Jessica Fanzo

44.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
186 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Jessica Fanzo is a scholar working on Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica Fanzo has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Ecology, 68 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 42 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Jessica Fanzo's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (81 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (61 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (40 papers). Jessica Fanzo is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (81 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (61 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (40 papers). Jessica Fanzo collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Jessica Fanzo's co-authors include Shauna Downs, Roseline Remans, Claire Davis, Ruth DeFries, Stephen A. Wood, Bruce Cogill, Rebecca McLaren, Anna Herforth, Selena Ahmed and Francesco Burchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jessica Fanzo

178 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

2018 Global Nutrition Report: Shining a light to spur action on nutrition

2018 369 citations Jessica Fanzo, Corinna Hawkes et al. profile →
Food Environment Typology: Advancing an Expanded Definition, Framework, and Methodological Approach for Improved Characterization of Wild, Cultivated, and Built Food Environments toward Sustainable Diets

2020 275 citations Shauna Downs, Jessica Fanzo et al. profile →
Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products

2022 189 citations Michael Clark, Marco Springmann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Equity, technological innovation and sustainable behaviour in a low-carbon future

2022 169 citations Jessica Fanzo et al. profile →
Estimated micronutrient shortfalls of the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet

2023 150 citations Jessica Fanzo et al. profile →
A global view of aquaculture policy

2023 130 citations Rosamond L. Naylor, Jessica Fanzo et al. profile →
Global food systems transitions have enabled affordable diets but had less favourable outcomes for nutrition, environmental health, inclusion and equity

2022 111 citations Kate Schneider, Mario Herrero et al. Nature Food profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jessica Fanzo United States	51	2.4k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	186	7.7k
Alan D. Dangour United Kingdom	47	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	922 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	164	8.4k
Barbara Burlingame Italy	32	1.5k 0.6×	975 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	106	5.5k
Lawrence Haddad United States	38	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	631 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	3.6k 2.6×	130	14.6k
Patrick Webb United States	46	1.1k 0.5×	5.3k 2.7×	1.4k 0.9×	615 0.4×	811 0.6×	242	10.9k
Corinna Hawkes United Kingdom	47	864 0.4×	2.6k 1.4×	4.7k 2.9×	805 0.6×	693 0.5×	111	9.4k
Christophe Béné United Kingdom	52	3.4k 1.4×	956 0.5×	297 0.2×	959 0.7×	930 0.7×	145	10.7k
Martin W. Bloem United States	45	832 0.3×	3.7k 1.9×	1.1k 0.7×	598 0.4×	601 0.4×	135	6.9k
Shakuntala H. Thilsted Malaysia	42	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	332 0.2×	511 0.4×	497 0.4×	152	6.7k
Tara Garnett United Kingdom	34	4.6k 1.9×	332 0.2×	855 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	50	8.7k
Prabhu Pingali United States	41	950 0.4×	783 0.4×	434 0.3×	595 0.4×	2.3k 1.7×	153	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica Fanzo

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Conti, Costanza, Andy Hall, Kristiaan P.W. Kok, et al.. (2025). A quest for questions: The JUSTRA as a matrix for navigating just food system transformations in an era of uncertainty. One Earth. 8(2). 101178–101178. 3 indexed citations

Carducci, Bianca, Janet M. Corrigan, Benjamin K. Mayala, et al.. (2025). Exploring women’s dietary diversity amidst climate variability: a comparative analysis across eight low- and middle- income countries. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 94005–94005.

Conti, Costanza, Andy Hall, Enayat A. Moallemi, et al.. (2025). Top-down vs bottom-up processes: A systematic review clarifying roles and patterns of interactions in food system transformation. Global Food Security. 44. 100833–100833. 5 indexed citations

Downs, Shauna, et al.. (2024). Sustainability considerations are not influencing meat consumption in the US. Appetite. 203. 107667–107667. 4 indexed citations

Jägermeyr, Jonas, et al.. (2024). Critical overview of the implications of a global protein transition in the face of climate change: Key unknowns and research imperatives. One Earth. 7(7). 1187–1201. 16 indexed citations

Tigchelaar, Michelle, Elizabeth R. Selig, Ali Sarhadi, et al.. (2024). Nutrition-sensitive climate risk across food production systems. Environmental Research Letters. 20(1). 14046–14046. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wenjia, Jessica Fanzo, Jason Glaser, et al.. (2024). Views on climate change and health. Nature Climate Change. 14(5). 419–423. 5 indexed citations

Schneider, Kate, et al.. (2024). Defining and measuring policy coherence for food system transformation: A scoping review. Global Food Security. 43. 100803–100803. 3 indexed citations

Biesbroek, Sander, Frans J. Kok, Adele Tufford, et al.. (2023). Toward healthy and sustainable diets for the 21st century: Importance of sociocultural and economic considerations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(26). 53 indexed citations

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Anastasiou, Kim, Phillip Baker, Gilly A. Hendrie, et al.. (2023). Conceptualising the drivers of ultra-processed food production and consumption and their environmental impacts: A group model-building exercise. Global Food Security. 37. 100688–100688. 12 indexed citations

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Clark, Michael, Marco Springmann, Mike Rayner, et al.. (2022). Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(33). e2120584119–e2120584119. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carducci, Bianca, Christina Oh, Daniel Roth, et al.. (2021). Gaps and priorities in assessment of food environments for children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Food. 2(6). 396–403. 19 indexed citations

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Brouwer, Inge D., Marti van Liere, Alan de Brauw, et al.. (2021). Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations. Food Security. 13(6). 1497–1523. 53 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B., Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 101001–101001. 21 indexed citations

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Asseng, Senthold, C. A. Palm, James L. Anderson, et al.. (2021). Implications of new technologies for future food supply systems. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 159(5-6). 315–319. 6 indexed citations

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Fanzo, Jessica, et al.. (2020). Eating our way through the Anthropocene. Physiology & Behavior. 222. 112929–112929. 12 indexed citations

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Reardon, Thomas, David Tschirley, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool‐Tasie, et al.. (2020). The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition. Global Food Security. 28. 100466–100466. 190 indexed citations

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Hawkes, Corinna, et al.. (2020). Child-centered food systems: Reorienting food systems towards healthy diets for children. Global Food Security. 27. 100414–100414. 38 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B., Tim G. Benton, Karen Cooper, et al.. (2020). Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems. Nature Sustainability. 3(12). 974–976. 106 indexed citations

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Hunter, Danny, et al.. (2013). Diversifying Food and Diets. Science Advances. 5(3). eaau1946–eaau1946. 4 indexed citations

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