Brabin, Bernard PhD
Professor at
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)
Leading researcher
with 283 publications
ORCID:
0000-0001-6860-2508
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
I have many years research and teaching experience in maternal and child health in low income countries, which arose from my PhD work which first described the pattern of malaria in pregnancy in relation to maternal and perinatal outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. The initial research work in 1981 provided a basis for the development of the World Health Organisation preventive strategy for control of malaria in pregnancy. I have conducted research on other pregnancy infections as they affect birth weight, preterm birth and child health outcomes in developing countries, and sought to better understand maternal and infant infection-nutrition interaction, such as the influence of host iron and folate status and maternal anemia. I was appointed to the Foundation Chair of International Child Health at the Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam in 1998, while also holding a Chair in Tropical Paediatrics at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. I have supervised 18 PhD students at the University of Liverpool and supervised/promoted 22 PhD students at the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden with projects in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, and Burkina Faso. From 1990 to 2013 I was Course Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Tropical Child Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and convenor for teaching modules on International Child Health, Nutrition and Neonatal Health. In Amsterdam in 1999 I established the Certificate Course in Tropical Paediatrics for Dutch paediatric residents. The research on malaria in pregnancy continued with grants from the European Commission which funded clinical trials in Malawi and Burkina Faso and a European Consortium on malaria in pregnancy (PREMA-EU). A National Institutes of Health (USA) grant focussed on the effects of iron supplementation given periconceptionally on maternal and perinatal outcomes. My research has been recognized with appointments to World Health Organisation Advisory Committees and international Technical Working Groups on Nutrition, and by the National Institutes of Health Program initiative on Nutritional Biomarkers in infective and non-communicable disorders. I held an honorary consultant paediatrician appointment in community child health at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital NHS Trust (until 2014), which facilitated community research on the prevention of childhood asthma, and environmental exposures during pregnancy including cigarette smoking and its effects on fetal outcomes. From October 2013 I retired from full-time appointments at the Universities of Liverpool and Amsterdam, and was awarded Emeritus Professorial status in Tropical Paediatrics at the University of Liverpool, and in International Child Health at the University of Amsterdam. My role as Principal Investigator of the NIH(USA) supported PALUFER iron supplementation trial continues through 2023. Since retirement my research on medical history has focussed on infection themes.
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
283
Total documents
1.91
Normalized Impact
44
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
49.12
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
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Activity
939
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
811
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
818
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
965
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
770
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
825
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
966
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
520
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
0
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 283 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 6.58 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 252 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 208 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 3 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 41 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 2 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 0 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 2 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 0 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 0 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 12097 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 698 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 5.77 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 94.23 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 136 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 42.75 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 1.913 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 2.185 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 55 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 98 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 187 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.674 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.692 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 44 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 1.555 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 3 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 1.06 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 3 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 5 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 178 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 62.9 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 91 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 32.16 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 1 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 7.07 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 1.77 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 1.83 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 139 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 49.12 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 24 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 2 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 4 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 115 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 40.64 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 29 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 22 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 9 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 53 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 168 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 1 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |