Tahmeed Ahmed

26.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
625 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Tahmeed Ahmed is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tahmeed Ahmed has authored 625 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 415 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 136 papers in Infectious Diseases and 130 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Tahmeed Ahmed's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (393 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (97 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (95 papers). Tahmeed Ahmed is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (393 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (97 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (95 papers). Tahmeed Ahmed collaborates with scholars based in Bangladesh, United States and Australia. Tahmeed Ahmed's co-authors include Mustafa Mahfuz, Rashidul Haque, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Muttaquina Hossain, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Kathryn G. Dewey, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Robert E. Black and M Munirul Islam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tahmeed Ahmed

588 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

2008 1.6k citations Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed et al. profile →
Persistent gut microbiota immaturity in malnourished Bangladeshi children

2014 868 citations Sayeeda Huq, Rashidul Haque et al. profile →
Cholera

2017 289 citations Tahmeed Ahmed et al. profile →
A Microbiota-Directed Food Intervention for Undernourished Children

2021 156 citations Ishita Mostafa, Subhasish Das et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tahmeed Ahmed Bangladesh	50	7.8k	2.9k	2.4k	2.1k	1.9k	625	14.0k
Kenneth H. Brown United States	69	13.2k 1.7×	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	313	18.5k
James A. Berkley Kenya	50	3.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	237	9.2k
John M. Colford United States	57	5.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	3.4k 1.6×	2.6k 1.3×	184	12.9k
Mark Manary United States	55	6.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	641 0.3×	243	10.6k
Nita Bhandari India	48	5.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.9×	185	9.6k
Harry Campbell United Kingdom	65	4.3k 0.6×	4.8k 1.6×	2.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	7.7k 4.1×	316	23.9k
Shams El Arifeen Bangladesh	67	6.2k 0.8×	5.9k 2.0×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	3.6k 1.9×	416	15.1k
Richard L. Guerrant United States	71	6.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	968 0.4×	9.2k 4.4×	2.1k 1.1×	400	21.5k
Rajiv Bahl Switzerland	45	6.6k 0.8×	5.4k 1.8×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	6.6k 3.5×	168	14.0k
Betty Kirkwood United Kingdom	66	6.0k 0.8×	5.3k 1.8×	4.3k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.8×	231	17.4k

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Funk, Colin, Jennifer Harrington, Abdullah Al Mahmud, et al.. (2025). Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Intact Parathyroid Hormone as Functional Biomarkers of Bone Mass in Early Childhood. Journal of Nutrition. 155(6). 1782–1794.

Siddiqua, Towfida Jahan, Evana Akhtar, Md. Ahsanul Haq, et al.. (2024). Effects of vitamin B12 supplementation on oxidative stress markers and pro-inflammatory cytokines during pregnancy and postpartum among Bangladeshi mother–child pairs. BMC Nutrition. 10(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations

VanBuskirk, Kelley, Shyam S. Raghavan, Tahmeed Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Multiplexed immunohistochemical evaluation of small bowel inflammatory and epithelial parameters in environmental enteric dysfunction. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 120. S31–S40. 5 indexed citations

Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, K. M. Shahunja, Farzana Afroze, et al.. (2023). Vaccination following the expanded programme on immunization schedule could help to reduce deaths in children under five hospitalized for pneumonia and severe pneumonia in a developing country. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 11. 1054335–1054335. 6 indexed citations

Sarmin, Monira, Farzana Afroze, Lubaba Shahrin, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of magnesium imbalance among critically ill diarrheal children and their outcome in a developing country. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295824–e0295824. 2 indexed citations

Haque, Md. Ahshanul, Nuzhat Choudhury, Fahmida Dil Farzana, et al.. (2023). A predictive modelling approach to illustrate factors correlating with stunting among children aged 12–23 months: a cluster randomised pre-post study. BMJ Open. 13(4). e067961–e067961. 7 indexed citations

Perumal, Nandita, Dongqing Wang, Anne Marie Darling, et al.. (2023). Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ. 382. e072249–e072249. 26 indexed citations

Shahid, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Yuka Kishimoto, et al.. (2023). Is Fibersol-2 efficacious in reducing duration of watery diarrhea and stool output in children 1–3 years old? A randomized, parallel, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, two arm clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0280934–e0280934. 1 indexed citations

Noor, Zannatun, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Md. Amran Gazi, et al.. (2023). Immune modulation by nutritional intervention in malnourished children: Identifying the phenotypic distribution and functional responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 98(3). e13302–e13302. 6 indexed citations

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Siddiqua, Towfida Jahan, et al.. (2022). A Comprehensive Computational Investigation into the Conserved Virulent Proteins of Shigella species Unveils Potential Small-Interfering RNA Candidates as a New Therapeutic Strategy against Shigellosis. Molecules. 27(6). 1936–1936. 1 indexed citations

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McQuade, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, Stephanie A. Brennhofer, Sarah Elwood, et al.. (2022). Frequency of bystander exposure to antibiotics for enteropathogenic bacteria among young children in low-resource settings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2208972119–e2208972119. 7 indexed citations

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Mostafa, Ishita, et al.. (2021). Changing trends in nutritional status of adolescent females: a cross-sectional study from urban and rural Bangladesh. BMJ Open. 11(2). e044339–e044339. 10 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Fahmida, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Probir Kumar Ghosh, et al.. (2021). Vitamin D supplementation among Bangladeshi children under-five years of age hospitalised for severe pneumonia: A randomised placebo controlled trial. PLoS ONE. 16(2). e0246460–e0246460. 12 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, Laura, Tahmeed Ahmed, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, et al.. (2020). Factors associated with head circumference and indices of cognitive development in early childhood. BMJ Global Health. 5(10). e003427–e003427. 17 indexed citations

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Haque, Md. Ahshanul, Nuzhat Choudhury, Fahmida Dil Farzana, et al.. (2020). Factors Associated with Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(3-4). 1248–1269. 24 indexed citations

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Mostafa, Ishita, Sayeeda Huq, Mustafa Mahfuz, et al.. (2020). Proof-of-concept study of the efficacy of a microbiota-directed complementary food formulation (MDCF) for treating moderate acute malnutrition. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 242–242. 22 indexed citations

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Das, Subhasish, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md Ashraful Alam, et al.. (2020). Not water, sanitation and hygiene practice, but timing of stunting is associated with recovery from stunting at 24 months: results from a multi-country birth cohort study. Public Health Nutrition. 24(6). 1428–1437. 12 indexed citations

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Shahrin, Lubaba, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, et al.. (2020). Injectable Amoxicillin Versus Injectable Ampicillin Plus Gentamicin in the Treatment of Severe Pneumonia in Children Aged 2 to 59 Months: Protocol for an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(11). e17735–e17735. 4 indexed citations

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Martinez, Pamela P., Ayesha S. Mahmud, Mohammad Yunus, et al.. (2019). Tube Well Use as Protection Against Rotavirus Infection During the Monsoons in an Urban Setting. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 221(2). 238–242. 4 indexed citations

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Arndt, Michael B., Barbra A. Richardson, Mustafa Mahfuz, et al.. (2019). Plasma Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Is Associated with Subsequent Growth in a Cohort of Underweight Children in Bangladesh. Current Developments in Nutrition. 3(5). nzz024–nzz024. 8 indexed citations

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