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Researcher · Harvard University · United States

Walter C. Willett

Walter C. Willett publishes mostly in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors and Diet and metabolism studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-1458-7597 OpenAlex
World rank
#154
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#78
of 358,040
Works
360
Citations
6.8k
Citations per work
19.0

What does Walter C. Willett research?

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21.1%Physiology: 8.7%Nutrition and Dietetics: 8.0%Oncology: 6.4%other fields: 55.8%21%top field
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health21.1%Physiology8.7%Nutrition and Dietetics8.0%Oncology6.4%other fields55.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health21% of their works
  2. 2Physiology9% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics8% of their works
  4. 4Oncology6% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6% of their works
  6. 6Genetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter C. Willett's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Dietary Patterns, Mediterranean Diet, Obesity, Public Health and Chronic Diseases.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Metabolic Syndrome1265 topics
  2. Inflammation1074 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease873 topics
  4. Dietary Patterns661 topic
  5. Mediterranean Diet661 topic
  6. Obesity463 topics
  7. Public Health272 topics
  8. Chronic Diseases212 topics
  9. Body Mass Index191 topic
  10. Cancer191 topic
  11. Ketogenic Diet191 topic
  12. Low-Carbohydrate Diet191 topic
  13. Childhood161 topic
  14. Overweight161 topic
  15. Cancer Cachexia121 topic
  16. Sarcopenia121 topic
  17. Fructose111 topic
  18. Insulin Resistance111 topic
  19. Nutrigenomics111 topic
  20. Personalized Nutrition111 topic
  21. Dietary Intake101 topic
  22. Omega-3 Fatty Acids101 topic

Where does Walter C. Willett work?

Walter C. Willett's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter C. Willett have?

Science Explorer counts 360 works and 6,850 citations for Walter C. Willett, ranking #154 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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