Anuraj H. Shankar

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Anuraj H. Shankar is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anuraj H. Shankar has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 37 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Anuraj H. Shankar's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (38 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (14 papers). Anuraj H. Shankar is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (38 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (14 papers). Anuraj H. Shankar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Indonesia and United Kingdom. Anuraj H. Shankar's co-authors include Ananda S. Prasad, Emre Özaltin, Yarlini Balarajan, S. V. Subramanian, Usha Ramakrishnan, Nelly Zavaleta, Robert E. Black, Richard G. Titus, Mario Merialdi and Sunil Sazawal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Anuraj H. Shankar

102 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection

1998 1.2k citations Anuraj H. Shankar, Ananda S. Prasad American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries

2011 895 citations Yarlini Balarajan, Usha Ramakrishnan et al. The Lancet profile →
Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: Pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

1999 537 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Robert E. Black et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anuraj H. Shankar United States	33	3.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.2k	611	106	6.9k
Keith P. West United States	56	6.1k 1.6×	3.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 2.2×	299	12.2k
Usha Ramakrishnan United States	47	4.6k 1.2×	3.2k 1.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	280	8.4k
Henrik Friis Denmark	50	3.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	685 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	707 1.2×	332	8.6k
Beverley‐Ann Biggs Australia	44	1.5k 0.4×	823 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	657 1.1×	170	6.4k
Seth Owusu‐Agyei Ghana	49	1.9k 0.5×	3.1k 1.7×	344 0.2×	3.2k 2.6×	1.2k 1.9×	244	8.1k
Harshpal Singh Sachdev India	50	8.3k 2.1×	5.6k 3.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.7k 2.2×	2.5k 4.1×	294	13.0k
Fernando E. Viteri United States	48	2.8k 0.7×	784 0.4×	2.3k 1.4×	644 0.5×	490 0.8×	136	6.3k
Eduardo Villamor United States	52	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	537 0.3×	2.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.8×	207	8.5k
Nita Bhandari India	48	5.1k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	472 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 2.1×	185	9.6k
Aamer Imdad United States	37	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	455 0.3×	567 0.5×	814 1.3×	86	5.1k

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Fadilah, Fadilah, et al.. (2025). Association of Prepregnancy Body Mass Index with Gut Microbiota Diversity and Abundance in Pregnant Women. Journal of Nutrition. 155(6). 1731–1740. 1 indexed citations

Elyazar, Iqbal, Henry Surendra, Lenny L. Ekawati, et al.. (2023). EXCESS MORTALITY DURING THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF COVID-19 EPIDEMIC AT JAKARTA, INDONESIA. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 130. S38–S38. 2 indexed citations

Ndwiga, Leonard, Victor Osoti, Juliana Wambua, et al.. (2023). Low frequency of Plasmodium falciparum hrp2/3 deletions from symptomatic infections at a primary healthcare facility in Kilifi, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 6 indexed citations

Tamrat, Tigest, et al.. (2023). Exploring perceptions and operational considerations for use of a smartphone application to self-monitor blood pressure in pregnancy in Lombok, Indonesia: protocol for a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 13(12). e073875–e073875. 1 indexed citations

Surendra, Henry, Ngabila Salama, Karina D. Lestari, et al.. (2022). Pandemic inequity in a megacity: a multilevel analysis of individual, community and healthcare vulnerability risks for COVID-19 mortality in Jakarta, Indonesia. BMJ Global Health. 7(6). e008329–e008329. 13 indexed citations

Tamrat, Tigest, Subhash Chandir, Alisa Pedrana, et al.. (2022). Digitalization of routine health information systems: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 100(10). 590–600. 9 indexed citations

Prado, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2020). Maternal biomarker patterns for metabolism and inflammation in pregnancy are influenced by multiple micronutrient supplementation and associated with child biomarker patterns and nutritional status at 9-12 years of age. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0216848–e0216848. 5 indexed citations

Haddad, Samira M., Renato T. Souza, José Guilherme Cecatti, et al.. (2020). Building a Digital Tool for the Adoption of the World Health Organization’s Antenatal Care Recommendations: Methodological Intersection of Evidence, Clinical Logic, and Digital Technology. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e16355–e16355. 17 indexed citations

Prado, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2019). Maternal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Stabilizes Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Pregnant Women in Lombok, Indonesia. Journal of Nutrition. 149(8). 1309–1316. 15 indexed citations

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Susiloretni, Kun Aristiati, Hamam Hadi, Mia M. Blakstad, Emily R. Smith, & Anuraj H. Shankar. (2018). Does exclusive breastfeeding relate to the longer duration of breastfeeding? A prospective cohort study. Midwifery. 69. 163–171. 24 indexed citations

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Prado, Elizabeth L., Anuraj H. Shankar, Aryeh D. Stein, & Leila M Larson. (2018). Does Improved Growth Mean Improved Neurobehavioral Development?. Advances in Nutrition. 10(4). 725–726. 5 indexed citations

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Sebayang, Susy Katikana, Michael J. Dibley, Patrick J. Kelly, Anita Shankar, & Anuraj H. Shankar. (2011). Modifying effect of maternal nutritional status on the impact of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birthweight in Indonesia. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 65(10). 1110–1117. 18 indexed citations

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Balarajan, Yarlini, Usha Ramakrishnan, Emre Özaltin, Anuraj H. Shankar, & S. V. Subramanian. (2011). Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 378(9809). 2123–2135. 895 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prado, Elizabeth L., Sri Hartini, Husni Muadz, et al.. (2009). Test selection, adaptation, and evaluation: A systematic approach to assess nutritional influences on child development in developing countries. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 80(1). 31–53. 22 indexed citations

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Siddiqui, Afzal A., et al.. (2000). Priming of a β-Galactosidase (β-GAL)-Specific Type 1 Response in BALB/c Mice Infected with β-GAL-TransfectedLeishmania major. Infection and Immunity. 68(2). 809–814. 7 indexed citations

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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Sheila M. Bird, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2000). Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 72(6). 1516–1522. 397 indexed citations

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Shankar, Anuraj H. & Ananda S. Prasad. (1998). Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 68(2). 447S–463S. 1217 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shankar, Anuraj H., et al.. (1998). The influence of maternal zinc supplementation on immunological development of the neonate and perinatal morbidity. The FASEB Journal. 12(5). 2 indexed citations

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Shankar, Anuraj H., P Morin, & Richard G. Titus. (1996). Leishmania major:Differential Resistance to Infection in C57BL/6 (High Interferon-α/β) and Congenic B6.C-H-28c(Low Interferon-α/β) Mice. Experimental Parasitology. 84(2). 136–143. 17 indexed citations

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Shankar, Anuraj H. & Richard G. Titus. (1993). Leishmania major-specific, CD4+, major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted T cells derived in vitro from lymphoid tissues of naive mice.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 178(1). 101–111. 24 indexed citations

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