Ellen Piwoz

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
71 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ellen Piwoz is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Piwoz has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 27 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ellen Piwoz's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (42 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (37 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (22 papers). Ellen Piwoz is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (42 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (37 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (22 papers). Ellen Piwoz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Switzerland. Ellen Piwoz's co-authors include César G. Victora, Nigel Rollins, Linda Richter, Susan Horton, Sandra L. Huffman, Nemat Hajeebhoy, José Carlos Martines, Chessa Lutter, Nita Bhandari and Peter Iliff and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Piwoz

70 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?

2016 1.5k citations Nigel Rollins, Nita Bhandari et al. The Lancet profile →
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

2023 270 citations Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Cecília Tomori et al. The Lancet profile →
Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

2021 143 citations Rebecca Heidkamp, Ellen Piwoz et al. The Lancet profile →
Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy

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

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ellen Piwoz	3.0k	2.7k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	71	5.1k
José Martines	2.5k 0.8×	3.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	2.6k 2.3×	72	6.7k
Anna Coutsoudis	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	366 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	742 0.6×	159	5.7k
Karen Edmond	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	500 0.3×	839 0.7×	1.9k 1.7×	120	5.0k
Ruth Bland	1.5k 0.5×	750 0.3×	255 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	836 0.7×	107	3.6k
Elwyn Chomba	806 0.3×	541 0.2×	538 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	117	3.9k
Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França	4.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	80	7.4k
Christopher R. Sudfeld	495 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	358 0.2×	514 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	165	3.6k
Hoosen Coovadia	1.1k 0.4×	797 0.3×	200 0.1×	989 0.8×	827 0.7×	77	4.4k
Sia E. Msuya	898 0.3×	807 0.3×	242 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	150	3.0k
Robert Ntozini	535 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	271 0.2×	493 0.4×	839 0.7×	84	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Piwoz

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Pérez‐Escamilla, Rafael, Cecília Tomori, Sonia Hernández‐Cordero, et al.. (2023). Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world. The Lancet. 401(10375). 472–485. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

Rollins, Nigel, Ellen Piwoz, Phillip Baker, et al.. (2023). Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy. The Lancet. 401(10375). 486–502. 132 indexed citations breakdown →

Neves, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, Maria de Fátima Santos Maia, et al.. (2021). 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. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 5(9). 619–630. 91 indexed citations

Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Khương Quỳnh Long, Sk Masum Billah, et al.. (2021). Effective coverage of nutrition interventions across the continuum of care in Bangladesh: insights from nationwide cross-sectional household and health facility surveys. BMJ Open. 11(1). e040109–e040109. 14 indexed citations

Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Nadia Akseer, Emily C Keats, et al.. (2020). How countries can reduce child stunting at scale: lessons from exemplar countries. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(Suppl 2). 894S–904S. 100 indexed citations

Neves, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Phillip Baker, et al.. (2020). Consumption of breast milk, formula and other non-human milk by children aged under 2 years: analysis of eighty-six low- and middle-income countries. Public Health Nutrition. 25(3). 680–688. 22 indexed citations

Bégin, France, et al.. (2019). Promoting Child Growth and Development in the Sustainable Development Goals Era: Is It Time for New Thinking?. Journal of Nutrition. 150(2). 192–194. 18 indexed citations

Neves, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro, Giovanna Gatica‐Domínguez, Nigel Rollins, et al.. (2019). Infant Formula Consumption Is Positively Correlated with Wealth, Within and Between Countries: A Multi-Country Study. Journal of Nutrition. 150(4). 910–917. 33 indexed citations

Gillespie, Stuart, Purnima Menon, Rebecca Heidkamp, et al.. (2019). Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum of care: time to act at scale. BMJ Global Health. 4(Suppl 4). e001290–e001290. 26 indexed citations

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McLain, Alexander C., Edward A. Frongillo, Sonja Y. Hess, & Ellen Piwoz. (2018). Comparison of Methods Used to Estimate the Global Burden of Disease Related to Undernutrition and Suboptimal Breastfeeding. Advances in Nutrition. 10(3). 380–390. 12 indexed citations

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Rollins, Nigel, Nita Bhandari, Nemat Hajeebhoy, et al.. (2016). Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?. The Lancet. 387(10017). 491–504. 1488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kayira, Dumbani, Margaret E. Bentley, Jeffrey Wiener, et al.. (2012). A lipid-based nutrient supplement mitigates weight loss among HIV-infected women in a factorial randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child transmission during exclusive breastfeeding. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 95(3). 759–765. 27 indexed citations

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Piwoz, Ellen, et al.. (2012). Promoting Healthy Growth: What Are the Priorities for Research and Action?. Advances in Nutrition. 3(2). 234–241. 31 indexed citations

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Pee, Saskia de, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Patrick Webb, et al.. (2009). How to Ensure Nutrition Security in the Global Economic Crisis to Protect and Enhance Development of Young Children and Our Common Future. Journal of Nutrition. 140(1). 138S–142S. 48 indexed citations

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Lunney, Kevin, Alison L. Jenkins, Naume V. Tavengwa, et al.. (2008). HIV-Positive Poor Women May Stop Breast-feeding Early to Protect Their Infants from HIV Infection although Available Replacement Diets Are Grossly Inadequate ,. Journal of Nutrition. 138(2). 351–357. 26 indexed citations

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Piwoz, Ellen & Margaret E. Bentley. (2005). Women's Voices, Women's Choices: The Challenge of Nutrition and HIV/AIDS,. Journal of Nutrition. 135(4). 933–937. 31 indexed citations

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Piwoz, Ellen & Jay Ross. (2005). Use of Population-Specific Infant Mortality Rates to Inform Policy Decisions Regarding HIV and Infant Feeding. Journal of Nutrition. 135(5). 1113–1119. 23 indexed citations

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Gaillard, Philippe, Ellen Piwoz, & Tim Farley. (2001). Collection of standardized information on infant feeding in the context of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV. Statistics in Medicine. 20(23). 3525–3537. 31 indexed citations

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Piwoz, Ellen, Hilary Creed‐Kanashiro, Guillermo López de Romaña, Robert E. Black, & Kenneth H. Brown. (1995). Potential for Misclassification of Infants' Usual Feeding Practices using 24-Hour Dietary Assessment Methods. Journal of Nutrition. 125(1). 57–65. 54 indexed citations

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Piwoz, Ellen, Robert E. Black, Guillermo López de Romaña, Hilary Creed‐Kanashiro, & Kenneth H. Brown. (1994). The relationship between infants' preceding appetite, illness, and growth performance and mothers' subsequent feeding practice decisions. Social Science & Medicine. 39(6). 851–860. 29 indexed citations

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