Meghna Ranganathan

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Meghna Ranganathan is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Meghna Ranganathan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in General Health Professions, 22 papers in Health and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Meghna Ranganathan's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (23 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Meghna Ranganathan is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (23 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Meghna Ranganathan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Meghna Ranganathan's co-authors include Charlotte Watts, Catherine MacPhail, Heidi Stöckl, Mylène Lagarde, Nomhle Khoza, Laurie Abler, Loraine Bacchus, Karen Devries, Lori Heise and Ana Maria Buller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Meghna Ranganathan

75 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Process guidelines for establishing Intercoder Reliability in qualitative studies

2015 319 citations Catherine MacPhail, Nomhle Khoza et al. profile →
Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

2018 283 citations Loraine Bacchus, Meghna Ranganathan et al. BMJ Open profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evolution of intimate partner violence impacts from cash transfers, food transfers, and behaviour change communication: Mixed-method experimental evidence from a nine-year post-programme follow-up in Bangladesh 2025 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Michelle Lokot, (unknown), Mélissa Hidrobo, Akhter Ahmed, John Hoddinott, (unknown), Shalini Roy, Meghna Ranganathan	0
2	Behind closed doors: Public and private views on child domestic work in urban Myanmar 2025 ·LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ·(unknown), Cathy Zimmerman, Meghna Ranganathan	0
3	Extreme weather events and maternal health in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review 2024 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Sari Kovats, Meghna Ranganathan	5
4	Prevalence and severity of physical intimate partner violence during pregnancy among adolescents in eight sub-Saharan Africa countries: A cross-sectional study 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Meghna Ranganathan, Dorean Nabukalu, Heidi Stöckl	0
5	The influence of gender-equitable attitudes on sexual behaviour among unmarried adolescents in rural Tanzania: a longitudinal study 2023 ·Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters ·(unknown), Meghna Ranganathan, Lusajo J. Kajula, (unknown), Jennifer A. Livingston, Tia Palermo, (unknown)	4
6	Cash plus programming and intimate partner violence: a qualitative evaluation of the benefits of group-based platforms for delivering activities in support of the Ethiopian government’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) 2023 ·BMJ Open ·Ana Maria Buller, (unknown), Mélissa Hidrobo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Meghna Ranganathan	2
7	Sexual Harassment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Qualitative Systematic Review 2022 ·Trauma Violence & Abuse ·(unknown), Heidi Stöckl, Joyce Wamoyi, Meghna Ranganathan	21
8	“It Gives You a Feeling of Pride when You Touch Her”: The Role of Masculinity in Sexual Harassment of Adolescent Schoolgirls in Tanzania 2022 ·Journal of Interpersonal Violence ·Joyce Wamoyi, Meghna Ranganathan, (unknown), Heidi Stöckl	3
9	Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed‐methods study 2022 ·Journal of the International AIDS Society ·Meghna Ranganathan, (unknown), Tia Palermo, (unknown), Lusajo J. Kajula, (unknown)	8
10	Government of Ethiopia's public works and complementary programmes: A mixed-methods study on pathways to reduce intimate partner violence 2022 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Meghna Ranganathan, (unknown), Mélissa Hidrobo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ana Maria Buller	12
11	Male and Female Conceptualizations of Sexual Harassment in Tanzania: The Role of Consent, Male Power, and Social Norms 2021 ·Journal of Interpersonal Violence ·Joyce Wamoyi, Meghna Ranganathan, (unknown), Heidi Stöckl	16
12	Measurement and prevalence of sexual harassment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Meghna Ranganathan, Joyce Wamoyi, Isabelle Pearson, Heidi Stöckl	40
13	Natural hazards, disasters and violence against women and girls: a global mixed-methods systematic review 2021 ·BMJ Global Health ·(unknown), Heidi Stöckl, Meghna Ranganathan	98
14	Associations Between Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Findings From a Microfinance Plus Program in Rural North West Province, South Africa 2019 ·Journal of Interpersonal Violence ·Meghna Ranganathan, Louise Knight, Tanya Abramsky, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Giulia Ferrari, Charlotte Watts, Heidi Stöckl	43
15	‘It’s because I like things… it’s a status and he buys me airtime’: exploring the role of transactional sex in young women’s consumption patterns in rural South Africa (secondary findings from HPTN 068) 2018 ·Reproductive Health ·Meghna Ranganathan, Lori Heise, Catherine MacPhail, Heidi Stöckl, Richard J. Silverwood, Kathleen Kahn, Amanda Selin, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Charlotte Watts, Audrey Pettifor	26
16	Recent intimate partner violence against women and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies breakdown → 2018 ·BMJ Open ·Loraine Bacchus, Meghna Ranganathan, Charlotte Watts, Karen Devries	283
17	Young women’s perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa 2017 ·BMC Public Health ·Meghna Ranganathan, Catherine MacPhail, Audrey Pettifor, Kathleen Kahn, Nomhle Khoza, Rhian Twine, Charlotte Watts, Lori Heise	67
18	Tuning branch predictors to support virtual method invocation in java 1999 ·N. Vijaykrishnan, Meghna Ranganathan	9
19	VLSI & parallel computing for pattern recognition & artificial intelligence 1995 ·WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks ·Meghna Ranganathan	3
20	A study on the dressing of Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn and Desi cockerels. 1967 ·The Indian Veterinary Journal ·Meghna Ranganathan, (unknown), R. Natarajan	0

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