Neil Andersson

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Neil Andersson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Andersson has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in General Health Professions, 55 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 52 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Neil Andersson's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (49 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (30 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (26 papers). Neil Andersson is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (49 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (30 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (26 papers). Neil Andersson collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Canada and Colombia. Neil Andersson's co-authors include Beverley Shea, Maarten Boers, L.M. Bouter, Jeremy Grimshaw, Anne Cockcroft, Candyce Hamel, George A. Wells, Peter Tugwell, David Moher and Steven Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Neil Andersson

229 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews

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Author						Papers	Cites
Neil Andersson	2.4k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	245	8.4k
Claire Glenton	4.3k 1.8×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	2.1k 2.0×	1.2k 1.1×	136	10.5k
David R. Jones	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	792 0.7×	894 0.9×	122	12.7k
Candyce Hamel	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	822 0.7×	909 0.8×	360 0.3×	82	13.7k
Sandy Oliver	5.3k 2.2×	2.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	650 0.6×	206	11.7k
Elizabeth Kristjansson	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	640 0.6×	729 0.7×	542 0.5×	95	11.3k
Patricia McInerney	3.8k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	730 0.7×	43	13.3k
Amanda Sowden	4.4k 1.8×	3.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	117	15.5k
Lisa Hartling	2.9k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	2.2k 2.0×	742 0.7×	401	18.2k
Angela Harden	4.3k 1.8×	2.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	762 0.7×	132	11.3k
Christina Godfrey	4.6k 1.9×	3.2k 2.0×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	865 0.8×	99	16.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Andersson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Andersson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Andersson

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Avan, Abolfazl, et al.. (2025). The burden of stroke, ischaemic heart disease, and dementia in Africa, 1990–2021: an ecological analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2021. The Lancet Global Health. 13(7). e1191–e1202.

Vargas‐De‐León, Cruz, Sergio Paredes‐Solís, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, et al.. (2024). The influence of gender and temephos exposure on community participation in dengue prevention: a compartmental mathematical model. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 463–463. 3 indexed citations

Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2024). Four analysis moments for fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research. Global Health Action. 17(1). 2430024–2430024. 2 indexed citations

Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2024). Integrating knowledge systems for holistic approaches to addressing knowledge and health inequities: combining fuzzy cognitive maps. Global Health Promotion. 32(2). 91–97.

Cockcroft, Anne, et al.. (2024). HIV-sensitive social protection for unemployed and out-of-school young women in Botswana: An exploratory study of barriers and solutions. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0293824–e0293824.

Pimentel, Juan, et al.. (2023). Competency-Based Cultural Safety Training in Medical Education at La Sabana University, Colombia: A Roadmap of Curricular Modernization. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 37(1). 127–136.

Cockcroft, Anne, et al.. (2023). Vulnerable young women and frontline service providers identify options to improve the HIV-sensitivity of social protection programmes in Botswana: A modified Policy Delphi approach. Global Public Health. 18(1). 2255030–2255030. 1 indexed citations

Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2022). Safe birth in cultural safety in southern Mexico: a pragmatic non-inferiority cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22(1). 43–43. 10 indexed citations

Legorreta-Soberanis, José, et al.. (2022). Utility of a Pulmonary Oedema Score for Predicting the Need for Mechanical Ventilation in COVID-19 Patients in a General Hospital. Archives of Medical Research. 53(4). 399–406. 1 indexed citations

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Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2021). Cultivation and use of medicinal plants and association with reporting of childhood asthma: A case-control study in the Bogotá savanna. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(4). e8196–e8196.

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Pimentel, Juan, Anne Cockcroft, & Neil Andersson. (2021). Game jams for cultural safety training in Colombian medical education: a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11(5). e042892–e042892. 5 indexed citations

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Ferrari, Manuela, Jennifer Reynolds, Suzanne Archie, et al.. (2020). Digital Game Interventions for Youth Mental Health Services (Gaming My Way to Recovery): Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(6). e13834–e13834. 16 indexed citations

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Pimentel, Juan, et al.. (2020). Association Between Cold Exposure and Asthma: Systematic Review and meta-analysis, 1965-2015. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(1). 158–177. 1 indexed citations

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Naz, Anila, Ellen Rosenberg, Neil Andersson, Ronald Labonté, & Anne Andermann. (2016). Health workers who ask about social determinants of health are more likely to report helping patients: Mixed-methods study.. PubMed. 62(11). e684–e693. 50 indexed citations

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Paredes‐Solís, Sergio, et al.. (2016). Prevalencia de gingivitis y factores asociados en estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, México. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 53(2). 9–16. 3 indexed citations

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Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2016). Traditional medicine used in childbirth and for childhood diarrhoea in Nigeria's Cross River State: interviews with traditional practitioners and a statewide cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 6(4). e010417–e010417. 22 indexed citations

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Paredes‐Solís, Sergio, et al.. (2015). Satisfacción de usuarios con los servicios de salud bucal y factores asociados en Acapulco, México. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 52(3). 19–28. 1 indexed citations

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Andersson, Neil, et al.. (2003). Combating sexual violence in the south of Johannesburg : do unto others - and pay the price. South African Crime Quarterly. 2003(3). 5–9. 1 indexed citations

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Marks, Shula & Neil Andersson. (1986). Women and Health in South Africa. Canadian women's studies. 7(1). 5 indexed citations

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Andersson, Neil, et al.. (1979). Is appendicitis familial?. BMJ. 2(6192). 697–698. 36 indexed citations

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