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86
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36956
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13910
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Anthony Costello publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony Costello sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 376 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Anthony Costello D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anthony Costello sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - James Spence Medal, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health bestnown for hisork onmproving survivalmong mothersndheir newbornnfantsn poor populations ofeveloping countries

Overview

Anthony Costello is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a significant focus on General Health Professions, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics within global health and environmental intersections. Key areas of study include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Costello has published extensively in well-known academic venues. The most frequent publication sources include:

  • The Lancet
  • BMJ
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Global Health

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • "The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels" (2022), published in The Lancet
  • "The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future" (2021), published in The Lancet
  • "A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "The first 2019 novel coronavirus case in Nepal" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Their collaborative network includes a number of frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Marina Romanello
  • Karl Friston
  • Sarah L Dalglish
  • David Osrin
  • Stella M. Hartinger

Among the awards received, Costello was honored with the James Spence Medal from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2011. This award recognized their work on improving survival among mothers and newborn infants in poor populations of developing countries.

Best Publications

  • Managing the health effects of climate change

    Anthony Costello;Mustafa Abbas;Adriana Allen;Sarah Ball

  • Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health

    Nick Watts;W. Neil Adger;Paolo Agnolucci;Jason Blackstock

  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises.

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future.

    Marina Romanello;Alice McGushin;Claudia Di Napoli;Paul Drummond

  • The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson;Kristine Belesova

  • A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission

    Helen Clark;Awa Marie Coll-Seck;Anshu Banerjee;Stefan Peterson

  • Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Dharma S Manandhar;David Osrin;Bhim Prasad Shrestha;Natasha Mesko

  • The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Audrey Prost;Tim Colbourn;Nadine Seward;Kishwar Azad

  • Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes and maternal depression in Jharkhand and Orissa, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Prasanta Tripathy;Nirmala Nair;Sarah Barnett;Rajendra Mahapatra

  • Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health

    Mikey Rosato;Glenn Laverack;Lisa Howard Grabman;Prasanta Tripathy

  • The Lancet Countdown : tracking progress on health and climate change

    Nick Watts;W. Neil Adger;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson;Yuqi Bai

  • Neonatal survival: a call for action

    Jose Martines;Vinod K Paul;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Marjorie Koblinsky

  • Moving to research partnerships in developing countries

    Anthony Costello;Alimuddin Zumla

  • Integrated management of childhood illness

    Anthony Costello

  • The first 2019 novel coronavirus case in Nepal.

    Anup Bastola;Ranjit Sah;Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales;Bibek Kumar Lal

  • World Bank's world development report

    Gilles de Wildt;David Sogge;Arnold Peters;Jaap Kemkes

  • Born Too Soon: Care for the preterm baby

    Joy E Lawn;Ruth Davidge;Vinod K Paul;Severin von Xylander

  • The global strategy for women's, children's and adolesents' health (2016-2030) : a roadmap based on evidence and country experience

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Flavia Bustreo;Taona Kuo;CK Mishra

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery University College London
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London
Neil French
Neil French University of Liverpool
Andrew Copas
Andrew Copas University College London
Peng Gong
Peng Gong University of Hong Kong
Robert S. Heyderman
Robert S. Heyderman University College London
Paul Ekins
Paul Ekins University College London
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Adeel Razi
Adeel Razi Monash University

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