Rafael Flores

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Rafael Flores is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Flores has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Rafael Flores's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (22 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 papers). Rafael Flores is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (22 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 papers). Rafael Flores collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Guatemala. Rafael Flores's co-authors include Reynaldo Martorell, John A. Maluccio, Jere R. Behrman, John Hoddinott, Dirk G. Schroeder, Saul S. Morris, Usha Ramakrishnan, Pedro Olinto, Juan Manuel Medina and Rubén Grajeda and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Flores

49 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults

2008 593 citations John Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Flores United States	21	1.4k	842	780	479	422	50	2.4k
Manuel Ramírez‐Zea Guatemala	27	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	366 0.5×	766 1.6×	1.1k 2.6×	145	3.4k
Jee Hyun Rah United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	587 0.7×	269 0.3×	482 1.0×	350 0.8×	42	1.8k
Francis Delpeuch France	31	1.6k 1.2×	400 0.5×	288 0.4×	870 1.8×	1.3k 3.0×	136	3.1k
Laura E. Murray‐Kolb United States	35	1.8k 1.3×	937 1.1×	190 0.2×	331 0.7×	616 1.5×	120	4.2k
Monal R. Shroff United States	17	585 0.4×	322 0.4×	251 0.3×	214 0.4×	305 0.7×	23	1.3k
Zalilah Mohd Shariff Malaysia	33	1.0k 0.7×	424 0.5×	117 0.1×	918 1.9×	1.3k 3.1×	150	3.1k
Osman Galal United States	18	507 0.4×	298 0.4×	106 0.1×	280 0.6×	463 1.1×	50	1.4k
Gerd Holmboe‐Ottesen Norway	31	763 0.6×	296 0.4×	100 0.1×	642 1.3×	1.3k 3.2×	91	2.9k
Margareta Wandel Norway	28	551 0.4×	149 0.2×	106 0.1×	485 1.0×	1.1k 2.5×	93	3.1k
Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez United States	24	781 0.6×	301 0.4×	138 0.2×	375 0.8×	432 1.0×	107	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Flores

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jesus, Adriana A. de, Rafael Flores, Roberta Costa, et al.. (2025). Increase of astrocyte apposition on GnRH neurons in early puberty onset induced by high fat diet. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 37(8). e70029–e70029. 2 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2024). Tonic noradrenergic input to neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus mediates food intake in male mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 462. 114872–114872. 2 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2020). Chronic molecular hydrogen inhalation mitigates short and long-term memory loss in polymicrobial sepsis. Brain Research. 1739. 146857–146857. 12 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2020). Injections of the α-2 adrenoceptor agonist clonidine into the dorsal raphe nucleus increases food intake in satiated rats. Neuropharmacology. 182. 108397–108397. 4 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of food intake and Fos expression in serotonergic neurons of raphe nuclei after intracerebroventricular injection of adrenaline in free-feeding rats. Brain Research. 1678. 153–163. 11 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2014). Blockade of median raphe nucleus α1-adrenoceptor subtypes increases food intake in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 124. 350–355. 5 indexed citations

Imhoff‐Kunsch, Beth, Rafael Flores, Omar Dary, & Reynaldo Martorell. (2012). Methods of Using Household Consumption and Expenditures Survey (HCES) Data to Estimate the Potential Nutritional Impact of Fortified Staple Foods. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 33(3_suppl2). S185–S189. 18 indexed citations

Flores, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Feeding behaviour after injection of α-adrenergic receptor agonists into the median raphe nucleus of food-deprived rats. Physiology & Behavior. 105(2). 220–229. 7 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

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Corvalán, Camila, Ricardo Uauy, Rafael Flores, David G. Kleinbaum, & Reynaldo Martorell. (2008). Reductions in the Energy Content of Meals Served in the Chilean National Nursery School Council Program Did Not Consistently Decrease Obesity among Beneficiaries. Journal of Nutrition. 138(11). 2237–2243. 18 indexed citations

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Imhoff‐Kunsch, Beth, Rafael Flores, Omar Dary, & Reynaldo Martorell. (2007). Wheat Flour Fortification Is Unlikely to Benefit the Neediest in Guatemala. Journal of Nutrition. 137(4). 1017–1022. 62 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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Watanabe, Koichiro, et al.. (2005). Early Childhood Development Interventions and Cognitive Development of Young Children in Rural Vietnam. Journal of Nutrition. 135(8). 1918–1925. 72 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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Grajeda, Rubén, Jere R. Behrman, Rafael Flores, et al.. (2005). The Human Capital Study 2002–04: Tracking, data Collection, Coverage, and Attrition. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 26(2_suppl1). S15–S24. 45 indexed citations

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Morris, Saul S., Rafael Flores, Pedro Olinto, & Juan Manuel Medina. (2004). Monetary incentives in primary health care and effects on use and coverage of preventive health care interventions in rural Honduras: cluster randomised trial. The Lancet. 364(9450). 2030–2037. 210 indexed citations

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Maluccio, John A. & Rafael Flores. (2004). Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 14 indexed citations

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Morris, Saul S., et al.. (2000). Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Programs Can Substantially Affect the Severity of Stunting in Honduras. Journal of Nutrition. 130(10). 2514–2519. 5 indexed citations

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Ramakrishnan, Usha, Reynaldo Martorell, Dirk G. Schroeder, & Rafael Flores. (1999). Role of Intergenerational Effects on Linear Growth. Journal of Nutrition. 129(2). 544S–549S. 150 indexed citations

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Crépel, F., et al.. (1987). Alpha‐adrenergic inhibition of rat cerebellar Purkinje cells in vitro: a voltage‐clamp study.. The Journal of Physiology. 383(1). 487–498. 21 indexed citations

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