Robert E. Black

125.1k total citations · 39 hit papers
629 papers, 79.4k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Black is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Black has authored 629 papers receiving a total of 79.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 396 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 243 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 123 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Black's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (378 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (207 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (87 papers). Robert E. Black is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (378 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (207 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (87 papers). Robert E. Black collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and United Kingdom. Robert E. Black's co-authors include Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Colin Mathers, Jennifer Bryce, Mercedes de Onís, Majid Ezzati, Igor Rudan, Simon Cousens, Joy E Lawn, Laura E. Caulfield and Christa L. Fischer Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Black

622 papers receiving 74.8k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal and child undern... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2013 2008 2012 2010 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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  1. Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
    2013 5.5k citations Robert E. Black, César G. Victora et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences
    2008 4.6k citations Robert E. Black, Lindsay H. Allen et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000
    2012 3.0k citations Li Liu, Simon Cousens et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis
    2010 2.3k citations Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000–13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis
    2014 2.3k citations Shefali Oza, Daniel Hogan et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals
    2016 2.2k citations Li Liu, Shefali Oza et al. The Lancet profile →
  7. Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?
    2013 2.0k citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Arjumand Rizvi et al. The Lancet profile →
  8. Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
    2003 1.9k citations Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  9. What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
    2008 1.6k citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  10. Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea
    2013 1.6k citations Igor Rudan, Harish Nair et al. The Lancet profile →
  11. WHO estimates of the causes of death in children
    2005 1.5k citations Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  12. The Epidemiology of Global Micronutrient Deficiencies
    2015 1.4k citations Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  13. World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 22 Foodborne Bacterial, Protozoal, and Viral Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis
    2015 1.2k citations Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  14. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 871 citations Robert E. Black, Majid Ezzati et al. The Lancet profile →
  15. Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles
    2004 752 citations Laura E. Caulfield, Mercedes de Onís et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  16. Burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children in the era of conjugate vaccines: global, regional, and national estimates for 2000–15
    2018 716 citations Harish Nair, Harry Campbell et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  17. Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
    2006 708 citations Sunil Sazawal, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  18. National, regional, and worldwide estimates of low birthweight in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis
    2019 616 citations Mercedes de Onís, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  19. Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials
    1999 537 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  20. Global Causes of Diarrheal Disease Mortality in Children <5 Years of Age: A Systematic Review
    2013 489 citations Robert E. Black et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  21. Effect of community-based newborn-care intervention package implemented through two service-delivery strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    2008 481 citations Abdullah H Baqui, Shams El Arifeen et al. The Lancet profile →
  22. New knowledge on pathogenesis of bacterial enteric infections as applied to vaccine development
    1983 466 citations Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  23. Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality
    2011 460 citations César G. Victora, Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  24. Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting
    2008 454 citations William Checkley, Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  25. Global, regional, and national estimates of pneumonia morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years between 2000 and 2015: a systematic analysis
    2018 440 citations Igor Rudan, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  26. Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey
    2010 412 citations Michelle F Gaffey, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  27. Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries.
    2013 394 citations Igor Rudan, Harish Nair et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  28. Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys
    2015 390 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  29. The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis
    2013 384 citations Naoko Kozuki, Anne CC Lee et al. profile →
  30. Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda
    2021 384 citations César G. Victora, Robert E. Black et al. The Lancet profile →
  31. Diarrhea incidence in low- and middle-income countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic review
    2012 369 citations Jamie Perin, Robert E. Black et al. profile →
  32. The Global Hidden Hunger Indices and Maps: An Advocacy Tool for Action
    2013 359 citations Robert E. Black et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  33. Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies
    2013 347 citations Majid Ezzati, Robert E. Black et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  34. Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever: Systematic review to estimate global morbidity and mortality for 2010.
    2012 343 citations Robert E. Black et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  35. Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?
    2013 334 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Arjumand Rizvi et al. The Lancet profile →
