Paul Spiegel

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Paul Spiegel is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Spiegel has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in General Health Professions, 89 papers in Clinical Psychology and 38 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Paul Spiegel's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (86 papers), Health and Conflict Studies (64 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (37 papers). Paul Spiegel is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (86 papers), Health and Conflict Studies (64 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (37 papers). Paul Spiegel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Paul Spiegel's co-authors include Peter Salama, Ronald J. Waldman, Francesco Checchi, Shannon Doocy, Marian Schilperoord, Michelle Gayer, Eugene Taeha Paik, Michael J. Ryan, Máire A Connolly and Dominique Heymann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Paul Spiegel

173 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children

2021 225 citations Eran Bendavid, Ties Boerma et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Spiegel United States	36	2.0k	1.7k	926	826	730	184	4.9k
Gilbert Burnham United States	38	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	749 0.9×	518 0.7×	179	4.9k
Adamson S. Muula Malawi	39	2.0k 1.0×	811 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	625 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	356	6.0k
Karl Blanchet United Kingdom	33	1.5k 0.8×	952 0.6×	948 1.0×	585 0.7×	304 0.4×	159	3.8k
Padam Simkhada United Kingdom	32	1.3k 0.7×	505 0.3×	1.6k 1.8×	763 0.9×	528 0.7×	192	4.5k
Masamine Jimba Japan	40	2.0k 1.0×	603 0.4×	1.6k 1.8×	681 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	307	6.2k
Raj Bhopal United Kingdom	50	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	505 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	421 0.6×	238	8.7k
Ronald J. Waldman United States	30	976 0.5×	610 0.4×	781 0.8×	340 0.4×	464 0.6×	68	2.8k
Agnès Binagwaho Rwanda	39	1.7k 0.8×	377 0.2×	1.7k 1.8×	402 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	180	5.6k
Anna‐Karin Hurtig Sweden	34	1.5k 0.8×	433 0.3×	1.7k 1.8×	466 0.6×	526 0.7×	201	4.5k
Debbie Bradshaw South Africa	46	2.3k 1.1×	484 0.3×	1.2k 1.3×	471 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	207	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Spiegel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Spiegel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Spiegel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Spiegel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Spiegel 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 Paul Spiegel. Paul Spiegel 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

Desjardins, Michael R., Daniele Lantagne, Chiara Altare, et al.. (2025). Case-area targeted interventions and free chlorine residual in household drinking water: An observational cohort study during a cholera outbreak in Northeast Nigeria. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 19(1). e0012731–e0012731.

Altare, Chiara, et al.. (2025). How did health service utilization and delivery change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Frontline healthcare workers’ perceptions from the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 1046–1046.

Ahmed, Mohammed Salih, et al.. (2025). Maternal and newborn health prioritization in post-transition Somalia: Analysis of key stakeholder perspectives at the federal level. 4. 100072–100072.

Wirtz, Andrea L., et al.. (2024). Persistent Food Insecurity and Material Hardships: A Latent Class Analysis of Experiences among Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Urban Colombia. Nutrients. 16(7). 1060–1060. 1 indexed citations

Altare, Chiara, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 epidemiology, health services utilisation and health care seeking behaviour during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mweso health zone, Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Global Health. 14. 5016–5016. 2 indexed citations

Fernández-Niño, Julián Alfredo, et al.. (2024). The impact of policy and policy communication on COVID-19 vaccination inequalities among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia: a comparative cross-sectional interrupted time-series analysis. BMJ Global Health. 9(3). e014464–e014464. 1 indexed citations

Desjardins, Michael R., et al.. (2024). Case-area targeted interventions during a large-scale cholera epidemic: A prospective cohort study in Northeast Nigeria. PLoS Medicine. 21(5). e1004404–e1004404. 6 indexed citations

Spiegel, Paul, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the US detention standards to protect the health and dignity of migrants: a systematic review of national health standards. BMJ Open. 13(4). e069949–e069949.

Wirtz, Andrea L., Kathleen R. Page, James Case, et al.. (2022). HIV Surveillance and Research for Migrant Populations: Protocol Integrating Respondent-Driven Sampling, Case Finding, and Medicolegal Services for Venezuelans Living in Colombia. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(3). e36026–e36026. 8 indexed citations

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Lyles, Emily, Stephen Chua, Antonio J. Trujillo, et al.. (2022). Multi-purpose cash transfers and health among vulnerable Syrian refugees in Jordan: A prospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(11). e0001227–e0001227. 2 indexed citations

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Mateen, Farrah J. & Paul Spiegel. (2022). How Should Relief Organizations Fund Care of Patient-Asylees Who Have Cancer?. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 24(6). E457–462. 1 indexed citations

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Bendavid, Eran, Ties Boerma, Nadia Akseer, et al.. (2021). The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children. The Lancet. 397(10273). 522–532. 225 indexed citations breakdown →

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James, Rosemary, et al.. (2021). Use of COVID-19 evidence in humanitarian settings: the need for dynamic guidance adapted to changing humanitarian crisis contexts. Conflict and Health. 15(1). 83–83. 5 indexed citations

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Truelove, Shaun, Chiara Altare, Stephen A. Lauer, et al.. (2020). The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in Bangladesh and beyond: A modeling study. PLoS Medicine. 17(6). e1003144–e1003144. 93 indexed citations

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Boerma, Ties, Hannah Tappis, Ghada E. Saad, et al.. (2019). Armed conflicts and national trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: what can national health surveys tell us?. BMJ Global Health. 4(Suppl 4). e001300–e001300. 35 indexed citations

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Ratnayake, Ruwan, Olivier Degomme, Bayard Roberts, & Paul Spiegel. (2014). Conflict and Health: seven years of advancing science in humanitarian crises. Conflict and Health. 8(1). 7–7. 14 indexed citations

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Mendelsohn, Joshua, Paul Spiegel, Marian Schilperoord, Nadine Cornier, & David A. Ross. (2014). Antiretroviral Therapy for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: A Call for Equity. PLoS Medicine. 11(6). e1001643–e1001643. 11 indexed citations

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Mendelsohn, Joshua, Marian Schilperoord, Paul Spiegel, & David A. Ross. (2012). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and treatment outcomes among conflict-affected and forcibly displaced populations: a systematic review. Conflict and Health. 6(1). 9–9. 27 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Paul, et al.. (2004). UNHCR, HIV/AIDS and refugees: lessons learned. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Schulz, Walter, et al.. (1978). [Calcium phosphate metabolism during therapy with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25 DHCC (Ro 21/5535)] in patients with advanced kidney insufficiency].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 1297–301. 1 indexed citations

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