Delan Devakumar

7.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
100 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Delan Devakumar is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Delan Devakumar has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Clinical Psychology, 38 papers in General Health Professions and 25 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Delan Devakumar's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (29 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (16 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers). Delan Devakumar is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (29 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (16 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers). Delan Devakumar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Delan Devakumar's co-authors include Ibrahim Abubakar, Geordan Shannon, Sunil Bhopal, David Osrin, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Sujitha Selvarajah, Anthony Costello, Sally Hargreaves, Dharma Manandhar and Kelly Rose‐Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Delan Devakumar

91 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2018 401 citations Kelly Rose‐Clarke, Miriam Orcutt et al. The Lancet profile →
Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses

2020 399 citations Delan Devakumar, Geordan Shannon et al. The Lancet profile →
Occupational health outcomes among international migrant workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 199 citations Delan Devakumar, Robert W Aldridge et al. profile →
Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

2021 144 citations Dougal Hargreaves, Purnima Menon et al. The Lancet profile →
Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health

2022 80 citations Delan Devakumar, Sujitha Selvarajah et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Delan Devakumar United Kingdom	28	1.1k	853	800	514	354	100	3.1k
Rima Afifi Lebanon	28	954 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	625 0.8×	987 1.9×	415 1.2×	117	4.7k
Nora Groce United Kingdom	40	819 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	935 1.2×	639 1.2×	766 2.2×	159	5.4k
Sharon Goldfeld Australia	30	1.3k 1.2×	945 1.1×	418 0.5×	532 1.0×	923 2.6×	231	3.7k
Narayan Sastry United States	28	519 0.5×	887 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	307 0.6×	447 1.3×	95	3.2k
Patricia M. McGovern United States	34	579 0.5×	900 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	872 1.7×	356 1.0×	125	3.7k
Arijit Nandi Canada	35	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	824 1.0×	580 1.1×	635 1.8×	116	4.8k
Lisa Gibbs Australia	41	1.6k 1.5×	1.7k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	1.5k 2.9×	405 1.1×	161	5.8k
Janice F. Bell United States	33	502 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	565 0.7×	994 1.9×	372 1.1×	125	3.3k
Per‐Olof Östergren Sweden	30	474 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	513 0.6×	319 0.6×	399 1.1×	88	2.8k
Clarence C. Gravlee United States	22	514 0.5×	726 0.9×	976 1.2×	373 0.7×	150 0.4×	48	2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Delan Devakumar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Quinlan-Davidson, Meaghen, Laura Asher, Urvita Bhatia, et al.. (2025). Mental health and violence against women in Afghanistan, India and Sri Lanka: a situation analysis. Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham). 1–20.

Palfreyman, Alexis, et al.. (2024). What Women Want: Mental Health in the Context of Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka—A Qualitative Study of Priorities and Capacities for Care. Violence Against Women. 31(3-4). 789–812. 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Ayesha, et al.. (2024). What are the experiences and psychosocial needs of female survivors of domestic violence in Afghanistan? A qualitative interview study in three Afghan provinces. BMJ Open. 14(6). e079615–e079615. 2 indexed citations

Deivanayagam, Thilagawathi Abi, et al.. (2023). Mental health prevalence, healthcare use and access between 2018 and 2022 in Sri Lanka: an analysis of survey data. 1–16. 1 indexed citations

Deivanayagam, Thilagawathi Abi, Jason Hickel, Renzo Guinto, et al.. (2023). Envisioning environmental equity: climate change, health, and racial justice. The Lancet. 402(10395). 64–78. 85 indexed citations

Orcutt, Miriam, et al.. (2022). Social and cultural conditions affecting the mental health of Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian adolescents living in and around Bar Elias, Lebanon. Journal of Migration and Health. 7. 100150–100150. 4 indexed citations

Burgess, Rochelle A., et al.. (2022). Overlooked and unaddressed: A narrative review of mental health consequences of child marriages. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e0000131–e0000131. 31 indexed citations

Deivanayagam, Thilagawathi Abi, et al.. (2022). Developing a guide to climate & health justice education: Process and content. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100188–100188. 1 indexed citations

Devakumar, Delan, et al.. (2021). Intersectional tension: a qualitative study of the effects of the COVID-19 response on survivors of violence against women in urban India. BMJ Open. 11(9). e050381–e050381. 17 indexed citations

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Hargreaves, Dougal, Purnima Menon, Harold Alderman, et al.. (2021). Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development. The Lancet. 399(10320). 198–210. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aldridge, Robert W, Dan Lewer, Rohini Mathur, et al.. (2020). Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in England are at increased risk of death from COVID-19: indirect standardisation of NHS mortality data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. UCL Discovery (University College London). 14 indexed citations

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Low, Joseph, et al.. (2020). Experience and perspectives on palliative or end-of-life care of Chinese people and their families as immigrants to high-income countries: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. BMJ Global Health. 5(12). e003232–e003232. 25 indexed citations

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Selvarajah, Sujitha, Thilagawathi Abi Deivanayagam, Gideon Lasco, et al.. (2020). Categorisation and Minoritisation. BMJ Global Health. 5(12). e004508–e004508. 60 indexed citations

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Devakumar, Delan, Sunil Bhopal, & Geordan Shannon. (2020). COVID-19: the great unequaliser. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 113(6). 234–235. 36 indexed citations

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Sato, Priscila de Morais, Mariana Dimitrov Ulian, Marly Augusto Cardoso, et al.. (2020). Signs and strategies to deal with food insecurity and consumption of ultra-processed foods among Amazonian mothers. Global Public Health. 15(8). 1130–1143. 11 indexed citations

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Machado, Daiane Borges, Keltie McDonald, Luís Fernando Silva Castro-de-Araujo, et al.. (2020). Association between homicide rates and suicide rates: a countrywide longitudinal analysis of 5507 Brazilian municipalities. BMJ Open. 10(11). e040069–e040069. 8 indexed citations

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O’Hare, Bernadette, et al.. (2018). Survival rights for children: What are the national and global barriers?. African Human Rights Law Journal. 18(2). 4 indexed citations

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Devakumar, Delan, et al.. (2016). Medical Hostages: Detention of Women and Babies in Hospitals.. PubMed. 18(1). 277–282. 8 indexed citations

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Devakumar, Delan. (2008). Cholera and Nothing More. Public Health Ethics. 3(1). 53–54. 5 indexed citations

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Devakumar, Delan, et al.. (2008). Study and Design of Impellers for Multiphase Reactors. Modern Applied Science. 2(5). 3 indexed citations

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