César G. Victora

126.7k total citations · 32 hit papers
763 papers, 65.9k citations indexed

About

César G. Victora is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, César G. Victora has authored 763 papers receiving a total of 65.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 395 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 317 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 313 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in César G. Victora's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (305 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (260 papers) and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare (132 papers). César G. Victora is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (305 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (260 papers) and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare (132 papers). César G. Victora collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. César G. Victora's co-authors include Fernando C. Barros, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Reynaldo Martorell, Mercedes de Onís, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Pedro C. Hallal, Robert E. Black, Jennifer Bryce, Zulfiqar A Bhutta and Nigel Rollins and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

César G. Victora

743 papers receiving 62.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

2013 5.5k citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

2016 4.7k citations César G. Victora, Aluísio J. D. Barros et al. profile →
Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

2008 2.8k citations César G. Victora, Pedro C. Hallal et al. profile →
The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological analysis: a hierarchical approach.

1997 1.8k citations César G. Victora et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?

2016 1.5k citations Nigel Rollins, Ellen Piwoz et al. profile →
International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

2014 1.4k citations César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros et al. profile →
Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Revisiting Implications for Interventions

2010 1.1k citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?

2005 801 citations Claudio F. Lanata, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Evidence-Based Public Health: Moving Beyond Randomized Trials

2004 763 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology

2004 733 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Rapid growth in infancy and childhood and obesity in later life – a systematic review

2005 719 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Long‐term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 717 citations Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Adolescent Physical Activity and Health

2006 717 citations Pedro C. Hallal, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in five Latin American cities (the PLATINO study): a prevalence study

2005 707 citations Ana Maria B. Menezes, Pedro C. Hallal et al. profile →
Maternal and child health in Brazil: progress and challenges

2011 696 citations César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros et al. profile →
Associations of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies

2013 600 citations Pedro C. Hallal, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough

2003 597 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies

2000 569 citations César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros et al. profile →
International standards for fetal growth based on serial ultrasound measurements: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

2014 539 citations César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros et al. profile →
Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Implications for Nutritional Interventions

2001 538 citations César G. Victora, Rosângela C. Lima et al. profile →
EVIDENCE FOR PROTECTION BY BREAST-FEEDING AGAINST INFANT DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN BRAZIL

1987 530 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

2015 481 citations César G. Victora, Bernardo Lessa Horta et al. profile →
Breastfeeding and intelligence: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 468 citations Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality

2011 460 citations César G. Victora et al. profile →
Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015: a retrospective review of survey data from 54 countries

2012 442 citations Aluísio J. D. Barros, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1501 livebirths with complete investigation

2016 416 citations Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Fernando C. Barros et al. profile →
Countdown to 2015: a decade of tracking progress for maternal, newborn, and child survival

2015 389 citations César G. Victora, Jennifer Requejo et al. profile →
Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

2021 384 citations César G. Victora, Luís Paulo Vidaletti et al. profile →
Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring: a prospective study in five low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)

2015 333 citations María Clara Restrepo–Méndez, César G. Victora et al. profile →
Reducing deaths from diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy.

2000 286 citations César G. Victora et al. PubMed profile →
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

2023 270 citations Aluísio J. D. Barros, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves et al. profile →
Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy

