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Asha George publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asha George sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 162 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Asha George D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asha George sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Asha George is affiliated with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Their research spans significant topics within health sciences, with a focus on maternal, child, and adolescent health. The primary fields of study include Health Professions and Medicine, with a substantial number of publications in General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Additional research interests extend into Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Safety Research.

The main areas of work encompass Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology. Other notable topics covered in the research are Child and Adolescent Health, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, and Information and Communication Technology in Developing Communities.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Global Health Action
  • BMJ Global Health
  • BMJ
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • The Lancet

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Asha George include:

  • "A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Does women's mobile phone ownership matter for health? Evidence from 15 countries," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "Structural determinants of gender inequality: why they matter for adolescent girls' sexual and reproductive health," 2020, BMJ
  • "Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of implementation factors," 2021, Health Policy and Planning
  • "Perceptions of pregnant women of reasons for late initiation of antenatal care: a qualitative interview study," 2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Tanya Jacobs
  • Mary V. Kinney
  • Mark Tomlinson
  • Amnesty LeFevre
  • Mary Kinney

Asha George has contributed to the body of knowledge with a substantial number of publications emphasizing practical and policy-related aspects of health, particularly in low- and middle-income country contexts. Their work often intersects global public health challenges with specific attention to gender, access to healthcare technology, and health system strengthening.

Best Publications

  • A future for the world's children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission

    Helen Clark;Awa Marie Coll-Seck;Anshu Banerjee;Stefan Peterson

  • Countdown to 2030: tracking progress towards universal coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health

    Ties Boerma;Jennifer Requejo;Cesar G Victora;Agbessi Amouzou

  • Community Participation in Health Systems Research: A Systematic Review Assessing the State of Research, the Nature of Interventions Involved and the Features of Engagement with Communities.

    Asha S. George;Vrinda Mehra;Kerry Scott;Veena Sriram

  • How to do (or not to do)… gender analysis in health systems research

    Rosemary Morgan;Asha George;Sarah Ssali;Kate Hawkins

  • Experiences of and responses to disrespectful maternity care and abuse during childbirth; a qualitative study with women and men in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.

    Shannon A. McMahon;Asha S. George;Joy J. Chebet;Idda H. Mosha

  • Going beyond the surface: gendered intra-household bargaining as a social determinant of child health and nutrition in low and middle income countries.

    Esther Richards;Sally Theobald;Asha George;Asha George;Julia C. Kim

  • Understanding careseeking for child illness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and conceptual framework based on qualitative research of household recognition and response to child diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria

    Christopher J. Colvin;Helen J. Smith;Alison Swartz;Jill W. Ahs

  • People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research

    Kabir Sheikh;Asha George;Lucy Gilson

  • Taking stock of 10 years of published research on the ASHA programme: examining India’s national community health worker programme from a health systems perspective

    Kerry Scott;Asha S. George;Rajani R. Ved

  • 10 Best resources on… intersectionality with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries.

    Elizabeth Larson;Asha George;Rosemary Morgan;Tonia Poteat

  • Gender dynamics affecting maternal health and health care access and use in Uganda

    Rosemary Morgan;Moses Tetui;Moses Tetui;Rornald Muhumuza Kananura;Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho

  • Gendered health systems: evidence from low- and middle-income countries.

    Rosemary Morgan;Richard Mangwi Ayiasi;Debjani Barman;Stephen Buzuzi

  • Healthcare seeking for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia among children in four poor rural districts in Sierra Leone in the context of free health care: results of a cross-sectional survey

    Theresa Diaz;Asha S George;Asha S George;Sowmya R Rao;Sowmya R Rao;Peter S Bangura

  • Motivation and satisfaction among community health workers in Morogoro Region, Tanzania: nuanced needs and varied ambitions

    Rose N M Mpembeni;Aarushi Bhatnagar;Amnesty LeFevre;Dereck Chitama

  • Engendering International Health : The Challenge of Equity

    Lesley Doyal;Gita Sen;Asha George;Piroska Östlin

  • Nurses, community health workers, and home carers: gendered human resources compensating for skewed health systems

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  • Analysis of dropout across the continuum of maternal health care in Tanzania: findings from a cross-sectional household survey

    Diwakar Mohan;Amnesty E LeFevre;Asha George;Rose Mpembeni

  • The dynamics of gender and class in access to health care: evidence from rural Karnataka, India.

    Aditi Iyer;Gita Sen;Asha George

  • Using Accountability to Improve Reproductive Health Care

    Asha George

  • 'By papers and pens, you can only do so much': views about accountability and human resource management from Indian government health administrators and workers.

    Asha George

  • Anchoring contextual analysis in health policy and systems research: A narrative review of contextual factors influencing health committees in low and middle income countries

    Asha George;Kerry Scott;Kerry Scott;Surekha Garimella;Shinjini Mondal

  • How are gender inequalities facing India's one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world's largest all-female community health worker programme.

    R. Ved;K. Scott;G. Gupta;O. Ummer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Winch
Peter J. Winch Johns Hopkins University
Abdullah H. Baqui
Abdullah H. Baqui Johns Hopkins University
Sassy Molyneux
Sassy Molyneux University of Oxford
Sally Theobald
Sally Theobald Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
David H. Peters
David H. Peters Johns Hopkins University
Sara Bennett
Sara Bennett Johns Hopkins University
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Helen Schneider
Helen Schneider University of the Western Cape
Mickey Chopra
Mickey Chopra World Bank
Fadi El-Jardali
Fadi El-Jardali American University of Beirut

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