Nita Bhandari

21.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
185 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Nita Bhandari is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Nita Bhandari has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 72 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 37 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Nita Bhandari's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (93 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (36 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers). Nita Bhandari is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (93 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (36 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (31 papers). Nita Bhandari collaborates with scholars based in India, Norway and Switzerland. Nita Bhandari's co-authors include Rajiv Bahl, Sunita Taneja, José Martines, Nigel Rollins, Ranadip Chowdhury, Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Bireshwar Sinha, Sarmila Mazumder, Mari Jeeva Sankar and Robert E. Black and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nita Bhandari

178 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

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2016 1.5k citations Nita Bhandari et al. profile →
Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 725 citations Ranadip Chowdhury, Bireshwar Sinha et al. Acta Paediatrica profile →
Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

2015 536 citations Mari Jeeva Sankar, Bireshwar Sinha et al. Acta Paediatrica profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nita Bhandari	5.1k	3.6k	2.6k	2.1k	1.5k	185	9.6k
James A. Berkley	3.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	237	9.2k
Rajiv Bahl	6.6k 1.3×	6.6k 1.8×	5.4k 2.1×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	168	14.0k
José Martines	3.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	593 0.4×	72	6.7k
Christopher Duggan	7.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	363	11.8k
Abdullah H Baqui	4.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.6×	5.5k 2.1×	408 0.2×	944 0.6×	327	10.8k
Per Ashorn	4.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	956 0.6×	276	7.9k
James Tumwine	2.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	762 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	251	7.0k
Jean H. Humphrey	3.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	725 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	139	7.2k
Mathuram Santosham	3.0k 0.6×	5.8k 1.6×	2.9k 1.1×	270 0.1×	3.2k 2.1×	284	13.7k
Kenneth Maleta	4.8k 0.9×	742 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	698 0.5×	249	7.5k

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Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Sarmila Mazumder, Sunita Taneja, et al.. (2025). Benefit–cost analysis of an integrated package of interventions during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood in India. BMJ Global Health. 10(4). e013659–e013659.

Chowdhury, Ranadip, Sunita Taneja, Medha Shekhar, et al.. (2024). Management of undernutrition during preconception and pregnancy in an urban setting in North India. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1405247–1405247.

Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Ranadip Chowdhury, Sunita Taneja, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of Wasting and its Associated Factors among Children Under 5 Years of Age in India: Findings from the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey. Indian Journal of Public Health. 68(1). 89–94. 1 indexed citations

Sinha, Bireshwar, Halvor Sommerfelt, Per Ashorn, et al.. (2022). Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants: A randomized clinical trial. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 18(4). e13419–e13419. 6 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Ranadip, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, et al.. (2022). Preconception and periconception interventions to prevent low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health. 7(8). e007537–e007537. 16 indexed citations

Taneja, Sunita, Ranadip Chowdhury, Ingrid Kvestad, Nita Bhandari, & Tor A. Strand. (2022). Vitamin B₁₂ and/or folic acid supplementation on linear growth: a 6-year follow-up study of a randomised controlled trial in early childhood in North India. British Journal Of Nutrition. 129(7). 1172–1179. 2 indexed citations

Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Sarmila Mazumder, Øystein Ariansen Haaland, et al.. (2022). Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households: a randomised controlled trial in Haryana, India. BMJ Global Health. 7(11). e010000–e010000. 2 indexed citations

Taneja, Sunita, Ranadip Chowdhury, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay, et al.. (2022). Impact of a package of health, nutrition, psychosocial support, and WaSH interventions delivered during preconception, pregnancy, and early childhood periods on birth outcomes and on linear growth at 24 months of age: factorial, individually randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 379. e072046–e072046. 27 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Ranadip, Tarun Shankar Choudhary, Pratima Mittal, et al.. (2021). Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: Findings from North Indian pregnancy cohort. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 18(1). 6 indexed citations

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Taneja, Sunita, Ranadip Chowdhury, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (2020). Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India. Trials. 21(1). 127–127. 29 indexed citations

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Schwinger, Catherine, Ranadip Chowdhury, Nita Bhandari, et al.. (2020). Association of Plasma Total Cysteine and Anthropometric Status in 6–30 Months Old Indian Children. Nutrients. 12(10). 3146–3146. 3 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Ranadip, Sunita Taneja, Sarmila Mazumder, et al.. (2020). Burden of preconception morbidity in women of reproductive age from an urban setting in North India. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234768–e0234768. 8 indexed citations

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Pareek, Siddhika, Takashi Kurakawa, Bhabatosh Das, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Japanese and Indian intestinal microbiota shows diet-dependent interaction between bacteria and fungi. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 5(1). 37–37. 66 indexed citations

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Choudhary, Tarun Shankar, Akanksha Srivastava, Ranadip Chowdhury, et al.. (2019). Severe wasting among Indian infants <6 months: Findings from the National Family Health Survey 4. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 15(4). 13 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Priyanka, et al.. (2017). Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies of Pb(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) Adsorption onto Dicliptera bupleuroides Leaves. Chemical Science Transactions. 6(1). 8 indexed citations

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Bhandari, Nita, Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan, Anuradha Bose, et al.. (2016). Efficacy of three feeding regimens for home-based management of children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition: a randomised trial in India. BMJ Global Health. 1(4). e000144–e000144. 58 indexed citations

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Sankar, Mari Jeeva, Bireshwar Sinha, Ranadip Chowdhury, et al.. (2015). Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Paediatrica. 104(S467). 3–13. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bhandari, Nita, Sarmila Mazumder, Rajiv Bahl, et al.. (2005). Use of multiple opportunities for improving feeding practices in under-twos within child health programmes. Health Policy and Planning. 20(5). 328–336. 48 indexed citations

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Bhandari, Nita, Rajiv Bahl, & Sunita Taneja. (2001). Effect of micronutrient supplementation on linear growth of children. British Journal Of Nutrition. 85(S2). S131–S131. 79 indexed citations

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Bhandari, Nita, Rajiv Bahl, & Sunita Taneja. (2001). Effect of micronutrient supplementation on linear growth of children. British Journal Of Nutrition. 85(S2). S131–S131. 5 indexed citations

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