Bettina Shell‐Duncan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Bettina Shell‐Duncan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bettina Shell‐Duncan has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Bettina Shell‐Duncan's work include Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (21 papers), Genital Health and Disease (13 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers). Bettina Shell‐Duncan is often cited by papers focused on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (21 papers), Genital Health and Disease (13 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 papers). Bettina Shell‐Duncan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and United Kingdom. Bettina Shell‐Duncan's co-authors include Katherine Wander, Ylva Hernlund, Thomas W. McDade, Amadou Moreau, Kathleen O’Connor, Emily K. Brunson, Eleanor Brindle, Walter Ochieng, Sonja Vogt and Kenneth Ngure and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Bettina Shell‐Duncan

51 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide to Harnessing Social Norms for Climate Action
    2022 134 citations Bettina Shell‐Duncan 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
Bettina Shell‐Duncan United States 24 825 594 294 292 288 53 1.8k
Lisa B. Haddad United States 29 1.1k 1.3× 434 0.7× 306 1.0× 692 2.4× 86 0.3× 221 4.5k
Daniel Grace Canada 24 269 0.3× 368 0.6× 505 1.7× 108 0.4× 170 0.6× 192 2.6k
Katherine Wander United States 13 265 0.3× 145 0.2× 91 0.3× 162 0.6× 108 0.4× 44 678
Christina Nilsson Sweden 31 1.3k 1.6× 317 0.5× 169 0.6× 48 0.2× 32 0.1× 71 3.4k
Bontha V. Babu India 23 342 0.4× 43 0.1× 235 0.8× 190 0.7× 124 0.4× 152 1.8k
Myriam Khlat France 32 327 0.4× 288 0.5× 378 1.3× 101 0.3× 112 0.4× 120 3.1k
Sanjay Chaturvedi India 21 312 0.4× 101 0.2× 245 0.8× 130 0.4× 24 0.1× 107 1.4k
Sheryl McCurdy United States 31 472 0.6× 65 0.1× 730 2.5× 42 0.1× 95 0.3× 125 2.4k
Amy Girard United States 25 364 0.4× 27 0.0× 87 0.3× 976 3.3× 77 0.3× 110 2.0k
Ricardo Ventura Santos Brazil 34 477 0.6× 62 0.1× 292 1.0× 1.8k 6.0× 30 0.1× 205 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bettina Shell‐Duncan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bettina Shell‐Duncan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bettina Shell‐Duncan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Esho, Tammary, et al.. (2021). Intersections between climate change and female genital mutilation among the Maasai of Kajiado County, Kenya. Journal of Global Health. 11. 10 indexed citations
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Kandala, Ngianga‐Bakwin & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2019). Trends in female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal: what can we learn from successive household surveys in sub-Saharan African countries?. International Journal for Equity in Health. 18(1). 25–25. 15 indexed citations
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Shell‐Duncan, Bettina, Amadou Moreau, Katherine Wander, & Sarah Smith. (2018). The role of older women in contesting norms associated with female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegambia: A factorial focus group analysis. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199217–e0199217. 49 indexed citations
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Kimani, Samuel & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2018). Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Contentious Practices and Persistent Debates. Current Sexual Health Reports. 10(1). 25–34. 32 indexed citations
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Ngure, Kenneth, Nelly Mugo, Connie Celum, et al.. (2014). Following the Doctor's Advice: Experiences of HIV Serodiscordant Couples Enrolled in a PrEP Demonstration Project in Kenya. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(S1). A270–A271.
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Wander, Katherine, Kathleen O’Connor, & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2012). Expanding the Hygiene Hypothesis: Early Exposure to Infectious Agents Predicts Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity to Candida among Children in Kilimanjaro. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37406–e37406. 10 indexed citations
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Fujita, Masako, Bettina Shell‐Duncan, Eleanor Brindle, et al.. (2011). Vitamin A dynamics in breastmilk and liver stores: A life history perspective. American Journal of Human Biology. 23(5). 664–673. 32 indexed citations
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Shell‐Duncan, Bettina, Katherine Wander, Ylva Hernlund, & Amadou Moreau. (2011). Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: Testing predictions of social convention theory. Social Science & Medicine. 73(8). 1275–1283. 108 indexed citations
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Fujita, Masako, et al.. (2009). Assessment of the relative dose-response test based on serum retinol-binding protein instead of serum retinol in determining low hepatic vitamin A stores. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 90(1). 217–224. 16 indexed citations
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Brunson, Emily K., et al.. (2008). Women's autonomy and its relationship to children's nutrition among the Rendille of northern Kenya. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(1). 55–64. 64 indexed citations
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Wander, Katherine, Bettina Shell‐Duncan, & Thomas W. McDade. (2008). Evaluation of iron deficiency as a nutritional adaptation to infectious disease: An evolutionary medicine perspective. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(2). 172–179. 61 indexed citations
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Steele, Matthew S., Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Craig R. Cohen, Bettina Shell‐Duncan, & King K. Holmes. (2006). The ABCs of HIV Prevention in Men. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 43(5). 571–576. 7 indexed citations
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McDade, Thomas W. & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2004). Use of Combined Measures from Capillary Blood to Assess Iron Deficiency in Rural Kenyan Children. Journal of Nutrition. 134(2). 384–387. 25 indexed citations
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Piaseu, Noppawan, Basia Belza, & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2004). LESS MONEY LESS FOOD: VOICES FROM WOMEN IN URBAN POOR FAMILIES IN THAILAND. Health Care For Women International. 25(7). 604–619. 23 indexed citations
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McDade, Thomas W. & Bettina Shell‐Duncan. (2002). Whole Blood Collected on Filter Paper Provides a Minimally Invasive Method for Assessing Human Transferrin Receptor Level. Journal of Nutrition. 132(12). 3760–3763. 45 indexed citations
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Shell‐Duncan, Bettina, et al.. (1999). Premarital childbearing in northwest Kenya: Challenging the concept of illegitimacy. Social Biology. 46(1-2). 47–61. 11 indexed citations
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Shell‐Duncan, Bettina. (1997). Evaluation of infection and nutritional status as determinants of cellular immunosuppression. American Journal of Human Biology. 9(3). 381–390. 10 indexed citations
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Shell‐Duncan, Bettina. (1993). Cell‐mediated immunocompetence among nomadic Turkana children. American Journal of Human Biology. 5(2). 225–235. 13 indexed citations

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