Prabhat Jha

32.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
341 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Prabhat Jha is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Prabhat Jha has authored 341 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 67 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Prabhat Jha's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (67 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (30 papers). Prabhat Jha is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (67 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (67 papers) and Smoking Behavior and Cessation (30 papers). Prabhat Jha collaborates with scholars based in Canada, India and United States. Prabhat Jha's co-authors include Richard Peto, Salim Yusuf, Frank J. Chaloupka, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Wilson Suraweera, Diego G. Bassani, Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Neeraj Dhingra, Colin Mathers and Victoria Landsman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Prabhat Jha

329 papers receiving 18.2k citations

Hit Papers

Global, regional, and national causes of child mort... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2010 2013 2000 2012 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis
    2010 2.3k citations Diego G. Bassani, Prabhat Jha et al. profile →
  2. 21st-Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States
    2013 1.2k citations Prabhat Jha et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators. Effects of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. N Engl J Med 2000;342:145-53.
    2000 695 citations Prabhat Jha et al. profile →
  4. Suicide mortality in India: a nationally representative survey
    2012 681 citations Wilson Suraweera, Prabhat Jha et al. profile →
  5. Curbing the Epidemic Goverment s and the Economics of Tobacco Control
    1999 653 citations Prabhat Jha et al. profile →
  6. Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco
    2014 515 citations Prabhat Jha et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  7. Snakebite Mortality in India: A Nationally Representative Mortality Survey
    2011 451 citations David A. Warrell, Wilson Suraweera et al. profile →
  8. Trends in snakebite deaths in India from 2000 to 2019 in a nationally representative mortality study
    2020 190 citations Wilson Suraweera, David A. Warrell et al. eLife profile →
  9. Tobacco and nicotine use
    2022 154 citations Prabhat Jha et al. profile →
  10. Pathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations
    2022 140 citations Calvin Ke, K.M. Venkat Narayan et al. Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Prabhat Jha Canada 61 3.8k 3.6k 3.3k 3.0k 2.9k 341 19.5k
Gretchen A Stevens Switzerland 44 3.3k 0.9× 6.4k 1.8× 7.7k 2.4× 4.3k 1.4× 5.0k 1.7× 85 31.5k
Kenji Shibuya Japan 47 2.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 192 13.7k
André Pascal Kengne South Africa 64 1.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 3.7k 1.3× 580 20.5k
Jay S. Kaufman United States 82 2.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 5.1k 1.7× 2.7k 1.0× 448 22.7k
Liam Smeeth United Kingdom 95 2.2k 0.6× 4.3k 1.2× 4.8k 1.5× 3.7k 1.2× 7.9k 2.8× 626 40.2k
Shah Ebrahim United Kingdom 96 2.4k 0.6× 4.2k 1.2× 6.1k 1.9× 4.2k 1.4× 6.1k 2.1× 394 36.3k
K. Srinath Reddy India 60 2.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 7.6k 2.3× 4.3k 1.4× 1.9k 0.7× 334 20.0k
TH Lam Hong Kong 85 1.9k 0.5× 7.9k 2.2× 7.5k 2.3× 4.6k 1.5× 4.9k 1.7× 1.1k 35.1k
Dean T. Jamison United States 50 2.9k 0.8× 719 0.2× 2.9k 0.9× 3.6k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 185 16.4k
Maurício L. Barreto Brazil 65 2.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 3.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.3× 2.1k 0.7× 667 18.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Prabhat Jha

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All Works

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Mhatre, Sharayu, Fiona Bragg, Nandkumar Panse, et al.. (2024). Cohort Profile: Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA-Barshi). International Journal of Epidemiology. 53(4). 1 indexed citations
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Santucci, Claudia, Gianfranco Alicandro, Margherita Pizzato, et al.. (2024). Trends in cancer mortality under age 50 in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117(4). 747–760. 12 indexed citations
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Nikam, Chaitali, Wilson Suraweera, Sze Hang Fu, et al.. (2023). PCR Test Positivity and Viral Loads during Three SARS-CoV-2 Viral Waves in Mumbai, India. Biomedicines. 11(7). 1939–1939. 1 indexed citations
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Ke, Calvin, K.M. Venkat Narayan, Juliana C.N. Chan, Prabhat Jha, & Baiju R. Shah. (2022). Pathophysiology, phenotypes and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indian and Chinese populations. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 18(7). 413–432. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Suraweera, Wilson, David A. Warrell, Romulus Whitaker, et al.. (2020). Trends in snakebite deaths in India from 2000 to 2019 in a nationally representative mortality study. eLife. 9. 190 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wong, Benjamin, Shaza A. Fadel, Shally Awasthi, et al.. (2019). The impact of measles immunization campaigns in India using a nationally representative sample of 27,000 child deaths. eLife. 8. 8 indexed citations
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Farrar, Daniel S., Shally Awasthi, Shaza A. Fadel, et al.. (2019). Seasonal variation and etiologic inferences of childhood pneumonia and diarrhea mortality in India. eLife. 8. 13 indexed citations
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Ram, Usha, et al.. (2014). Maternal Mortality in India: Causes and Healthcare Service Use Based on a Nationally Representative Survey. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e83331–e83331. 144 indexed citations
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Verguet, Stéphane, Mira Johri, Shaun K. Morris, et al.. (2014). Controlling measles using supplemental immunization activities: A mathematical model to inform optimal policy. Vaccine. 33(10). 1291–1296. 60 indexed citations
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Gyawali, Narayan, Rajendra Gurung, Nimesh Poudyal, et al.. (2012). Prevalence of tuberculosis in household contacts of sputum smears positive cases and associated demographic risk factors.. PubMed. 14(4). 303–7. 11 indexed citations
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Jha, Prabhat. (2010). Save Lives by Counting the Dead: Counting the World's Deaths and Finding out Why People Die Is One of the Most Important Goals to Improve Public Health. Professor Prabhat Jha Tells Why He Is Obsessed with Death Numbers. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88(3). 171. 3 indexed citations
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Jha, Prabhat, Prakash Chandra Gupta, & R Peto. (2008). Case-control study of smoking and death in India - Reply. New England Journal of Medicine. 358. 2844–2845. 1 indexed citations
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Jamison, Dean T., Joel G. Breman, Anthony R Measham, et al.. (2006). Summary and Cross-Cutting Themes. NeuroImage. 217. 116939–116939. 1 indexed citations
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Dt, Jamison, Breman Jg, Measham Ar, et al.. (2006). Investing in Health -- Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 20(2). 516–536. 10 indexed citations
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Jha, Prabhat & Anne Mills. (2002). Improving health outcomes of the poor : the report of working group 5 of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. World Health Organization eBooks. 55 indexed citations
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Jha, Prabhat, Joy de Beyer, & Peter Heller. (2000). Death and Taxes Economics of Tobacco Control. Finance & development. 36(4). 3 indexed citations

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