Ward Billhimer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ward Billhimer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Billhimer has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Health Professions, 6 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 3 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Ward Billhimer's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (3 papers). Ward Billhimer is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (3 papers). Ward Billhimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Ward Billhimer's co-authors include Robert M. Hoekstra, Stephen P. Luby, Mubina Agboatwalla, Arshad Altaf, John Painter, Daniel R. Feikin, Bruce H. Keswick, Jianming Ou, Anna Bowen and Eric Mintz and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

In The Last Decade

Ward Billhimer

11 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial

2005 544 citations Stephen P. Luby, Mubina Agboatwalla et al. The Lancet profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ward Billhimer United States	9	704	320	272	222	204	11	1.2k
Mubina Agboatwalla Pakistan	20	917 1.3×	623 1.9×	334 1.2×	285 1.3×	221 1.1×	46	1.9k
R. E. Black United States	22	1.1k 1.5×	397 1.2×	467 1.7×	253 1.1×	121 0.6×	31	1.8k
Arshad Altaf Pakistan	17	508 0.7×	593 1.9×	212 0.8×	217 1.0×	135 0.7×	48	1.5k
Amal Halder Bangladesh	17	809 1.1×	200 0.6×	338 1.2×	331 1.5×	194 1.0×	41	1.4k
Agostino Strina Brazil	21	631 0.9×	532 1.7×	253 0.9×	197 0.9×	116 0.6×	35	1.5k
Regina Idu Ejemot-Nwadiaro Nigeria	12	430 0.6×	221 0.7×	161 0.6×	144 0.6×	95 0.5×	40	895
Dheeraj Shah India	23	775 1.1×	216 0.7×	434 1.6×	274 1.2×	83 0.4×	145	1.8k
Zemichael Gizaw Ethiopia	25	618 0.9×	232 0.7×	409 1.5×	251 1.1×	117 0.6×	84	1.6k
Daniel R. Feikin United States	17	413 0.6×	555 1.7×	345 1.3×	186 0.8×	85 0.4×	21	1.8k
Meredith E. Stocks United States	4	646 0.9×	184 0.6×	312 1.1×	181 0.8×	145 0.7×	6	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ward Billhimer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ward Billhimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ward Billhimer

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Costin, Gertrude‐Emilia, et al.. (2013). Confirmation of in vitro and clinical safety assessment of behentrimonium chloride-containing leave-on body lotions using post-marketing adverse event data. Toxicology in Vitro. 27(8). 2203–2212. 1 indexed citations

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Addiss, David G., et al.. (2010). Evaluation of antibacterial soap in the management of lymphoedema in Leogane, Haiti. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 105(1). 58–60. 12 indexed citations

3.

Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, Ward Billhimer, & Robert M. Hoekstra. (2007). Field trial of a low cost method to evaluate hand cleanliness. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 12(6). 765–771. 36 indexed citations

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Bowen, Anna, Huilai Ma, Jianming Ou, et al.. (2007). A CLUSTER-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF A HANDWASHING-PROMOTION PROGRAM IN CHINESE PRIMARY SCHOOLS. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76(6). 1166–1173. 167 indexed citations

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Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, John Painter, et al.. (2006). Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 11(4). 479–489. 131 indexed citations

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Draelos, Zoé Kececioglu, et al.. (2005). A Comparison of Hair Quality and Cosmetic Acceptance Following the Use of Two Anti-Dandruff Shampoos. Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings. 10(3). 201–204. 27 indexed citations

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Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, Daniel R. Feikin, et al.. (2005). Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 366(9481). 225–233. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, John Painter, et al.. (2004). Effect of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Childhood Diarrhea in High-Risk Communities in Pakistan. JAMA. 291(21). 2547–2547. 236 indexed citations

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Luby, Stephen P., Mubina Agboatwalla, Robert M. Hoekstra, et al.. (2004). DELAYED EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN REDUCING CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA, KARACHI, PAKISTAN. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 71(4). 420–427. 65 indexed citations

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Billhimer, Ward, et al.. (2002). A modified cup scrub method for assessing the antibacterial substantivity of personal cleansing products.. PubMed. 52(6). 369–75. 8 indexed citations

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Hunter, John E., et al.. (1995). Use of Clinical and Consumer Eye Irritation Data to Evaluate the Low-Volume Eye Test. Journal of Toxicology Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology. 14(3). 197–205. 15 indexed citations

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