Paúl Melgar

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 976 citations indexed

About

Paúl Melgar is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Paúl Melgar has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 976 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Paúl Melgar's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (5 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 papers). Paúl Melgar is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (8 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (5 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 papers). Paúl Melgar collaborates with scholars based in Guatemala, United States and Mexico. Paúl Melgar's co-authors include Reynaldo Martorell, Aryeh D. Stein, John A. Maluccio, Manuel Ramírez‐Zea, John Hoddinott, Usha Ramakrishnan, Rafael Flores, Rubén Grajeda, Kathryn M. Yount and Agnes Quisumbing and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Epidemiology and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Paúl Melgar

15 papers receiving 906 citations

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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.

Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood

2013 312 citations John Hoddinott, Jere R. Behrman et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paúl Melgar Guatemala	12	625	371	239	217	174	15	976
Monal R. Shroff United States	17	585 0.9×	322 0.9×	251 1.1×	305 1.4×	214 1.2×	23	1.3k
Muzi Na United States	23	635 1.0×	320 0.9×	227 0.9×	301 1.4×	479 2.8×	67	1.3k
Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio Brazil	17	687 1.1×	279 0.8×	91 0.4×	477 2.2×	330 1.9×	61	1.3k
Avula Laxmaiah India	23	804 1.3×	338 0.9×	112 0.5×	815 3.8×	414 2.4×	59	1.9k
Luciane Peter Grillo Brazil	12	412 0.7×	253 0.7×	67 0.3×	284 1.3×	192 1.1×	54	783
Veronika Scherbaum Germany	18	457 0.7×	210 0.6×	55 0.2×	161 0.7×	174 1.0×	40	848
Shimels Hussien Mohammed Iran	16	300 0.5×	183 0.5×	77 0.3×	117 0.5×	127 0.7×	31	712
Hélène Delisle Canada	15	283 0.5×	89 0.2×	56 0.2×	271 1.2×	234 1.3×	27	680
Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda Malaysia	18	269 0.4×	98 0.3×	38 0.2×	250 1.2×	178 1.0×	55	883
Eduardo Augusto Fernandes Nilson Brazil	15	339 0.5×	92 0.2×	93 0.4×	371 1.7×	188 1.1×	54	740

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15 of 15 papers shown

Melgar, Paúl, et al.. (2020). Social and Economic Development and Change in 4 Guatemalan Villages Over a Half Century. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 41(1_suppl). S69–S78. 6 indexed citations

Pérez, Wilton, et al.. (2020). Overweight and obesity of school-age children in El Salvador according to two international systems: a population-based multilevel and spatial analysis. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 687–687. 11 indexed citations

Hoddinott, John, Jere R. Behrman, John A. Maluccio, et al.. (2013). Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(5). 1170–1178. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Rubén Grajeda, Paúl Melgar, et al.. (2012). Effect of Zinc on Efficacy of Iron Supplementation in Improving Iron and Zinc Status in Women. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2012. 1–8. 170 indexed citations

Ramírez‐Zea, Manuel, Paúl Melgar, & Juan Á. Rivera. (2009). INCAP Oriente Longitudinal Study: 40 Years of History and Legacy. Journal of Nutrition. 140(2). 397–401. 32 indexed citations

Martorell, Reynaldo, Paúl Melgar, John A. Maluccio, Aryeh D. Stein, & Juan Á. Rivera. (2009). The Nutrition Intervention Improved Adult Human Capital and Economic Productivity. Journal of Nutrition. 140(2). 411–414. 104 indexed citations

Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Rubén Grajeda, Paúl Melgar, et al.. (2009). Micronutrient supplementation may reduce symptoms of depression in Guatemalan women.. PubMed. 59(3). 278–86. 41 indexed citations

Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Rubén Grajeda, Paúl Melgar, et al.. (2008). Weekly May Be as Efficacious as Daily Folic Acid Supplementation in Improving Folate Status and Lowering Serum Homocysteine Concentrations in Guatemalan Women. Journal of Nutrition. 138(8). 1491–1498. 25 indexed citations

Stein, Aryeh D., Paúl Melgar, John Hoddinott, & Reynaldo Martorell. (2008). Cohort Profile: The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) Nutrition Trial Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 37(4). 716–720. 70 indexed citations

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Grajeda, Rubén, Paúl Melgar, Jessica Marcinkevage, et al.. (2007). Impact of micronutrient supplementation on depressive symptoms in Guatemalan women. The FASEB Journal. 21(6). 1 indexed citations

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Stein, Aryeh D., Maggie Haitian Wang, Manuel Ramírez‐Zea, et al.. (2006). Exposure to a Nutrition Supplementation Intervention in Early Childhood and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood: Evidence from Guatemala. American Journal of Epidemiology. 164(12). 1160–1170. 48 indexed citations

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Ramírez‐Zea, Manuel, Paúl Melgar, Rafael Flores, et al.. (2005). Physical Fitness, Body Composition, Blood Pressure, and Blood Metabolic Profile among Young Guatemalan Adults. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 26(2_suppl1). S88–S97. 13 indexed citations

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Maluccio, John A., et al.. (2005). Social and Economic Development and Change in four Guatemalan Villages: Demographics, Schooling, Occupation, and Assets. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 26(2_suppl1). S25–S45. 34 indexed citations

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Grajeda, Rubén, et al.. (2005). Social and Economic Development and Change in Four Guatemalan Villages: Infrastructure, Services, and Livelihoods. 6 indexed citations

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Martorell, Reynaldo, et al.. (1998). Intrauterine growth retardation, body size, body composition and physical performance in adolescence.. PubMed. 52 Suppl 1. S43–52; discussion S52. 103 indexed citations

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