S Brooker

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

S Brooker is a scholar working on Parasitology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, S Brooker has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Parasitology, 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in S Brooker's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (24 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (16 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers). S Brooker is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (24 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (16 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers). S Brooker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Uganda and Kenya. S Brooker's co-authors include A. Clements, D. A. P. Bundy, Helen Guyatt, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Rachel L. Pullan, Donald A. P. Bundy, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Tabitha Mwangi, Jürg Utzinger and J. Russell Stothard and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Epidemiology, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Journal of The Royal Society Interface.

In The Last Decade

S Brooker

35 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global Epidemiology, Ecology and Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

2006 486 citations S Brooker, A. Clements et al. Advances in Parasitology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S Brooker United Kingdom	27	1.9k	1.0k	953	816	729	36	2.7k
Stephen T. McGarvey United States	30	1.6k 0.9×	864 0.8×	665 0.7×	586 0.7×	427 0.6×	48	2.1k
Luz P. Acosta Philippines	32	1.7k 0.9×	963 0.9×	689 0.7×	520 0.6×	648 0.9×	71	2.5k
Amadou Garba Niger	28	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	619 0.8×	758 1.0×	113	3.2k
Nicholas Midzi Zimbabwe	34	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	579 0.7×	834 1.1×	107	3.1k
Eric M. Muchiri Kenya	38	1.8k 1.0×	946 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	504 0.6×	1.6k 2.1×	87	3.9k
Fiona Fleming United Kingdom	27	1.7k 0.9×	780 0.8×	988 1.0×	512 0.6×	456 0.6×	54	2.1k
Peter Mungai United States	34	1.3k 0.7×	584 0.6×	773 0.8×	404 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	59	2.8k
Charles Mwandawiro Kenya	29	1.4k 0.7×	649 0.6×	602 0.6×	529 0.6×	919 1.3×	103	2.3k
Pauline N. M. Mwinzi Kenya	32	2.0k 1.1×	929 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	661 0.8×	581 0.8×	67	2.4k
D. W. T. Crompton United Kingdom	31	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	518 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	234 0.3×	108	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by S Brooker

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Fields of papers citing papers by S Brooker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S Brooker

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

Rouhani, Sherin J., S.S. Diarra, Matthew Jukes, et al.. (2013). The impact of intermittent parasite clearance on malaria, anaemia, and cognition in schoolchildren: new evidence from an area of highly seasonal transmission. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 29(3). 201–11. 4 indexed citations

Brooker, S, et al.. (2009). Epidemiology of single and multiple species of helminth infections among school children in Busia District, Kenya. East African Medical Journal. 77(3). 157–61. 61 indexed citations

Pullan, Rachel L. & S Brooker. (2008). The health impact of polyparasitism in humans: are we under-estimating the burden of parasitic diseases?. Parasitology. 135(7). 783–794. 165 indexed citations

Kolaczinski, Jan, et al.. (2008). Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: a case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and Uganda. International Journal of Epidemiology. 37(2). 344–352. 72 indexed citations

Geiger, Stefan Michael, Iramaya Rodrigues Caldas, Ana Carolina Campi‐Azevedo, et al.. (2007). Stage‐specific immune responses in human Necator americanus infection. Parasite Immunology. 29(7). 347–358. 55 indexed citations

Brooker, S, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Fiona Fleming, & Nancy Devlin. (2007). Cost and cost-effectiveness of nationwide school-based helminth control in Uganda: intra-country variation and effects of scaling-up. Health Policy and Planning. 23(1). 24–35. 95 indexed citations

Brooker, S, A. Clements, & D. A. P. Bundy. (2006). Global Epidemiology, Ecology and Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections. Advances in Parasitology. 62. 221–261. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

Kabatereine, Narcis B., Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Francis Kazibwe, et al.. (2005). Short communication: Soil‐transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: epidemiology and cost of control. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 10(11). 1187–1189. 41 indexed citations

Brooker, S, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, & Francis Kazibwe. (2004). Spatial analysis of the distribution of intestinal nematode infections in Uganda. Epidemiology and Infection. 132(6). 1065–1071. 64 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, et al.. (2002). Using NOAA-AVHRR data to model human helminth distributions in planning disease control in Cameroon, West Africa. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 68(2). 175–179. 41 indexed citations

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Brooker, S. (2002). Schistosomes, snails and satellites. Acta Tropica. 82(2). 207–214. 54 indexed citations

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Kabatereine, Narcis B., Edridah M. Tukahebwa, S Brooker, Harold Alderman, & Andrew Hall. (2001). Epidemiology of intestinal helminth infestations among school children in southern Uganda. East African Medical Journal. 78(6). 283–6. 32 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, et al.. (2000). The potential of geographical information systems and remote sensing in the epidemiology and control of human helminth infections. Advances in Parasitology. 47. 245–288. 189 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, et al.. (2000). Towards an Atlas of Human Helminth Infection in sub-Saharan Africa: The Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Parasitology Today. 16(7). 303–307. 103 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, Helen Guyatt, Judy Omumbo, et al.. (2000). Situation Analysis of Malaria in School-aged Children in Kenya – What Can Be Done?. Parasitology Today. 16(5). 183–186. 67 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, et al.. (2000). Age patterns in stunting and anaemia in African schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in Tanzania. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 54(1). 36–40. 85 indexed citations

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Guyatt, Helen, S Brooker, & Christl A. Donnelly. (1999). Can prevalence of infection in school-aged children be used as an index for assessing community prevalence?. Parasitology. 118(3). 257–268. 35 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, Norbert Peshu, Peter Warn, et al.. (1999). The epidemiology of hookworm infection and its contribution to anaemia among pre-school children on the Kenyan coast. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(3). 240–246. 133 indexed citations

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Brooker, S, Mark Booth, & Helen Guyatt. (1999). Comparisons of schistosome and geohelminth infection prevalences in school-aged children from selected areas of Africa: implications for rapid assessment and combined control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(2). 125–126. 18 indexed citations

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Lwambo, Nicholas J. S., Julius E. Siza, S Brooker, Donald A. P. Bundy, & Helen Guyatt. (1999). Patterns of concurrent hookworm infection and schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(5). 497–502. 89 indexed citations

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