Leanne Unicomb

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Leanne Unicomb is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Leanne Unicomb has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 49 papers in Infectious Diseases and 40 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Leanne Unicomb's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (104 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (43 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (35 papers). Leanne Unicomb is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (104 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (43 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (35 papers). Leanne Unicomb collaborates with scholars based in Bangladesh, United States and Australia. Leanne Unicomb's co-authors include Stephen P. Luby, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Peter J. Winch, Emily K. Rousham, Mahbubur Rahman, Benjamin F. Arnold, Amal Halder, Ayşe Ercümen, John M. Colford and Tarique Md. Nurul Huda and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Leanne Unicomb

177 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

The Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in infrastructure-restricted settings

2013 292 citations Peter J. Winch, Leanne Unicomb et al. BMC Public Health profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Leanne Unicomb	2.7k	1.9k	898	843	817	180	6.0k
Claudio F. Lanata	2.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	160	9.0k
Joseph N. S. Eisenberg	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	351 0.4×	379 0.4×	357 0.4×	205	6.1k
Margaret Kosek	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	513 0.6×	466 0.6×	754 0.9×	144	4.9k
Gagandeep Kang	2.7k 1.0×	7.9k 4.1×	894 1.0×	681 0.8×	737 0.9×	408	12.8k
Kåre Mølbak	1.7k 0.6×	6.1k 3.1×	617 0.7×	567 0.7×	3.8k 4.7×	342	14.3k
Abu Syed Golam Faruque	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	556 0.6×	398 0.5×	712 0.9×	225	6.2k
Christa L. Fischer Walker	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	635 0.8×	880 1.1×	54	5.8k
Wolf‐Peter Schmidt	3.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	973 1.2×	282 0.3×	115	6.1k
Andrew J. Prendergast	3.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	771 0.9×	167 0.2×	176	7.5k
Mahbubur Rahman	1.4k 0.5×	660 0.3×	499 0.6×	430 0.5×	251 0.3×	236	4.3k

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Islam, Mahfuza, Anna Nguyen, Jessica A. Grembi, et al.. (2025). Associations between weather extremes and faecal contamination along pathogen transmission pathways in rural Bangladeshi households: a prospective observational study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(1). e5–e13. 2 indexed citations

Islam, Mahfuza, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, et al.. (2024). 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. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 14(3). 765–778.

Rahman, Mahbubur, et al.. (2023). Sustaining an elementary school-based hygiene intervention in Bangladesh by forming ‘hygiene committees’: a pilot study. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 13(10). 749–763. 1 indexed citations

Yeasmin, Dalia, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal, Md Saiful Islam, et al.. (2023). Exploring customers’ perceptions of food adulteration at bazaars and supermarkets in Dhaka, Bangladesh; a qualitative exploration. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 206–206. 9 indexed citations

Islam, Mahfuza, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, et al.. (2022). 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. PLoS Medicine. 19(8). e1004041–e1004041. 7 indexed citations

Rahman, Mahbubur, Mahfuza Islam, Solaiman Doza, et al.. (2022). Higher helminth ova counts and incomplete decomposition in sand-enveloped latrine pits in a coastal sub-district of Bangladesh. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(6). e0010495–e0010495. 2 indexed citations

Amin, Nuhu, et al.. (2021). Field Trial of an Automated Batch Chlorinator System at Two Shared Shallow Tubewells among Camps for Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(24). 12917–12917.

Kwong, Laura H., Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, et al.. (2021). Effect of sanitation improvements on soil-transmitted helminth eggs in courtyard soil from rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(7). e0008815–e0008815. 6 indexed citations

Parvez, Sarker Masud, Musarrat Jabeen Rahman, Mahbubur Rahman, et al.. (2021). Achieving equitable uptake of handwashing and sanitation by addressing both supply and demand-based constraints: findings from a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20(1). 16–16. 5 indexed citations

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Yeasmin, Farzana, Mahbubur Rahman, Stephen P. Luby, et al.. (2020). Landlords’ and Compound Managers’ Role in Improving and Sustaining Shared Latrines in Three Dhaka City Slums. Water. 12(7). 2073–2073. 3 indexed citations

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Alam, Mahbub‐Ul, Leanne Unicomb, Nuhu Amin, et al.. (2020). Barriers and Enabling Factors for Central and Household Level Water Treatment in a Refugee Setting: A Mixed-Method Study among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Water. 12(11). 3149–3149. 7 indexed citations

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Naser, Abu Mohd, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, et al.. (2020). Past Sodium Intake, Contemporary Sodium Intake, and Cardiometabolic Health in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(18). e014978–e014978. 2 indexed citations

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Pickering, Amy J., Ayşe Ercümen, Benjamin F. Arnold, et al.. (2017). FECAL CONTAMINATION ALONG MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL PATHWAYS IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSEQUENT DIARRHEA AMONG CHILDREN IN RURAL BANGLADESH. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Alam, Mahbub‐Ul, Stephen P. Luby, Amal Halder, et al.. (2017). Menstrual hygiene management among Bangladeshi adolescent schoolgirls and risk factors affecting school absence: results from a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 7(7). e015508–e015508. 160 indexed citations

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Naser, Abu Mohd, Leanne Unicomb, Solaiman Doza, et al.. (2017). Stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the cardiovascular health effects of a managed aquifer recharge initiative to reduce drinking water salinity in southwest coastal Bangladesh: study design and rationale. BMJ Open. 7(9). e015205–e015205. 15 indexed citations

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Lin, Audrie, Benjamin F. Arnold, Andrew Mertens, et al.. (2017). Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on telomere length among children in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. eLife. 6. 5 indexed citations

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Unicomb, Leanne, Kathleen E. Fullerton, Martyn Kirk, & Russell Stafford. (2009). Outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis in Australia, 2001 to 2006. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 6(10). 1241–1250. 26 indexed citations

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Unicomb, Leanne, Lyn C. O'Reilly, Martyn Kirk, et al.. (2008). Risk factors for infection with Campylobacter jejuni flaA genotypes. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Unicomb, Leanne, Craig Dalton, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Niels G. Becker, & Mahomed Patel. (2008). Age-Specific Risk Factors for Sporadic Campylobacter Infection in Regional Australia. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 5(1). 79–85. 30 indexed citations

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Merritt, Tony & Leanne Unicomb. (2004). A Review of Salmonella surveillance in New South Wales, 1998?2000. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 15(10). 178–178. 2 indexed citations

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