Peter Salama

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Peter Salama is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Salama has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Salama's work include Health and Conflict Studies (19 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers). Peter Salama is often cited by papers focused on Health and Conflict Studies (19 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (15 papers). Peter Salama collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Afghanistan. Peter Salama's co-authors include Tessa Wardlaw, Paul Spiegel, Elizabeth Mason, Mickey Chopra, Clarissa Brocklehurst, Emily White Johansson, Elizabeth Mason, Leisel Talley, Barbara Lopes Cardozo and Dominique Heymann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Peter Salama

50 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done

2009 793 citations Tessa Wardlaw, Peter Salama 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
Peter Salama United States	26	1.3k	1.1k	925	805	752	50	3.8k
Ronald J. Waldman United States	30	976 0.8×	409 0.4×	781 0.8×	464 0.6×	610 0.8×	68	2.8k
Paul Spiegel United States	36	2.0k 1.6×	591 0.5×	926 1.0×	730 0.9×	1.7k 2.2×	184	4.9k
Adamson S. Muula Malawi	39	2.0k 1.6×	462 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	811 1.1×	356	6.0k
John Ehiri United States	42	1.8k 1.4×	744 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.7×	300 0.4×	154	5.5k
Audrey Prost United Kingdom	36	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.8×	390 0.5×	343 0.5×	139	3.7k
Sharon Huttly United Kingdom	36	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	1.5k 1.6×	504 0.6×	386 0.5×	71	5.7k
Hoosen Coovadia South Africa	31	989 0.8×	797 0.7×	827 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	172 0.2×	77	4.4k
Damen Haile Mariam Ethiopia	31	918 0.7×	450 0.4×	903 1.0×	859 1.1×	189 0.3×	148	3.0k
Joel Negin Australia	35	1.4k 1.1×	404 0.4×	925 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	153 0.2×	134	3.9k
Viroj Tangcharoensathien Thailand	45	2.3k 1.8×	349 0.3×	2.1k 2.3×	480 0.6×	291 0.4×	261	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Salama

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Salama

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Salama

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

Pyone, Thidar, et al.. (2019). Introducing a sector-wide pooled fund in a fragile context: mixed-methods evaluation of the health transition fund in Zimbabwe. BMJ Open. 9(6). e024516–e024516. 11 indexed citations

Tayler, Elizabeth, et al.. (2019). Universal health coverage: an opportunity to address antimicrobial resistance?. The Lancet Global Health. 7(11). e1480–e1481. 13 indexed citations

Salama, Peter, et al.. (2018). Can religion kill? The association between membership of the Apostolic faith and child mortality in Zimbabwe. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 9(2). 707–707. 4 indexed citations

Dalil, Suraya, William Newbrander, Benjamin Loevinsohn, et al.. (2014). Aid effectiveness in rebuilding the Afghan health system: A reflection. Global Public Health. 9(sup1). S124–S136. 22 indexed citations

Salama, Peter, et al.. (2014). Is religion the forgotten variable in maternal and child health? Evidence from Zimbabwe. Social Science & Medicine. 118. 80–88. 42 indexed citations

Ross, David A., et al.. (2013). Anthropometric predictors of mortality in undernourished adults in the Ajiep Feeding Programme in Southern Sudan. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(2). 335–339. 4 indexed citations

You, Danzhen, et al.. (2009). Levels and trends in under-5 mortality, 1990–2008. The Lancet. 375(9709). 100–103. 124 indexed citations

Wardlaw, Tessa, Peter Salama, Clarissa Brocklehurst, Mickey Chopra, & Elizabeth Mason. (2009). Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done. The Lancet. 375(9718). 870–872. 793 indexed citations breakdown →

Loaiza, Edilberto, Tessa Wardlaw, & Peter Salama. (2008). Child mortality 30 years after the Alma-Ata Declaration. The Lancet. 372(9642). 874–876. 14 indexed citations

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Mansoor, Osman & Peter Salama. (2007). Should hepatitis B vaccine be used for infants?. Expert Review of Vaccines. 6(1). 29–33. 8 indexed citations

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Lydon, Patrick, Jean‐Marie Okwo‐Bele, Lara J. Wolfson, et al.. (2006). A new global immunisation vision and strategy. The Lancet. 367(9521). 1464–1466. 48 indexed citations

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Vijayaraghavan, Maya, Fabio Lievano, Lisa Cairns, et al.. (2006). Economic Evaluation of Measles Catch-Up and Follow-Up Campaigns in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003. Disasters. 30(2). 256–269. 13 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Reinhard, Judith Lane, Robert Downing, et al.. (2006). HIV, syphilis, herpes simplex virus 2, and behavioral surveillance among conflict-affected populations in Yei and Rumbek, southern Sudan. AIDS. 20(6). 942–944. 16 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Paul, et al.. (2001). Developing Public Health Indicators in Complex Emergency Response. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 16(4). 281–285. 25 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Paul & Peter Salama. (2001). Emergencies in developed countries: are aid organisations ready to adapt?. The Lancet. 357(9257). 714–714. 12 indexed citations

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Salama, Peter. (2001). Malnutrition, Measles, Mortality, and the Humanitarian Response During a Famine in Ethiopia. JAMA. 286(5). 563–563. 125 indexed citations

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Salama, Peter, et al.. (2000). HIV Risk and Prevention in Emergency‐affected Populations: A Review. Disasters. 24(3). 181–197. 54 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Paul & Peter Salama. (2000). War and mortality in Kosovo, 1998–99: an epidemiological testimony. The Lancet. 355(9222). 2204–2209. 144 indexed citations

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Salama, Peter, et al.. (1999). Health and human rights in contemporary humanitarian crises: is Kosovo more important than Sierra Leone?. BMJ. 319(7224). 1569–1571. 12 indexed citations

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McCall, Michael & Peter Salama. (1999). Selection, training, and support of relief workers: an occupational health issue. BMJ. 318(7176). 113–116. 53 indexed citations

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