Aisha K. Yousafzai

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Aisha K. Yousafzai is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aisha K. Yousafzai has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 69 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 42 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Aisha K. Yousafzai's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (69 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (35 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (35 papers). Aisha K. Yousafzai is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (69 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (35 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (35 papers). Aisha K. Yousafzai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Aisha K. Yousafzai's co-authors include Muneera A. Rasheed, Frances E. Aboud, Joshua Jeong, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Suzanne Filteau, Arjumand Rizvi, Jelena Obradović, Robert W. Armstrong, Clariana Vitória Ramos de Oliveira and Emily Franchett and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Aisha K. Yousafzai

130 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Parenting interventions to promote ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2021 2014 2022 100 200 300
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. Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis
    2021 366 citations Joshua Jeong, Emily Franchett et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  2. Effect of integrated responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions in the Lady Health Worker programme in Pakistan on child development, growth, and health outcomes: a cluster-randomised factorial effectiveness trial
    2014 309 citations Aisha K. Yousafzai et al. profile →
  3. Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research
    2022 89 citations Catherine E. Draper, Dana Charles McCoy 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
Aisha K. Yousafzai United States 33 1.6k 1.6k 1.1k 968 771 146 4.0k
Dana Charles McCoy United States 38 2.1k 1.3× 2.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.6× 2.5k 2.5× 1.3k 1.7× 131 6.2k
Yusra Ribhi Shawar United States 15 948 0.6× 928 0.6× 461 0.4× 588 0.6× 506 0.7× 51 2.5k
Amina Abubakar Kenya 35 822 0.5× 536 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 412 0.4× 413 0.5× 217 3.5k
Christopher T Andersen United States 12 846 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 404 0.4× 553 0.6× 470 0.6× 18 2.1k
Yvonne Kelly United Kingdom 42 1.3k 0.8× 559 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 175 0.2× 115 5.7k
Sven Silburn Australia 33 867 0.5× 289 0.2× 1.5k 1.3× 688 0.7× 205 0.3× 95 3.8k
Charles Opondo United Kingdom 22 624 0.4× 613 0.4× 451 0.4× 201 0.2× 241 0.3× 93 2.0k
Susan Woolfenden Australia 31 637 0.4× 214 0.1× 1.5k 1.3× 449 0.5× 174 0.2× 167 3.2k
Leslie L. Davidson United States 37 1.1k 0.7× 359 0.2× 1.1k 1.0× 149 0.2× 211 0.3× 106 4.0k
Raghu Lingam Australia 27 1.1k 0.7× 219 0.1× 580 0.5× 331 0.3× 150 0.2× 158 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kotlar, Bethany, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Carolyn Sufrin, Monik C. Jiménez, & Henning Tiemeier. (2025). “The system's not getting my grandchild”: A qualitative study of caregiver relationship formation for children born to incarcerated mothers. Social Science & Medicine. 370. 117881–117881. 1 indexed citations
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Atun, Rifat, et al.. (2025). Rethinking HIV care for youth: Insights from qualitative research with youth in Chad. PLoS ONE. 20(6). e0309497–e0309497.
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Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Thiago M. Santos, Aisha K. Yousafzai, et al.. (2024). Predictors of early child development for screening pregnant women most in need of support in Brazil. Journal of Global Health. 14. 4143–4143.
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Ahun, Marilyn N., et al.. (2024). A meta‐analytic review of the implementation characteristics in parenting interventions to promote early child development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1533(1). 99–144. 7 indexed citations
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Forte, Franklin Delano Soares, et al.. (2024). Quality of life and associated factors for community health workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in northeastern Brazil. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 13312–13312. 1 indexed citations
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Vieira‐Meyer, Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, José Maria Ximenes Guimarães, et al.. (2023). Saúde mental de agentes comunitários de saúde no contexto da COVID-19. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 28(8). 2363–2376. 1 indexed citations
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Vieira‐Meyer, Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, José Maria Ximenes Guimarães, et al.. (2023). Mental health of community health workers in the COVID-19 context. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 28(8). 2363–2376.
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Rockers, Peter C., Jukka Leppänen, Amanda R. Tarullo, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 20(4). e1004222–e1004222. 8 indexed citations
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Vieira‐Meyer, Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, José Maria Ximenes Guimarães, et al.. (2023). Community health workers perspective on the COVID-19 impact on primary health care in Northeastern Brazil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 39(7). e00007223–e00007223. 1 indexed citations
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Bliznashka, Lilia, et al.. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 on child health services utilization and delivery in rural Mozambique: a qualitative study. Health Policy and Planning. 37(6). 737–746. 12 indexed citations
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Draper, Catherine E., Sonja Klingberg, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, et al.. (2022). Interventions to promote development in the next 1000 days: A mapping review. Child Care Health and Development. 49(4). 617–629. 15 indexed citations
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Jeong, Joshua, Saima Siyal, & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2019). Agreement between Fathers’ and Mothers’ Reported Stimulation and Associations with Observed Responsive Parenting in Pakistan. Children. 6(10). 114–114. 4 indexed citations
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Jeong, Joshua, Saima Siyal, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2018). “His mind will work better with both of us”: a qualitative study on fathers’ roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 1274–1274. 35 indexed citations
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Finch, Jenna E., Jelena Obradović, & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2016). Home Environment Quality Mediates the Effects of an Early Intervention on Children's Social-Emotional Development in Rural Pakistan.. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 6 indexed citations
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Yousafzai, Aisha K., et al.. (2013). The impact of caring for children with mental retardation on families as perceived by mothers in Karachi, Pakistan.. PubMed. 63(12). 1468–71. 8 indexed citations
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Groce, Nora, et al.. (2007). HIV/AIDS and disability: Differences in HIV/AIDS knowledge between deaf and hearing people in Nigeria. Disability and Rehabilitation. 29(5). 367–371. 57 indexed citations
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Yousafzai, Aisha K., et al.. (2004). Knowledge, personal risk and experiences of HIV/AIDS among people with disabilities in Swaziland. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 27(3). 247–251. 49 indexed citations
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Yousafzai, Aisha K., et al.. (2003). Comparison of armspan, arm length and tibia length as predictors of actual height of disabled and nondisabled children in Dharavi, Mumbai, India. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57(10). 1230–1234. 32 indexed citations

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