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

Breast milk and neonatal ... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1990 1992 2009 1999 2004 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Breast milk and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis
    1990 1.2k citations Alan Lucas, Tim Cole profile →
  2. Breast milk and subsequent intelligence quotient in children born preterm
    1992 920 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. profile →
  3. 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 Steven A. Abrams, Alan Lucas et al. profile →
  4. Fetal origins of adult disease---the hypothesis revisited
    1999 618 citations Alan Lucas, Mary Fewtrell et al. BMJ profile →
  5. Early origins of cardiovascular disease: is there a unifying hypothesis?
    2004 575 citations Atul Singhal, Alan Lucas profile →
  6. Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient
    1998 502 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. BMJ profile →
  7. Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia.
    1988 469 citations Alan Lucas, Ruth Morley et al. BMJ profile →
  8. Creamatocrit: simple clinical technique for estimating fat concentration and energy value of human milk.
    1978 361 citations Alan Lucas, R. L. J. Lyster et al. BMJ profile →
  9. Randomized Trial of Exclusive Human Milk versus Preterm Formula Diets in Extremely Premature Infants
    2013 357 citations Alan Lucas, Steven A. Abrams et al. profile →
  10. Preterm Heart in Adult Life
    2012 349 citations Adam J. Lewandowski, Daniel Augustine et al. Circulation profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan Lucas 11.3k 10.8k 5.9k 5.1k 3.6k 247 22.8k
Michael Georgieff 6.3k 0.6× 7.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 3.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 694 24.0k
Kim F. Michaelsen 10.3k 0.9× 5.4k 0.5× 4.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.2× 6.9k 1.9× 536 26.9k
Johannes B. van Goudoever 7.5k 0.7× 5.8k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 441 19.4k
Bruce W. Hollis 7.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 5.2k 1.4× 340 29.7k
Mary Fewtrell 5.4k 0.5× 5.2k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 3.9k 1.1× 248 13.7k
Maria Makrides 7.2k 0.6× 4.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 304 12.2k
Steven A. Abrams 8.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.2× 2.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 3.4k 0.9× 367 20.0k
Carlo Agostoni 6.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.2× 3.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 3.5k 1.0× 488 16.0k
Linda L. Wright 4.6k 0.4× 11.5k 1.1× 4.5k 0.8× 11.3k 2.2× 4.5k 1.3× 214 23.1k
Jane E. Harding 3.0k 0.3× 9.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.3× 4.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 427 14.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Lucas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lucas, Alan, John Boscardin, & Steven A. Abrams. (2020). Preterm Infants Fed Cow's Milk-Derived Fortifier Had Adverse Outcomes Despite a Base Diet of Only Mother's Own Milk. Breastfeeding Medicine. 15(5). 297–303. 25 indexed citations
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Lewandowski, Adam J., Daniel Augustine, Pablo Lamata, et al.. (2012). Preterm Heart in Adult Life. Circulation. 127(2). 197–206. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wells, Jonathan C. K., Patricia L. Hibberd, Mary Fewtrell, et al.. (2012). Randomized controlled trial of 4 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding in Iceland: differences in breast-milk intake by stable-isotope probe. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 96(1). 73–79. 50 indexed citations
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Singhal, Atul, Kathy Kennedy, Julie Lanigan, et al.. (2010). Nutrition in infancy and long-term risk of obesity: evidence from 2 randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92(5). 1133–1144. 158 indexed citations
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Chomtho, Sirinuch, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Jane Williams, Alan Lucas, & Mary Fewtrell. (2008). Associations between birth weight and later body composition: evidence from the 4-component model. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88(4). 1040–1048. 51 indexed citations
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Singhal, Atul, G.T. Macfarlane, Sandra Macfarlane, et al.. (2008). Dietary nucleotides and fecal microbiota in formula-fed infants: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87(6). 1785–1792. 68 indexed citations
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Lucas, Alan. (2007). Programming by Early Nutrition in Man. Novartis Foundation symposium. 156. 38–55. 422 indexed citations
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Singhal, Atul, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole, et al.. (2007). Infant nutrition and stereoacuity at age 4–6 y. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85(1). 152–159. 21 indexed citations
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Fewtrell, Mary, Jane B. Morgan, Christopher Duggan, et al.. (2007). Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85(2). 635S–638S. 151 indexed citations
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Fewtrell, Mary, Alan Lucas, Tim Cole, & Jonathan C. K. Wells. (2004). Prematurity and reduced body fatness at 8–12 y of age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80(2). 436–440. 77 indexed citations
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Singhal, Atul, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Tim Cole, Mary Fewtrell, & Alan Lucas. (2003). Programming of lean body mass: a link between birth weight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 77(3). 726–730. 284 indexed citations
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Morley, Ruth & Alan Lucas. (2000). Randomized diet in the neonatal period and growth performance until 7.5–8 y of age in preterm children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 71(3). 822–828. 79 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Kathy, Mary Fewtrell, Ruth Morley, et al.. (1999). Double-blind, randomized trial of a synthetic triacylglycerol in formula-fed term infants: effects on stool biochemistry, stool characteristics, and bone mineralization. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 70(5). 920–927. 170 indexed citations
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Morley, Ruth & Alan Lucas. (1997). Nutrition and cognitive development. British Medical Bulletin. 53(1). 123–134. 52 indexed citations
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Wells, Jonathan C. K., et al.. (1995). Parental body composition and infant energy expenditure. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 61(5). 1026–1029. 20 indexed citations
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Lucas, Alan, O G Brooke, Ruth Morley, Tim Cole, & M F Bamford. (1990). Early diet of preterm infants and development of allergic or atopic disease: randomised prospective study.. BMJ. 300(6728). 837–840. 213 indexed citations
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Lucas, Alan, Ruth Morley, & Tim Cole. (1988). Adverse neurodevelopmental outcome of moderate neonatal hypoglycaemia.. BMJ. 297(6659). 1304–1308. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lucas, Alan. (1983). Effect of temperature on creamatocrit method.. BMJ. 287(6389). 392.1–392. 5 indexed citations
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Lucas, Alan, et al.. (1978). Creamatocrit: simple clinical technique for estimating fat concentration and energy value of human milk.. BMJ. 1(6119). 1018–1020. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

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