Kiersten Johnson

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kiersten Johnson is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiersten Johnson has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 18 papers in General Health Professions and 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kiersten Johnson's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (23 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers). Kiersten Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (23 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (16 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (8 papers). Kiersten Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Kiersten Johnson's co-authors include Shea O. Rutstein, Davidson R. Gwatkin, Shea Rutstein, Adam Wagstaff, Agbessi Amouzou, Eldaw Suliman, George Bicego, Molly E. Brown, Sunita Kishor and Brendan Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kiersten Johnson

70 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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2004 869 citations Shea O. Rutstein, Kiersten Johnson profile →
Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world

2019 261 citations Robin Naidoo, Drew Gerkey et al. Science Advances profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kiersten Johnson	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	733	460	76	3.4k
Blessing Mberu	700 0.6×	767 0.7×	912 0.9×	431 0.6×	615 1.3×	97	3.5k
Catherine Kyobutungi	923 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	335 0.5×	225 0.5×	132	4.6k
L. Kumaranayake	1.2k 1.0×	791 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	436 0.6×	551 1.2×	67	4.2k
Nyovani Madise	2.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	981 1.3×	554 1.2×	113	4.7k
Seema Vyas	945 0.8×	758 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	434 0.6×	640 1.4×	34	3.4k
Zoë Matthews	3.8k 3.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.7×	478 0.7×	541 1.2×	138	6.0k
Padam Simkhada	1.6k 1.3×	678 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	345 0.5×	763 1.7×	192	4.5k
Douglas Almond	1.7k 1.4×	706 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	873 1.2×	1.1k 2.4×	61	5.4k
Mark Collinson	985 0.8×	322 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	523 0.7×	757 1.6×	106	3.6k
Ghose Bishwajit	2.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.7×	350 0.5×	330 0.7×	188	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kiersten Johnson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kiersten Johnson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mishra, Vikalp, Ashutosh Limaye, Kiersten Johnson, et al.. (2023). Assessing impact of agroecological interventions in Niger through remotely sensed changes in vegetation. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6 indexed citations

Naidoo, Robin, Drew Gerkey, David Hole, et al.. (2019). Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world. Science Advances. 5(4). eaav3006–eaav3006. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

Fisher, Brendan, Diego Herrera, Diane K. Adams, et al.. (2019). Can nature deliver on the sustainable development goals?. The Lancet Planetary Health. 3(3). e112–e113. 7 indexed citations

Temsah, Gheda, et al.. (2018). Benefits of biodiverse marine resources to child nutrition in differing developmental contexts in Hispaniola. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197155–e0197155. 4 indexed citations

Herrera, Diego, Alicia M. Ellis, Brendan Fisher, et al.. (2017). Upstream watershed condition predicts rural children’s health across 35 developing countries. Nature Communications. 8(1). 811–811. 67 indexed citations

Alva, Soumya, et al.. (2015). Marine protected areas and children’s dietary diversity in the Philippines. Population and Environment. 37(3). 341–361. 17 indexed citations

Peterman, Amber & Kiersten Johnson. (2014). Facility‐level services for obstetric fistula repair in Africa. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 128(1). 77–79. 4 indexed citations

Brown, Molly E., Kathryn Grace, Gerald Shively, Kiersten Johnson, & Mark Carroll. (2014). Using satellite remote sensing and household survey data to assess human health and nutrition response to environmental change. Population and Environment. 36(1). 48–72. 73 indexed citations

Johnson, Kiersten, Anila Jacob, & Molly E. Brown. (2013). Forest cover associated with improved child health and nutrition: evidence from the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey and satellite data. Global Health Science and Practice. 1(2). 237–248. 91 indexed citations

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Naidoo, Robin & Kiersten Johnson. (2013). Community-based conservation reduces sexual risk factors for HIV among men. Globalization and Health. 9(1). 27–27. 12 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kiersten, Priscilla A. Akwara, Shea O. Rutstein, & Stan Bernstein. (2009). Fertility preferences and the need for contraception among women living with HIV: the basis for a joint action agenda. AIDS. 23(Suppl 1). S7–S17. 56 indexed citations

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Peterman, Amber & Kiersten Johnson. (2009). Incontinence and trauma: Sexual violence, female genital cutting and proxy measures of gynecological fistula. Social Science & Medicine. 68(5). 971–979. 29 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kiersten, et al.. (2009). Fieldwork-Related Factors and Data Quality in the Demographic and Health Surveys Program. 40 indexed citations

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Das, Maitreyi Bordia & Kiersten Johnson. (2008). Spousal Violence in Bangladesh as Reported by Men: Prevalence and Risk Factors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kiersten. (2007). Incontinence in Malawi: Analysis of a proxy measure of vaginal fistula in a national survey. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 99(S1). S122–9. 30 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kiersten & Ann Way. (2006). Risk Factors for HIV Infection in a National Adult Population. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 42(5). 627–636. 55 indexed citations

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Amouzou, Agbessi, Adam Wagstaff, Eldaw Suliman, et al.. (2004). Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Chad. 1–113. 1 indexed citations

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Bicego, George, Shea Rutstein, & Kiersten Johnson. (2003). Dimensions of the emerging orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 56(6). 1235–1247. 266 indexed citations

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Wagstaff, Adam, Eldaw Suliman, Agbessi Amouzou, et al.. (2002). Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in the Dominican Republic. 1–113. 1 indexed citations

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Gwatkin, Davidson R., Shea Rutstein, Kiersten Johnson, et al.. (1991). Socio-Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population PAKISTAN. 1–79. 1 indexed citations

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