Alan Lucas

32.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
247 papers, 22.8k citations indexed

About

Alan Lucas is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Lucas has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 22.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 124 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 56 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Alan Lucas's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (124 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (89 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (50 papers). Alan Lucas is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (124 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (89 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (50 papers). Alan Lucas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and India. Alan Lucas's co-authors include Tim Cole, Ruth Morley, Atul Singhal, Mary Fewtrell, A Aynsley‐Green, Elizabeth Isaacs, G Lister, John Deanfield, Stephen R. Bloom and Jonathan C. K. Wells and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alan Lucas

246 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Breast milk and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis

1990 1.2k citations Alan Lucas, Tim Cole profile →
Breast milk and subsequent intelligence quotient in children born preterm

1992 920 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. profile →
An Exclusively Human Milk-Based Diet Is Associated with a Lower Rate of Necrotizing Enterocolitis than a Diet of Human Milk and Bovine Milk-Based Products

2009 702 citations Sandra Sullivan, Richard J. Schanler et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →
Fetal origins of adult disease---the hypothesis revisited

1999 618 citations Alan Lucas, Mary Fewtrell et al. BMJ profile →
Early origins of cardiovascular disease: is there a unifying hypothesis?

2004 575 citations Atul Singhal, Alan Lucas profile →
Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient

1998 502 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. BMJ profile →
Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia.

1988 469 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. BMJ profile →
Creamatocrit: simple clinical technique for estimating fat concentration and energy value of human milk.

1978 361 citations Alan Lucas et al. BMJ profile →
Randomized Trial of Exclusive Human Milk versus Preterm Formula Diets in Extremely Premature Infants

2013 357 citations Elizabeth Cristofalo, Richard J. Schanler et al. The Journal of Pediatrics profile →
Preterm Heart in Adult Life

2012 349 citations Adam J. Lewandowski, Daniel Augustine et al. Circulation profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Preterm Infants Fed Cow's Milk-Derived Fortifier Had Adverse Outcomes Despite a Base Diet of Only Mother's Own Milk 2020 ·Breastfeeding Medicine ·Alan Lucas, John Boscardin, Steven A. Abrams	25
2	Randomized Trial of Exclusive Human Milk versus Preterm Formula Diets in Extremely Premature Infants breakdown → 2013 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Elizabeth Cristofalo, Richard J. Schanler, Cynthia L. Blanco, Sandra Sullivan, (unknown), Ursula Kiechl‐Kohlendorfer, Golde Dudell, David J. Rechtman, Martin L. Lee, Alan Lucas, Steven A. Abrams	357
3	Preterm Heart in Adult Life breakdown → 2012 ·Circulation ·Adam J. Lewandowski, Daniel Augustine, Pablo Lamata, Esther Davis, Merzaka Lazdam, Jane M Francis, Kenny McCormick, Andrew R. Wilkinson, Atul Singhal, Alan Lucas, Nic Smith, Stefan Neubauer, Paul Leeson	349
4	Dietary nucleotides and fecal microbiota in formula-fed infants: a randomized controlled trial 2008 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Atul Singhal, G.T. Macfarlane, Sandra Macfarlane, Julie Lanigan, Kathy Kennedy, A C Elias-Jones, Terence Stephenson, (unknown), Alan Lucas	68
5	Infant nutrition and stereoacuity at age 4–6 y 2007 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Atul Singhal, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole, Kathy Kennedy, Patricia M. Sonksen, Elizabeth Isaacs, Mary Fewtrell, A C Elias-Jones, Terence Stephenson, Alan Lucas	21
6	Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations? 2007 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Mary Fewtrell, Jane B. Morgan, Christopher Duggan, Geir Gunnlaugsson, Patricia L. Hibberd, Alan Lucas, Ronald E. Kleinman	151
7	Long-Term Programming Effects of Early Nutrition — Implications for the Preterm Infant 2005 ·Journal of Perinatology ·Alan Lucas	166
8	Double-blind, randomized trial of a synthetic triacylglycerol in formula-fed term infants: effects on stool biochemistry, stool characteristics, and bone mineralization 1999 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Kathy Kennedy, Mary Fewtrell, Ruth Morley, Rebecca Abbott, (unknown), John Wells, Jacques Bindels, Alan Lucas	170
9	Ethical debateShould industry sponsor research?Tobacco industry research: collaboration, not confrontation, is the best approachTobacco company sponsorship discredits medical but not all researchCondemning the drinks industry rules out potentially useful researchIf the drinks industry does not clean up its act, pariah status is inevitableCollaborative research with infant formula companies should not always be censoredHow much research in infant feeding comes from unethical marketing? 1998 ·BMJ ·Christopher Proctor, Tom Sorell, Hurst Hannum, G. Edwards, Alan Lucas, (unknown)	4
10	Nutrition and cognitive development 1997 ·British Medical Bulletin ·Ruth Morley, Alan Lucas	52
11	Neonatal Gastrointestinal Growth and Function: Are They Regulated by Composition of Feeds? 1991 ·Neonatology ·Lawrence T. Weaver, (unknown), Alan Lucas	15
12	Early diet of preterm infants and development of allergic or atopic disease: randomised prospective study. 1990 ·BMJ ·Alan Lucas, O G Brooke, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole, M F Bamford	213
13	Ontogeny of Gut Hormones and Hormone‐related Substances 1989 ·Acta Paediatrica ·Alan Lucas	9
14	Quetelet's index as a measure of body fatness in young infants 1989 ·Early Human Development ·Peter S.W. Davies, Alan Lucas	18
15	Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia. breakdown → 1988 ·BMJ ·Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole	469
16	Maternal fatness and viability of preterm infants 1988 ·BMJ ·Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole, M F Bamford, (unknown), P. M. Crowle, J F Dossetor, R G Pearse	32
17	Upper Intestinal Mucosal Proliferation in the Newborn Guinea Pig: Effect of Composition of Milk Feeds 1987 ·Pediatric Research ·Lawrence T. Weaver, Alan Lucas	9
18	Does Diet in Preterm Infants Influence Clinical Outcome? 1987 ·Neonatology ·Alan Lucas	7
19	Undescended testes in low birthweight infants. 1987 ·BMJ ·Ruth Morley, Alan Lucas	19
20	Effect of temperature on creamatocrit method. 1983 ·BMJ ·Alan Lucas	5

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