Esi K Colecraft

Publishing since 1996, latest 2023

Nutrition and Dietetics
General Health Professions
Safety Research
Psychiatry and Mental health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Hematology

In their own words

Community Nutrition
public health nutrition
agriculture nutrition linkages

Publications: 1061996–2023
Citations: 1,420to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 33
Field-weighted impact: 1.481.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%9 of 73 scored papers
Open access: 70%51 of the 73 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,702 citations, h-index 22 and i10-index 39 (977 citations and h-index 18 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

106 in all

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Nutrition and Dietetics6460%
General Health Professions3331%
Safety Research2423%
Psychiatry and Mental health1514%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health109%
Hematology77%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health77%
Business and International Management55%
Pollution44%
Economics and Econometrics33%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access61
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations32
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare24
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues15
Iron Metabolism and Disorders7
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet7
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development5
Energy and Environment Impacts4
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Agricultural risk and resilience2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

89% of their 73 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada45
United States37
United Kingdom5
Italy3
France2
Indonesia2
South Africa2
Benin2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

McGill UniversityCA44 papers
Iowa State UniversityUS19 papers
University of MichiganUS6 papers
Collège MacDonaldCA5 papers
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsIT3 papers
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS3 papers
Florida International UniversityUS3 papers
Heifer InternationalUS2 papers
World Vision InternationalGB2 papers
University of DenverUS2 papers

Where they publish

The FASEB Journal21
ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM18
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development14
Current Developments in Nutrition8
FASEB JOURNAL6
Maternal and Child Nutrition3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger45
1No poverty8
14Life below water4
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth2
3Good health and well-being1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and Accountability to Accelerate the World’s Progress on Nutrition
Journal of Nutrition
2015310 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
HIV/AIDS: nutritional implications and impact on human development
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
2008136 citations
Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among school-aged children in urban Ghana
BMC Obesity

Food Science & Nutrition

Community Interventions for Dietary Improvement in Ghana

2014Food and Nutrition BulletinJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1177/15648265140354s305

Nutritional status of alcoholics in peri-urban areas of the greater Accra region of Ghana

2014African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.18697/ajfand.63.12925

URBAN GHANANIAN CHILDREN WITH LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ARE MORE PRONE TO OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY

2013ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConferenceFirst author0 citations

Microfinance with education in rural Ghana: Men's perception of household level impact

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessCorresponding14 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam7

Street foods contribute to nutrient intakes among children from rural communities in Winneba and Techiman municipalities, Ghana

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessCorresponding13 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam8

The nutrition-microcredit synergy: A case for multiple interventions and strategies

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam1

Enhancing backyard poultry enterprise perfomance in the techiman area: A value chain analysis

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen access12 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam6

Planning, design and implementation of the enhancing child nutrition through animal source food management (ENAM) project

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam2

Relationship between caregivers' income generation activities and their children's animal source food intake

2012African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.18697/ajfand.49.enam5

Microfinance With Education In Rural Ghana: Men&Apos;S Perception Of Household Level Impact

2012TSpace (University of Toronto)JournalOpen access0 citations

Enhancing backyard poultry enterprise performance in the Techiman area: a value chain analysis

2012African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and DevelopmentJournal37 citations

DIETARY INTAKES AND IRON STATUS OF VEGAN AND NON-VEGETARIAN GHANAIAN CHILDREN

2009ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISMConference0 citations

HIV/AIDS: nutritional implications and impact on human development

2008Proceedings of the Nutrition SocietyJournalFirst author136 citations

TSpace (University of Toronto)

Food Science & Nutrition2

How it can be read

70% free to read, of the 73 recorded

Diamond 2 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 29 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 7 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 22 · 21%Behind a paywall
Unknown 33 · 31%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

46 of 106 papers name a funder

United States Agency for International Development24
Global Affairs Canada7
International Development Research Centre7
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation6
Government of Canada5
Fondation Rideau Hall3
Fondations communautaires du Canada3
McGill University3

201792 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

An agriculture–nutrition intervention improved children's diet and growth in a randomized trial in G hana

Maternal and Child Nutrition2

201871 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green