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, Emre Özaltin, Yarlini Balarajan, Anuraj H. Shankar, S. V. Subramanian, 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

Hit Papers

Anaemia in low-income and... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2012 250 500 750
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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. Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries
    2011 895 citations Usha Ramakrishnan et al. profile →
  2. 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. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Usha Ramakrishnan 4.6k 3.2k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 280 8.4k
Keith P. West 6.1k 1.3× 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 299 12.2k
Subarna K. Khatry 3.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 891 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 227 8.0k
Rebecca J. Stoltzfus 5.8k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 3.3k 1.8× 967 0.7× 460 0.3× 158 9.6k
Harshpal Singh Sachdev 8.3k 1.8× 5.6k 1.8× 1.2k 0.6× 2.7k 1.8× 894 0.7× 294 13.0k
Francesco Branca 3.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 354 0.3× 96 6.6k
Lynnette M. Neufeld 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 834 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 429 0.3× 186 5.9k
Luz María De‐Regil 3.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 2.3k 1.3× 770 0.5× 855 0.6× 52 5.6k
Juan Pablo Peña‐Rosas 3.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 2.9k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 93 7.8k
Anura V. Kurpad 2.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 978 0.5× 2.2k 1.5× 937 0.7× 415 8.3k
Nancy F. Krebs 6.4k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 3.3k 2.2× 808 0.6× 326 13.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Usha Ramakrishnan

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All Works

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Liang, Donghai, Carolyn Jonas Accardi, Anaité Díaz-Artiga, et al.. (2024). Human Milk Composition Is Associated with Maternal Body Mass Index in a Cross-Sectional, Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis of Human Milk from Guatemalan Mothers. Current Developments in Nutrition. 8(5). 102144–102144. 1 indexed citations
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Thi, Hoai Phuong Nguyen, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, et al.. (2024). The Relationship of Preterm and Small for Gestational Age with Child Cognition During School-Age Years. Journal of Nutrition. 154(8). 2590–2598. 1 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Ruby Gupta, et al.. (2023). 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. Current Developments in Nutrition. 7(10). 102010–102010. 3 indexed citations
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Young, Melissa, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Lan Mai Tran, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Association Between Maternal Preconception Hemoglobin Concentration, Anemia, and Child Health and Development in Vietnam. Journal of Nutrition. 153(5). 1597–1606. 5 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Usha Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2022). Infant Young Child Feeding Practices in an Indian Maternal–Child Birth Cohort in Belagavi, Karnataka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9). 5088–5088. 7 indexed citations
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Gosdin, Lucas, Deepika Sharma, Andrea J. Sharma, et al.. (2021). 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. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5(7). nzab094–nzab094. 4 indexed citations
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Gosdin, Lucas, Andrea J. Sharma, Abraham Bangamsi Mahama, et al.. (2021). A School-Based Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program Effectively Reduces Anemia in a Prospective Cohort of Ghanaian Adolescent Girls. Journal of Nutrition. 151(6). 1646–1655. 30 indexed citations
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Girard, Amy, Usha Ramakrishnan, M.G. Venkatesh Mannar, et al.. (2021). Making programmes worth their salt: Assessing the context, fidelity and outcomes of implementation of the double fortified salt programme in Uttar Pradesh, India. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 18(1). e13243–e13243. 3 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Ruby Gupta, et al.. (2021). Prenatal Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation and Newborn Anthropometry in India: Findings from DHANI. Nutrients. 13(3). 730–730. 10 indexed citations
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Ramírez‐Silva, Ivonne, Carolina Pérez‐Ferrer, Ana Carolina Ariza, et al.. (2021). Infant feeding, appetite and satiety regulation, and adiposity during infancy: a study design and protocol of the ‘MAS-Lactancia’ birth cohort. BMJ Open. 11(10). e051400–e051400. 10 indexed citations
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Ariza, Ana Carolina, Ivonne Ramírez‐Silva, Lilia S Pedraza, et al.. (2020). Pro-Inflammatory Diet Is Associated with Adiposity during Childhood and with Adipokines and Inflammatory Markers at 11 Years in Mexican Children. Nutrients. 12(12). 3658–3658. 23 indexed citations
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Haardörfer, Regine, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Amy Girard, et al.. (2020). High Coverage and Low Utilization of the Double Fortified Salt Program in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implications for Program Implementation and Evaluation. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4(9). nzaa133–nzaa133. 11 indexed citations
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Girard, Amy, Sunita Taneja, Usha Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2020). Risk of dietary and breastmilk exposure to mycotoxins among lactating women and infants 2–4 months in northern India. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 17(2). e13100–e13100. 24 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Gauri Divan, et al.. (2020). Effect of Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation on Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 Months in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 12(10). 3041–3041. 17 indexed citations
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Jones, Rebecca, Regine Haardörfer, Usha Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2020). Intrinsic and instrumental agency associated with nutritional status of East African women. Social Science & Medicine. 247. 112803–112803. 27 indexed citations
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Girard, Amy, et al.. (2019). A scoping review of social‐behaviour change techniques applied in complementary feeding interventions. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 16(1). e12882–e12882. 20 indexed citations
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Martorell, Reynaldo, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Amy Girard, et al.. (2018). Use of monitoring data to improve implementation of a home fortification program in Bihar, India. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 15(3). e12753–e12753. 3 indexed citations
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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Ruby Gupta, et al.. (2018). The impact of DocosaHexaenoic Acid supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on Neurodevelopment of the offspring in India (DHANI): trial protocol. BMC Pediatrics. 18(1). 261–261. 11 indexed citations
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Stein, Aryeh D., Usha Ramakrishnan, Albino Barraza‐Villarreal, et al.. (2016). 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. Journal of Nutrition. 147(2). 242–247. 10 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Phuong Hong, O. Yaw Addo, Melissa Young, et al.. (2016). Patterns of Fetal Growth Based on Ultrasound Measurement and its Relationship with Small for Gestational Age at Birth in Rural Vietnam. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 30(3). 256–266. 9 indexed citations

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