Robert W. Snow

57.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
486 papers, 39.8k citations indexed

About

Robert W. Snow is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Snow has authored 486 papers receiving a total of 39.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 349 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 163 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 53 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Snow's work include Malaria Research and Control (327 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (221 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (160 papers). Robert W. Snow is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (327 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (221 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (160 papers). Robert W. Snow collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Robert W. Snow's co-authors include Simon I Hay, Abdisalan M. Noor, Kevin Marsh, Carlos A. Guerra, Andrew J. Tatem, David L. Smith, Helen Guyatt, Dejan Zurovac, Brian Greenwood and H. Myint and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Snow

480 papers receiving 38.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria

2005 2.1k citations Robert W. Snow, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children

1995 798 citations Robert W. Snow et al. profile →
The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future

2004 691 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
A Climate-based Distribution Model of Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa

1999 650 citations Robert W. Snow et al. profile →
Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria

2012 634 citations Abdisalan M. Noor, Robert W. Snow et al. Science profile →
Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population.

1999 500 citations Robert W. Snow et al. PubMed profile →
Relation between severe malaria morbidity in children and level of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Africa

1997 493 citations Robert W. Snow, Sunetra Gupta et al. profile →
Population Distribution, Settlement Patterns and Accessibility across Africa in 2010

2012 453 citations Catherine Linard, Robert W. Snow et al. PLoS ONE profile →
A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007

2009 407 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
Access to emergency hospital care provided by the public sector in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: a geocoded inventory and spatial analysis

2018 244 citations Peter M. Macharia, Victor A. Alegana et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert W. Snow

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatial heterogeneity of low-birthweight deliveries on the Kenyan coast 2023 ·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amek Nyaguara, Philip Bejon, James A. Berkley, Robert W. Snow, Alice Kamau	2
2	Spatial variation and clustering of anaemia prevalence in school-aged children in Western Kenya 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charles Mwandawiro, Collins Okoyo, Paul M. Gichuki, Justine I. Blanford, Robert W. Snow, Emelda A. Okiro	2
3	Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling 2022 ·Malaria Journal ·Manuela Runge, Sumaiyya G. Thawer, Fabrizio Molteni, Frank Chacky, Sigsbert Mkude, Renata Mandike, Robert W. Snow, Christian Lengeler, Ally Mohamed, Emilie Pothin	11
4	Modelling geographic access and school catchment areas across public primary schools to support subnational planning in Kenya 2022 ·Children s Geographies ·Peter M. Macharia, (unknown), (unknown), Emanuele Giorgi, Emelda A. Okiro, Robert W. Snow, Nicolas Ray	5
5	Insecticide-treated net distribution in Western Kenya: impacts related to COVID-19 and health worker strikes 2021 ·International Health ·(unknown), Victor A. Alegana, Robert W. Snow	7
6	Malaria infection and severe disease risks in Africa 2021 ·Science ·Robert S. Paton, Alice Kamau, Samuel Akech, Ambrose Agweyu, Morris Ogero, Charles Mwandawiro, Neema Mturi, Shebe Mohammed, Arthur Mpimbaza, Simon Kariuki, Nancy A. Otieno, Bryan O. Nyawanda, (unknown), George Mtove, Hugh Reyburn, Sunetra Gupta, Philip Bejon, José Lourenço, Robert W. Snow	30
7	Competing interests, clashing ideas and institutionalizing influence: insights into the political economy of malaria control from seven African countries 2020 ·Health Policy and Planning ·Justin Parkhurst, (unknown), Jayne Webster, Robert W. Snow, Caroline A. Lynch	16
8	Changing malaria fever test positivity among paediatric admissions to Tororo district hospital, Uganda 2012–2019 2020 ·Malaria Journal ·Arthur Mpimbaza, Asadu Sserwanga, Damian Rutazaana, James Kapisi, (unknown), (unknown), David Kyalo, Moses R. Kamya, Jimmy Opigo, Robert W. Snow	2
9	Can we use local climate zones for predicting malaria prevalence across sub-Saharan African cities? 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Oscar Brousse, Stefanos Georganos, Matthias Demuzere, Sébastien Dujardin, Moritz Lennert, Catherine Linard, Robert W. Snow, Wim Thiery, Nicole Van Lipzig	21
10	Applied mathematical modelling to inform national malaria policies, strategies and operations in Tanzania 2020 ·Malaria Journal ·Manuela Runge, Fabrizio Molteni, Renata Mandike, Robert W. Snow, Christian Lengeler, Ally Mohamed, Emilie Pothin	17
11	The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda 2020 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Arthur Mpimbaza, (unknown), James Kapisi, Asadu Sserwanga, Jane Frances Namuganga, (unknown), Abner Tagoola, (unknown), (unknown), Sarah G. Staedke, Grant Dorsey, Jimmy Opigo, Alice Kamau, Robert W. Snow	12
12	Using non-exceedance probabilities of policy-relevant malaria prevalence thresholds to identify areas of low transmission in Somalia 2018 ·Malaria Journal ·Emanuele Giorgi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdisalan M. Noor, Robert W. Snow	20
13	Malaria drug shortages in Kenya: a major failure to provide access to effective treatment. 2009 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Julius Njogu, Beatrice Wasunna, Sarah Kedenge, Dorothy Memusi, Catherine Goodman, Dejan Zurovac, Robert W. Snow	77
14	Effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on the management of uncomplicated malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial. 2009 ·PubMed ·Jacek Skarbinski, Peter Ouma, Louise Causer, Simon Kariuki, John W. Barnwell, JANE A. ALAII, Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira, Dejan Zurovac, Bruce A. Larson, Robert W. Snow, Alexander K. Rowe, Kayla F. Laserson, Willis Akhwale, Laurence Slutsker, Mary J. Hamel	78
15	Space-time variation of malaria incidence in Yunnan province, China 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Adrian Barnett, (unknown), Robert W. Snow, (unknown)	80
16	Improved Diagnostic Testing and Malaria Treatment Practices in Zambia 2007 ·JAMA ·Davidson H. Hamer, Micky Ndhlovu, Dejan Zurovac, Matthew P. Fox, Kojo Yeboah‐Antwi, Pascalina Chanda‐Kapata, (unknown), Jonathon Simon, Robert W. Snow	205
17	Defining the Global Spatial Limits of Malaria Transmission in 2005 2006 ·Advances in Parasitology ·Carlos A. Guerra, Robert W. Snow, Simon I Hay	59
18	Malaria control in East Africa: the Kampala Conference and the Pare-Taveta Scheme: a meeting of common and high ground. 2000 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert W. Snow	30
19	An atlas of malaria in Africa. 1997 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Fred Binka, Christian Lengeler, (unknown), Robert W. Snow, T. Teuscher, Yeya T. Touré	31
20	Death registration on the Kenyan Coast. 1994 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Robert W. Snow	19

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