Biswas, M., Banerjee, A., & Rana, M. J. Effects of pregnancy intention, interpregnancy interval and postpartum contraception uptake on child survival: insights from the Indian demographic health surveys. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1), 1074 (2025).
Pal, P., & Rana, M. J. Distress Financing for Institutional Delivery in India: A Regional Analysis of Economic Inequality, Coping Mechanisms, and Contributing Factors. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 40(5), 1151-1166 (2025).
Rana, M. J., Kumar, M., Rahaman, M., & Rahman, M. H. U. (2025). Awareness, preference, and utilisation of Ayush in India: Evidence from National Sample Survey, 2022–23. Advances in Integrative Medicine (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aimed.2025.03.006
Rahaman, M., Roy, A., Chouhan, P., Rana, M.J. Exploring drivers of unsafe disposal of child stool in India using hierarchical regression model. PLOS One. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295788], pp. 1-15 (2024).
Sarif, N., Kumar, AHSH., Barman, P., Rana, M.J., Saha, S. Measuring hazard-free improved shelter across the regions of India. Natural Hazards (2024) [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06522-3]
Rahaman, M., Roy, A., Chouhan, P., Das, K. C., Rana, M.J. Revisiting the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of unsafe abortion in India using the Heckman Probit model. Journal of Biosocial Science, pp. 1-21 (2023). [https://doi.org/10.1017/S002193202300024X]
Rahaman, M., Roy, A., Latif, M. A., Rana, M.J., Chouhan, P., and Das, K. C. Re-examining the nexus between maternal smoking behavior and under-five children’s ARI in India: A comprehensive study. Environmental Health Insights, Volume 17: 1–9 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302231200
Islam, S., Rana, M.J., Shupler, M. Deepened socioeconomic inequality in clean cooking fuel use in India from 2005-2006 to 2015-2016. Heliyon Volume 9, Issue: 6, e17041. Pp. 1-10 (2023). [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17041]
Jain, A., Rajpal, S., Rana, M.J., Kim, R., Subramanian, S.V. Small area variations in four measures of poverty among Indian households: Econometric analysis of National Family Health Survey 2019–2021. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Volume 10, Article number: 18 (2023). Pp. 1-11.
Lee, H., Rana, M.J., Kim, R., Subramanian, S.V. Small Area Variation in the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in India. JAMA Network Open. 5(11):e2242666. Pp. 1-13 (2022).
Rahaman, M, Chouhan, P., Roy, A., Rana, M.J., Das, K.C. Examining the predictors of healthcare facility choice for outpatient care among older adults in India using Andersen’s revised healthcare utilization framework model. BMC Geriatrics. 22, Article number: 949 (2022). Pp. 1-14 (2022)
Singh, S.K., Sharma, S.K., Rana, M.J., Porwal, A., Dwivedi, L.K. Effectiveness of modular approach in ensuring data quality in large-scale surveys: Evidence from National Family Health Survey – 4 (2015–2016). SSM – Population Health Volume 19, pp. 1-11 (2022) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101254]
Rajpal, S., Kumar, A., Rana, M.J., Kim, R., Subramanian, S.V. Small area variation in severe, moderate, and mild anemia among women and children: A multilevel analysis of 707 districts in India. Frontiers in Public Health. Volume 10, pp.1-13 (2022). [https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.945970]
Ajmer, S., Rahaman, M., Rana, M.J., Shaikh, I. Contextualising under-five deaths in Bihar, India: Insights from primary and secondary data. Children and Youth Service Review. Volume 144, January 2023, 106718. Pp. 1-13 (2022).
Pramanik, M.K., Chowdhury, K., Rana, M.J., Bisht, P., Pal, R., Behera, B., Pal, I., Szabo, S., Padmadas, S.S. Climatic influence on the magnitude of COVID-19 outbreak: a stochastic model-based global analysis. International Journal of Environmental Health Research (CIJE), 32(5):1095-1110 (2022)
Rana, M.J., Kim, R., Ko, S., Dwivedi, L.K., James, K.S., Sarwal, R., Subramanian, S.V. Small area variations in low birth weight and small size of births in India. Maternal & Child Nutrition Volume 18(3): e13369. Pp. 1-10 (2022) [https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13369]
Rahaman, M., Singh, R., Chouhan, P., Roy, A., Ajmer, S., and Rana, M.J. Levels, patterns and determinants of using reversible contraceptives for limiting family planning in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey, 2015–16. BMC Women’s Health, Volume 22, Article number: 124, pp. 1-13 (2022) [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01706-0]
Rahaman, M., Rana, M.J., Roy, A., and Chouhan, P. Spatial heterogeneity and socio-economic correlates of unmet need for spacing contraception in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey, 2015-16. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 15 (May – June 2022, 101012) 1 – 8 (2022) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101012]
Rahaman, M., Sen, S., Rana, M.J., and Ghosh, S. Is consanguineous marriage related to intimate partner violence in India? Evidence from the National Family Health Survey, 2015-16. Journal of Biosocial Science Volume 54, Issue 6, pp. 959 – 974 (2021)
SK., R., Banerjee, A. and Rana, M.J. Nutritional status and concomitant factors of stunting among pre-school children in Malda, India: A micro-level study using a multilevel approach. BMC Public Health. 21, Article number: 1690, pp. 1-13 (2021)
Rana, M.J. and Goli, S. The road from ICPD to SDGs: Health returns of reducing the unmet need for family planning in India. Midwifery. 103 (103107), pp. 1-7 (2021).
