Robert Bain

4.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
60 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Bain is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Water Science and Technology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Bain has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 21 papers in Water Science and Technology and 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Bain's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (45 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (17 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers). Robert Bain is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (45 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (17 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers). Robert Bain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Robert Bain's co-authors include Jamie Bartram, Jim Wright, Tom Slaymaker, Hong Yang, Ryan Cronk, Stephen Gundry, Rick Johnston, Steve Pedley, Rifat Hossain and Kyle Onda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Bain

58 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2014 440 citations Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review

2014 343 citations Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk et al. Tropical Medicine & International Health profile →
Global potential for harvesting drinking water from air using solar energy

2021 282 citations Neil D. Treat, Robert Bain et al. Nature profile →
Mapping safe drinking water use in low- and middle-income countries

2024 51 citations Robert Bain, Rick Johnston et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Addressing gaps in data on drinking water quality through data integration and machine learning: evidence from Ethiopia 2023 ·npj Clean Water ·Alemayehu A. Ambel, Robert Bain, (unknown), (unknown), Rick Johnston, Tom Slaymaker	2
2	COVID-19 Vaccination Personas in Yemen: Insights from Three Rounds of a Cross-Sectional Survey 2023 ·Vaccines ·Zlatko Nikoloski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert Bain, Leonardo Menchini, Amaya Gillespie	0
3	Selective Memory Replay Improves Exploration in a Spiking Wavefront Planner 2023 ·(unknown), Robert Bain, Jeffrey L. Krichmar	1
4	Global potential for harvesting drinking water from air using solar energy breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), Neil D. Treat, (unknown), Robert Bain, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lee Clare, (unknown)	282
5	Drinking water quality and the SDGs 2020 ·npj Clean Water ·Robert Bain, Rick Johnston, Tom Slaymaker	75
6	Accounting for drinking water quality in measuring multidimensional poverty in Ethiopia 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Alemayehu A. Ambel, (unknown), Robert Bain	1
7	Mapping access to domestic water supplies from incomplete data in developing countries: An illustrative assessment for Kenya 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Nicola Wardrop, Robert Bain, Victor A. Alegana, Laura Graham, Jim Wright	23
8	Drinking water accessibility and quantity in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review 2019 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert Bain, Elizabeth Tilley, E. Owen D. Waygood, Caetano C. Dorea	33
9	p24 revisited 2018 ·AIDS ·Eleanor R. Gray, Robert Bain, Olivia Varsaneux, Rosanna Ŵ. Peeling, Molly M. Stevens, Rachel A. McKendry	43
10	Establishing Sustainable Development Goal Baselines for Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services 2018 ·Water ·Robert Bain, Rick Johnston, Francesco Mitis, Christie Chatterley, Tom Slaymaker	81
11	A Global Perspective on Drinking-Water and Sanitation Classification: An Evaluation of Census Content 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Nicola Wardrop, Robert Bain, (unknown), Ce Zhang, Jim Wright	21
12	Microbiological and Chemical Quality of Packaged Sachet Water and Household Stored Drinking Water in Freetown, Sierra Leone 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Michael B. Fisher, Ashley R. Williams, Mohamed F. Jalloh, (unknown), Robert Bain, Jamie Bartram	63
13	Evaluation of an Inexpensive Growth Medium for Direct Detection of Escherichia coli in Temperate and Sub-Tropical Waters 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Robert Bain, Claire A. Woodall, (unknown), Benjamin F. Arnold, (unknown), Robert J. Morley, Martella du Preez, Jamie Bartram, Anthony P. Davis, Stephen Gundry, S. Pedley	17
14	Association of Supply Type with Fecal Contamination of Source Water and Household Stored Drinking Water in Developing Countries: A Bivariate Meta-analysis 2015 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Katherine F. Shields, Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk, Jim Wright, Jamie Bartram	108
15	Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review breakdown → 2014 ·Tropical Medicine & International Health ·Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk, Rifat Hossain, Sophie Bonjour, Kyle Onda, Jim Wright, Hong Yang, Tom Slaymaker, Paul Hunter, Annette Prüss‐Üstün, Jamie Bartram	343
16	Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis breakdown → 2014 ·PLoS Medicine ·Robert Bain, Ryan Cronk, Jim Wright, Hong Yang, Tom Slaymaker, Jamie Bartram	440
17	A cross-sectional ecological study of spatial scale and geographic inequality in access to drinking-water and sanitation 2014 ·International Journal for Equity in Health ·(unknown), Robert Bain, Shawky Mansour, Jim Wright	21
18	Examining the influence of urban definition when assessing relative safety of drinking-water in Nigeria 2014 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Elizabeth Christenson, Robert Bain, Jim Wright, (unknown), Rifat Hossain, Jamie Bartram	25
19	Water Safety and Inequality in Access to Drinking-water between Rich and Poor Households 2012 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Hong Yang, Robert Bain, Jamie Bartram, Stephen Gundry, Steve Pedley, Jim Wright	101
20	Attenuation of Monochromatic X-Rays by Normal and Abnormal Breast Tissues 1994 ·Investigative Radiology ·Frank E. Carroll, J. Waters, (unknown), (unknown), David R. Pickens, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), George H. Reed, Akira Ueda, Robert Bain, (unknown), (unknown)	26

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