1.8×	935 2.6×	669 2.1×	94	3.1k
Christopher Garimoi Orach Uganda	28	457 0.5×	272 0.4×	701 1.5×	704 1.9×	119 0.4×	84	2.1k
Clair Null United States	19	1.1k 1.3×	99 0.1×	283 0.6×	380 1.0×	422 1.3×	43	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kelly Alexander

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kelly Alexander

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kelly Alexander

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

All Works

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Crocker, Jonny, Emily Awino Ogutu, Jesse M. Shapiro, et al.. (2024). TIDieR-WASH: A Guideline for Reporting Implementation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions. Environmental Health Perspectives. 132(11). 117006–117006. 4 indexed citations

Neubauer, Leah C., et al.. (2023). Building menstrual health and hygiene-supportive environments: exploring teachers’ experience in rural Western Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1206069–1206069. 4 indexed citations

Alexander, Kelly. (2022). When Food Waste Goes to Work. Social Anthropology. 30(3). 106–125. 1 indexed citations

Benshaul-Tolonen, Anja, Elizabeth Nyothach, Linda Mason, et al.. (2022). The Causal Impact of Sanitary Products on School Absenteeism and Psychosocial Well-Being: Evidence from Western Kenya. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Alexander, Kelly, et al.. (2021). Navigating the strategic environments in Africa post-COVID-19. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 1 indexed citations

Mwaki, Alex, et al.. (2020). The Sustainability and Scalability of Private Sector Sanitation Delivery in Urban Informal Settlement Schools: A Mixed Methods Follow Up of a Randomized Trial in Nairobi, Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5298–5298. 4 indexed citations

Sivakami, Muthusamy, Anna Maria van Eijk, Harshad Thakur, et al.. (2018). Effect of menstruation on girls and their schooling, and facilitators of menstrual hygiene management in schools: surveys in government schools in three states in India, 2015. Journal of Global Health. 9(1). 10408–10408. 119 indexed citations

Sclar, Gloria D., Gauthami Penakalapati, Bethany A. Caruso, et al.. (2018). Exploring the relationship between sanitation and mental and social well-being: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Social Science & Medicine. 217. 121–134. 64 indexed citations

Eijk, Anna Maria van, Kayla F. Laserson, Elizabeth Nyothach, et al.. (2018). Use of menstrual cups among school girls: longitudinal observations nested in a randomised controlled feasibility study in rural western Kenya. Reproductive Health. 15(1). 139–139. 35 indexed citations

10.

Mason, Linda, Muthusamy Sivakami, Harshad Thakur, et al.. (2017). ‘We do not know’: a qualitative study exploring boys perceptions of menstruation in India. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 174–174. 44 indexed citations

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Juma, Jane, Elizabeth Nyothach, Kayla F. Laserson, et al.. (2017). Examining the safety of menstrual cups among rural primary school girls in western Kenya: observational studies nested in a randomised controlled feasibility study. BMJ Open. 7(4). e015429–e015429. 36 indexed citations

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Sclar, Gloria D., Joshua V. Garn, Gauthami Penakalapati, et al.. (2017). Effects of sanitation on cognitive development and school absence: A systematic review. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 220(6). 917–927. 38 indexed citations

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Phillips‐Howard, Penelope A., Elizabeth Nyothach, Feiko O. ter Kuile, et al.. (2016). Menstrual cups and sanitary pads to reduce school attrition, and sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study in rural Western Kenya. BMJ Open. 6(11). e013229–e013229. 134 indexed citations

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Sclar, Gloria D., Gauthami Penakalapati, Heather K. Amato, et al.. (2016). Assessing the impact of sanitation on indicators of fecal exposure along principal transmission pathways: A systematic review. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 219(8). 709–723. 81 indexed citations

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Oduor, Clifford, Kelly Alexander, Elizabeth Nyothach, et al.. (2015). Schoolgirls’ experiences of changing and disposal of menstrual hygiene items and inferences for WASH in schools. Waterlines. 34(4). 397–411. 23 indexed citations

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Alexander, Kelly, et al.. (2015). Governance and functionality of community water schemes in rural Ethiopia. International Journal of Public Health. 60(8). 977–986. 32 indexed citations

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Grant, Louise, Gail Kinman, & Kelly Alexander. (2014). What's All this Talk About Emotion? Developing Emotional Intelligence in Social Work Students. Social Work Education. 33(7). 874–889. 74 indexed citations

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Mason, Linda, Elizabeth Nyothach, Kelly Alexander, et al.. (2013). ‘We Keep It Secret So No One Should Know’ – A Qualitative Study to Explore Young Schoolgirls Attitudes and Experiences with Menstruation in Rural Western Kenya. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79132–e79132. 214 indexed citations

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Museru, Oidda, et al.. (2010). Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Refugees Resettled in the U.S.: High Prevalence and Challenges in Access to Health Care. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 12(6). 823–827. 20 indexed citations

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Franco‐Paredes, Carlos, Isabel Hernández-Ramos, Carlos del Rı́o, et al.. (2009). H1N1 Influenza Pandemics: Comparing the Events of 2009 in Mexico with those of 1976 and 1918–1919. Archives of Medical Research. 40(8). 669–672. 27 indexed citations

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