  36. Aetiology-Specific Estimates of the Global and Regional Incidence and Mortality of Diarrhoeal Diseases Commonly Transmitted through Food
    2015 307 citations Robert E. Black et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  37. Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence
    2021 259 citations Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. profile →
  38. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
    2016 227 citations Robert E. Black, Majid Ezzati et al. profile →
  39. 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert E. Black United States 127 40.4k 25.0k 14.5k 14.0k 12.1k 629 79.4k
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 131 36.8k 0.9× 33.5k 1.3× 20.0k 1.4× 9.9k 0.7× 6.2k 0.5× 1.1k 82.0k
Colin Mathers Switzerland 81 11.5k 0.3× 14.6k 0.6× 14.3k 1.0× 18.7k 1.3× 3.6k 0.3× 167 114.5k
Simon Cousens United Kingdom 87 13.7k 0.3× 21.9k 0.9× 7.4k 0.5× 9.5k 0.7× 3.4k 0.3× 297 46.1k
César G. Victora Brazil 115 27.6k 0.7× 27.2k 1.1× 17.8k 1.2× 15.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.2× 763 65.9k
Christopher J L Murray United States 137 7.3k 0.2× 12.6k 0.5× 20.1k 1.4× 17.1k 1.2× 6.0k 0.5× 460 112.9k
Joy E Lawn United Kingdom 94 12.9k 0.3× 30.4k 1.2× 9.7k 0.7× 10.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.2× 302 47.2k
Majid Ezzati United States 106 16.9k 0.4× 8.9k 0.4× 10.8k 0.7× 9.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.1× 327 71.9k
Stephen P. Luby United States 72 6.7k 0.2× 2.4k 0.1× 2.0k 0.1× 6.3k 0.4× 8.2k 0.7× 564 22.6k
Alan D López Australia 95 5.3k 0.1× 9.5k 0.4× 13.9k 1.0× 10.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.2× 328 74.7k
Mercedes de Onís Switzerland 66 23.1k 0.6× 13.7k 0.5× 8.8k 0.6× 4.0k 0.3× 790 0.1× 131 39.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Villavicencio, Francisco, Jamie Perin, Diana Yeung, et al.. (2023). Global, regional, and national causes of death in children and adolescents younger than 20 years: an open data portal with estimates for 2000–21. The Lancet Global Health. 12(1). e16–e17. 34 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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Kalter, H., et al.. (2020). Using health facility deaths to estimate population causes of neonatal and child mortality in four African countries. BMC Medicine. 18(1). 183–183. 3 indexed citations
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Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista, Paula Duarte de Oliveira, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, et al.. (2020). Associations between growth from birth to 18 years, intelligence, and schooling in a Brazilian cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(1). 187–194. 13 indexed citations
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Rudan, Igor, Sachiyo Yoshida, Kit Yee Chan, et al.. (2017). Setting health research priorities using the CHNRI method: VII. A review of the first 50 applications of the CHNRI method. Journal of Global Health. 7(1). 11004–11004. 42 indexed citations
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Tanmoy, Arif Mohammad, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Arumugam Rajesh, et al.. (2016). Rotavirus Surveillance at a WHO-Coordinated Invasive Bacterial Disease Surveillance Site in Bangladesh: A Feasibility Study to Integrate Two Surveillance Systems. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153582–e0153582. 10 indexed citations
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Black, Robert E.. (2016). The legacy of the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Li, Shefali Oza, Daniel Hogan, et al.. (2015). Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000-13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities. The Lancet. 385(9966). 430–440. 19 indexed citations
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Kozuki, Naoko, Anne CC Lee, Robert E. Black, & Joanne Katz. (2015). Nutritional and Reproductive Risk Factors for Small for Gestational Age and Preterm Births. Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series. 81. 17–28. 6 indexed citations
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Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur, Gary L. Darmstadt, Amanda Rosecrans, et al.. (2009). Aspect of prenatal diagnosis/Screening procedures in perinatalogy. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 37(s1). 170–178. 3 indexed citations
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Heikens, Geert Tom, Beatrice Amadi, Mark Manary, et al.. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition : global and regional exposures and health consequences. Commentary. The Lancet. 371(9608). 1 indexed citations
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Darmstadt, Gary L., Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, et al.. (2008). Effect of Skin Barrier Therapy on Neonatal Mortality Rates in Preterm Infants in Bangladesh: A Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial. PEDIATRICS. 121(3). 522–529. 100 indexed citations
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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, S. K. Mahammad Ali, Simon Cousens, et al.. (2008). Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make?. The Lancet. 372(9642). 972–989. 259 indexed citations
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Sazawal, Sunil, Usha Dhingra, Pratibha Dhingra, et al.. (2006). Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial. BMJ. 334(7585). 140–140. 52 indexed citations
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Penny, Mary E., Hilary Creed‐Kanashiro, Rebecca C. Robert, et al.. (2005). Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 365(9474). 1863–1872. 280 indexed citations
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Black, Robert E., et al.. (2002). Children's fluid intake during diarrhoea: a comparison of questionnaire responses with data from observations. Acta Paediatrica. 91(4). 376–382. 1 indexed citations
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Black, Robert E., et al.. (2001). Research to Support Household and Community IMCI. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition. 19(2). 12 indexed citations
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Checkley, William, Leah Epstein, Robert H. Gilman, et al.. (1998). Effects of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Peruvian Children: Growth Faltering and Subsequent Catch-up Growth. American Journal of Epidemiology. 148(5). 497–506. 221 indexed citations
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Jalla, Sanju, Sunil Sazawal, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (1996). Effect of zinc supplementation on t-cell subset proportions and cell-mediated immunity. The FASEB Journal. 10(3). 2 indexed citations
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Sazawal, Sunil & Robert E. Black. (1992). Meta-analysis of intervention trials on case-management of pneumonia in community settings. The Lancet. 340(8818). 528–533. 139 indexed citations

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