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Child Nutrition and Water Access

Child Nutrition and Water Access is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 67k research works in it since 1950. 15.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on maternal and child nutrition in low-income and middle-income countries, addressing issues such as undernutrition, stunting, diarrheal disease, water sanitation, hygiene interventions, early childhood development, and the long-term consequences of malnutrition. It also explores the impact of various interventions and programs on improving maternal and child nutrition.

  • Maternal and Child Undernutrition
  • Child Development
  • Water Sanitation Hygiene
  • Early Childhood Stimulation
  • Dietary Diversity
  • Global Burden of Disease
  • Environmental Enteropathy
  • Household Water Treatment
  • Malnutrition Impacts
  • Nutrition-sensitive Interventions
Research works
67k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+60%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Child Nutrition and Water Access research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 2.5k works
  2. 2 United States 2.1k works
  3. 3 India 2.1k works
  4. 4 Ethiopia 843 works
  5. 5 Brazil 770 works
  6. 6 Nigeria 716 works
  7. 7 China 670 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 651 works
  9. 9 Bangladesh 410 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 381 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 22.3%United States: 19.1%India: 18.8%Ethiopia: 7.6%6 others listed: 32.3%22%largest
Indonesia2,484 · 22.3%United States2,126 · 19.1%India2,094 · 18.8%Ethiopia843 · 7.6%6 others listed3,598 · 32.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Child Nutrition and Water Access research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Airlangga University publishes the most Child Nutrition and Water Access research, followed by Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang and University of Gondar.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 112 works
  2. 2 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 108 works
  3. 3 University of GondarEthiopia 102 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 92 works
  5. 5 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 89 works
  6. 6 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 66 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 62 works
  8. 8 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 62 works
  9. 9 Jimma UniversityEthiopia 55 works
  10. 10 University of GhanaGhana 53 works

Who are the leading researchers in Child Nutrition and Water Access?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Child Nutrition and Water Access include Christopher J L Murray, Simon I Hay and Ali H. Mokdad.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 13k citations
  2. 2 Simon I Hay United States 12k citations
  3. 3 Ali H. Mokdad United States 10k citations
  4. 4 Rakhi Dandona United States 9.8k citations
  5. 5 Lalit Dandona United States 9.3k citations
  6. 6 G Anil Kumar United States 8.3k citations
  7. 7 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations
  8. 8 Yousef Khader Jordan 7.7k citations
  9. 9 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia 7.7k citations
  10. 10 Chuanhua Yu China 7.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Child Nutrition and Water Access research done?

The largest centres of Child Nutrition and Water Access research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Dhaka (Bangladesh), London (United Kingdom) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dīla, Gonder and Dessie.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 287 works
  2. 2 Dhaka Bangladesh 276 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 244 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 235 works
  5. 5 Semarang Indonesia 229 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 186 works
  7. 7 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 180 works
  8. 8 Nairobi Kenya 178 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 162 works
  10. 10 Bandung Indonesia 130 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DīlaET · 26.2 works41×
  2. GonderET · 102.5 works41×
  3. DessieET · 37.2 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Child Nutrition and Water Access than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Child Nutrition and Water Access?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Gondar, Harvard Global Health Institute and Addis Ababa University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 25.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Gondar: 102, 29.5%Harvard Global Health Institute: 14, 36.5%Addis Ababa University: 66, 23.6%Arba Minch University: 27, 25.8%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 51, 22.3%Jimma University: 55, 19.2%Bahir Dar University: 52, 25.9%Dilla University: 26, 24.7%Khulna University: 20, 25.5%Haramaya University: 38, 23.9%Harvard Global Healt…University of GondarArba Minch UniversityAddis Ababa University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of GondarEthiopia 80.729.5%41.2×102 +194.5%
2 Harvard Global Health InstituteUnited States 75.236.5%31.0×14 +149.3%
3 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 75.023.6%16.6×66 +190.8%
4 Arba Minch UniversityEthiopia 69.425.8%23.0×27 +209.1%
5 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 69.322.3%20.2×51 +49.9%
6 Jimma UniversityEthiopia 68.719.2%26.7×55 +168.8%
7 Bahir Dar UniversityEthiopia 68.525.9%21.1×52 +101.8%
8 Dilla UniversityEthiopia 67.824.7%41.2×26 +224.7%
9 Khulna UniversityBangladesh 67.025.5%13.9×20 +477.0%
10 Haramaya UniversityEthiopia 66.823.9%29.3×38 +132.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Child Nutrition and Water Access research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Child Nutrition and Water Access.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.