Akhter Ahmed

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Akhter Ahmed is a scholar working on Safety Research, Nutrition and Dietetics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Akhter Ahmed has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Safety Research, 26 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 19 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Akhter Ahmed's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (27 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (26 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (19 papers). Akhter Ahmed is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (27 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (26 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (19 papers). Akhter Ahmed collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Akhter Ahmed's co-authors include Agnes Quisumbing, Esha Sraboni, Hazel Malapit, Howarth E. Bouis, John Hoddinott, Lawrence Haddad, Shahidur Rashid, Joachim von Braun, Shalini Roy and Mary Arends‐Kuenning and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Akhter Ahmed

73 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Women’s Empowerment in Ag... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 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. Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Food Security in Bangladesh?
    2014 367 citations Agnes Quisumbing, Akhter Ahmed 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
Akhter Ahmed United States 23 716 560 542 411 378 78 1.9k
Neha Kumar United States 24 542 0.8× 509 0.9× 501 0.9× 296 0.7× 375 1.0× 52 1.7k
Tassew Woldehanna Ethiopia 22 822 1.1× 629 1.1× 432 0.8× 506 1.2× 287 0.8× 124 2.3k
Ephraim Chirwa Malawi 24 514 0.7× 411 0.7× 575 1.1× 302 0.7× 373 1.0× 112 2.3k
Hazel Malapit United States 21 877 1.2× 779 1.4× 609 1.1× 251 0.6× 471 1.2× 43 2.0k
Michelle Adato United States 20 711 1.0× 345 0.6× 409 0.8× 466 1.1× 293 0.8× 43 1.7k
Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler United Kingdom 24 757 1.1× 292 0.5× 323 0.6× 875 2.1× 441 1.2× 120 2.1k
Takashi Yamano Japan 23 739 1.0× 321 0.6× 597 1.1× 359 0.9× 196 0.5× 83 2.1k
Harold Alderman United States 21 673 0.9× 664 1.2× 322 0.6× 344 0.8× 404 1.1× 65 1.5k
Greg Seymour United States 17 674 0.9× 334 0.6× 635 1.2× 284 0.7× 183 0.5× 43 1.7k
Lisa C. Smith United States 15 537 0.8× 875 1.6× 266 0.5× 374 0.9× 558 1.5× 24 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Akhter Ahmed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akhter Ahmed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akhter Ahmed

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

All Works

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Ahmed, Akhter, John Hoddinott, & Shalini Roy. (2024). Food Transfers, Cash Transfers, Behavior Change Communication and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh. The World Bank Economic Review. 39(2). 439–472. 4 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, John Hoddinott, Purnima Menon, et al.. (2023). Increasing production diversity and diet quality: Evidence from Bangladesh. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 106(3). 1089–1110. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, John Hoddinott, Purnima Menon, et al.. (2023). Comparing delivery channels to promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh. Food Policy. 118. 102484–102484. 5 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (2023). Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal. Current Developments in Nutrition. 7(7). 100107–100107. 5 indexed citations
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Roy, Shalini, et al.. (2022). Can Transfers and Complementary Nutrition Programming Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Four Years Post-Program?. The Journal of Human Resources. 59(6). 1714–1740. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (2022). Trends and Inequities in Food, Energy, Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate Intakes in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Nutrition. 152(11). 2591–2603. 12 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (2021). Climbing up the Ladder and Watching Out for the Fall: Poverty Dynamics in Rural Bangladesh. Social Indicators Research. 160(1). 309–340. 11 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Phuong V., Samuel Scott, Khương Quỳnh Long, et al.. (2020). Why Are Adolescent Mothers More iikely to Have Stunted and Underweight Children Than Adult Mothers? A Path Analysis Using Data from 30,000 Bangladeshi Mothers, 1996–2014. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4. nzaa061_091–nzaa061_091. 4 indexed citations
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Roy, Shalini, Mélissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, & Akhter Ahmed. (2017). Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence: Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Andrew Reid, Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler, & Akhter Ahmed. (2015). Rice productivity in Bangladesh: What are the benefits of irrigation?. Land Use Policy. 48. 1–12. 36 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (2011). Policy perspectives of the country investment plan for food and nutrition security in Bangladeh. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter & Suresh Chandra Babu. (2007). The Impact of Food for Education Programs in Bangladesh. eCommons (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter. (2004). IMPACT OF FEEDING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL: EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH. 99 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter & Taniya Sharmeen. (2004). ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (2001). An Analysis of the Fiscal Stance of the New Zealand Government and its Impact onShort-term Fluctuations in the Business Cycle. ePublications@SCU (Southern Cross University). 6(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (1996). Demand Elasticities in Rural Bangladesh: An Application of the AIDS Model. The Bangladesh Development Studies. 22(1). 1–25. 15 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (1992). The Electrical and Compositional Properties of AlN ‐ Si Interfaces. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 139(4). 1146–1151. 15 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Akhter, et al.. (1987). Electrical resistivity (4K to 2100K) of annealed vapor grown carbon fibers. 7(3). 135–155. 1 indexed citations
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Owen, Robert J., Akhter Ahmed, & C. A. Dawson. (1987). Guanine-Plus-Cytosine Contents of Type Strains of the Genus Providencia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 37(4). 449–450. 6 indexed citations

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