Jean‐Pierre Habicht

18.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
204 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Jean‐Pierre Habicht is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐Pierre Habicht has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 68 papers in General Health Professions and 38 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Jean‐Pierre Habicht's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (114 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (49 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers). Jean‐Pierre Habicht is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (114 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (49 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (26 papers). Jean‐Pierre Habicht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Guatemala and Switzerland. Jean‐Pierre Habicht's co-authors include César G. Victora, Jennifer Bryce, Reynaldo Martorell, David Pelletier, Edward A. Frongillo, Juan Á. Rivera, Marie T. Ruel, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Micheline Beaudry and Anne-Marie Hamelin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐Pierre Habicht

199 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Evidence-Based Public Health: Moving Beyond Randomized Trials

2004 763 citations César G. Victora, Jean‐Pierre Habicht et al. American Journal of Public Health profile →
Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough

2003 597 citations César G. Victora, Jean‐Pierre Habicht et al. The Lancet profile →
The effects of malnutrition on child mortality in developing countries.

1995 549 citations David Pelletier, Edward A. Frongillo et al. PubMed profile →
Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact

1999 539 citations Jean‐Pierre Habicht profile →
Understanding hunger and developing indicators to assess it in women and children

1992 505 citations Jean‐Pierre Habicht et al. profile →
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT STANDARDS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

1974 453 citations Jean‐Pierre Habicht 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
Jean‐Pierre Habicht United States	55	6.7k	4.7k	4.1k	2.5k	1.9k	204	12.7k
Betty Kirkwood United Kingdom	66	6.0k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	5.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	231	17.4k
Harshpal Singh Sachdev India	50	8.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.5×	5.6k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	294	13.0k
Saul S. Morris United Kingdom	47	6.7k 1.0×	2.9k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	102	11.1k
Michael J. Dibley Australia	60	6.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	4.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	296	11.6k
Laura E. Caulfield United States	52	8.9k 1.3×	3.1k 0.7×	4.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	207	14.8k
Susan Walker Jamaica	31	8.3k 1.2×	2.6k 0.6×	4.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.6×	83	12.5k
Marie T. Ruel United States	67	11.7k 1.8×	5.4k 1.2×	2.8k 0.7×	2.9k 1.2×	3.9k 2.1×	222	16.8k
Monika Blössner Switzerland	18	5.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	20	8.4k
Jai K Das Pakistan	48	5.4k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	195	11.3k
Sally Grantham‐McGregor United Kingdom	52	11.2k 1.7×	3.1k 0.7×	6.7k 1.6×	2.3k 0.9×	4.1k 2.2×	127	17.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐Pierre Habicht

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Pelto, Gretel H., et al.. (2019). Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3(5). nzz013–nzz013. 18 indexed citations

Roberfroid, Dominique, Lieven Huybregts, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, et al.. (2011). Randomized controlled trial of 2 prenatal iron supplements: is there a dose-response relation with maternal hemoglobin?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 93(5). 1012–1018. 27 indexed citations

Habicht, Jean‐Pierre & Gretel H. Pelto. (2011). Multiple Micronutrient Interventions Are Efficacious, but Research on Adequacy, Plausibility, and Implementation Needs Attention ,. Journal of Nutrition. 142(1). 205S–209S. 19 indexed citations

Habicht, Jean‐Pierre & Ewout van Ginneken. (2010). Estonia's health system in 2010: improving performance while recovering from a financial crisis.. 16(2). 29–32. 4 indexed citations

Frongillo, Edward A. & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (2009). Investigating the Weanling's Dilemma: Lessons from Honduras. Nutrition Reviews. 55(11). 390–395. 5 indexed citations

Menon, Purnima, Marie T. Ruel, Cornelia Loechl, et al.. (2007). Micronutrient Sprinkles Reduce Anemia among 9- to 24-Mo-Old Children When Delivered through an Integrated Health and Nutrition Program in Rural Haiti. Journal of Nutrition. 137(4). 1023–1030. 99 indexed citations

Bryce, Jennifer, César G. Victora, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Robert E. Black, & Robert Scherpbier. (2005). Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Health Policy and Planning. 20(suppl_1). i5–i17. 211 indexed citations

Rivera, Juan Á. & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (2002). Effect of supplementary feeding on the prevention of mild-to-moderate wasting in conditions of endemic malnutrition in Guatemala.. PubMed. 80(12). 926–32. 30 indexed citations

Reed, Barbara & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (1998). Sales of food aid as sign of distress, not excess. The Lancet. 351(9096). 128–130. 27 indexed citations

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Winkvist, Anna, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & Kathleen M. Rasmussen. (1998). Linking maternal and infant benefits of a nutritional supplement during pregnancy and lactation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 68(3). 656–661. 40 indexed citations

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Bégin, France, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, EA Frongillo, & Hélène Delisle. (1997). The deterioration in children's nutritional status in rural Chad: the effect of mothers' influence on feeding.. American Journal of Public Health. 87(8). 1356–1359. 18 indexed citations

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Pelletier, David & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (1994). Continuing Needs for Food Consumption Data for Public Health Policy. Journal of Nutrition. 124(9 Suppl). 1846S–1852S. 57 indexed citations

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Winkvist, Anna, F Jalil, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & Kathleen M. Rasmussen. (1994). Maternal Energy Depletion Is Buffered among Malnourished Women in Punjab, Pakistan1. Journal of Nutrition. 124(12). 2376–2385. 23 indexed citations

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Haas, Jere D., et al.. (1989). Iron deficiency and behavior: criteria for testing causality. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 50(3). 566–574. 18 indexed citations

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Habicht, Jean‐Pierre, Julie DaVanzo, & William Butz. (1988). Mother's Milk and Sewage: Their Interactive Effects on Infant Mortality. PEDIATRICS. 81(3). 456–461. 66 indexed citations

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Brownie, Cavell, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & D. S. Robson. (1983). An Estimation Procedure for the Contaminated Normal Distributions Arising in Clinical Chemistry. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 78(382). 228–237. 6 indexed citations

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Butz, William, Julie DaVanzo, & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (1982). Biological and Behavioral Influences on the Mortality of Malaysian Infants. RAND Corporation eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Habicht, Jean‐Pierre, et al.. (1978). National nutrition surveillance.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(5). 1181–7. 16 indexed citations

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Lechtig, A, et al.. (1972). [Influence of maternal nutrition on fetal growth in rural populations of Guatemala. II. Supplementary diet].. PubMed. 22(1). 117–31. 4 indexed citations

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Lechtig, A, et al.. (1972). [Influence of maternal nutrition on fetal development in the rural population of Guatemala. I. Dietetic aspects].. PubMed. 22(1). 101–15. 7 indexed citations

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