Mercedes de Onís

60.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
131 papers, 39.4k citations indexed

About

Mercedes de Onís is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mercedes de Onís has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 39.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 59 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 47 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Mercedes de Onís's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (81 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (42 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (41 papers). Mercedes de Onís is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (81 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (42 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (41 papers). Mercedes de Onís collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Pakistan. Mercedes de Onís's co-authors include Monika Blössner, Robert E. Black, Elaine Borghi, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, César G. Victora, Majid Ezzati, Adelheid W. Onyango, Laura E. Caulfield, Cutberto Garza and Reynaldo Martorell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mercedes de Onís

130 papers receiving 37.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mercedes de Onís Switzerland 66 23.1k 13.7k 12.1k 8.8k 5.8k 131 39.4k
Reynaldo Martorell United States 77 20.1k 0.9× 12.5k 0.9× 8.0k 0.7× 6.8k 0.8× 5.7k 1.0× 453 33.5k
César G. Victora Brazil 115 27.6k 1.2× 27.2k 2.0× 15.3k 1.3× 17.8k 2.0× 5.6k 1.0× 763 65.9k
Kathryn G. Dewey United States 81 15.7k 0.7× 7.0k 0.5× 4.7k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.4× 416 24.5k
Simon Cousens United Kingdom 87 13.7k 0.6× 21.9k 1.6× 7.6k 0.6× 7.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.3× 297 46.1k
Edward A. Frongillo United States 84 10.9k 0.5× 3.4k 0.3× 7.5k 0.6× 13.7k 1.6× 3.0k 0.5× 527 28.1k
Juan Á. Rivera Mexico 71 10.8k 0.5× 3.9k 0.3× 8.2k 0.7× 6.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 386 22.6k
Linda S. Adair United States 68 7.5k 0.3× 6.3k 0.5× 8.5k 0.7× 3.9k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 318 20.5k
Aluísio J. D. Barros Brazil 73 7.0k 0.3× 10.3k 0.8× 6.2k 0.5× 7.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.2× 514 28.9k
Tim Cole United Kingdom 115 14.4k 0.6× 19.3k 1.4× 29.6k 2.5× 7.2k 0.8× 629 0.1× 668 72.8k
Maureen M. Black United States 79 6.0k 0.3× 5.0k 0.4× 6.0k 0.5× 7.7k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 385 22.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mercedes de Onís

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nishida, Chizuru, Elaine Borghi, Francesco Branca, & Mercedes de Onís. (2017). Global trends in overweight and obesity. 5 indexed citations
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Branca, Francesco, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn, Elaine Borghi, Monika Blössner, & Mercedes de Onís. (2015). Extension of the WHO maternal, infant and young child nutrition targets to 2030.. 55–58. 11 indexed citations
3.
Onyango, Adelheid W., Elaine Borghi, Mercedes de Onís, et al.. (2015). Successive 1-Month Weight Increments in Infancy Can Be Used to Screen for Faltering Linear Growth. Journal of Nutrition. 145(12). 2725–2731. 9 indexed citations
4.
Onís, Mercedes de. (2015). Preventing childhood overweight and obesity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 91(2). 105–107. 3 indexed citations
5.
Black, Robert E., César G. Victora, Susan Walker, et al.. (2013). Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet. 382(9890). 427–451. 5524 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lutter, Chessa, Bernadette Daelmans, Mercedes de Onís, et al.. (2011). Undernutrition, Poor Feeding Practices, and Low Coverage of Key Nutrition Interventions. PEDIATRICS. 128(6). e1418–e1427. 169 indexed citations
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Heikens, Geert Tom, Beatrice Amadi, Mark Manary, et al.. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition : global and regional exposures and health consequences. Commentary. The Lancet. 371(9608). 1 indexed citations
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Black, Robert E., Lindsay H. Allen, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, et al.. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. The Lancet. 371(9608). 243–260. 4615 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albernaz, Elaine, Cora L. Araújo, Elaine Tomasi, et al.. (2008). Influence of breastfeeding support on the tendencies of breastfeeding rates in the city of Pelotas, RS, Brazil, from 1982 to 2004. Jornal de Pediatria. 0(0). 560–4. 18 indexed citations
10.
Sguassero, Yanina, Mercedes de Onís, & Guillermo Carroli. (2007). Efectividad de la alimentación suplementaria en países en vías de desarrollo: revisión sistemática. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria. 105(3). 198–205. 3 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, et al.. (2007). Elaboración de valores de referencia de la OMS para el crecimiento de escolares y adolescentes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(9). 660–667. 25 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi, et al.. (2007). Development of a WHO Growth Reference for School-Aged Children and adolescents/Mise Au Point D'une Reference De Croissance Pour Les Enfants D'age Scolaire et Les Adolescents/ Elaboracion De Valores De Referencia De la OMS Para El Crecimiento De Escolares Y Adolescentes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(9). 660. 6 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de. (2007). Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 85(9). 660–667. 6196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Garza, Cutberto & Mercedes de Onís. (2007). Introduction. Journal of Nutrition. 137(1). 142–143. 9 indexed citations
15.
Butte, Nancy F., Cutberto Garza, & Mercedes de Onís. (2007). Evaluation of the Feasibility of International Growth Standards for School-Aged Children and Adolescents. Journal of Nutrition. 137(1). 153–157. 178 indexed citations
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Lauer, Jeremy A., Ana Pilar Betrán, Aluísio J. D. Barros, & Mercedes de Onís. (2006). Deaths and years of life lost due to suboptimal breast-feeding among children in the developing world: a global ecological risk assessment. Public Health Nutrition. 9(6). 673–685. 110 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de. (2002). Medición del estado nutricional en relación con la mortalidad. Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México. 59(1). 70–75. 3 indexed citations
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Victora, César G., Saul S. Morris, Fernando C. Barros, Mercedes de Onís, & Ray Yip. (1998). The NCHS Reference and the Growth of Breast- and Bottle-Fed Infants. Journal of Nutrition. 128(7). 1134–1138. 89 indexed citations
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Onís, Mercedes de & Monika Blössner. (1997). WHO global database on child growth and malnutrition. World Health Organization eBooks. 514 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhai, F, et al.. (1994). Nutritional status of preschool children in poor rural areas of China.. PubMed. 72(1). 105–12. 32 indexed citations

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