Neff Walker

29.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
128 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Neff Walker is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Neff Walker has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 61 papers in General Health Professions and 57 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Neff Walker's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (57 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (23 papers). Neff Walker is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (73 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (57 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (23 papers). Neff Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Neff Walker's co-authors include Susan Horton, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Rajiv Bahl, César G. Victora, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Nigel Rollins, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Simon Murch, Mari Jeeva Sankar and Julia Krasevec and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Neff Walker

126 papers receiving 17.7k citations

Hit Papers

Breastfeeding in the 21st... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2016 2003 2013 2005 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect
    2016 4.7k citations Rajiv Bahl, Aluísio J. D. Barros et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis
    2003 2.0k citations Neff Walker et al. profile →
  3. Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?
    2013 2.0k citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?
    2005 1.2k citations Gary L. Darmstadt, Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. The Lancet profile →
  5. Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost?
    2014 933 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
    2020 875 citations Emily D Carter, Victoria B. Chou et al. profile →
  7. Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost?
    2013 334 citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Jai K Das et al. The Lancet profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Neff Walker 7.5k 7.2k 7.0k 4.5k 3.6k 128 18.6k
Wafaie Fawzi 8.0k 1.1× 5.1k 0.7× 3.2k 0.5× 3.0k 0.7× 4.3k 1.2× 571 20.5k
Nigel Rollins 5.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 8.7k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 122 13.1k
Shams El Arifeen 6.2k 0.8× 5.9k 0.8× 3.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 416 15.1k
Rajiv Bahl 6.6k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 6.6k 0.9× 2.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 168 14.0k
Simon Cousens 13.7k 1.8× 21.9k 3.0× 9.5k 1.4× 7.4k 1.6× 3.4k 0.9× 297 46.1k
Harry Campbell 4.3k 0.6× 4.8k 0.7× 7.7k 1.1× 2.4k 0.5× 3.0k 0.8× 316 23.9k
Gary L. Darmstadt 7.0k 0.9× 12.6k 1.7× 3.3k 0.5× 4.5k 1.0× 778 0.2× 420 20.6k
Jennifer Bryce 5.9k 0.8× 7.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.3× 4.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.4× 124 13.1k
Shane A. Norris 3.3k 0.4× 3.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 2.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 538 14.1k
Jai K Das 5.4k 0.7× 4.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.2× 3.2k 0.7× 731 0.2× 195 11.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neff Walker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tam, Yvonne, et al.. (2024). Using the Lives Saved Tool to inform global nutrition advocacy. Journal of Global Health. 14. 4138–4138.
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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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Maïga, Abdoulaye, Emily Wilson, Melinda Munos, et al.. (2024). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal, newborn, and child health service coverage in Burkina Faso. Journal of Global Health. 14. 5037–5037.
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Amouzou, Agbessi, et al.. (2022). Strengthening effectiveness evaluations to improve programs for women, children and adolescents. Global Health Action. 15(sup1). 2006423–2006423. 5 indexed citations
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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
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Carter, Emily D, Yvonne Tam, & Neff Walker. (2019). Impact of vaccination delay on deaths averted by pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: Modeled effects in 8 country scenarios. Vaccine. 37(36). 5242–5249. 11 indexed citations
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Jackson, Bianca, Neff Walker, & Rebecca Heidkamp. (2017). Metrics for Identifying Food Security Status and the Population with Potential to Benefit from Nutrition Interventions in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). Journal of Nutrition. 147(11). 2147S–2155S. 9 indexed citations
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Engle‐Stone, Reina, et al.. (2017). Estimating Lives Saved by Achieving Dietary Micronutrient Adequacy, with a Focus on Vitamin A Intervention Programs in Cameroon. Journal of Nutrition. 147(11). 2194S–2203S. 14 indexed citations
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Walker, Neff, et al.. (2017). Nutrition Interventions in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). Journal of Nutrition. 147(11). 2132S–2140S. 21 indexed citations
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Maïga, Abdoulaye, Sennen Hounton, Agbessi Amouzou, et al.. (2015). Trends and patterns of modern contraceptive use and relationships with high-risk births and child mortality in Burkina Faso. Global Health Action. 8(1). 29736–29736. 16 indexed citations
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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Jai K Das, Rajiv Bahl, et al.. (2014). Can Available Interventions End Preventable Deaths in Mothers, Newborn Babies, and Stillbirths, and at What Cost?. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 69(11). 641–643. 94 indexed citations
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Walker, Christa L. Fischer & Neff Walker. (2014). The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) as a model for diarrhea mortality reduction. BMC Medicine. 12(1). 70–70. 27 indexed citations
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Fox, Monica, Reynaldo Martorell, Nynke van den Broek, & Neff Walker. (2011). Assumptions and methods in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). BMC Public Health. 11(Suppl 3). I1–I1. 48 indexed citations
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Martines, José, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Marge Koblinsky, et al.. (2005). Neonatal Survival 4 Neonatal survival: a call for action. The Lancet. 27 indexed citations
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Darmstadt, Gary L., Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Simon Cousens, Taghreed Adam, & Neff Walker. (2005). Neonatal Survival 2 Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save?. The Lancet. 365. 44 indexed citations
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Walker, Neff, Karen A Stanecki, Tim Brown, et al.. (2003). Methods and procedures for estimating HIV/AIDS and its impact. AIDS. 17(15). 2215–2225. 71 indexed citations
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Walker, Neff, et al.. (2002). Status of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and methods to monitor it in the Latin America and Caribbean region. AIDS. 16. S3–S12. 63 indexed citations

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