Ranjit Kumar Chandra

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ranjit Kumar Chandra is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ranjit Kumar Chandra has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 13 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ranjit Kumar Chandra's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers), Trace Elements in Health (9 papers) and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (8 papers). Ranjit Kumar Chandra is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (19 papers), Trace Elements in Health (9 papers) and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research (8 papers). Ranjit Kumar Chandra collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Ranjit Kumar Chandra's co-authors include Derrick B. Jelliffe, D Dayton, Paul M. Newberne, Badrul A. Chowdhury, Sonia Samartı́n, Barbara Roebothan, Perla C. Schmidt, Aldo Ferretti, Gary J. Nelson and Peter C. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ranjit Kumar Chandra

76 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

NUTRITION, IMMUNITY, AND INFECTION: PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1984 100 200 300
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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. NUTRITION, IMMUNITY, AND INFECTION: PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
    1983 398 citations Ranjit Kumar Chandra The Lancet profile →
  2. Excessive Intake of Zinc Impairs Immune Responses
    1984 381 citations Ranjit Kumar Chandra JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ranjit Kumar Chandra Canada 26 1.7k 667 416 388 316 82 3.7k
R. K. Chandra Canada 33 1.3k 0.7× 773 1.2× 587 1.4× 407 1.0× 285 0.9× 111 3.5k
William R. Beisel United States 34 848 0.5× 736 1.1× 334 0.8× 224 0.6× 182 0.6× 99 3.3k
Adrianne Bendich United States 37 1.7k 1.0× 546 0.8× 382 0.9× 270 0.7× 715 2.3× 73 5.8k
Silvia Maggini Switzerland 21 2.4k 1.4× 501 0.8× 228 0.5× 259 0.7× 444 1.4× 29 4.9k
George J. Fuchs United States 44 2.3k 1.3× 470 0.7× 522 1.3× 388 1.0× 619 2.0× 143 6.2k
T. H. Bothwell South Africa 52 2.9k 1.7× 650 1.0× 417 1.0× 97 0.3× 406 1.3× 154 8.5k
D. Hornig Switzerland 20 1.6k 0.9× 280 0.4× 144 0.3× 133 0.3× 193 0.6× 56 2.9k
N. S. Scrimshaw United States 33 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 309 0.7× 148 0.4× 715 2.3× 100 5.1k
Robert M. Suskind United States 28 903 0.5× 658 1.0× 245 0.6× 176 0.5× 496 1.6× 83 2.7k
Reinaldo B. Oriá Brazil 33 1.1k 0.6× 367 0.6× 256 0.6× 157 0.4× 212 0.7× 122 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ranjit Kumar Chandra

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar, et al.. (2011). Effects of Oral Supplementation with Iron (III) Hydroxide Polymaltose Complex on the Hematological Profile of Adolescents with Varying Iron Status. Arzneimittelforschung. 58(8). 389–397. 8 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (2009). Nutrition and Immunity in the Elderly: Clinical Significance. Nutrition Reviews. 53(4). S80–S85. 4 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (2002). Preventive nutrition: consideration of cost-benefit and cost-effective ratios. Nutrition Research. 22(1-2). 1–3. 5 indexed citations
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López‐Varela, S., Ana Montero, Ranjit Kumar Chandra, & Ascensión Marcos. (2000). Nutritional Status of Young Female Elite Gymnasts. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 70(4). 185–190. 24 indexed citations
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Denduluri, Srinivas, et al.. (1997). Effect of zinc administration on immune responses in mice. The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine. 10(3). 155–162. 1 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar, et al.. (1994). Nutrition and Immunity: An Overview. Journal of Nutrition. 124(8 Suppl). 1433S–1435S. 133 indexed citations
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Roebothan, Barbara & Ranjit Kumar Chandra. (1994). Relationship between Nutritional Status and Immune Function of Elderly People. Age and Ageing. 23(1). 49–53. 42 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1993). Nutrition and the immune system. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 52(1). 77–84. 75 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1992). Nutrition and Immunoregulation. Significance for Host Resistance to Tumors and Infectious Diseases in Humans and Rodents. Journal of Nutrition. 122(3 Suppl). 754–757. 44 indexed citations
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Roebothan, Barbara & Ranjit Kumar Chandra. (1991). Nutritional status of an elderly population. AGE. 14(2). 39–44. 8 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1990). Cellular and Molecular Basis of Nutrition-Immunity Interactions. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 262. 13–18. 13 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar, et al.. (1990). Regulation of Immune Responses by Vitamin B6. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 585(1). 404–423. 35 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1989). Nutritional regulation of immunity and risk of illness. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 56(5). 607–611. 8 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1988). Nutrition and immunology. 11. 258 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1986). Nutrition education in medical schools. Nutrition Research. 6(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1984). Excessive Intake of Zinc Impairs Immune Responses. JAMA. 252(11). 1443–1443. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1983). Nutritional Regulation of Immunity and Infection in the Gastrointestinal Tract. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2. 181–187. 6 indexed citations
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1983). NUTRITION, IMMUNITY, AND INFECTION: PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS. The Lancet. 321(8326). 688–691. 398 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar. (1982). Past reflections and future vistas. Nutrition Research. 2(1). 1–2.
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Chandra, Ranjit Kumar & Paul M. Newberne. (1977). Nutrition, immunity, and infection : mechanisms of interactions. Plenum Press eBooks. 103 indexed citations

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