Günther Fink

26.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
312 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Günther Fink is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Günther Fink has authored 312 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 111 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 71 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Günther Fink's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (110 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (98 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (53 papers). Günther Fink is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (110 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (98 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (53 papers). Günther Fink collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Günther Fink's co-authors include Dana Charles McCoy, David Canning, David E. Bloom, Wafaie Fawzi, Isabel Günther, Maureen M. Black, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Christopher R. Sudfeld and Kenneth Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Günther Fink

285 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

2016 1.8k citations Dana Charles McCoy, Günther Fink et al. profile →
Implications of population ageing for economic growth

2010 450 citations Günther Fink et al. profile →
Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels

2016 342 citations Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling

2016 339 citations Dana Charles McCoy, Majid Ezzati et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis

2015 317 citations Dana Charles McCoy, Günther Fink et al. profile →
Association Between Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs and Antibiotic Use Globally

2023 84 citations Günther Fink et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Günther Fink Switzerland	51	3.9k	3.6k	2.3k	1.8k	1.5k	312	10.7k
Paul Gertler United States	61	2.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	3.6k 2.0×	1.5k 1.0×	229	14.6k
Deon Filmer United States	38	4.0k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	3.9k 2.1×	1.3k 0.9×	124	13.4k
Alex Ezeh Kenya	46	3.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	3.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	372 0.3×	127	8.6k
Shane A. Norris South Africa	55	3.8k 1.0×	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	918 0.5×	435 0.3×	538	14.1k
Dean T. Jamison United States	50	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	3.6k 1.6×	788 0.4×	572 0.4×	185	16.4k
Janet Currie United States	59	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	4.8k 2.1×	1.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	213	14.4k
Edwin van Teijlingen United Kingdom	52	3.3k 0.9×	781 0.2×	3.5k 1.5×	616 0.3×	566 0.4×	425	11.6k
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla United States	66	2.5k 0.6×	5.9k 1.6×	5.8k 2.6×	688 0.4×	519 0.4×	460	15.0k
Jody Heymann United States	46	1.1k 0.3×	875 0.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	698 0.5×	242	7.2k
Susan Horton Canada	36	3.0k 0.8×	6.5k 1.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	240 0.2×	154	12.7k

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Fink, Günther, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal Associations Between Maternal Anemia and Breastfeeding Practices on Infant Hemoglobin Levels in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. PubMed Central. 17(10). 1703–1703. 1 indexed citations

Zimmermann, Karin, et al.. (2024). Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis. European Journal of Pediatrics. 183(10). 4215–4227.

Kounnavong, Sengchanh, Pascale Vonaesch, Somphou Sayasone, et al.. (2024). Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e54768–e54768. 3 indexed citations

Kaiser, Jeanette L., Allison Morgan, Thandiwe Ngoma, et al.. (2024). Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 111(5). 1118–1126. 1 indexed citations

Drouard, Salomé Henriette Paulette, et al.. (2024). Effects of Performance‐Based Financing on Availability, Quality, and Use of Family Planning Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Impact Evaluation. Studies in Family Planning. 55(2). 127–149.

Fink, Günther, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Population Health Metrics. 22(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations

Kaiser, Jeanette L., Davidson H. Hamer, Thandiwe Ngoma, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 Knowledge and Prevention Behaviors in Rural Zambia: A Qualitative Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(1). 76–89. 1 indexed citations

Jarhyan, Prashant, Jacinta Nzinga, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, et al.. (2023). The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. The Lancet Global Health. 12(1). e123–e133. 14 indexed citations

Rockers, Peter C., Jukka Leppänen, Amanda R. Tarullo, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 20(4). e1004222–e1004222. 8 indexed citations

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Bonfoh, Bassirou, et al.. (2022). Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental evidence from Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d’Ivoire. BMJ Open. 12(1). e054355–e054355. 3 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Karin, Michael Simon, Katrin Scheinemann, et al.. (2022). Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: Assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliative Care. 21(1). 188–188. 2 indexed citations

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Levine, Gillian A., et al.. (2021). Mobile nudges and financial incentives to improve coverage of timely neonatal vaccination in rural areas (GEVaP trial): A 3-armed cluster randomized controlled trial in Northern Ghana. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0247485–e0247485. 18 indexed citations

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Dietler, Dominik, Andrea Farnham, Georg Loss, Günther Fink, & Mirko S. Winkler. (2021). Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in sub-Saharan Africa. Globalization and Health. 17(1). 70–70. 19 indexed citations

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Lyatuu, Isaac, Mirko S. Winkler, Georg Loss, et al.. (2021). Estimating the mortality burden of large scale mining projects—Evidence from a prospective mortality surveillance study in Tanzania. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(10). e0000008–e0000008. 6 indexed citations

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Fink, Günther, Nina Orlova-Fink, Tobias Schindler, et al.. (2020). Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 26(4). 192–193. 123 indexed citations

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Karra, Mahesh & Günther Fink. (2019). Long run height and education implications of early life growth faltering: a synthetic panel analysis of 425 birth cohorts in 21 low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 876–876. 5 indexed citations

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Efevbera, Yvette, Jacqueline Bhabha, Paul Farmer, & Günther Fink. (2019). Additional file 12: of Girl child marriage, socioeconomic status, and undernutrition: evidence from 35 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Fink, Günther, et al.. (2018). How does anonymous online peer communication affect prevention behavior? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207679–e0207679. 10 indexed citations

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Jeong, Joshua, Saima Siyal, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2018). “His mind will work better with both of us”: a qualitative study on fathers’ roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 1274–1274. 35 indexed citations

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Arku, Raphael E., Majid Ezzati, Jill Baumgartner, et al.. (2017). Elevated blood pressure and household solid fuel use in premenopausal women: Analysis of 12 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 10 countries. Environmental Research. 160. 499–505. 54 indexed citations

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