Alan R. Kristal

26.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
252 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Kristal is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Kristal has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 54 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 47 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Kristal's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (84 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (57 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (32 papers). Alan R. Kristal is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (84 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (57 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (32 papers). Alan R. Kristal collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. Alan R. Kristal's co-authors include Ruth E. Patterson, Emily White, Marian L. Neuhouser, Ann L. Shattuck, Ian M. Thompson, Alyson J. Littman, Phyllis J. Goodman, J. H. Cohen, J. L. Stanford and Susan J. Curry and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Kristal

251 papers receiving 15.9k citations

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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.

Measurement Characteristics of the Women’s Health Initiative Food Frequency Questionnaire

1999 892 citations Ruth E. Patterson, Alan R. Kristal et al. profile →
Fruit and Vegetable Intakes and Prostate Cancer Risk

2000 548 citations Alan R. Kristal et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan R. Kristal United States	72	6.6k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	2.0k	252	16.7k
Darren C. Greenwood United Kingdom	71	6.9k 1.0×	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	247	18.5k
Barry I. Graubard United States	85	7.8k 1.2×	5.1k 1.9×	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	467	29.2k
Laurence S. Freedman Israel	66	6.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	272	18.0k
Joseph Lau United States	72	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	182	25.5k
Gladys Block United States	81	9.9k 1.5×	5.8k 2.2×	5.1k 2.1×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	193	27.4k
Akiko Tamakoshi Japan	72	4.0k 0.6×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	593	19.8k
Ruth E. Patterson United States	70	5.8k 0.9×	4.2k 1.6×	1.9k 0.8×	686 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	202	14.5k
Cheryl L. Rock United States	68	4.8k 0.7×	4.7k 1.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	258	17.3k
Hiroyasu Iso Japan	82	6.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.7×	3.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	853	26.7k
Marian L. Neuhouser United States	71	7.7k 1.2×	5.2k 1.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	400	18.7k

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Xu, Jiayi, Kristin A. Guertin, Nathan Gaddis, et al.. (2022). Change in plasma α-tocopherol associations with attenuated pulmonary function decline and with CYP4F2 missense variation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(4). 1205–1216. 3 indexed citations

Nash, Sarah H., Jeannette M. Schenk, Alan R. Kristal, et al.. (2015). Association between Serum Phospholipid Fatty Acids and Intraprostatic Inflammation in the Placebo Arm of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(7). 590–596. 8 indexed citations

Kristal, Alan R., James L. Fisher, Jesse J. Plascak, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Web-Based, Self-Administered, Graphical Food Frequency Questionnaire. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 114(4). 613–621. 132 indexed citations

Nash, Sarah H., Alan R. Kristal, Scarlett E. Hopkins, Bert B. Boyer, & Diane M. O’Brien. (2013). Stable Isotope Models of Sugar Intake Using Hair, Red Blood Cells, and Plasma, but Not Fasting Plasma Glucose, Predict Sugar Intake in a Yup’ik Study Population. Journal of Nutrition. 144(1). 75–80. 33 indexed citations

McGrath, Christine J., Ruth Nduati, Barbra A. Richardson, et al.. (2012). The Prevalence of Stunting Is High in HIV-1–Exposed Uninfected Infants in Kenya. Journal of Nutrition. 142(4). 757–763. 42 indexed citations

Takata, Yumie, Alan R. Kristal, Irena B. King, et al.. (2011). Serum Selenium, Genetic Variation in Selenoenzymes, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: Primary Analysis from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(9). 1822–1830. 25 indexed citations

Schenk, Jeannette M., Alan R. Kristal, Kathryn B. Arnold, et al.. (2011). Association of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. American Journal of Epidemiology. 173(12). 1419–1428. 46 indexed citations

Cheng, Ting‐Yuan David, Matt J. Barnett, Alan R. Kristal, et al.. (2011). Genetic Variation in Myeloperoxidase Modifies the Association of Serum α-Tocopherol with Aggressive Prostate Cancer among Current Smokers,. Journal of Nutrition. 141(9). 1731–1737. 30 indexed citations

Risk, Michael, Beatrice S. Knudsen, Ilsa M. Coleman, et al.. (2010). Differential Gene Expression in Benign Prostate Epithelium of Men with and without Prostate Cancer: Evidence for a Prostate Cancer Field Effect. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(22). 5414–5423. 43 indexed citations

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Neuhouser, Marian L., Cathee Till, Alan R. Kristal, et al.. (2010). Finasteride Modifies the Relation between Serum C-Peptide and Prostate Cancer Risk: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Prevention Research. 3(3). 279–289. 28 indexed citations

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Platz, Elizabeth A., Cathee Till, Phyllis J. Goodman, et al.. (2009). Men with Low Serum Cholesterol Have a Lower Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer in the Placebo Arm of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 18(11). 2807–2813. 133 indexed citations

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Choi, Ji‐Yeob, Marian L. Neuhouser, Matt J. Barnett, et al.. (2008). Iron intake, oxidative stress-related genes ( MnSOD and MPO ) and prostate cancer risk in CARET cohort. Carcinogenesis. 29(5). 964–970. 92 indexed citations

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Dong, Linda M., Alan R. Kristal, Ulrike Peters, et al.. (2007). Dietary Supplement Use and Risk of Neoplastic Progression in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Prospective Study. Nutrition and Cancer. 60(1). 39–48. 34 indexed citations

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Gonzalez, Alejandro, Emily White, Alan R. Kristal, & Alyson J. Littman. (2006). Calcium Intake and 10-Year Weight Change in Middle-Aged Adults. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 106(7). 1066–1073. 29 indexed citations

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Kristal, Alan R., Zhihong Gong, & Steven B. Zeliadt. (2006). Associations of obesity with prostate cancer risk, outcomes, and trends.. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 15. 2 indexed citations

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Greenlee, Heather, Emily White, Ruth E. Patterson, & Alan R. Kristal. (2004). Supplement Use Among Cancer Survivors in the Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study Cohort. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(4). 660–666. 52 indexed citations

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King, Irena B., Mark Thornquist, Jeannette Bigler, et al.. (2002). Buccal Cell DNA Yield, Quality, and Collection Costs. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 11(10). 1130–1133. 3 indexed citations

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Satia, Jessie A., et al.. (2001). A household food inventory for North American Chinese. Public Health Nutrition. 4(2). 241–247. 19 indexed citations

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Patterson, Ruth E., Alan R. Kristal, Cheryl L. Rock, et al.. (2000). Do Consumers of Savory Snacks Have Poor-quality Diets?. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 100(5). 576–579. 26 indexed citations

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Kristal, Alan R., et al.. (1994). Assessing change in diet-intervention research. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 59(1). 185S–189S. 149 indexed citations

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