Tim Colbourn

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Colbourn is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Colbourn has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 34 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Tim Colbourn's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (61 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (34 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (22 papers). Tim Colbourn is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (61 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (34 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (22 papers). Tim Colbourn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malawi. Tim Colbourn's co-authors include Anthony Costello, Bejoy Nambiar, Carina King, Jolene Skordis, Eric D. McCollum, Ruth Gilbert, Gibson Masache, Charles Makwenda, Sonia Lewycka and Audrey Prost and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tim Colbourn

107 papers receiving 2.2k 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. Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception
    2018 263 citations Tim Colbourn 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
Tim Colbourn United Kingdom 27 1.1k 580 495 453 395 112 2.3k
Giovanni Putoto Italy 27 922 0.8× 464 0.8× 414 0.8× 310 0.7× 285 0.7× 180 2.5k
Ayesha De Costa Sweden 28 1.3k 1.2× 719 1.2× 437 0.9× 380 0.8× 312 0.8× 95 2.7k
Katherine Semrau United States 32 1.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.7× 828 1.7× 526 1.2× 321 0.8× 106 3.3k
Fabian Esamai Kenya 23 971 0.9× 505 0.9× 267 0.5× 387 0.9× 421 1.1× 67 1.8k
Jerome Kabakyenga Uganda 25 1.2k 1.1× 709 1.2× 346 0.7× 494 1.1× 341 0.9× 85 2.2k
Alexander Manu Ghana 24 1.3k 1.2× 497 0.9× 391 0.8× 543 1.2× 365 0.9× 71 1.9k
Bethany Hedt‐Gauthier United States 29 967 0.9× 660 1.1× 443 0.9× 434 1.0× 653 1.7× 163 2.7k
Nega Assefa Ethiopia 29 1.1k 1.0× 838 1.4× 470 0.9× 566 1.2× 470 1.2× 187 3.0k
Pius Okong Uganda 22 1.6k 1.4× 551 0.9× 607 1.2× 608 1.3× 186 0.5× 51 2.5k
Michael Johnson Mahande Tanzania 29 982 0.9× 506 0.9× 550 1.1× 330 0.7× 464 1.2× 141 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Colbourn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Colbourn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Colbourn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Colbourn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Colbourn 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 Tim Colbourn. Tim Colbourn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mangal, Tara D., Margherita Molaro, Dominic Nkhoma, et al.. (2025). Modelling health outcomes of a decade of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis initiatives, Malawi. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(5). 304–315.
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Bakare, Ayobami A., Carina King, Rochelle A. Burgess, et al.. (2024). ‘Let him die in peace’: understanding caregiver’s refusal of medical oxygen treatment for children in Nigeria. BMJ Global Health. 9(5). e014902–e014902. 2 indexed citations
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Seruwagi, Gloria, Mike English, Nehla Djellouli, et al.. (2024). How to evaluate a multi-country implementation-focused network: Reflections from the Quality of Care Network (QCN) evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). e0001897–e0001897. 1 indexed citations
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Mukinda, Fidele Kanyimbu, Nehla Djellouli, Gloria Seruwagi, et al.. (2023). Individual interactions in a multi-country implementation-focused quality of care network for maternal, newborn and child health: A social network analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). e0001769–e0001769. 4 indexed citations
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George, Joby, Susan Jack, Robin Gauld, Tim Colbourn, & Tim Stokes. (2023). Impact of health system governance on healthcare quality in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 13(12). e073669–e073669. 13 indexed citations
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Shawar, Yusra Ribhi, Gloria Seruwagi, Albert Dube, et al.. (2023). Influences on policy-formulation, decision-making, organisation and management for maternal, newborn and child health in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda: The roles and legitimacy of a multi-country network. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(11). e0001742–e0001742. 5 indexed citations
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Walker, Simon, Tim Colbourn, Mike Drummond, et al.. (2022). Programme evaluation of population and system level policies:evidence for decision-making. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 10 indexed citations
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Ng’ambi, Wingston, Tim Colbourn, Tara D. Mangal, et al.. (2022). Socio-demographic factors associated with early antenatal care visits among pregnant women in Malawi: 2004–2016. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263650–e0263650. 10 indexed citations
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McCollum, Eric D., Carina King, Salahuddin Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Defining hypoxaemia from pulse oximeter measurements of oxygen saturation in well children at low altitude in Bangladesh: an observational study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 8(1). e001023–e001023. 6 indexed citations
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Graham, Hamish, Ayobami A. Bakare, Rochelle A. Burgess, et al.. (2021). Measuring oxygen access: lessons from health facility assessments in Lagos, Nigeria. BMJ Global Health. 6(8). e006069–e006069. 20 indexed citations
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Mangal, Tara D., Charles Whittaker, Dominic Nkhoma, et al.. (2021). Potential impact of intervention strategies on COVID-19 transmission in Malawi: a mathematical modelling study. BMJ Open. 11(7). e045196–e045196. 5 indexed citations
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Colbourn, Tim, et al.. (2020). A Critical Analysis of the Drivers of Human Migration Patterns in the Presence of Climate Change: A New Conceptual Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(17). 6036–6036. 30 indexed citations
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Colbourn, Tim, Carina King, James Beard, et al.. (2020). Predictive value of pulse oximetry for mortality in infants and children presenting to primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: A data linkage study. PLoS Medicine. 17(10). e1003300–e1003300. 23 indexed citations
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Colbourn, Tim, et al.. (2019). A stitch in time: narrative review of interventions to reduce preterm births in Malawi. International Health. 12(3). 213–221. 3 indexed citations
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Seward, Nadine, Melissa Neuman, Tim Colbourn, et al.. (2017). Effects of women’s groups practising participatory learning and action on preventive and care-seeking behaviours to reduce neonatal mortality: A meta-analysis of cluster-randomised trials. PLoS Medicine. 14(12). e1002467–e1002467. 49 indexed citations
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Hooli, Shubhada, Tim Colbourn, Norman Lufesi, et al.. (2016). Predicting Hospitalised Paediatric Pneumonia Mortality Risk: An External Validation of RISC and mRISC, and Local Tool Development (RISC-Malawi) from Malawi. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0168126–e0168126. 54 indexed citations
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Colbourn, Tim, et al.. (2013). Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977–2012. BMJ Open. 3(12). e004150–e004150. 31 indexed citations
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Colbourn, Tim, Christian Asseburg, Laura Bojke, et al.. (2007). Prenatal screening and treatment strategies to prevent group B streptococcal and other bacterial infections in early infancy: cost-effectiveness and expected value of information analyses. Health Technology Assessment. 11(29). 1–226, iii. 58 indexed citations

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