Sandy Cairncross

16.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
185 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Sandy Cairncross is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandy Cairncross has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 papers in Infectious Diseases and 35 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Sandy Cairncross's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (105 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (35 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (19 papers). Sandy Cairncross is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (105 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (35 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (19 papers). Sandy Cairncross collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and United States. Sandy Cairncross's co-authors include Val Curtis, Wolf‐Peter Schmidt, Jamie Bartram, Thomas Clasen, Oliver Cumming, Isaac Chun‐Hai Fung, Jeroen H. J. Ensink, Sophie Boisson, D. D. Mara and Valérie Curtis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sandy Cairncross

180 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review
    2003 883 citations Val Curtis, Sandy Cairncross The Lancet Infectious Diseases profile →
  2. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health
    2010 542 citations Sandy Cairncross et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  3. Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2007 486 citations Tamer Rabie, Sandy Cairncross et al. profile →
  4. Water, sanitation and hygiene for the prevention of diarrhoea
    2010 484 citations Sandy Cairncross, Val Curtis et al. profile →
  5. Systematic review: Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low‐ and middle‐income settings: systematic review and meta‐regression
    2014 348 citations Sandy Cairncross et al. Tropical Medicine & International Health profile →
  6. Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea
    2015 273 citations Sandy Cairncross et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sandy Cairncross United Kingdom 51 6.4k 2.3k 1.6k 1.5k 1.5k 185 10.4k
Thomas Clasen United States 54 7.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 218 10.4k
John M. Colford United States 57 5.0k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 3.4k 2.3× 184 12.9k
Matthew C. Freeman United States 45 5.2k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 182 8.1k
Jamie Bartram United States 61 7.8k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 824 0.6× 267 16.3k
Wolf‐Peter Schmidt United Kingdom 40 3.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 973 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 115 6.1k
Oliver Cumming United Kingdom 39 4.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 805 0.5× 161 6.0k
Stephen P. Luby United States 72 6.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 8.2k 5.5× 564 22.6k
Benjamin F. Arnold United States 41 3.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 800 0.5× 820 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 214 5.8k
Paul Hunter United Kingdom 65 3.5k 0.5× 859 0.4× 660 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 5.8k 3.9× 309 17.2k
Sophie Boisson United Kingdom 34 3.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 757 0.5× 455 0.3× 52 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandy Cairncross

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandy Cairncross

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All Works

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Malima, Gabriel, Revocatus L. Machunda, Francis Moyo, et al.. (2022). What influences individuals to invest in improved sanitation services and hygiene behaviours in a small town? A formative research study in Babati, Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0270688–e0270688. 4 indexed citations
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Tusting, Lucy S., Sandy Cairncross, Ramona Ludolph, et al.. (2021). Assessing the health benefits of development interventions. BMJ Global Health. 6(2). e005169–e005169. 7 indexed citations
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Manaseki‐Holland, Semira, Karla Hemming, James Martín, et al.. (2021). Effects on childhood infections of promoting safe and hygienic complementary-food handling practices through a community-based programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial in a rural area of The Gambia. PLoS Medicine. 18(1). e1003260–e1003260. 17 indexed citations
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Waddington, Hugh & Sandy Cairncross. (2021). PROTOCOL: Water, sanitation and hygiene for reducing childhood mortality in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 17(1). e1135–e1135. 21 indexed citations
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Last, Anna, Bart Versteeg, Oumer Shafi, et al.. (2020). Detecting extra-ocular Chlamydia trachomatis in a trachoma-endemic community in Ethiopia: Identifying potential routes of transmission. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(3). e0008120–e0008120. 30 indexed citations
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Ravenscroft, Peter, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, M. Sirajul Islam, et al.. (2017). The public health significance of latrines discharging to groundwater used for drinking. Water Research. 124. 192–201. 43 indexed citations
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Gore, Fiona, et al.. (2016). Monitoring the inputs required to extend and sustain hygiene promotion: findings from the GLAAS 2013/2014 survey. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 21(8). 1029–1039. 3 indexed citations
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Carneiro, Mariângela, et al.. (2014). Reducing Occurrence of Giardia duodenalis in Children Living in Semiarid Regions: Impact of a Large Scale Rainwater Harvesting Initiative. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(6). e2943–e2943. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, Joe, Sandy Cairncross, & Jeroen H. J. Ensink. (2013). Water, sanitation, hygiene and enteric infections in children. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 98(8). 629–634. 190 indexed citations
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Genser, Bernd, et al.. (2007). Impact on diarrhoea of a city-wide sanitation programme in Northeast Brazil. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 210–210.
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Rabie, Tamer, et al.. (2006). Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea (review).. 90 indexed citations
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Ensink, Jeroen H. J., Christopher A. Scott, & Sandy Cairncross. (2006). Urban Wastewater Impacts on the Spatial Distribution of Solutes and Microbial Constituents in the Musi River, India. AGUSM. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Curtis, Val & Sandy Cairncross. (2003). Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 3(5). 275–281. 883 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thompson, John & Sandy Cairncross. (2002). Drawers of water: assessing domestic water use in Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 80(1). 61–62. 13 indexed citations
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Cairncross, Sandy. (1995). Victory over guineaworm disease: partial or pyrrhic?. The Lancet. 346(8988). 1440–1440. 2 indexed citations
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Cairncross, Sandy, et al.. (1994). Studying hygiene behaviour : methods, issues, and experiences. Sage eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Mara, D. D. & Sandy Cairncross. (1989). Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture. Measures for public health protection.. World Health Organization eBooks. 102 indexed citations

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