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D-Index
101
Citations
68504
World Ranking
7782
National Ranking
17

Bernardo L. Horta publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernardo L. Horta sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 561 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Bernardo L. Horta D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernardo L. Horta sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 101 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Bernardo L. Horta is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, general health professions, and genetics.

The researcher has published extensively in several fields, covering topics such as birth, development, and health; obesity, physical activity, and diet; child nutrition and water access; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research; COVID-19 clinical research studies; maternal and neonatal healthcare; and dental health and care utilization.

Frequent publication venues for Bernardo L. Horta include:

  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bernardo L. Horta include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys" (2020) in The Lancet Global Health
  • "Population-based surveys of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Southern Brazil" (2020) in Nature Medicine
  • "Systematic review and meta-analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization" (2022) in Acta Paediatrica
  • "Excesso de mortes durante a pandemia de COVID-19: subnotificação e desigualdades regionais no Brasil" (2021) in Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • "Missed childhood immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: Analyses of routine statistics and of a national household survey" (2021) in Vaccine

Bernardo L. Horta has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fernando Pires Hartwig
  • Fernando C. Barros
  • César G. Victora
  • Aluísio J. D. Barros
  • Ana Maria Baptista Menezes

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • The Worldwide Prevalence of ADHD: A Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis

    Guilherme Vanoni Polanczyk;Maurício Silva de Lima;Bernardo Lessa Horta;Joseph Biederman

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Long-term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Bernardo L. Horta;Christian Loret de Mola;Cesar G. Victora

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

    Cesar G. Victora;Bernardo L. Horta;Christian Loret de Mola;Luciana de Avila Quevedo

  • Prepregnancy BMI and the risk of gestational diabetes: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis

    M. R. Torloni;A. P. Betrán;B. L. Horta;M. U. Nakamura

  • The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Ji Chen;Ji Chen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Cassandra N. Spracklen;Gaëlle Marenne;Gaëlle Marenne;Arushi Varshney

  • Breastfeeding and intelligence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Bernardo L Horta;Christian Loret de Mola;Cesar G Victora

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • ‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications

    Joy E Lawn;Judith Mwansa-Kambafwile;Bernardo L Horta;Fernando C Barros

  • Low birthweight, preterm births and intrauterine growth retardation in relation to maternal smoking.

    Bernardo Lessa Horta;Cesar Gomes Victora;Ana Maria Menezes;Ricardo Halpern

  • Fatores de risco para suspeita de atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor aos 12 meses de vida

    Ricardo Halpern;Elsa R. J. Giugliani;Cesar G. Victora;Fernando C. Barros

  • SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys.

    Pedro C Hallal;Fernando P Hartwig;Bernardo L Horta;Mariângela F Silveira

  • The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results

    Carlos E.A. Coimbra;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos;James R. Welch;Andrey Moreira Cardoso

  • Long-term effects of breastfeeding: a systematic review

    Bernardo L Horta

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando C. Barros
Fernando C. Barros Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Cesar G. Victora
Cesar G. Victora Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Denise Petrucci Gigante
Denise Petrucci Gigante Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Ana M. B. Menezes
Ana M. B. Menezes Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Pedro Curi Hallal
Pedro Curi Hallal University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Iná S. Santos
Iná S. Santos Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Alexandre C. Pereira
Alexandre C. Pereira Universidade de São Paulo
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Mauricio Lima Barreto
Mauricio Lima Barreto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

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