Yusra Ribhi Shawar

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yusra Ribhi Shawar is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusra Ribhi Shawar has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 15 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Yusra Ribhi Shawar's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (15 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (7 papers). Yusra Ribhi Shawar is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (15 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (7 papers). Yusra Ribhi Shawar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Uganda. Yusra Ribhi Shawar's co-authors include Jeremy Shiffman, Ann DiGirolamo, Chunling Lu, Susan Walker, Maureen M. Black, Lia C. H. Fernald, Dana Charles McCoy, Emily Vargas-Barón, Günther Fink and Christopher T Andersen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Health Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Yusra Ribhi Shawar

50 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

2016 1.8k citations Maureen M. Black, Susan Walker et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yusra Ribhi Shawar United States	15	948	928	588	548	506	51	2.5k
Christopher T Andersen United States	12	846 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	553 0.9×	351 0.6×	470 0.9×	18	2.1k
Charles Opondo United Kingdom	22	624 0.7×	613 0.7×	201 0.3×	543 1.0×	241 0.5×	93	2.0k
Aisha K. Yousafzai United States	33	1.6k 1.7×	1.6k 1.7×	968 1.6×	677 1.2×	771 1.5×	146	4.0k
Ann DiGirolamo United States	29	1.4k 1.5×	1.6k 1.8×	684 1.2×	979 1.8×	569 1.1×	72	4.5k
Claudia Cappa United States	24	505 0.5×	287 0.3×	264 0.4×	733 1.3×	443 0.9×	63	2.2k
Ashlesha Datar United States	25	442 0.5×	301 0.3×	487 0.8×	594 1.1×	183 0.4×	80	2.7k
Ann M. Weber United States	20	339 0.4×	341 0.4×	354 0.6×	242 0.4×	248 0.5×	68	1.5k
Jessica M. Perkins United States	27	474 0.5×	575 0.6×	93 0.2×	739 1.3×	244 0.5×	95	2.7k
Kristen M. Hurley United States	26	525 0.6×	800 0.9×	165 0.3×	583 1.1×	143 0.3×	87	2.7k
Angela R. Fertig United States	21	426 0.4×	193 0.2×	232 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	204 0.4×	61	2.5k

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Shawar, Yusra Ribhi, et al.. (2026). Low global physical activity despite two decades of policy progress. 1(3). 338–354. 2 indexed citations

Shawar, Yusra Ribhi, et al.. (2025). Political factors shaping national systems of care for orphans and vulnerable children in low-income countries: Scoping review and framework. Children and Youth Services Review. 176. 108377–108377. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Stephanie, et al.. (2024). Comparing priority received by global health issues: a measurement framework applied to tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhoeal diseases and dengue fever. BMJ Global Health. 9(7). e014884–e014884. 2 indexed citations

Seruwagi, Gloria, Mike English, Nehla Djellouli, et al.. (2024). How to evaluate a multi-country implementation-focused network: Reflections from the Quality of Care Network (QCN) evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). e0001897–e0001897. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Stephanie, et al.. (2024). Publishing priorities in global health: A framework and empirical analysis. Global Public Health. 19(1). 2404662–2404662. 1 indexed citations

Dube, Albert, Seblewengel Lemma, Gloria Seruwagi, et al.. (2024). Evaluating theory of change to improve the functioning of the network for improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). e0003532–e0003532. 2 indexed citations

Shawar, Yusra Ribhi, Gloria Seruwagi, Albert Dube, et al.. (2023). Influences on policy-formulation, decision-making, organisation and management for maternal, newborn and child health in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda: The roles and legitimacy of a multi-country network. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(11). e0001742–e0001742. 5 indexed citations

Shawar, Yusra Ribhi & Jeremy Shiffman. (2023). Global priority for the care of orphans and other vulnerable children: transcending problem definition challenges. Globalization and Health. 19(1). 75–75. 7 indexed citations

Mukinda, Fidele Kanyimbu, Nehla Djellouli, Gloria Seruwagi, et al.. (2023). Individual interactions in a multi-country implementation-focused quality of care network for maternal, newborn and child health: A social network analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). e0001769–e0001769. 4 indexed citations

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Lemma, Seblewengel, Gloria Seruwagi, Albert Dube, et al.. (2023). Opportunities to sustain a multi-country quality of care network: Lessons on the actions of four countries Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). e0001672–e0001672. 4 indexed citations

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Kunnuji, Michael, et al.. (2023). Why ‘elevating country voice’ is not decolonizing global health: A frame analysis of in-depth interviews. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e0001365–e0001365. 11 indexed citations

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Neill, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Prioritizing rehabilitation in low- and middle-income country national health systems: a qualitative thematic synthesis and development of a policy framework. International Journal for Equity in Health. 22(1). 91–91. 19 indexed citations

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Mikton, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Factors shaping the global political priority of addressing elder abuse: a qualitative policy analysis. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3(8). e531–e539. 11 indexed citations

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Shawar, Yusra Ribhi & Jeremy Shiffman. (2021). A global priority: addressing violence against children. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 99(6). 414–421. 16 indexed citations

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Robinson, Rachel Sullivan, Michael Kunnuji, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, & Jeremy Shiffman. (2021). School district choice of sexuality education curriculum in Mississippi. Sex Education. 22(2). 153–168. 1 indexed citations

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Chipendo, Portia, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, Jeremy Shiffman, & Junaid Razzak. (2021). Understanding factors impacting global priority of emergency care: a qualitative policy analysis. BMJ Global Health. 6(12). e006681–e006681. 12 indexed citations

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Shawar, Yusra Ribhi & Jennifer Prah Ruger. (2018). The World Bank and the Right to Health: A Study of the Institution's Rights-Based Discourse. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Shiffman, Jeremy, Michael Kunnuji, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, & Rachel Sullivan Robinson. (2018). International norms and the politics of sexuality education in Nigeria. Globalization and Health. 14(1). 63–63. 21 indexed citations

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Black, Maureen M., Susan Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald, et al.. (2016). Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course. The Lancet. 389(10064). 77–90. 1757 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shawar, Yusra Ribhi & Jeremy Shiffman. (2016). Generation of global political priority for early childhood development: the challenges of framing and governance. The Lancet. 389(10064). 119–124. 69 indexed citations

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