Léo Heller

2.8k total citations
164 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Léo Heller is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Léo Heller has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 36 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Léo Heller's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (72 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (32 papers) and Environmental Sustainability and Education (25 papers). Léo Heller is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (72 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (32 papers) and Environmental Sustainability and Education (25 papers). Léo Heller collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and United States. Léo Heller's co-authors include Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Priscila Neves-Silva, César R. Mota, Sonaly Rezende, João Luiz Pena, Enrico A. Colosimo, Sandy Cairncross, Júlio César Teixeira, Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol and Nilo Nascimento and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Léo Heller

152 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Léo Heller Brazil 21 547 231 222 205 204 164 1.6k
Corinne J. Schuster‐Wallace Canada 21 562 1.0× 488 2.1× 340 1.5× 235 1.1× 247 1.2× 74 1.9k
Kate Medlicott Switzerland 17 1.1k 2.1× 253 1.1× 106 0.5× 190 0.9× 257 1.3× 19 1.9k
Paul Jagals Australia 22 615 1.1× 337 1.5× 145 0.7× 64 0.3× 137 0.7× 93 1.8k
Jennyfer Wolf Switzerland 15 1.3k 2.4× 228 1.0× 240 1.1× 329 1.6× 372 1.8× 22 2.8k
Katrina Charles United Kingdom 29 444 0.8× 612 2.6× 586 2.6× 153 0.7× 102 0.5× 75 2.5k
Bruce Gordon Switzerland 13 913 1.7× 218 0.9× 83 0.4× 172 0.8× 183 0.9× 29 1.5k
Ryan Cronk United States 27 1.6k 2.9× 692 3.0× 224 1.0× 171 0.8× 199 1.0× 76 2.6k
Clair Null United States 19 1.1k 2.1× 255 1.1× 123 0.6× 189 0.9× 283 1.4× 43 1.6k
Duncan Mara United Kingdom 21 830 1.5× 491 2.1× 124 0.6× 144 0.7× 88 0.4× 34 1.8k
Laurence Haller Switzerland 20 1.6k 2.8× 785 3.4× 159 0.7× 234 1.1× 204 1.0× 31 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Léo Heller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Léo Heller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léo Heller

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heller, Léo, et al.. (2025). “We have a good neighbor policy”: How street vendors access (or not) water and toilets. Social Science & Medicine. 373. 118020–118020.
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Neves-Silva, Priscila, et al.. (2024). Talks about privatization of water and sanitation: A critical discourse analysis of contributions to a UN report. Arca - Repositório Institucional da Fiocruz. 23. 100179–100179. 1 indexed citations
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Mingoti, Sueli Aparecida, et al.. (2023). Water, sanitation and schistosomiasis mansoni: a study based on the Brazilian National Prevalence Survey (2011-2015). Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 28(2). 363–372. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Léo, et al.. (2023). O espaço público e o público que o frequenta: dilemas dos direitos humanos à água e ao saneamento. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais. 25(1). 3 indexed citations
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Heller, Léo & Mariângela Carneiro. (2023). WASH and health: from global estimates to whys and hows. The Lancet. 401(10393). 2017–2018. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Léo, et al.. (2023). What water will the UN Conference carry forward: a fundamental human right or a commodity?. The Lancet. 402(10404). 757–759. 1 indexed citations
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Mol, Marcos Paulo Gomes, et al.. (2022). Healthcare waste generation in hospitals per continent: a systematic review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(28). 42466–42475. 20 indexed citations
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Neves-Silva, Priscila, et al.. (2021). Saneamento e saúde: saneamento: entre os direitos humanos, a justiça ambiental e a promoção da saúde. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas).
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Neves-Silva, Priscila, et al.. (2020). The right to water: Impact on the quality of life of rural workers in a settlement of the Landless Workers Movement, Brazil. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236281–e0236281. 10 indexed citations
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Pena, João Luiz, et al.. (2018). Infrastructure is a necessary but insufficient condition to eliminate inequalities in access to water: Research of a rural community intervention in Northeast Brazil. The Science of The Total Environment. 652. 1445–1455. 42 indexed citations
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Brown, Colin B. & Léo Heller. (2017). Affordability in the provision of water and sanitation services: Evolving strategies and imperatives to realise human rights. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 5. 19–38. 2 indexed citations
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Castro, José Esteban, et al.. (2015). A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF EARLY WATER POLICY AND WATER AND SANITATION POLICY IN BRAZIL. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 5 indexed citations
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Carneiro, Mariângela, et al.. (2014). Reducing Occurrence of Giardia duodenalis in Children Living in Semiarid Regions: Impact of a Large Scale Rainwater Harvesting Initiative. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(6). e2943–e2943. 20 indexed citations
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Heller, Léo, et al.. (2013). PLANO DE SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL DE PENÁPOLIS, BRASIL: UMA AVALIAÇÃO À LUZ DAS TEORIAS DE PLANEJAMENTO. 6(1). 32–48. 2 indexed citations
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Nascimento, Nilo, et al.. (2007). Towards a paradigm SWITCH: Integrating urban water management in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.. Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London). 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Léo, et al.. (2004). Um modelo para a analise ambiental urbana: aplicacao a area central de Divinopolis-MG. Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental. 9(2). 131–139.
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Heller, Léo. (2000). The need for a developing-country perspective on the environment.. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 78(9). 1159. 1 indexed citations
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Jacques, Suzanne M., Faisal Qureshi, Bernard Gonik, et al.. (1996). Abstracts From the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 4(1). 47–57. 3 indexed citations

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