Elaine Borghi

13.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
35 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Elaine Borghi 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, Elaine Borghi has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Elaine Borghi's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (27 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (11 papers). Elaine Borghi is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (27 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (11 papers). Elaine Borghi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Pakistan. Elaine Borghi's co-authors include Mercedes de Onís, Monika Blössner, Adelheid W. Onyango, Cutberto Garza, Chika Hayashi, Julia Krasevec, Yang Hong, Chessa Lutter, Amani Siyam and Gretchen A Stevens and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Elaine Borghi

33 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Global prevalence and tre... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2019 2017 2011 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children
    2010 1.6k citations Mercedes de Onís, Monika Blössner et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  2. National, regional, and worldwide estimates of low birthweight in 2015, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis
    2019 616 citations Hannah Blencowe, Julia Krasevec et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  3. Levels and trends in child malnutrition. UNICEF/ WHO / World Bank Group joint child malnutrition estimates: key findings of the 2017 edition.
    2017 501 citations Chika Hayashi, Julia Krasevec et al. profile →
  4. Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990–2020
    2011 447 citations Mercedes de Onís, Monika Blössner et al. Public Health Nutrition profile →
  5. Prevalence thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years
    2018 259 citations Mercedes de Onís, Elaine Borghi et al. Public Health Nutrition profile →
  6. National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data
    2022 240 citations Gretchen A Stevens, Christopher Paciorek et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  7. National, regional, and global estimates of low birthweight in 2020, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis
    2024 42 citations Yemisrach B. Okwaraji, Julia Krasevec et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elaine Borghi Switzerland 19 3.3k 2.3k 2.2k 1.4k 800 35 6.2k
Adelheid W. Onyango Switzerland 25 3.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 764 1.0× 40 5.2k
Monika Blössner Switzerland 18 5.4k 1.7× 2.9k 1.3× 2.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.5× 1.7k 2.1× 20 8.4k
Pedro C. Hallal Brazil 30 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 58 7.4k
Paula Griffiths United Kingdom 39 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 560 0.7× 148 5.1k
Usha Ramakrishnan United States 47 4.6k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 611 0.8× 280 8.4k
Eduardo Villamor United States 52 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 247 0.3× 207 8.5k
John Μ. Pettifor South Africa 49 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 582 0.4× 191 0.2× 284 7.9k
Manuel Ramírez‐Zea Guatemala 27 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 766 0.5× 366 0.5× 145 3.4k
Tefera Belachew Ethiopia 38 1.9k 0.6× 882 0.4× 628 0.3× 1.3k 0.9× 534 0.7× 195 4.2k
Meera Shekar United States 21 2.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 446 0.2× 1.0k 0.7× 788 1.0× 59 3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine Borghi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elaine Borghi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elaine Borghi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Elaine Borghi. Elaine Borghi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goldstein, Rebecca F., Mahnaz Bahri Khomami, Chau Thien Tay, et al.. (2025). Gestational weight gain and risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in observational data from 1.6 million women: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 391. e085710–e085710.
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Borghi, Elaine & Harshpal Singh Sachdev. (2024). Should a single growth standard be used to judge the nutritional status of children under age 5 years globally: Yes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(4). 764–768. 2 indexed citations
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Borghi, Elaine & Harshpal Singh Sachdev. (2024). Should a single growth standard be used to judge the nutritional status of children under age 5 y globally? Debate consensus. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(4). 769–772. 1 indexed citations
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Sachdev, Harshpal Singh & Elaine Borghi. (2024). Should a single growth standard be used to judge the nutritional status of children under age 5 years globally? No. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120(4). 759–763. 2 indexed citations
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Okwaraji, Yemisrach B., Julia Krasevec, Ellen Bradley, et al.. (2024). National, regional, and global estimates of low birthweight in 2020, with trends from 2000: a systematic analysis. The Lancet. 403(10431). 1071–1080. 42 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abbass, Marwa M. S., Elaine Borghi, Monica C Flores-Urrutia, et al.. (2023). Nutrition Profile for Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region with Different Income Levels: An Analytical Review. Children. 10(2). 236–236. 11 indexed citations
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Borghi, Elaine, Monica C Flores-Urrutia, Julianne Williams, et al.. (2022). Estimating Childhood Stunting and Overweight Trends in the European Region from Sparse Longitudinal Data. Journal of Nutrition. 152(7). 1773–1782.
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Stevens, Gretchen A, Christopher Paciorek, Monica C Flores-Urrutia, et al.. (2022). National, regional, and global estimates of anaemia by severity in women and children for 2000–19: a pooled analysis of population-representative data. The Lancet Global Health. 10(5). e627–e639. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lelijveld, Natasha, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, et al.. (2022). Towards standardised and valid anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in middle childhood and adolescence. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 6(10). 738–746. 11 indexed citations
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Nishida, Chizuru, Elaine Borghi, Francesco Branca, & Mercedes de Onís. (2017). Global trends in overweight and obesity. 5 indexed citations
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Branca, Francesco, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn, Elaine Borghi, Monika Blössner, & Mercedes de Onís. (2015). Extension of the WHO maternal, infant and young child nutrition targets to 2030.. 55–58. 11 indexed citations
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Onyango, Adelheid W., Elaine Borghi, Mercedes de Onís, et al.. (2015). Successive 1-Month Weight Increments in Infancy Can Be Used to Screen for Faltering Linear Growth. Journal of Nutrition. 145(12). 2725–2731. 9 indexed citations
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Onyango, Adelheid W., et al.. (2013). Complementary feeding and attained linear growth among 6–23-month-old children. Public Health Nutrition. 17(9). 1975–1983. 78 indexed citations
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Lutter, Chessa, Bernadette Daelmans, Mercedes de Onís, et al.. (2011). Undernutrition, Poor Feeding Practices, and Low Coverage of Key Nutrition Interventions. PEDIATRICS. 128(6). e1418–e1427. 169 indexed citations
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Onyango, Adelheid W., Laurie Nommsen‐Rivers, Amani Siyam, et al.. (2011). Post‐partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 7(3). 228–240. 35 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Monika Blössner, & Elaine Borghi. (2011). Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990–2020. Public Health Nutrition. 15(1). 142–148. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Onís, Mercedes de, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, et al.. (2007). Elaboración de valores de referencia de la OMS para el crecimiento de escolares y adolescentes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(9). 660–667. 25 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, et al.. (2007). Development of a WHO Growth Reference for School-Aged Children and adolescents/Mise Au Point D'une Reference De Croissance Pour Les Enfants D'age Scolaire et Les Adolescents/ Elaboracion De Valores De Referencia De la OMS Para El Crecimiento De Escolares Y Adolescentes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(9). 660. 6 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Cutberto Garza, Adelheid W. Onyango, & Elaine Borghi. (2007). Comparison of the WHO Child Growth Standards and the CDC 2000 Growth Charts. Journal of Nutrition. 137(1). 144–148. 345 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, Cutberto Garza, & Yang Hong. (2006). Comparison of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards and the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference: implications for child health programmes. Public Health Nutrition. 9(7). 942–947. 457 indexed citations

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