Topic · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Most cited papers in Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
What are the most cited papers in Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease?
The most cited paper in Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease is "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" (John E. Dowling, George Wald, 2009), with 18,068 citations. Next come "UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age" (13,925) and "Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue" (13,483).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 756 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America John E. Dowling, George Wald · Nutrition Reviews | 27 Apr 2009 | 18,068 |
| 2 | UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age Cathie L. M. Sudlow, John Gallacher, Naomi E. Allen et al. · PLoS Medicine | 31 Mar 2015 | 13,925 |
| 3 | Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue Yiying Zhang, Ricardo Proenca, Margherita Maffei et al. · Nature | Dec 1994 | 13,483 |
| 4 | A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing Junjie Qin et al. · Nature | Mar 2010 | 11,892 |
| 5 | Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline Michael F. Holick, Neil Binkley, Heike Annette Bischoff-Ferrari et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism | 7 Jun 2011 | 10,622 |
| 6 | Genetics of Food Intake Self-Regulation in Childhood: Literature Review and Research Opportunities Myles S. Faith, Susan Carnell, Tanja V.E. Kral · Human Heredity | 2013 | 7,618 |
| 7 | Impact of Informing Overweight Individuals about the Role of Genetics in Obesity: An Online Experimental Study Natalie C. Lippa, Saskia C. Sanderson · Human Heredity | 2013 | 6,093 |
| 8 | Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology Debbie A. Lawlor, Roger M. Harbord, Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · Statistics in Medicine | 20 Sep 2007 | 5,071 |
| 9 | A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity Timothy Mark Frayling et al. · Science | 12 Apr 2007 | 4,513 |
| 10 | The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids Artemis P. Simopoulos · Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy | Oct 2002 | 4,197 |
| 11 | An insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene accounting for half the variance of serum enzyme levels. Brigitte A. Rigat, Catherine Hubert, F Alhenc‐Gelas et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation | Oct 1990 | 3,820 |
| 12 | The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today Richard Peto | 1983 | 3,515 |
| 13 | Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Responses David Zeevi et al. · Cell | Nov 2015 | 2,951 |
| 14 | The hitch-hiking effect of a favourable gene JOHN MAYNARD, John Haigh · Genetics Research | Dec 2007 | 2,822 |
| 15 | Cancer is a Preventable Disease that Requires Major Lifestyle Changes Preetha Anand, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakara, Chitra Sundaram et al. · Pharmaceutical Research | 14 Jul 2008 | 2,639 |
| 16 | New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Céline Bellenguez et al. · Nature Genetics | Apr 2022 | 2,608 |
| 17 | Complementing the Genome with an “Exposome”: The Outstanding Challenge of Environmental Exposure Measurement in Molecular Epidemiology Christopher Paul Wild · Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention | Aug 2005 | 2,570 |
| 18 | A circadian gene expression atlas in mammals: Implications for biology and medicine Ray Zhang, Nicholas F. Lahens, Heather I. Ballance et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 27 Oct 2014 | 2,447 |
| 19 | Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations Pardis Christine Sabeti, Patrick Varilly, Ben N. Fry et al. · Nature | Oct 2007 | 2,312 |
| 20 | Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risks Due to Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mary‐Claire King, Joan H. Marks, Jessica B. Mandell · Science | 23 Oct 2003 | 2,248 |
| 21 | The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics Kelly Scott Swanson, Glenn R. Gibson, Robert L. Hutkins et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 21 Aug 2020 | 2,150 |
| 22 | Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables Joanne L. Slavin, Beate B Lloyd · Advances in Nutrition | Jul 2012 | 2,138 |
| 23 | Vegetables, Fruit, and Cancer Prevention Kristi A. Steinmetz, John D. Potter · Journal of the American Dietetic Association | Oct 1996 | 2,127 |
