Alison D. Gernand

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alison D. Gernand is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison D. Gernand has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 39 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alison D. Gernand's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (38 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (29 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (23 papers). Alison D. Gernand is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (38 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (29 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (23 papers). Alison D. Gernand collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Bangladesh. Alison D. Gernand's co-authors include Parul Christian, Keith P. West, Kerry Schulze, Lisa M. Bodnar, Christine P. Stewart, Hyagriv N. Simhan, Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Mark A. Klebanoff, Kelly Gallagher and Celeste Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Alison D. Gernand

70 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: health... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: health effects and prevention
    2016 454 citations Alison D. Gernand, Kerry Schulze et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alison D. Gernand United States 21 886 807 620 429 376 77 2.0k
Landing Jarjou United Kingdom 25 252 0.3× 588 0.7× 331 0.5× 805 1.9× 466 1.2× 51 1.9k
Shao J. Zhou Australia 22 324 0.4× 558 0.7× 289 0.5× 595 1.4× 106 0.3× 66 1.5k
Daphna K Dror United States 18 205 0.2× 380 0.5× 452 0.7× 765 1.8× 285 0.8× 23 1.8k
Himangi Lubree India 24 720 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 550 0.9× 539 1.3× 50 0.1× 46 2.5k
Susanne Hansen Denmark 26 260 0.3× 415 0.5× 241 0.4× 224 0.5× 303 0.8× 75 1.8k
Zhenyu Yang China 22 158 0.2× 355 0.4× 425 0.7× 832 1.9× 72 0.2× 68 1.6k
Sadanand Naik India 20 466 0.5× 731 0.9× 342 0.6× 303 0.7× 47 0.1× 46 1.9k
Yaprak Engin Üstün Türkiye 21 793 0.9× 544 0.7× 509 0.8× 60 0.1× 47 0.1× 283 1.8k
Vibeke Kildegaard Knudsen Denmark 20 424 0.5× 605 0.7× 628 1.0× 291 0.7× 34 0.1× 32 1.4k
Shobha Rao India 15 503 0.6× 932 1.2× 495 0.8× 576 1.3× 35 0.1× 31 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perumal, Nandita & Alison D. Gernand. (2025). Nutrition during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 81(Suppl. 3). 19–32.
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Walker, Rachel E., et al.. (2025). Gestational diabetes mellitus and vascular malperfusion lesions in the placenta: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 170(3). 1071–1083. 2 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Kelly, et al.. (2024). Associations Between Glucose Concentrations in Pregnancy and Placental Weight and Lesions. Current Developments in Nutrition. 8. 103030–103030. 1 indexed citations
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Walker, Rachel E., et al.. (2024). Maternal Vitamin B12 in Pregnancy and Placental Development. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2024(1). 3439995–3439995. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, James M., Tekoa L. King, John R. Barton, et al.. (2023). Care plan for individuals at risk for preeclampsia: shared approach to education, strategies for prevention, surveillance, and follow-up. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 229(3). 193–213. 19 indexed citations
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Hohman, Emily E., Daniel E. Rivera, Penghong Guo, et al.. (2022). Underreporting of Energy Intake Increases over Pregnancy: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of Women with Overweight and Obesity. Nutrients. 14(11). 2326–2326. 4 indexed citations
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Walker, Rachel E., K.J. Harvatine, A. Catharine Ross, et al.. (2022). Fatty Acid Transfer from Blood to Milk Is Disrupted in Mothers with Low Milk Production, Obesity, and Inflammation. Journal of Nutrition. 152(12). 2716–2726. 21 indexed citations
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Smith, Emily R., Siran He, Kevin C. Klatt, et al.. (2021). Limited data exist to inform our basic understanding of micronutrient requirements in pregnancy. Science Advances. 7(43). eabj8016–eabj8016. 9 indexed citations
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Walker, Rachel E., Alison D. Gernand, Patrick Tso, et al.. (2021). TNF-alpha Concentrations in Serum and Human Milk of Mothers With Insufficient Versus Sufficient Milk Production. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5. 826–826. 2 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Ramkripa, Carol Dreibelbis, Yat Ping Wong, et al.. (2019). Dietary Patterns before and during Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review. 1 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Ramkripa, Carol Dreibelbis, Yat Ping Wong, et al.. (2019). Dietary Patterns before and during Pregnancy and Gestational Age at Birth: A Systematic Review. 2 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Ramkripa, Carol Dreibelbis, Yat Ping Wong, et al.. (2019). Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(Suppl_7). 729S–756S. 115 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Ramkripa, Carol Dreibelbis, Yat Ping Wong, et al.. (2019). Dietary Patterns before and during Pregnancy and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. 4 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Ramkripa, Carol Dreibelbis, Yat Ping Wong, et al.. (2018). Dietary patterns before and during pregnancy and maternal outcomes: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(Suppl_7). 705S–728S. 89 indexed citations
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Rivera, Daniel E., Penghong Guo, Emily E. Hohman, et al.. (2018). A dynamical systems model of intrauterine fetal growth. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems. 24(6). 661–687. 2 indexed citations
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Gernand, Alison D., Parul Christian, Rina Rani Paul, et al.. (2012). Maternal Weight and Body Composition during Pregnancy Are Associated with Placental and Birth Weight in Rural Bangladesh,. Journal of Nutrition. 142(11). 2010–2016. 35 indexed citations
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Gernand, Alison D., Parul Christian, Kerry Schulze, et al.. (2012). Maternal Nutritional Status in Early Pregnancy Is Associated with Body Water and Plasma Volume Changes in a Pregnancy Cohort in Rural Bangladesh,. Journal of Nutrition. 142(6). 1109–1115. 21 indexed citations

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