Rana, M.J. Goli, S., Mishra, R., Gautam, A., Datta, N., Nanda, P., and Verma, R. Contraceptive Method Information and Method Switching in India. Sustainability. 13, 9831 (2021)
Misra, S., Goli, S., Rana, M.J., Gautam, A., Datta, N., Nanda, P., and Verma, R. Family Welfare Expenditure, Contraceptive Use, Sources and Method‐Mix in India. Sustainability. 13, 9562 (2021)
Rana, M.J., Cleland, J., Sekher, T.V. and Padmadas, S.S. Disentangling the effects of reproductive behaviours and fertility preferences on child growth in India. Population Studies. 75(1), 37-50 (2021)
Goli, S., James, K.S., Singh, D., Srinivasan, V., Mishra, R., Rana, M.J., Reddy, U.S. Economic returns of family planning and fertility decline in India, 1991–2061. Journal of Demographic Economics Volume 89, Issue 1, pp. 29 – 61 (2021)
Imdad, K., Sahana, M., Rana, M. J., Haque, I., Patel, P. P., & Pramanik, M. A district-level susceptibility and vulnerability assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic's footprint in India. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 36, 100390, pp. 1-21 (2020)
Islam, S., Rana, M.J., and Mohanty, S.K. Cooking, smoking, and stunting: Effect of household air pollution sources on childhood growth in India. Indoor Air. Volume 31 No. 1, pp. 229-249 (2020)
Choudhary, B. K., Sinha, S., and Rana, M.J. Spatial segregation in Vanarasi: Caste and religion based exclusion/inclusion across municipal wards. Transactions: Institute of Indian Geographers, Volume 42, pp. 21-34 (2020)
Haque, I., Rana, M.J. and Patel, P.P. Location matters: Unravelling the Spatial Dimensions of Neighbourhood Level Housing Quality in Kolkata, India. Habitat International Volume 99, pp 1-20 (2020)
Rana, M.J. and Jain, A.K. Do Indian Women Receive Adequate Information about Contraception? Journal of Biosocial Science Volume 52, No. 3, pp. 338-352 (2020).
Goli, S. and Rana, M.J., and Gouda, J. Intimate partner violence: Its effects on maternity care and pregnancy outcomes in India. Economic and Political Weekly Volume 55, No. 6. pp. 71-76 (2020).
Saroj, S.K., Goli, S., Rana, M.J., and Chaudhary, B.K. Data on water, sanitation, and hygiene in six select metro cities of India. Data in Brief Volume 29, pp. 1-10 (2020).
Goli, S. Gautam, A. Rana, M.J. Ram, H., Ganguly, D., Reja, T., Nanda, T. Datta, N., and Verma, R. Is unintended birth associated with physical intimate partner violence? Evidence from India. Journal of Biosocial Science Volume 49, Issue. 2. pp. 206-221 (2020).
Saroj, S.K., Goli, S., Rana, M.J., and Chaudhary, B.K. Availability, accessibility, and inequalities of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Indian metro cities. Sustainable Cities and Society Volume 54, pp.1-9 (2019).
Rana, M.J., Gautam, A., Goli, S., Uttamacharya, Reja, T., Nanda, P., Datta, N., and Verma, R. Planning of Births and Maternal, Child Health and Nutritional Outcomes: Recent Evidence from India. Public Health Volume 169, pp. 14-25 (2019).
Rana, M.J. and Goli, S. Tracing Long-term Trajectories of Contraceptive Practice across 185 Countries. PLOS One. 13(10): e0205927 (2018)
Rana, M.J. and Goli, S. Does Planning of Births Affect Childhood Undernutrition? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys of Select South Asian Countries, Nutrition. Volume. 47, Issue. 3, pp- 90-96 (2018)
Rana, M.J. and Goli, S. Returns of Family Planning: A Macro Level Assessment of Effect of Contraceptive Use on Women Anaemia and Childhood Undernutrition. Journal of Biosocial Science. Volume 49, Issue 6, pp. 773-791 (2017)
Rana, M.J. and Goli, S. Family Planning and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Women: Investigation in Select South Asian Countries. Indian Journal of Human Development. Volume. 11, Issue. 1, pp. 56-75 (2017)