Nicholas Nisbett

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Nisbett is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Nisbett has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Nisbett's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Nicholas Nisbett is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (19 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (15 papers). Nicholas Nisbett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ghana. Nicholas Nisbett's co-authors include Lawrence Haddad, Stuart Gillespie, Purnima Menon, Jody Harris, Venkatesh Mannar, Jules Pretty, Camilla Toulmin, David P. Lawrence, James Muir and I. R. Crute and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Nisbett

56 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The future of the global food system 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2013 100 200 300 400
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. The future of the global food system
    2010 457 citations Nicholas Nisbett et al. profile →
  2. The politics of reducing malnutrition: building commitment and accelerating progress
    2013 322 citations Stuart Gillespie, Nicholas Nisbett et al. profile →

Peers

Nicholas Nisbett
Jody Harris United Kingdom
Kalle Hirvonen United States
Scott Drimie South Africa
Bruce Cogill United States
Bapu Vaitla United States
Jane Battersby South Africa
Andrew Thorne‐Lyman United States
Bhavani Shankar United Kingdom
Jeff Waage United Kingdom
William A. Masters United States
Jody Harris United Kingdom
Nicholas Nisbett
Citations per year, relative to Nicholas Nisbett Nicholas Nisbett (= 1×) peers Jody Harris

Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Nisbett

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Nisbett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Nisbett

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saha, Amrita, Jody Harris, Nicholas Nisbett, & John Thompson. (2024). Agricultural commercialisation and food consumption: pathways and trade-offs across four African contexts. Food Security. 16(6). 1501–1528.
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Nisbett, Nicholas. (2023). Malnutrition as more-than-food: understanding failings in the broader infrastructures of nurture. Children s Geographies. 21(5). 883–897. 4 indexed citations
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Thow, Anne Marie, et al.. (2023). Opportunities to strengthen trade policy for food and nutrition security: an analysis of two agricultural trade policy decisions. Food Security. 15(4). 1109–1125. 5 indexed citations
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Bold, Mara van den, et al.. (2022). Changes in Nigeria’s enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition. Food Security. 15(2). 343–361. 9 indexed citations
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Covic, Namukolo, et al.. (2022). Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis. Food Security. 14(4). 995–1011. 17 indexed citations
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Nisbett, Nicholas, Jody Harris, Derek Headey, et al.. (2022). Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe. Food Security. 15(1). 133–149. 9 indexed citations
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Becquey, Elodie, et al.. (2022). Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a micro-level perspective. Food Security. 14(4). 937–950. 9 indexed citations
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Nisbett, Nicholas, et al.. (2022). Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992–2018: a macro-level perspective. Food Security. 15(2). 535–554. 5 indexed citations
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Nisbett, Nicholas, Jody Harris, Kathryn Backholer, et al.. (2021). Holding no-one back: The Nutrition Equity Framework in theory and practice. Global Food Security. 32. 100605–100605. 49 indexed citations
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Nisbett, Nicholas, Sharon Friel, Richmond Aryeetey, et al.. (2021). Equity and expertise in the UN Food Systems Summit. BMJ Global Health. 6(7). e006569–e006569. 16 indexed citations
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Aryeetey, Richmond, et al.. (2021). Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018). Food Security. 14(2). 355–379. 18 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Stuart, Jody Harris, Nicholas Nisbett, & Mara van den Bold. (2021). Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: an introduction to a special series in Food Security. Food Security. 13(4). 799–802. 21 indexed citations
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Fanzo, Jessica, Steven Grinspoon, Tim G. Benton, et al.. (2021). Sustainable food systems and nutrition in the 21st century: a report from the 22nd annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(1). 18–33. 93 indexed citations
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Ayele, Seife, Elias Asfaw Zegeye, & Nicholas Nisbett. (2020). Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Policy and Programme Design, Coordination and Implementation in Ethiopia. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 17 indexed citations
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Salm, Leah, Nicholas Nisbett, Laura Cramer, Stuart Gillespie, & Philip K. Thornton. (2020). How climate change interacts with inequity to affect nutrition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 12(2). 28 indexed citations
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Ayele, Seife, Nicholas Nisbett, & Elias Asfaw Zegeye. (2020). Overcoming Challenges in Ethiopia’s Nutrition Governance. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies).
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Gillespie, Stuart, et al.. (2020). Integrating nutrition and physical activity promotion: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0233908–e0233908. 11 indexed citations
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