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. 2016 Oct 28;5(1):1888. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3593-3

Table 7.

Top 20 cited articles on poverty-related issues (2005–2015)

References Title Number of citations References Title Number of citations
Zenk et al. (2005) Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit 439 Lund et al. (2011) Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries 122
Alvar et al. (2006) Leishmaniasis and poverty 255 Katabira and Oelrichs (2007) Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission? 121
King (2010) Parasites and poverty: the case of schistosomiasis 226 Emerson (2007) Poverty and people with intellectual disabilities 119
Farah et al. (2006) Childhood poverty: Specific associations with neurocognitive development 226 Yoshikawa et al. (2012) The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth 112
van Doorslaer et al. (2006) Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data 220 Galea et al. (2007) Urban neighborhood poverty and the incidence of depression in a population-based cohort study 112
Miech et al. (2006) Trends in the association of poverty with overweight among US adolescents, 1971–2004 168 Tanumihardjo et al. (2007) Poverty, obesity, and malnutrition: an international perspective recognizing the paradox 105
Duncan et al. (2010) Early-childhood poverty and adult attainment, behavior, and health 146 Subramanian et al. (2005) Racial disparities in context: a multilevel analysis of neighborhood variations in poverty and excess mortality among black populations in Massachusetts 101
Hotez (2008) Neglected infections of poverty in the United States of America 138 Blair et al. (2011) Salivary cortisol mediates effects of poverty and parenting on executive functions in early childhood 98
Smith et al. (2006) The infant development, environment, and lifestyle study: Effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure, polydrug exposure, and poverty on intrauterine growth 138 Hotez and Wilkins (2009) Toxocariasis: America’s most common neglected infection of poverty and a helminthiasis of global importance? 95
Nandy et al. (2005) Poverty, child undernutrition and morbidity: new evidence from India 126 Choi and Holroyd (2007) The influence of power, poverty and agency in the negotiation of condom use for female sex workers in mainland China 93