Shyama Kuruvilla

3.6k total citations
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Shyama Kuruvilla is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shyama Kuruvilla has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Shyama Kuruvilla's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (10 papers). Shyama Kuruvilla is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (10 papers). Shyama Kuruvilla collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and India. Shyama Kuruvilla's co-authors include Andy Haines, Matthias Borchert, Andrew Pleasant, Nicholas Mays, J Bircher, Gill Walt, Taghreed Adam, Julian Schweitzer, Y. Natalia Alfonso and David Bishai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shyama Kuruvilla

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shyama Kuruvilla Switzerland 15 712 353 208 184 168 41 1.3k
Sara Van Belle Belgium 22 874 1.2× 437 1.2× 147 0.7× 237 1.3× 156 0.9× 86 1.6k
Tara Templin United States 11 316 0.4× 267 0.8× 215 1.0× 194 1.1× 214 1.3× 16 1.0k
Brynne Gilmore Ireland 16 587 0.8× 412 1.2× 132 0.6× 92 0.5× 84 0.5× 45 1.4k
Richard Horton South Africa 20 465 0.7× 247 0.7× 390 1.9× 137 0.7× 90 0.5× 89 1.5k
Tolib Mirzoev United Kingdom 21 613 0.9× 433 1.2× 173 0.8× 365 2.0× 138 0.8× 106 1.4k
Regien Biesma Netherlands 20 386 0.5× 554 1.6× 340 1.6× 180 1.0× 90 0.5× 58 1.3k
Erica Di Ruggiero Canada 16 649 0.9× 144 0.4× 247 1.2× 116 0.6× 144 0.9× 114 1.4k
Daniel Gama e Colombo Brazil 5 718 1.0× 168 0.5× 180 0.9× 116 0.6× 170 1.0× 11 1.3k
Piroska Östlin Sweden 21 924 1.3× 272 0.8× 316 1.5× 141 0.8× 225 1.3× 35 1.7k
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme Ghana 20 668 0.9× 451 1.3× 180 0.9× 137 0.7× 57 0.3× 64 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Shyama Kuruvilla

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shyama Kuruvilla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shyama Kuruvilla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shyama Kuruvilla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shyama Kuruvilla based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shyama Kuruvilla. Shyama Kuruvilla is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Patwardhan, Bhushan, Sarika Chaturvedi, Ross Upton, et al.. (2025). A global approach to safety assessment of medicinal plants. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(11). 741–743. 1 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, et al.. (2025). Traditional medicine and its contributions to science, health equity and sustainability. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 103(11). 642–642A.
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Patwardhan, Bhushan, L. Susan Wieland, Obijiofor Aginam, et al.. (2023). Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health and well-being. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 63. 102306–102306. 1 indexed citations
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Bishai, David, Robert Cohen, Y. Natalia Alfonso, et al.. (2016). Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0144908–e0144908. 80 indexed citations
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Frost, Laura, Rachael Hinton, Beth Anne Pratt, et al.. (2016). Using multistakeholder dialogues to assess policies, programmes and progress for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 94(5). 393–395. 6 indexed citations
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Wickremasinghe, Deepthi, Shyama Kuruvilla, Nicholas Mays, & Bilal Iqbal Avan. (2015). Taking knowledge users’ knowledge needs into account in health: an evidence synthesis framework. Health Policy and Planning. 31(4). 527–537. 24 indexed citations
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McDougall, Lori, Anita Sharma, Jennifer Franz‐Vasdeki, et al.. (2015). Prioritising women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health in the post-2015 world. BMJ. 351. h4327–h4327. 5 indexed citations
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Rasanathan, Kumanan, Austen Davis, Carlos Dora, et al.. (2015). Ensuring multisectoral action on the determinants of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in the post-2015 era. BMJ. 351. h4213–h4213. 56 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, Julian Schweitzer, David Bishai, Sadia Chowdhury, & Daniele Caramani. (2014). Success Factors for Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality. World Health Organization eBooks.
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Hunt, Paul, Flavia Bustreo, Sofia Gruskin, et al.. (2013). Women’s and Children’s Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 49 indexed citations
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Touré, Kadidiatou, et al.. (2012). Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis. Globalization and Health. 8(1). 3–3. 10 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, Flavia Bustreo, Paul Hunt, et al.. (2012). The Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights: Realizing Shared Commitments. Human Rights Quarterly. 34(1). 141–177. 12 indexed citations
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Hanney, Stephen, Shyama Kuruvilla, Bryony Soper, & Nicholas Mays. (2010). Who needs what from a national health research system:lessons from reforms to the English Department of Health's R&D system. Health Research Policy and Systems. 8(1). 11–11. 47 indexed citations
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Pleasant, Andrew & Shyama Kuruvilla. (2008). A tale of two health literacies: public health and clinical approaches to health literacy. Health Promotion International. 23(2). 152–159. 144 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, Nicholas Mays, & Gill Walt. (2007). Describing the impact of health services and policy research. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 12(1_suppl). 23–31. 52 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, Nicholas Mays, Andrew Pleasant, & Gill Walt. (2006). Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework. BMC Health Services Research. 6(1). 134–134. 146 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama & Nicholas Mays. (2005). Reorienting health-research communication. The Lancet. 366(9495). 1416–1418. 14 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama, et al.. (2004). Digital bridges need concrete foundations: lessons from the Health InterNetwork India. BMJ. 328(7449). 1193–1196. 18 indexed citations
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Kuruvilla, Shyama & A Joseph. (1999). Identifying Disability: Comparing House-to-House Survey and Rapid Rural Appraisal. Health Policy and Planning. 14(2). 182–190. 22 indexed citations

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