Bireshwar Sinha

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Bireshwar Sinha is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bireshwar Sinha has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Epidemiology, 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 18 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Bireshwar Sinha's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (13 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (12 papers). Bireshwar Sinha is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (13 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (12 papers). Bireshwar Sinha collaborates with scholars based in India, Norway and Switzerland. Bireshwar Sinha's co-authors include Ranadip Chowdhury, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, Rajiv Bahl, José Martines, Mari Jeeva Sankar, Nigel Rollins, Sarmila Mazumder, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay and Lisa Hurt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bireshwar Sinha

39 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 725 citations Ranadip Chowdhury, Bireshwar Sinha et al. Acta Paediatrica profile →
Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 536 citations Mari Jeeva Sankar, Bireshwar Sinha et al. Acta Paediatrica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bireshwar Sinha India	17	1.7k	1.0k	750	716	681	42	2.4k
Ranadip Chowdhury India	22	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	775 1.0×	788 1.1×	724 1.1×	90	2.8k
Natalia Bogdanovich Canada	23	1.2k 0.7×	664 0.6×	533 0.7×	862 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	42	2.2k
José Carlos Martines Switzerland	15	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	852 1.1×	785 1.1×	548 0.8×	25	2.5k
Sônia Isoyama Venâncio Brazil	31	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	812 1.1×	546 0.8×	486 0.7×	140	2.5k
Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira Brazil	29	611 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	321 0.4×	910 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	185	3.0k
Caroline J. Chantry United States	28	1.6k 1.0×	908 0.9×	700 0.9×	453 0.6×	448 0.7×	72	2.6k
Kinga A. Szucs United States	13	3.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.5k 2.0×	822 1.1×	849 1.2×	19	3.9k
Chris Kjolhede United States	23	702 0.4×	580 0.6×	261 0.3×	398 0.6×	592 0.9×	35	1.9k
Deborah L. Dee United States	22	991 0.6×	297 0.3×	392 0.5×	199 0.3×	412 0.6×	35	1.7k
Lawrence Noble United States	17	779 0.5×	462 0.4×	318 0.4×	309 0.4×	278 0.4×	39	1.3k

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Sinha, Bireshwar, Sarmila Mazumder, Archana Thakur, et al.. (2025). Effect of kangaroo mother care in low birth weight infants on human milk intake: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 121(5). 1109–1116. 2 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, et al.. (2023). Effects of kangaroo mother care on maternal and paternal health: systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 101(6). 391–402. 18 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, Halvor Sommerfelt, Per Ashorn, et al.. (2022). Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants: A randomized clinical trial. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 18(4). e13419–e13419. 6 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Manikandan, et al.. (2022). Determinants of maternal influenza vaccination in the context of low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0262871–e0262871. 18 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, Tarun Shankar Choudhary, Mohan Kumar, et al.. (2022). Linear Growth Trajectories, Catch-up Growth, and Its Predictors Among North Indian Small-for-Gestational Age Low Birthweight Infants: A Secondary Data Analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 827589–827589. 6 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, Nidhi Goyal, Mohan Kumar, et al.. (2022). Incidence of lab-confirmed dengue fever in a pediatric cohort in Delhi, India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(4). e0010333–e0010333. 5 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, Sankalp Dudeja, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (2022). Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Related Lockdown on Utilization of Maternal and Perinatal Health Services in an Urban Neighborhood in Delhi, India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 816969–816969. 15 indexed citations

Mohan, Venkata Raghava, Manikandan Srinivasan, Bireshwar Sinha, et al.. (2021). Geographically Weighted Regression Modeling of Spatial Clustering and Determinants of Focal Typhoid Fever Incidence. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(Supplement_5). S601–S611. 4 indexed citations

Karthikeyan, Arun S, Manikandan Srinivasan, Suman Kanungo, et al.. (2021). Antibiotics for Fever Among Children: Findings From the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in India Cohorts. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(Supplement_5). S494–S501. 3 indexed citations

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Dutta, Ankita, et al.. (2020). Typhoid and paratyphoid fever co-infection in children from an urban slum of Delhi. IDCases. 20. e00717–e00717. 2 indexed citations

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Goyal, Nidhi, Temsunaro Rongsen‐Chandola, Mangla Sood, et al.. (2020). Management of possible serious bacterial infection in young infants closer to home when referral is not feasible: Lessons from implementation research in Himachal Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243724–e0243724. 8 indexed citations

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Mazumder, Sarmila, Sunita Taneja, Brinda Dube, et al.. (2019). Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on survival of infants with low birthweight: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 394(10210). 1724–1736. 52 indexed citations

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Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Samarasimha Reddy N, Bireshwar Sinha, et al.. (2019). Delayed vaccination and its predictors among children under 2 years in India: Insights from the national family health survey–4. Vaccine. 37(17). 2331–2339. 38 indexed citations

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Smith, Emily R., Lisa Hurt, Ranadip Chowdhury, et al.. (2017). Delayed breastfeeding initiation and infant survival: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180722–e0180722. 221 indexed citations

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Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash, Ranadip Chowdhury, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (2017). Immunization practices in low birth weight infants from rural Haryana, India: Findings from secondary data analysis. Journal of Global Health. 7(2). 20415–20415. 9 indexed citations

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Mazumder, Sarmila, Sunita Taneja, Suresh Dalpath, et al.. (2017). Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 18(1). 262–262. 27 indexed citations

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Sinha, Bireshwar, Sunita Taneja, Ranadip Chowdhury, et al.. (2017). Low‐birthweight infants born to short‐stature mothers are at additional risk of stunting and poor growth velocity: Evidence from secondary data analyses. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 14(1). 44 indexed citations

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Sinha, Bireshwar, Vibha Prabhu, Rupak Singla, & Ranadip Chowdhury. (2016). An epidemiological profile of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 63(1). 29–35. 22 indexed citations

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Sankar, Mari Jeeva, Bireshwar Sinha, Ranadip Chowdhury, et al.. (2015). Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Paediatrica. 104(S467). 3–13. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chowdhury, Ranadip, et al.. (2013). Developing models to predict stunting among 6-59 months children in a slum of Kolkata.. Indian Journal of Community Health. 25(3). 251–256. 3 indexed citations

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