2023 132 citations Nigel Rollins, Ellen Piwoz et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	History of self-reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the Brazilian population: a countrywide survey 2025 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), Lara E. Coelho, Paula M. Luz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cauane Blumenberg, Fernando Vinholes Siqueira, (unknown), (unknown), Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo, Fernando C. Barros, Claúdio J. Struchiner, César G. Victora, Pedro Curi Hallal	0
2	Trends in coverage following an equity-oriented strategy for introducing new vaccines, Peru, 2004–2022 2025 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·(unknown), Francisco Carreiro da Costa, Bianca O. Cata-Preta, Luis Huicho, Claudio F. Lanata, (unknown), Theresa J. Ochoa, Tewodaj Mengistu, Dan Hogan, Aluísio J. D. Barros, César G. Victora	0
3	Recent trends in maternal and child health inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: analysis of repeated national surveys 2023 ·International Journal for Equity in Health ·Óscar J. Mújica, Antonio Sanhueza, Liliana Carvajal-Vélez, Luís Paulo Vidaletti, Janaína Calu Costa, Aluísio J. D. Barros, César G. Victora	9
4	Ethnic disparities in immunisation: analyses of zero-dose prevalence in 64 countries 2022 ·BMJ Global Health ·Bianca O. Cata-Preta, Thiago M. Santos, Andrea Wendt, (unknown), Tewodaj Mengistu, Aluísio J. D. Barros, César G. Victora	17
5	Cobertura vacinal em crianças de até 2 anos de idade beneficiárias do Programa Bolsa Família, Brasil 2021 ·Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde ·(unknown), Iná S. Santos, Tiago N. Munhoz, Cauane Blumenberg, (unknown), Alícia Matijasevich, Cristiane Salum, (unknown), Letícia Marques dos Santos, Luciano Lima Correia, Marta Rovery de Souza, Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira, Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim, (unknown), César G. Victora	13
6	Rates and time trends in the consumption of breastmilk, formula, and animal milk by children younger than 2 years from 2000 to 2019: analysis of 113 countries 2021 ·The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health ·Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, Maria de Fátima Santos Maia, (unknown), Giovanna Gatica‐Domínguez, Ellen Piwoz, Nigel Rollins, César G. Victora	91
7	Changes in Infant and Neonatal Mortality and Associated Factors in Eight Cohorts from Three Brazilian Cities 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Carolina Abreu de Carvalho, Antônio Augusto Moura da Sílva, César G. Victora, Marcelo Zubarán Goldani, Heloísa Bettiol, Érika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz, Fernando C. Barros, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Viviane Cunha Cardoso, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Iná S. Santos, Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista, Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões, Marco Antônio Barbieri, Aluísio J. D. Barros	11
8	Breastfeeding as a biological dialogue 2017 ·Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria ·César G. Victora	1
9	The Association of Maternal Age with Birth Weight and Gestational Age: A Cross-Cohort Comparison. 2015 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·María Clara Restrepo–Méndez, Debbie A. Lawlor, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Alícia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Ana Maria B. Menezes, Fernando C. Barros, César G. Victora	23
10	Progress in reducing inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn,' and child health in Latin America and the Caribbean: an unfinished agenda. 2015 ·PubMed ·María Clara Restrepo–Méndez, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Jennifer Requejo, Pablo Durán, (unknown), Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, César G. Victora	52
11	Maté Drinking and Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in South America: Pooled Results from Two Large Multicenter Case–Control Studies 2013 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Jay H. Lubin, Eduardo De Stéfani, Christian C. Abnet, Giséle Acosta, Paolo Boffetta, César G. Victora, Barry I. Graubard, Núbia Muñóz, Hugo Deneo‐Pellegrini, Silvia Franceschi, Xavier Castellsagué, Álvaro L. Ronco, Sanford M. Dawsey	57
12	Educação e trabalho na coorte de nascimentos de 1982 a 2004-5, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Fernando C. Barros, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora	1
13	Monitorização da mortalidade na coorte de nascimentos de 1982 a 2006, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Bernardo Lessa Horta, Denise P. Gigante, (unknown), Fernando C. Barros, César G. Victora	16
14	Prevalência de chiado no peito em adultos da coorte de nascimentos de 1982, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Ana Maria B. Menezes, Rosângela C. Lima, Gicele C Minten, Pedro C. Hallal, César G. Victora, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Fernando C. Barros	2
15	Maternidade e paternidade na coorte de nascimentos de 1982 a 2004-5, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Denise Petrucci Gigante, Fernando C. Barros, (unknown), Helen Gonçalves, Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora	11
16	Fatores associados ao sedentarismo no lazer de adultos na coorte de nascimentos de 1982, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Mário Renato Azevedo, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Denise Petrucci Gigante, César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros	15
17	Determinantes sociais da iniciação sexual precoce na coorte de nascimentos de 1982 a 2004-5, Pelotas, RS 2008 ·LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Helen Gonçalves, Dominique P. Béhague, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Gicele C Minten, Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros	10
18	National Immunization Day: A Strategy to Monitor Health and Nutrition indicators/Journee Nationale De la Vaccination: Une Strategie Pour Surveiller Les Indicateurs Sanitaires et nutritionnels/Uso De Les Dias Nacionales De Inmunizacion Como Estrategia Para Vigilar Los Indicadores Sanitarios Y Nutricionales 2008 ·Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, César G. Victora	3
19	Fetal, infant and childhood growth: relationships with body composition in Brazilian boys aged 9 years 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), César G. Victora	14
20	Mate drinking, alcohol, tobacco, diet, and esophageal cancer in Uruguay. 1990 ·PubMed ·E De Stéfani, Núbia Muñóz, Jacques Estève, (unknown), César G. Victora, S Teuchmann	159

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