Rajesh Kumar

117.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
222 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Rajesh Kumar is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajesh Kumar has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 64 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 38 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rajesh Kumar's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (81 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (61 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Reforms (33 papers). Rajesh Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (81 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (61 papers) and Healthcare Systems and Reforms (33 papers). Rajesh Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Canada. Rajesh Kumar's co-authors include Prashant Kumar Singh, Lucky Singh, Prabhat Jha, Usha Ram, Chandan Kumar, Diego G. Bassani, Neeraj Dhingra, Shally Awasthi, Vinod K. Paul and Joy E Lawn and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rajesh Kumar

195 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Stillbirths: Where? When? Why? How to make the data count?

2011 571 citations Rajesh Kumar et al. profile →
Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey

2010 412 citations Rajesh Kumar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rajesh Kumar India	35	2.9k	1.3k	1.2k	762	715	222	5.9k
Saifuddin Ahmed United States	30	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	615 0.8×	480 0.7×	69	4.3k
Olalekan A. Uthman United Kingdom	53	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	488 0.7×	266	9.1k
Kyle J Foreman United States	15	2.6k 0.9×	832 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	732 1.0×	20	6.5k
Sanni Yaya Canada	45	4.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.3×	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	389	7.6k
Yemane Berhane Ethiopia	54	3.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.8×	2.6k 2.1×	1.6k 2.1×	572 0.8×	380	10.5k
Padam Simkhada United Kingdom	32	1.6k 0.6×	678 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	457 0.6×	416 0.6×	192	4.5k
Diego G. Bassani Canada	36	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	203 0.3×	130	6.2k
Masamine Jimba Japan	40	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.7×	351 0.5×	307	6.2k
Zohra S Lassi Australia	48	3.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.7×	2.2k 1.7×	1.8k 2.3×	296 0.4×	214	8.2k
Ties Boerma Canada	32	4.0k 1.4×	990 0.8×	2.2k 1.8×	740 1.0×	929 1.3×	107	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rajesh Kumar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Rajesh, Sabri Bromage, Jan‐Walter De Neve, & Anamitra Barik. (2025). Lifestyle risk factors for overweight and obesity among rural Indian adults: a community-based prospective cohort study. Journal of Nutritional Science. 14. e18–e18.

Kumar, Rajesh, Sabri Bromage, Rockli Kim, et al.. (2025). Fish consumption and its association with anaemia and metabolic disorder among Indian adults. British Journal Of Nutrition. 134(10). 850–862. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Rajesh, Reuben J. Yeo, Mingsheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Extraordinary control of friction and wear enabled by ultrathin carbon and its atomic-scale interface and thickness manipulation. Carbon. 238. 120262–120262.

Kumar, Rajesh, Reuben J. Yeo, Mingsheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Extraordinary protective robustness enabled by the synergy of copper/amorphous carbon/graphene-CNT hybrid: synergizing surface nano chemistry. Applied Surface Science. 715. 164474–164474.

Mallick, D., et al.. (2025). The evolving landscape of Chandipura virus: A comprehensive account of outbreaks to recent advances. Virology. 608. 110541–110541. 3 indexed citations

Sharma, Vishal, et al.. (2025). Twenty-five years of research on employee well-being: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. International journal of organizational analysis. 1–49.

Kumar, Rajesh. (2024). Health Equity Monitoring to Achieve Social Justice: A Preventive Medicine Perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 162–163. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rajesh, Reuben J. Yeo, Partho Sarathi Gooh Pattader, et al.. (2024). Atomic-to-nanoscale thickness-driven tunable carbon and interface-chemistry immensely control tribo-interface and metal-oxidation. Carbon. 233. 119912–119912. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2023). Risk factors and fetomaternal outcome in pregnancy-related acute kidney injury. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(12). 3346–3350. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, Kiran Sasikumar, Chetna Dhand, et al.. (2022). Atomic Cross-Talk at the Interface: Enhanced Lubricity and Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Sub 2 nm Hybrid Overcoats via Strengthened Interface Chemistry. Nano Letters. 22(24). 9795–9804. 7 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, Shazia Usmani, Brijesh Singh, et al.. (2022). A comprehensive review on phytopharmacological perspectives of Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Annals of Phytomedicine An International Journal. 11(1). 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2021). Tipping the scale: the role of a national nutritional supplementation programme for pregnant mothers in reducing low birth weight and neonatal mortality in India. British Journal Of Nutrition. 127(2). 289–297. 5 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2021). A Study Of Social Intelligence Among Prospective Teachers Of Punjab. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry. 12(6). 8301–8306.

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Kumar, Rajesh, Anamitra Barik, Kajal Chatterjee, et al.. (2020). Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in rural Birbhum, West Bengal, India: a sex-stratified analysis of verbal autopsies from a prospective cohort, 2012–2017. BMJ Open. 10(10). e036578–e036578. 10 indexed citations

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Parasuraman, S., et al.. (2017). Empowering people to power the public distribution system - a process mapping analysis of six Indian states.. Economic and political weekly. 52(51). 2 indexed citations

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Gupta, Seema, et al.. (2016). Study of prescribing patterns of hypolipidemic agents in a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India. National Journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 7(2). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Barik, Anamitra, Ravi V. Shah, Aferdita Spahillari, et al.. (2016). Hepatic steatosis is associated with cardiometabolic risk in a rural Indian population: A prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cardiology. 225. 161–166. 9 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2014). Management of Pre-cervical Uterine Torsion in a Buffalo. INTAS POLIVET. 15(2). 239–240.

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Kumar, Rajesh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Chandan Kumar, & Lucky Singh. (2013). Factors Associated With the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services Among Adolescent Women in Malawi. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 32(2). 106–125. 29 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rajesh, et al.. (2013). Outcome Of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Audit. The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology. 32(2). 1 indexed citations

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