Nadia Akseer

20.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nadia Akseer is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Nadia Akseer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 28 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 17 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Nadia Akseer's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (27 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Reforms (13 papers). Nadia Akseer is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (29 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (27 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Reforms (13 papers). Nadia Akseer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Pakistan. Nadia Akseer's co-authors include Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Emily C Keats, Tyler Vaivada, Zaid Bhatti, Arjumand Rizvi, Seema Mehta, Robert E. Black, Ali H. Mokdad, Ties Boerma and Paul H. Wise and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Nadia Akseer

39 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: implications for maternal and child health and nutrition
    2020 227 citations Nadia Akseer, Emily C Keats et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  2. The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children
    2021 225 citations Eran Bendavid, Ties Boerma et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline
    2020 196 citations Tyler Vaivada, Nadia Akseer et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nadia Akseer Canada 19 868 770 589 243 203 41 1.7k
Nirmala Nair United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.5× 830 1.1× 654 1.1× 134 0.6× 226 1.1× 45 1.8k
Prasanta Tripathy United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.5× 859 1.1× 710 1.2× 140 0.6× 226 1.1× 41 1.9k
Suchitra Rath United Kingdom 18 660 0.8× 501 0.7× 494 0.8× 126 0.5× 164 0.8× 32 1.4k
Shibanand Rath United Kingdom 18 732 0.8× 556 0.7× 422 0.7× 110 0.5× 184 0.9× 30 1.1k
Rashidul Alam Mahumud Australia 24 705 0.8× 475 0.6× 574 1.0× 97 0.4× 97 0.5× 107 1.9k
Yigizie Yeshaw Ethiopia 22 521 0.6× 496 0.6× 439 0.7× 109 0.4× 121 0.6× 68 1.4k
Bibha Simkhada United Kingdom 12 849 1.0× 338 0.4× 473 0.8× 116 0.5× 110 0.5× 41 1.2k
Zemenu Tadesse Tessema Ethiopia 25 1.1k 1.2× 627 0.8× 642 1.1× 65 0.3× 146 0.7× 90 1.7k
Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale Ethiopia 27 1.0k 1.2× 682 0.9× 697 1.2× 55 0.2× 149 0.7× 99 2.0k
Raymond Aborigo Ghana 24 1.1k 1.3× 397 0.5× 608 1.0× 302 1.2× 117 0.6× 85 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nadia Akseer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ismail, Mohamed Maher Ben, et al.. (2025). Analysing concordance between MUAC, MUACZ, and WHZ in diagnosing acute malnutrition among children under five in Somalia. Journal of Global Health. 15. 4258–4258.
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Keats, Emily C, Hana Tasic, Robert E. Black, et al.. (2025). Setting health systems research priorities for Afghanistan: an application of the child health and nutrition research initiative (CHNRI) methodology to set a roadmap to 2030. BMJ Global Health. 10(Suppl 3). e018578–e018578. 1 indexed citations
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Hossain, Aniqa Tasnim, Elizabeth Hazel, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, et al.. (2024). Effective multi-sectoral approach for rapid reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality: the exceptional case of Bangladesh. BMJ Global Health. 9(Suppl 2). e011407–e011407. 7 indexed citations
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Kanté, Almamy Malick, Safia S Jiwani, Elizabeth Hazel, et al.. (2024). Challenges in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Niger: an in-depth case study. BMJ Global Health. 9(Suppl 2). e011732–e011732. 2 indexed citations
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Akseer, Nadia, et al.. (2022). Ukraine’s most vulnerable need healthcare: Priorities during the armed conflict. Public Health in Practice. 4. 100296–100296. 2 indexed citations
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Piché‐Renaud, Pierre‐Philippe, Lisa G. Pell, Wei Xiao, et al.. (2022). Underestimation of travel-associated risks by adult and paediatric travellers compared to expert assessment: A cross-sectional study at a hospital-based family pre-travel clinic. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 47. 102315–102315. 1 indexed citations
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Bendavid, Eran, Ties Boerma, Nadia Akseer, et al.. (2021). The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children. The Lancet. 397(10273). 522–532. 225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carter, Austin, Nadia Akseer, Kevin K.W. Ho, et al.. (2020). A framework for identifying and learning from countries that demonstrated exemplary performance in improving health outcomes and systems. BMJ Global Health. 5(12). e002938–e002938. 15 indexed citations
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Akseer, Nadia, et al.. (2020). Understanding multifactorial drivers of child stunting reduction in Exemplar countries: a mixed-methods approach. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(Suppl 2). 792S–805S. 38 indexed citations
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Akseer, Nadia, Jim Wright, Hana Tasic, et al.. (2020). Women, children and adolescents in conflict countries: an assessment of inequalities in intervention coverage and survival. BMJ Global Health. 5(1). e002214–e002214. 41 indexed citations
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Vaivada, Tyler, et al.. (2020). Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(Suppl 2). 777S–791S. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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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
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Wigle, Jannah, Nadia Akseer, Muhammad Islam, et al.. (2020). Drivers of stunting reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic: A country case study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(Suppl 2). 830S–843S. 14 indexed citations
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Keats, Emily C, William Macharia, Neha Singh, et al.. (2018). Accelerating Kenya’s progress to 2030: understanding the determinants of under-five mortality from 1990 to 2015. BMJ Global Health. 3(3). e000655–e000655. 32 indexed citations
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Akseer, Nadia, Ahmad Shah Salehi, Sarder Mahmud Hossain, et al.. (2016). Achieving maternal and child health gains in Afghanistan: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. The Lancet Global Health. 4(6). e395–e413. 79 indexed citations
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Ng, Courtney, Nadia Akseer, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, et al.. (2016). Countdown to 2015 country case studies: what can analysis of national health financing contribute to understanding MDG 4 and 5 progress?. BMC Public Health. 16(S2). 792–792. 14 indexed citations
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Akseer, Nadia, Joy E Lawn, William Keenan, et al.. (2015). Ending preventable newborn deaths in a generation. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 131(S1). S43–8. 43 indexed citations

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