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Sera L. Young 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 Sera L. Young sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 225 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sera L. Young 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 Sera L. Young sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Overview

Sera L. Young is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has established a research profile primarily in Nursing, with an emphasis on Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research spans several subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Safety Research, Ocean Engineering, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Key research topics explored by Sera L. Young include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Recent notable publications authored or coauthored by Sera L. Young include:

  • "Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review" (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Perspective: The Importance of Water Security for Ensuring Food Security, Good Nutrition, and Well-being" (2021), published in Advances in Nutrition
  • "Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior related to green infrastructure for flood management: A systematic literature review" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The toll of household water insecurity on health and human biology: Current understandings and future directions" (2020), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Water Security and Nutrition: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities" (2021), published in Advances in Nutrition

The researcher collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Joshua D. Miller
  • Edward A. Frongillo
  • Hilary J. Bethancourt
  • Asher Y. Rosinger
  • Amber Wutich

Sera L. Young's work has been published regularly in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • BMJ Global Health
  • American Journal of Human Biology

In 2019, the researcher received the Andrew Carnegie Fellow award.

Best Publications

  • Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer.

    Godfred O. Boateng;Torsten B. Neilands;Edward A. Frongillo;Hugo R. Melgar-Quiñonez

  • What Are We Assessing When We Measure Food Security? A Compendium and Review of Current Metrics

    Andrew D. Jones;Francis M. Ngure;Gretel Pelto;Sera L. Young

  • Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS

    Sheri D Weiser;Sera L Young;Sera L Young;Craig R Cohen;Margot B Kushel

  • The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries.

    Sera L. Young;Godfred O. Boateng;Zeina Jamaluddine;Joshua D. Miller

  • A review of the role of food insecurity in adherence to care and treatment among adult and pediatric populations living with HIV and AIDS

    Sera Young;Amanda C. Wheeler;Sandra I. McCoy;Sheri D. Weiser

  • Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach

    Wendy Jepson;Jessica Budds;Laura Eichelberger;Leila Harris

  • Progress in household water insecurity metrics: a cross-disciplinary approach

    Wendy E. Jepson;Amber Wutich;Shalean M. Colllins;Godfred O. Boateng

  • A systematic review of the human health and social well-being outcomes of green infrastructure for stormwater and flood management.

    Vidya Venkataramanan;Aaron I. Packman;Daniel R. Peters;Denise Lopez

  • Pica in Pregnancy: New Ideas About an Old Condition

    Sera L. Young

  • Why on earth?: Evaluating hypotheses about the physiological functions of human geophagy.

    Sera L. Young;Paul W. Sherman;Julius B. Lucks;Gretel H. Pelto

  • Perspective: The Importance of Water Security for Ensuring Food Security, Good Nutrition, and Well-being

    Sera L Young;Edward A Frongillo;Zeina Jamaluddine;Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez

  • Breastfeeding Self-efficacy: A Critical Review of Available Instruments.

    Emily L. Tuthill;Jacqueline M. McGrath;Melanie Graber;Regina M. Cusson

  • Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review

    Katie Meehan;Wendy Jepson;Leila M. Harris;Amber Wutich

  • A meta-analysis of pica and micronutrient status.

    Diana Miao;Sera L. Young;Christopher D. Golden

  • Role of Women's Empowerment in Child Nutrition Outcomes: A Systematic Review

    Marianne V Santoso;Rachel Bezner Kerr;John Hoddinott;Priya Garigipati

  • Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries

    Alexandra Brewis;Cassandra Workman;Amber Wutich;Wendy Jepson

  • 'I know how stressful it is to lack water!' Exploring the lived experiences of household water insecurity among pregnant and postpartum women in western Kenya.

    Shalean M. Collins;Patrick Mbullo Owuor;Joshua D. Miller;Godfred O. Boateng

  • Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior related to green infrastructure for flood management: A systematic literature review.

    Vidya Venkataramanan;Denise Lopez;David J. McCuskey;Daniel Kiefus

  • Social determinants lived experiences and consequences of household food insecurity among persons living with HIV/AIDS on the shore of Lake Victoria Kenya.

    Jason M. Nagata;Richard O. Magerenge;Sera L. Young;Joel O. Oguta

  • Association of Pica with Anemia and Gastrointestinal Distress among Pregnant Women in Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Sera L. Young;Sabra S. Khalfan;Tamer H. Farag;Justine A. Kavle

  • Reliability and validity of the center for epidemiologic studies-depression scale in screening for depression among HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant women attending antenatal services in northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

    Barnabas K Natamba;Barnabas K Natamba;Jane Achan;Angela Arbach;Thomas O Oyok

Frequent Co-Authors

Amber Wutich
Amber Wutich Arizona State University
Edwin D. Charlebois
Edwin D. Charlebois University of California, San Francisco
Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Rebecca J. Stoltzfus Cornell University
Alexandra Brewis
Alexandra Brewis Arizona State University
Diane V. Havlir
Diane V. Havlir University of California, San Francisco
Edward A. Frongillo
Edward A. Frongillo University of South Carolina
Moses R. Kamya
Moses R. Kamya Makerere University
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth A. Bukusi
Elizabeth A. Bukusi University of Washington
Matthew C. Freeman
Matthew C. Freeman Emory University

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