| 24 | Comparative Animal Physiology Papers Admin, UJ Exam · JAMA | 24 Feb 1951 | 2,081 |
| 25 | Risk Factors and Preventions of Breast Cancer Yi-Sheng Sun, Zhao Zhao, Zhang-Nv Yang et al. · International Journal of Biological Sciences | 2017 | 2,053 |
| 26 | GenABEL: an R library for genome-wide association analysis Yurii S. Aulchenko, Stephan Ripke, Aaron Isaacs et al. · Bioinformatics | 23 Mar 2007 | 1,993 |
| 27 | Vitamin Status and Intake as Primary Determinants of Homocysteinemia in an Elderly Population Jacob Selhub · JAMA | 8 Dec 1993 | 1,923 |
| 28 | Pharmacogenomics Knowledge for Personalized Medicine Michelle Whirl‐Carrillo, Ellen M. McDonagh, Joan M. Hebert et al. · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 19 Sep 2012 | 1,865 |
| 29 | Dietary intervention impact on gut microbial gene richness Aurélie Cotillard et al. · Nature | 27 Aug 2013 | 1,862 |
| 30 | Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases Heiner Boeing, Angela Bechthold, Achim Bub et al. · European Journal of Nutrition | 9 Jun 2012 | 1,782 |
| 31 | Missing heritability and strategies for finding the underlying causes of complex disease Evan E. Eichler, Jonathan Flint, Greg C. Gibson et al. · Nature Reviews Genetics | 18 May 2010 | 1,767 |
| 32 | Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease. The European Concerted Action Project. Ian M. Graham et al. · PubMed | 11 Jun 1997 | 1,757 |
| 33 | Functional food. Product development, marketing and consumer acceptance—A review István Siró, Emese Kápolna, Beáta Kápolna et al. · Appetite | 5 Jun 2008 | 1,755 |
| 34 | Genome-Wide Association Scan Shows Genetic Variants in the FTO Gene Are Associated with Obesity-Related Traits Angelo Scuteri et al. · PLoS Genetics | 13 Jul 2007 | 1,739 |
| 35 | Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage. A. W. F. Edwards, J Ott · Biometrics | Sep 1992 | 1,697 |
| 36 | The Genetics of Human Populations. M. G. Bulmer, L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Walter Fred Bodmer · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) | 1972 | 1,677 |
| 37 | Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed, Alessia Ranciaro et al. · Nature Genetics | 10 Dec 2006 | 1,671 |
| 38 | Variation in FTO contributes to childhood obesity and severe adult obesity Christian Dina et al. · Nature Genetics | 13 May 2007 | 1,639 |
| 39 | The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans Sarah A. Tishkoff et al. · Science | 30 Apr 2009 | 1,617 |
| 40 | Mediterranean diet, lifestyle factors, and 10-year mortality in elderly European men and women: the HALE project. Kim T. B. Knoops, C.P.G.M. de Groot, Daan Kromhout et al. · PubMed | 22 Sep 2004 | 1,568 |
| 41 | Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease Amit V. Khera, Connor A. Emdin, Isabel Drake et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Nov 2016 | 1,509 |
| 42 | Cancer statistics, 1995 Phyllis A. Wingo, T. Tong, S. Bolden · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 1995 | 1,429 |
| 43 | Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease ELAINE BOSSAK FELDMAN · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Nov 1999 | 1,426 |
| 44 | Converting Nitrogen into Protein—Beyond 6.25 and Jones' Factors François Mariotti, Daniel Tomé, Philippe Patureau Mirand · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition | 31 Jan 2008 | 1,408 |
| 45 | Relation Between Folate Status, a Common Mutation in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, and Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations Paul F. Jacques, Andrew G. Bostom, Roger R. Williams et al. · Circulation | 1996 | 1,403 |
| 46 | Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic? Kevin D. Cashman et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 11 Feb 2016 | 1,401 |
| 47 | Soy intake and cancer risk: A review of the in vitro and in vivo data Mark J. Messina, Victoria Persky, Kenneth D.R. Setchell et al. · Nutrition and Cancer | 1994 | 1,330 |
| 48 | The causes and prevention of cancer. B N Ames, L S Gold, WC Willett · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 6 Jun 1995 | 1,325 |
| 49 | Mendelian randomization: prospects, potentials, and limitations George Davey Smith · International Journal of Epidemiology | Feb 2004 | 1,307 |
| 50 | The Clinical Importance of the Metabolite Equol—A Clue to the Effectiveness of Soy and Its Isoflavones Kenneth D.R. Setchell, Nadine M. Brown, Eva Lydeking-Olsen · Journal of Nutrition | Dec 2002 | 1,214 |
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