Kenneth Hill

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Hill is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Hill has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 36 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Hill's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (48 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (24 papers). Kenneth Hill is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (48 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (24 papers). Kenneth Hill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Kenneth Hill's co-authors include Christopher J L Murray, Dean T. Jamison, Jee‐Peng Tan, Seth Berkley, Robert Hecht, Philip Musgrove, Helen Saxenian, Danzhen You, Günther Fink and Isabel Günther and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Hill

88 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

World development report 1993 : investing in health 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. World development report 1993 : investing in health
    1993 1.9k citations Kenneth Hill, Christopher J L Murray et al. profile →
  2. Levels and trends in child mortality, 1990–2009
    2010 604 citations Danzhen You, Kenneth Hill et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth Hill United States 31 2.7k 2.1k 1.5k 778 738 91 6.2k
Abbas Bhuiya Bangladesh 39 1.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 887 1.1× 625 0.8× 156 5.1k
George Pariyo Uganda 41 3.2k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 648 0.8× 532 0.7× 136 5.4k
David Sanders South Africa 42 2.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 485 0.6× 922 1.2× 203 7.4k
Damian Walker United States 46 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 979 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 213 8.6k
David Osrin United Kingdom 46 4.4k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 2.6k 1.8× 779 1.0× 425 0.6× 171 7.6k
J. Ties Boerma United States 43 2.0k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 406 0.5× 1.0k 1.4× 79 6.7k
Emmanuela Gakidou United States 45 2.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 886 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 956 1.3× 113 8.2k
Sally Theobald United Kingdom 40 2.3k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 627 0.4× 394 0.5× 538 0.7× 207 5.8k
Carla AbouZahr Switzerland 30 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 777 0.5× 477 0.6× 482 0.7× 66 5.4k
Nyovani Madise United Kingdom 39 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 351 0.5× 348 0.5× 113 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Hill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Hill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Hill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Amouzou, Agbessi, Elizabeth Hazel, Rebecca Heidkamp, et al.. (2016). Independent Evaluation of the integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness Strategy in Malawi Using a National Evaluation Platform Design. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94(3). 574–583. 36 indexed citations
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Mejía‐Guevara, Iván, Kenneth Hill, S. V. Subramanian, & Chunling Lu. (2015). Service availability and association between Mutuelles and medical care usage for under-five children in rural Rwanda: a statistical analysis with repeated cross-sectional data. BMJ Open. 5(9). e008814–e008814. 9 indexed citations
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Fink, Günther, Isabel Günther, & Kenneth Hill. (2011). The effect of water and sanitation on child health: evidence from the demographic and health surveys 1986–2007. International Journal of Epidemiology. 40(5). 1196–1204. 319 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth. (2011). Influenza in India 1918: excess mortality reassessed. 67(2). 9–29. 15 indexed citations
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Sousa, Angelica, Kenneth Hill, & Mário Roberto Dal Poz. (2010). Sub-national assessment of inequality trends in neonatal and child mortality in Brazil. International Journal for Equity in Health. 9(1). 21–21. 54 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, Danzhen You, & Yoonjoung Choi. (2009). Death distribution methods for estimating adult mortality. Demographic Research. 21(9). 235–254. 1 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, et al.. (2008). The demographic impact of Partition in the Punjab in 1947. Population Studies. 62(2). 155–170. 13 indexed citations
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Herring, Andrew A., et al.. (2008). Differential Mortality Patterns Between Nicaraguan Immigrants and Native-born Residents of Costa Rica. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 12(1). 33–42. 9 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, Kevin J. A. Thomas, Carla AbouZahr, et al.. (2007). Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005: an assessment of available data. The Lancet. 370(9595). 1311–1319. 348 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher J L, Thomas A. Laakso, Kenji Shibuya, Kenneth Hill, & Alan D López. (2007). Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015. The Lancet. 370(9592). 1040–1054. 197 indexed citations
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Murray, Christopher J L, Alan D López, Brian Chin, Dennis M. Feehan, & Kenneth Hill. (2006). Estimation of potential global pandemic influenza mortality on the basis of vital registry data from the 1918–20 pandemic: a quantitative analysis. The Lancet. 368(9554). 2211–2218. 424 indexed citations
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Amouzou, Agbessi & Kenneth Hill. (2004). Child mortality and socioeconomic status in sub-Saharan Africa. African Population Studies. 19(1). 1–11. 34 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth. (2004). War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility: A Review of Evidence. 33 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, George Bicego, & Mary Mahy. (2001). Childhood Mortality in Kenya: An examination of trends and determinants in the late 1980s to mid 1990s. 23 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth. (1992). Fertility and mortality trends in the developing world.. AMBIO. 21(1). 79–83. 7 indexed citations
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Hollerbach, Paula E., Sergio Díaz‐Briquets, & Kenneth Hill. (1984). Fertility Determinants in Cuba. International Family Planning Perspectives. 10(1). 12–12. 11 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, Hania Zlotnik, & James Trussell. (1981). Demographic estimation: a manual on indirect techniques.. 10 indexed citations
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Trussell, T. James & Kenneth Hill. (1980). Fertility and mortality estimation from the Panama Retrospective Demographic Survey, 1976. Population Studies. 34(3). 551–563. 4 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth, et al.. (1977). La mortalidad en los primeros años de vida en países de la América Latina: Honduras, 1969-1970. Series Históricas. 1 indexed citations
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Hill, Kenneth & James Trussell. (1977). Further developments in indirect mortality estimation. Population Studies. 31(2). 313–334. 74 indexed citations

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