Les Roberts

1.9k total citations
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Les Roberts is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Roberts has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Les Roberts's work include Health and Conflict Studies (20 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers). Les Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Health and Conflict Studies (20 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers). Les Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Iraq. Les Roberts's co-authors include Riyadh Lafta, Gilbert Burnham, Shannon Doocy, Richard Garfield, Francesco Checchi, Cheryl A. Bopp, Jonathan Mermin, B C Ross, Lori Hutwagner and Paul S. Mead and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Les Roberts

24 papers receiving 896 citations

Peers

Les Roberts
Warren Dodd Canada
Anu Rammohan Australia
Stephen P. Teret United States
Ezekiel Kalipeni United States
Xiushi Yang United States
Helen Young United States
Stephanie Smith United States
Susan A. Bartels Canada
Naomi Adelson Canada
Fred Martineau United Kingdom
Warren Dodd Canada
Les Roberts
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Countries citing papers authored by Les Roberts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Les Roberts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Roberts

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All Works

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Stark, Lindsay, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the reliability and validity of secondary reporting to measure gender-based violence in conflict and disaster. Conflict and Health. 14(1). 57–57. 6 indexed citations
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Zadravecz, Frank J., et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a population mobility, mortality, and birth surveillance system in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Disasters. 44(2). 390–407. 11 indexed citations
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Rubenstein, Leonard, et al.. (2018). Review of attacks on health care facilities in six conflicts of the past three decades. Conflict and Health. 12(1). 19–19. 39 indexed citations
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Bennouna, Cyril, et al.. (2016). Improving surveillance of attacks on children and education in South Kivu: a knowledge collection and sensitivity analysis in the D.R. Congo. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 11(1). 69–77. 5 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Dustin, Tova F Fuller, & Les Roberts. (2013). WikiLeaks and Iraq Body Count: the Sum of Parts May Not Add Up to the Whole—A Comparison of Two Tallies of Iraqi Civilian Deaths. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 28(3). 223–229. 25 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les, et al.. (2012). Estimating human rights violations in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A population-based survey. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 7(3). 201–210. 3 indexed citations
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Henderson, Schuyler W., et al.. (2009). Reporting Iraqi civilian fatalities in a time of war. Conflict and Health. 3(1). 9–9. 7 indexed citations
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Cairns, K. Lisa, Bradley A. Woodruff, Mark Myatt, et al.. (2009). Cross‐sectional survey methods to assess retrospectively mortality in humanitarian emergencies. Disasters. 33(4). 503–521. 13 indexed citations
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Checchi, Francesco & Les Roberts. (2008). Documenting Mortality in Crises: What Keeps Us from Doing Better?. PLoS Medicine. 5(7). e146–e146. 61 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les. (2007). Advances in Monitoring Have Not Translated into Improvements in Humanitarian Health Services. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 22(5). 384–389. 8 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les. (2007). Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 73–80. 10 indexed citations
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Burnham, Gilbert, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy, & Les Roberts. (2006). Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. The Lancet. 368(9545). 1421–1428. 326 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les, Gilbert Burnham, & Richard Garfield. (2005). Mortality in Iraq. The Lancet. 365(9465). 1133–1134. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les, et al.. (2004). Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey. The Lancet. 364(9448). 1857–1864. 250 indexed citations
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Roberts, Les, et al.. (2004). Assessing the impact of humanitarian assistance in the health sector. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 1(1). 3–3. 32 indexed citations
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Lafta, Riyadh, Les Roberts, Richard Garfield, & Gilbert Burnham. (2004). The Role of Small Arms during the 2003-2004 Conflict in Iraq.
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Roberts, Les. (2001). kinshasa Little relief for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Lancet. 357(9266). 1421–1421. 7 indexed citations
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Mermin, Jonathan, Rodrigo Villar, Les Roberts, et al.. (1999). A Massive Epidemic of Multidrug‐Resistant Typhoid Fever in Tajikistan Associated with Consumption of Municipal Water. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 179(6). 1416–1422. 151 indexed citations

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