Usha Ramakrishnan

13.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
280 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Usha Ramakrishnan 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, Usha Ramakrishnan has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 124 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 52 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Usha Ramakrishnan's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (135 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (92 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (48 papers). Usha Ramakrishnan is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (135 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (92 papers) and Iron Metabolism and Disorders (48 papers). Usha Ramakrishnan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and India. Usha Ramakrishnan's co-authors include Reynaldo Martorell, Aryeh D. Stein, Yarlini Balarajan, Anuraj H. Shankar, S. V. Subramanian, Emre Özaltin, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Juan Á. Rivera, Ann DiGirolamo and Tamar Goldenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Usha Ramakrishnan

271 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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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.

Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries

2011 895 citations Usha Ramakrishnan et al. profile →
Effect of Women's Nutrition before and during Early Pregnancy on Maternal and Infant Outcomes: A Systematic Review

2012 371 citations Usha Ramakrishnan, Reynaldo Martorell et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nurturing care in the first 10 years of life: Results from a Vietnamese longitudinal study 2025 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Lan Mai Tran, Aryeh D. Stein, (unknown), Melissa Young, Usha Ramakrishnan	0
2	Human Milk Composition Is Associated with Maternal Body Mass Index in a Cross-Sectional, Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis of Human Milk from Guatemalan Mothers 2024 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), Donghai Liang, Carolyn Jonas Accardi, Anaité Díaz-Artiga, Xin Hu, (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan, (unknown), ViLinh Tran, Thomas Clasen, Lisa M. Thompson, Sheela Sinharoy	1
3	The Relationship of Preterm and Small for Gestational Age with Child Cognition During School-Age Years 2024 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Hoai Phuong Nguyen Thi, Phuong Hong Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), Lan Mai Tran, Khương Quỳnh Long, Son Nguyen, Melissa Young, Ann DiGirolamo, Usha Ramakrishnan	1
4	Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation in Lactating Women Increases Breast Milk and Erythrocyte Membrane Docosahexaenoic Acid Concentrations and Alters Infant n–6:n–3 Fatty Acid Ratio 2023 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Shweta Khandelwal, Dimple Kondal, Ruby Gupta, (unknown), (unknown), Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, (unknown), (unknown), Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Usha Ramakrishnan, Aryeh D. Stein	3
5	Long-Term Association Between Maternal Preconception Hemoglobin Concentration, Anemia, and Child Health and Development in Vietnam 2023 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Melissa Young, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, Khương Quỳnh Long, Reynaldo Martorell, Usha Ramakrishnan	5
6	Infant Young Child Feeding Practices in an Indian Maternal–Child Birth Cohort in Belagavi, Karnataka 2022 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Shweta Khandelwal, Dimple Kondal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Aryeh D. Stein	7
7	A School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls 2021 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Lucas Gosdin, Andrea J. Sharma, (unknown), (unknown), Abraham Bangamsi Mahama, (unknown), Maria Elena Jefferds, Reynaldo Martorell, Usha Ramakrishnan, O. Yaw Addo	30
8	Making programmes worth their salt: Assessing the context, fidelity and outcomes of implementation of the double fortified salt programme in Uttar Pradesh, India 2021 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·(unknown), Amy Girard, Usha Ramakrishnan, M.G. Venkatesh Mannar, (unknown), Rahul Rawat, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Reynaldo Martorell, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya	3
9	Prenatal Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation and Newborn Anthropometry in India: Findings from DHANI 2021 ·Nutrients ·Shweta Khandelwal, Dimple Kondal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ruby Gupta, Usha Ramakrishnan, Aryeh D. Stein, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon	10
10	A Qualitative Analysis of Program Fidelity and Perspectives of Educators and Parents after Two Years of the Girls’ Iron-Folate Tablet Supplementation (GIFTS) Program in Ghanaian Secondary Schools 2021 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Lucas Gosdin, (unknown), Deepika Sharma, Andrea J. Sharma, O. Yaw Addo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan, Reynaldo Martorell, Maria Elena Jefferds	4
11	Infant feeding, appetite and satiety regulation, and adiposity during infancy: a study design and protocol of the ‘MAS-Lactancia’ birth cohort 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Ivonne Ramírez‐Silva, Carolina Pérez‐Ferrer, Ana Carolina Ariza, Marcela Tamayo‐Ortiz, (unknown), Carolina Batis, Alejandra Cantoral, (unknown), Elena Zambrano, Ana I. Burguete-García, (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan, Aryeh D. Stein, Reynaldo Martorell, Juan Á. Rivera	10
12	Risk of dietary and breastmilk exposure to mycotoxins among lactating women and infants 2–4 months in northern India 2020 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), Amy Girard, Sunita Taneja, (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan, Reynaldo Martorell, P. Barry Ryan, Kannan Rangiah, Melissa Young	24
13	Effect of Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation on Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 Months in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2020 ·Nutrients ·Shweta Khandelwal, Dimple Kondal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gauri Divan, Ruby Gupta, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Nikhil Tandon, Usha Ramakrishnan, Aryeh D. Stein	17
14	Pro-Inflammatory Diet Is Associated with Adiposity during Childhood and with Adipokines and Inflammatory Markers at 11 Years in Mexican Children 2020 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Ana Carolina Ariza, Ivonne Ramírez‐Silva, Lilia S Pedraza, (unknown), Eduardo Ortiz‐Panozo, Elena Zambrano, Luis A. Reyes‐Castro, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hébert, Reynaldo Martorell, Aryeh D. Stein, Albino Barraza‐Villarreal, Isabelle Romieu, (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan	23
15	Intrinsic and instrumental agency associated with nutritional status of East African women 2020 ·Social Science & Medicine ·Rebecca Jones, Regine Haardörfer, Usha Ramakrishnan, Kathryn M. Yount, Stephanie Spaid Miedema, (unknown), Amy Girard	27
16	High Coverage and Low Utilization of the Double Fortified Salt Program in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implications for Program Implementation and Evaluation 2020 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), Regine Haardörfer, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Amy Girard, Usha Ramakrishnan, Reynaldo Martorell, Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya	11
17	A scoping review of social‐behaviour change techniques applied in complementary feeding interventions 2019 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Amy Girard, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Usha Ramakrishnan	20
18	Use of monitoring data to improve implementation of a home fortification program in Bihar, India 2018 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·(unknown), Reynaldo Martorell, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Amy Girard, Usha Ramakrishnan, (unknown), (unknown), Sridhar Srikantiah, Melissa Young	3
19	Prenatal Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation Does Not Affect Nonfasting Serum Lipid and Glucose Concentrations of Offspring at 4 Years of Age in a Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in Mexico 2016 ·Journal of Nutrition ·(unknown), Aryeh D. Stein, Usha Ramakrishnan, Albino Barraza‐Villarreal, Hortensia Moreno-Macías, Carlos A. Aguilar‐Salinas, Isabelle Romieu, Juan Á. Rivera	10
20	Fertility Behavior and Reproductive Outcomes among Young Guatemalan Adults 2005 ·Food and Nutrition Bulletin ·Usha Ramakrishnan, Kathryn M. Yount, Jere R. Behrman, Mariaelisa Graff, Rubén Grajeda, Aryeh D. Stein	6

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