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

The global distribution o... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2005 1995 2004 1999 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. The global distribution of clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
    2005 2.1k citations Robert W. Snow, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
  2. Indicators of Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children
    1995 798 citations Robert W. Snow et al. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. A Climate-based Distribution Model of Malaria Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
    1999 650 citations Robert W. Snow et al. profile →
  5. Quantifying the Impact of Human Mobility on Malaria
    2012 634 citations Abdisalan M. Noor, Robert W. Snow et al. Science profile →
  6. Estimating mortality, morbidity and disability due to malaria among Africa's non-pregnant population.
    1999 500 citations Robert W. Snow et al. profile →
  7. 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 →
  8. Population Distribution, Settlement Patterns and Accessibility across Africa in 2010
    2012 453 citations Catherine Linard, Robert W. Snow et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  9. A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007
    2009 407 citations Simon I Hay, Carlos A. Guerra et al. profile →
  10. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert W. Snow 27.7k 9.0k 5.3k 4.0k 3.2k 486 39.8k
Brian Greenwood 22.8k 0.8× 5.4k 0.6× 4.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 722 38.8k
Simon I Hay 31.0k 1.1× 4.1k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 13.3k 3.3× 1.2k 0.4× 377 47.9k
Marcel Tanner 11.9k 0.4× 4.7k 0.5× 9.4k 1.8× 3.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 495 23.9k
Kevin Marsh 26.2k 0.9× 3.6k 0.4× 4.8k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 417 36.8k
Pedro L. Alonso 11.7k 0.4× 3.5k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 458 19.8k
Peter W. Gething 17.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 7.3k 1.8× 793 0.3× 177 23.6k
Peter J. Hotez 6.5k 0.2× 3.6k 0.4× 18.1k 3.4× 7.9k 2.0× 3.5k 1.1× 587 31.6k
Roy M. Anderson 14.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.3× 8.0k 1.5× 12.9k 3.2× 1.7k 0.5× 539 53.9k
Thomas A. Smith 12.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.2× 3.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 812 0.3× 482 18.8k
Andrew J. Tatem 9.8k 0.4× 2.3k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 4.3k 1.1× 791 0.3× 350 28.9k

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nyaguara, Amek, et al.. (2023). Spatial heterogeneity of low-birthweight deliveries on the Kenyan coast. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23(1). 270–270. 2 indexed citations
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Mwandawiro, Charles, Collins Okoyo, Paul M. Gichuki, et al.. (2023). Spatial variation and clustering of anaemia prevalence in school-aged children in Western Kenya. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0282382–e0282382. 2 indexed citations
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Runge, Manuela, Sumaiyya G. Thawer, Fabrizio Molteni, et al.. (2022). Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 92–92. 11 indexed citations
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Mpimbaza, Arthur, Charles Karamagi, Grace Ndeezi, et al.. (2022). Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga sub-region, eastern Uganda. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 25–25. 10 indexed citations
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Macharia, Peter M., et al.. (2022). Modelling geographic access and school catchment areas across public primary schools to support subnational planning in Kenya. Children s Geographies. 21(5). 832–848. 5 indexed citations
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Alegana, Victor A., et al.. (2021). Insecticide-treated net distribution in Western Kenya: impacts related to COVID-19 and health worker strikes. International Health. 14(5). 537–539. 7 indexed citations
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Macharia, Peter M., Nicolas Ray, Emanuele Giorgi, Emelda A. Okiro, & Robert W. Snow. (2021). Defining service catchment areas in low-resource settings. BMJ Global Health. 6(7). e006381–e006381. 32 indexed citations
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Paton, Robert S., Alice Kamau, Samuel Akech, et al.. (2021). Malaria infection and severe disease risks in Africa. Science. 373(6557). 926–931. 30 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Emanuele, Claudio Fronterrè, Peter M. Macharia, et al.. (2021). Model building and assessment of the impact of covariates for disease prevalence mapping in low-resource settings: to explain and to predict. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 18(179). 20210104–20210104. 21 indexed citations
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Mpimbaza, Arthur, James Kapisi, Asadu Sserwanga, et al.. (2020). The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 503–503. 12 indexed citations
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Parkhurst, Justin, et al.. (2020). Competing interests, clashing ideas and institutionalizing influence: insights into the political economy of malaria control from seven African countries. Health Policy and Planning. 36(1). 35–44. 16 indexed citations
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Runge, Manuela, Fabrizio Molteni, Renata Mandike, et al.. (2020). Applied mathematical modelling to inform national malaria policies, strategies and operations in Tanzania. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 101–101. 17 indexed citations
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Runge, Manuela, Robert W. Snow, Fabrizio Molteni, et al.. (2020). Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: A tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228469–e0228469. 23 indexed citations
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Mpimbaza, Arthur, Asadu Sserwanga, Damian Rutazaana, et al.. (2020). Changing malaria fever test positivity among paediatric admissions to Tororo district hospital, Uganda 2012–2019. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 416–416. 2 indexed citations
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Brousse, Oscar, Stefanos Georganos, Matthias Demuzere, et al.. (2020). Can we use local climate zones for predicting malaria prevalence across sub-Saharan African cities?. Environmental Research Letters. 15(12). 124051–124051. 21 indexed citations
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Okello, George, Alinane Linda Nyondo‐Mipando, Jenna Hoyt, et al.. (2020). How useful are malaria risk maps at the country level? Perceptions of decision-makers in Kenya, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malaria Journal. 19(1). 353–353. 11 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Emanuele, Peter J. Diggle, Robert W. Snow, & Abdisalan M. Noor. (2018). Geostatistical Methods for Disease Mapping and Visualisation Using Data from Spatio‐temporally Referenced Prevalence Surveys. International Statistical Review. 86(3). 571–597. 23 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Emanuele, et al.. (2018). Using non-exceedance probabilities of policy-relevant malaria prevalence thresholds to identify areas of low transmission in Somalia. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 88–88. 20 indexed citations
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Barnett, Adrian, et al.. (2009). Space-time variation of malaria incidence in Yunnan province, China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 80 indexed citations
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Guerra, Carlos A., Robert W. Snow, & Simon I Hay. (2006). Defining the Global Spatial Limits of Malaria Transmission in 2005. Advances in Parasitology. 62. 157–179. 59 indexed citations

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