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Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
34125
World Ranking
14901
National Ranking
491

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik 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 Chittaranjan S. Yajnik sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 363 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Chittaranjan S. Yajnik 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 Chittaranjan S. Yajnik sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik is affiliated with King Edward Memorial Hospital in Australia and has a substantial body of research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work covers a broad range of topics with a particular focus on developmental origins of health, endocrinology, and non-communicable diseases.

Their research spans several subfields, notably Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Genetics; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; and Rheumatology. This multidisciplinary approach highlights the intersections between genetic factors, maternal health, and metabolic disorders.

The main topics addressed in Yajnik's work include Birth, Development, and Health; Gestational Diabetes Research and Management; Pregnancy and Preeclampsia studies; Diabetes and associated disorders; Folate and B Vitamins Research; Child Nutrition and Water Access; and Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Yajnik include:

  • Metabolic non-communicable disease health report of India: the ICMR-INDIAB national cross-sectional study (ICMR-INDIAB-17), 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Maternal Vitamin B12 Status During Pregnancy and Its Association With Outcomes of Pregnancy and Health of the Offspring: A Systematic Review and Implications for Policy in India, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Association of maternal vitamin B12 and folate levels in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes: a prospective UK cohort study (PRiDE study), 2021, Diabetologia
  • Subgroups of patients with young-onset type 2 diabetes in India reveal insulin deficiency as a major driver, 2021, Diabetologia
  • The role of structural racism and geographical inequity in diabetes outcomes, 2023, The Lancet

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dattatray Bhat
  • Caroline Fall
  • Rucha Wagh
  • Pooja Kunte
  • Sanat Phatak

Yajnik's work has been published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetologia, BMJ Open, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Diabetes in Asia: epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology.

    Juliana C. N. Chan;Vasanti Malik;Weiping Jia;Takashi Kadowaki

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • High prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in India: National Urban Diabetes Survey.

    A. Ramachandran;C. Snehalatha;A. Kapur;V. Vijay

  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency

    Ralph Green;Lindsay H. Allen;Anne Lise Bjørke-Monsen;Alex Brito

  • Before the beginning: Nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health

    Judith Stephenson;Nicola Heslehurst;Jennifer Hall;Danielle A J M Schoenaker

  • Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences.

    Tom P Fleming;Adam J Watkins;Miguel A Velazquez;John C Mathers

  • Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990–2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Lalit Dandona;Rakhi Dandona;G Anil Kumar;D K Shukla

  • Vitamin B12 and folate concentrations during pregnancy and insulin resistance in the offspring: the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study.

    C. S. Yajnik;S. S. Deshpande;A. A. Jackson;H. Refsum;H. Refsum

  • Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance) in urban and rural India: phase I results of the Indian Council of Medical Research-INdia DIABetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study.

    R. M. Anjana;R. Pradeepa;M. Deepa;M. Datta

  • Neonatal anthropometry: the thin–fat Indian baby. The Pune Maternal Nutrition Study

    C S Yajnik;C H D Fall;K J Coyaji;S S Hirve

  • Insulin resistance syndrome in 8-year-old Indian children: small at birth, big at 8 years, or both?

    A. Bavdekar;C. S. Yajnik;C. H. D. Fall;S. Bapat

  • Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in 15 states of India: results from the ICMR–INDIAB population-based cross-sectional study

    Ranjit Mohan Anjana;Mohan Deepa;Rajendra Pradeepa;Jagadish Mahanta

  • Intake of Micronutrient-Rich Foods in Rural Indian Mothers Is Associated with the Size of Their Babies at Birth: Pune Maternal Nutrition Study

    Shobha Rao;Chittaranjan S. Yajnik;Asawari Kanade;Caroline H. D. Fall

  • Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

    Parul Christian;Sun Eun Lee;Moira Donahue Angel;Linda S. Adair

  • The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health.

    Jonathan C Wells;Ana Lydia Sawaya;Rasmus Wibaek;Rasmus Wibaek;Martha Mwangome

  • Early Life Origins of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in India and Other Asian Countries

    Yajnik Cs

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Hyperhomocysteinemia and elevated methylmalonic acid indicate a high prevalence of cobalamin deficiency in Asian Indians

    Helga Refsum;Chittaranjan S Yajnik;Milind Gadkari;Jörn Schneede

  • Adiposity and Hyperinsulinemia in Indians Are Present at Birth

    C. S. Yajnik;H. G. Lubree;S. S. Rege;S. S. Naik

  • Fetal growth and glucose and insulin metabolism in four-year-old Indian children.

    C.S. Yajnik;C.H.D. Fall;U. Vaidya;A.N. Pandit

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline H.D. Fall
Caroline H.D. Fall University of Southampton
Helga Refsum
Helga Refsum University of Oslo
Clive Osmond
Clive Osmond University of Southampton
Timothy M. Frayling
Timothy M. Frayling University of Geneva
Leif Groop
Leif Groop Lund University
Alan R. Shuldiner
Alan R. Shuldiner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Terrence Forrester
Terrence Forrester University of the West Indies
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Daniel I. Chasman
Daniel I. Chasman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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