Parul Christian

30.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
273 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Parul Christian is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Parul Christian has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 132 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 66 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Parul Christian's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (139 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (76 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (52 papers). Parul Christian is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (139 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (76 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (52 papers). Parul Christian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Nepal. Parul Christian's co-authors include Keith P. West, Joanne Katz, Robert E. Black, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, César G. Victora, Mercedes de Onís, Reynaldo Martorell, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Ricardo Uauy and Majid Ezzati and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Parul Christian

263 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-i... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 2016 2013 2021 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
    2013 5.5k citations Robert E. Black, César G. Victora et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival
    2014 1.3k citations Anne CC Lee, Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: health effects and prevention
    2016 454 citations Kerry Schulze, Keith P. West et al. profile →
  4. The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis
    2013 384 citations Naoko Kozuki, Anne CC Lee et al. BMC Public Health profile →
  5. Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda
    2021 384 citations César G. Victora, Parul Christian et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences
    2021 309 citations Parul Christian et al. profile →
  7. Adolescent Undernutrition: Global Burden, Physiology, and Nutritional Risks
    2018 255 citations Parul Christian et al. profile →
  8. Urinary tract infections in pregnancy in a rural population of Bangladesh: population-based prevalence, risk factors, etiology, and antibiotic resistance
    2019 219 citations Luke C. Mullany, Alain Labrique et al. profile →

Peers

Parul Christian
Wafaie Fawzi United States
Laura E. Caulfield United States
Lindsay H. Allen United States
Harshpal Singh Sachdev India
Kathryn G. Dewey United States
Juan Á. Rivera Mexico
Michael J. Dibley Australia
Keith P. West United States
Shams El Arifeen Bangladesh
Kim F. Michaelsen Denmark
Wafaie Fawzi United States
Parul Christian
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Countries citing papers authored by Parul Christian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Parul Christian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Parul Christian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Parul Christian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Parul Christian based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Parul Christian. Parul Christian is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kan, Lena, Susan Tuddenham, Parul Christian, et al.. (2025). Factors associated with Nugent-bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and postpartum among women in rural northwestern Bangladesh. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(6). e0004768–e0004768.
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Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Emily C Keats, Aatekah Owais, et al.. (2025). What works for anemia reduction among women of reproductive age? Synthesized findings from the exemplars in anemia project. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 121. S68–S77. 1 indexed citations
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Bellows, Alexandra L., Amanda Palmer, Frank C. Curriero, et al.. (2024). Changes in urbanicity and household availability of and proximity to food vendors from 2004 to 2020 in a rural district of northwestern Bangladesh. Health & Place. 90. 103374–103374. 3 indexed citations
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Kalbarczyk, Anna, Atiya Rahman, Barnali Chakraborty, et al.. (2024). A formative study of the sociocultural influences on dietary behaviours during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 20(S6). e13713–e13713. 1 indexed citations
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Rahman, Atiya, Anna Kalbarczyk, Barnali Chakraborty, et al.. (2023). Acceptability of a balanced energy protein (BEP) supplement for pregnant women in Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 20(S6). e13587–e13587. 1 indexed citations
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Erchick, Daniel J., Subarna K. Khatry, Joanne Katz, et al.. (2023). Supplementation with fortified balanced energy–protein during pregnancy and lactation and its effects on birth outcomes and infant growth in southern Nepal: protocol of a 2×2 factorial randomised trial. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7(1). e002229–e002229. 3 indexed citations
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Darling, Anne Marie, Dongqing Wang, Nandita Perumal, et al.. (2023). Risk factors for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain in 25 low- and middle-income countries: An individual-level participant meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine. 20(7). e1004236–e1004236. 21 indexed citations
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Katz, Joanne, Daniel J. Erchick, Subarna K. Khatry, et al.. (2022). Does higher early neonatal mortality in boys reverse over the neonatal period? A pooled analysis from three trials of Nepal. BMJ Open. 12(5). e056112–e056112. 6 indexed citations
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Victora, César G., Parul Christian, Luís Paulo Vidaletti, et al.. (2021). Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda. The Lancet. 397(10282). 1388–1399. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eroglu, Abdulkerim, Kerry Schulze, James D. Yager, et al.. (2018). Plasma proteins associated with circulating carotenoids in Nepalese school-aged children. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 646. 153–160. 13 indexed citations
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Ali, Hasmot, Jena Hamadani, Sucheta Mehra, et al.. (2017). Effect of maternal antenatal and newborn supplementation with vitamin A on cognitive development of school-aged children in rural Bangladesh: a follow-up of a placebo-controlled, randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 106(1). 77–87. 20 indexed citations
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Kabir, Alamgir, Md. Jahanur Rahman, Abu Ahmed Shamim, et al.. (2017). Identifying maternal and infant factors associated with newborn size in rural Bangladesh by partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0189677–e0189677. 19 indexed citations
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Shivakoti, Rupak, Parul Christian, Nikhil Gupte, et al.. (2015). Prevalence and risk factors of micronutrient deficiencies pre- and post-antiretroviral therapy (ART) among a diverse multicountry cohort of HIV-infected adults. Clinical Nutrition. 35(1). 183–189. 22 indexed citations
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Campbell, Rebecca K., Sameera A. Talegawkar, Parul Christian, et al.. (2014). Seasonal dietary intakes and socioeconomic status among women in the Terai of Nepal.. PubMed. 32(2). 198–216. 43 indexed citations
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Kozuki, Naoko, Anne CC Lee, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, et al.. (2013). The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 13(S3). S2–S2. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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West, Keith P., Parul Christian, Alain Labrique, et al.. (2011). Effects of Vitamin A or Beta Carotene Supplementation on Pregnancy-Related Mortality and Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh. JAMA. 305(19). 1986–95. 113 indexed citations
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Christian, Parul, Subarna K. Khatry, Ramesh Adhikari, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of neonatal verbal autopsy using physician review versus algorithm‐based cause‐of‐death assignment in rural Nepal. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 19(4). 323–331. 64 indexed citations
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Christian, Parul, et al.. (1996). NightBlindness during pregnancy in Nepal: Links to nutrition and health. The FASEB Journal. 10(3). 1 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, D. & Parul Christian. (1987). Impact of the federal prospective payment system upon long-term care related Medicare patients.. PubMed. 10(2). 115–46. 1 indexed citations

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