Meera Shekar

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Meera Shekar is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Safety Research and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Meera Shekar has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 18 papers in Safety Research and 14 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Meera Shekar's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (39 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (18 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (11 papers). Meera Shekar is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (39 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (18 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (11 papers). Meera Shekar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Meera Shekar's co-authors include Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Saul S. Morris, Betty Kirkwood, Kathryn G. Dewey, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Simon Cousens, Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani, Tahmeed Ahmed and Batool A Haider and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Meera Shekar

55 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

2008 1.6k citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed et al. The Lancet profile →
Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

2020 743 citations Barry M. Popkin, Shufa Du et al. Obesity Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meera Shekar United States	21	2.5k	1.1k	1.0k	788	484	59	3.8k
Stefan Peterson Sweden	41	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 2.1×	1.2k 1.2×	433 0.5×	839 1.7×	170	6.9k
Christopher R. Sudfeld United States	31	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	514 0.5×	506 0.6×	495 1.0×	165	3.6k
Christine P. Stewart United States	31	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	744 0.7×	737 0.9×	331 0.7×	123	4.2k
Batool A Haider United States	22	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	823 0.8×	538 0.7×	509 1.1×	31	3.8k
Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya United States	26	1.9k 0.8×	694 0.6×	560 0.5×	536 0.7×	267 0.6×	87	2.6k
André Briend Finland	46	5.8k 2.4×	1.5k 1.4×	2.4k 2.3×	1.1k 1.5×	466 1.0×	232	7.8k
Anna Lartey Ghana	35	4.8k 2.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	979 2.0×	137	6.4k
Manuel Ramírez‐Zea Guatemala	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	766 0.7×	366 0.5×	280 0.6×	145	3.4k
Parminder S. Suchdev United States	40	3.1k 1.3×	868 0.8×	804 0.8×	193 0.2×	284 0.6×	129	5.4k
Afework Mulugeta Ethiopia	28	1.4k 0.6×	927 0.8×	653 0.6×	354 0.4×	327 0.7×	175	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Meera Shekar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meera Shekar

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shekar, Meera, et al.. (2024). Investment Framework for Nutrition 2024. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Alsukait, Reem F., et al.. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Study to Test Front-of-Pack (FOP) Nutrition Labels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nutrients. 15(13). 2904–2904. 3 indexed citations

Shekar, Meera, Meghan O’Hearn, E. Eric Knudsen, et al.. (2023). Innovative financing for nutrition. Nature Food. 4(6). 464–471. 3 indexed citations

Akseer, Nadia, Hana Tasic, Michael Nnachebe Onah, et al.. (2022). Economic costs of childhood stunting to the private sector in low- and middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine. 45. 101320–101320. 43 indexed citations

Osendarp, Saskia, Jonathan Kweku Akuoku, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2021). The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Nature Food. 2(7). 476–484. 128 indexed citations

Popkin, Barry M., Shufa Du, William D. Green, et al.. (2020). Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships. Obesity Reviews. 21(11). e13128–e13128. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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

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

Kakietek, Jakub, et al.. (2018). Supporting the National Action Plan on Nutrition. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Killedar, Madhura, Janka Petravic, Jakub Kakietek, et al.. (2018). Optima Nutrition: an allocative efficiency tool to reduce childhood stunting by better targeting of nutrition-related interventions. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 384–384. 34 indexed citations

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Shekar, Meera, et al.. (2017). Reaching the global target to reduce stunting: an investment framework. Health Policy and Planning. 32(5). 657–668. 45 indexed citations

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Shekar, Meera, et al.. (2015). Scaling up nutrition for a more resilient Mali : nutrition diagnostics and costed plan for scaling up. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Horton, Susan, et al.. (2009). Scaling Up Nutrition: What Will It Cost?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 72 indexed citations

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Ergo, Alex, Davidson R. Gwatkin, & Meera Shekar. (2009). What Difference do the new WHO Child Growth Standards make for the Prevalence and Socioeconomic Distribution of Undernutrition?. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 30(1). 3–15. 16 indexed citations

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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Tahmeed Ahmed, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2008). What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. The Lancet. 371(9610). 417–440. 1627 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gragnolati, Michele, et al.. (2006). India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 142 indexed citations

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Benson, Todd & Meera Shekar. (2006). Trends and Issues in Child Undernutrition. IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute). 493. 19–29. 23 indexed citations

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Masanja, Honorati, Joanna Schellenberg, Hassan Mshinda, et al.. (2006). Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: the impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverage. BMC Health Services Research. 6(1). 142–142. 15 indexed citations

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Shekar, Meera & M. C. Latham. (1992). Growth monitoring can and does work! An example from the Tamil Nadu integrated nutrition Project in rural South India. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 59(1). 5–15. 16 indexed citations

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Shekar, Meera, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & Michael C. Latham. (1992). Use of Positive-Negative Deviant Analyses to Improve Programme Targeting and Services: Example from the TamilNadu Integrated Nutrition Project. International Journal of Epidemiology. 21(4). 707–713. 29 indexed citations

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