Alex Buga

645 total citations
27 papers, 487 citations indexed

About

Alex Buga is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Buga has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Alex Buga's work include Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (11 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (9 papers). Alex Buga is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (21 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (11 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (9 papers). Alex Buga collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Ireland. Alex Buga's co-authors include Jeff S. Volek, Teryn N. Sapper, Parker N. Hyde, Christopher D. Crabtree, William J. Kraemer, Orlando P. Simonetti, Richard A. LaFountain, Vincent Miller, Debbie Scandling and Fionn T. McSwiney and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alex Buga

24 papers receiving 480 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Buga United States	13	430	226	104	84	61	27	487
Vincent Miller United States	10	442 1.0×	198 0.9×	127 1.2×	84 1.0×	121 2.0×	18	544
Fionn T. McSwiney Ireland	8	441 1.0×	153 0.7×	227 2.2×	67 0.8×	46 0.8×	9	481
Helena Neudorf Canada	11	353 0.8×	185 0.8×	58 0.6×	32 0.4×	67 1.1×	19	428
Daniel J. Freidenreich United States	8	408 0.9×	113 0.5×	259 2.5×	107 1.3×	92 1.5×	10	618
Mary C. Vernon United States	7	513 1.2×	320 1.4×	102 1.0×	164 2.0×	113 1.9×	8	589
Senan Sultan United States	8	177 0.4×	105 0.5×	72 0.7×	33 0.4×	71 1.2×	9	335
Christina R. Smith United States	6	306 0.7×	111 0.5×	122 1.2×	39 0.5×	209 3.4×	16	518
Nastaran Faghihnia United States	9	260 0.6×	76 0.3×	153 1.5×	77 0.9×	95 1.6×	10	457
Kaja Falkenhain Canada	10	217 0.5×	97 0.4×	36 0.3×	38 0.5×	38 0.6×	33	281
Leah A Stem United States	2	443 1.0×	241 1.1×	94 0.9×	246 2.9×	41 0.7×	3	524

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Patel, Ryan, Jennifer S. Cheavens, Scott M. Hayes, et al.. (2025). A pilot study examining a ketogenic diet as an adjunct therapy in college students with major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 322–322. 3 indexed citations

Crabtree, Christopher D., Yue Pan, Preethi Chandrasekaran, et al.. (2025). A ketogenic‐promoting beverage acutely elevates cardiac function and myocardial blood flow compared to placebo in adults: A cardiac MRI investigation. Physiological Reports. 13(6). e70208–e70208. 2 indexed citations

Noakes, Timothy D., Alex Buga, Bryan Cobb, et al.. (2025). Carbohydrate ingestion eliminates hypoglycemia and improves endurance exercise performance in triathletes adapted to very low- and high-carbohydrate isocaloric diets. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 328(2). C710–C727. 10 indexed citations

Buga, Alex, et al.. (2025). Age and weekly physical activity are correlated with ballistic VR decision making and reaction time shooting performance at rest. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14412–14412.

Crabtree, Christopher D., Jason D. Stoner, Alex Buga, et al.. (2025). Cardiopulmonary responses to acute exogenous ketosis at rest, and during submaximal and maximal exercise. Physiological Reports. 13(11). e70397–e70397. 2 indexed citations

Crabtree, Christopher D., Alex Buga, Yuchi Han, Orlando P. Simonetti, & Jeff S. Volek. (2025). Salutary Effects of Nutritional Ketosis for the Diseased Human Heart. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 27(1). 85–85.

Noakes, Timothy D., et al.. (2025). Identification of a reverse crossover point during moderate-intensity exercise (>6 h; 69% VO2max) in a world-class triathlete—A secondary analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition. 12. 1627404–1627404.

Buga, Alex, David G. Harper, Parker N. Hyde, et al.. (2024). Feasibility and metabolic outcomes of a well-formulated ketogenic diet as an adjuvant therapeutic intervention for women with stage IV metastatic breast cancer: The Keto-CARE trial. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0296523–e0296523. 16 indexed citations

Buga, Alex, Milene L. Brownlow, Annalouise O’Connor, et al.. (2024). Self-reported menses physiology is positively modulated by a well-formulated, energy-controlled ketogenic diet vs. low fat diet in women of reproductive age with overweight/obesity. PLoS ONE. 19(8). e0293670–e0293670. 4 indexed citations

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Volek, Jeff S., et al.. (2024). Nutritional Considerations During Major Weight Loss Therapy: Focus on Optimal Protein and a Low-Carbohydrate Dietary Pattern. Current Nutrition Reports. 13(3). 422–443. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaochen, Jessica Bowman, Alex Buga, et al.. (2023). Effect of a Telephone-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Weight, Body Composition, and Metabolic Biomarkers in Rural Ohio: Results from a Randomized Pilot Study. Nutrients. 15(18). 3998–3998. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Songzhu, Alex Buga, Christopher D. Crabtree, et al.. (2023). Effects of Hypocaloric Low-Fat, Ketogenic, and Ketogenic and Ketone Supplement Diets on Aldosterone and Renin. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 108(7). 1727–1739. 12 indexed citations

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Buga, Alex, Teryn N. Sapper, Dominic P. D’Agostino, et al.. (2023). Metabolic and ruck performance effects of a novel, light‐weight, energy‐dense ketogenic bar. Experimental Physiology. 108(5). 715–727. 2 indexed citations

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Buga, Alex, Christopher D. Crabtree, Parker N. Hyde, et al.. (2023). Fasting and diurnal blood ketonemia and glycemia responses to a six-week, energy-controlled ketogenic diet, supplemented with racemic R/S-BHB salts. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 54. 277–287. 12 indexed citations

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Noakes, Timothy D., et al.. (2023). Low and high carbohydrate isocaloric diets on performance, fat oxidation, glucose and cardiometabolic health in middle age males. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1084021–1084021. 24 indexed citations

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Buga, Alex, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Carbohydrate versus Fat Restriction on Lipid Profiles in Highly Trained, Recreational Distance Runners: A Randomized, Cross-Over Trial. Nutrients. 14(6). 1135–1135. 12 indexed citations

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Crabtree, Christopher D., Alex Buga, Richard A. LaFountain, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Ketogenic Diets with and without Ketone Salts versus a Low-Fat Diet: Liver Fat Responses in Overweight Adults. Nutrients. 13(3). 966–966. 38 indexed citations

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Hyde, Parker N., Teryn N. Sapper, Richard A. LaFountain, et al.. (2021). Effects of Palm Stearin versus Butter in the Context of Low-Carbohydrate/High-Fat and High-Carbohydrate/Low-Fat Diets on Circulating Lipids in a Controlled Feeding Study in Healthy Humans. Nutrients. 13(6). 1944–1944. 11 indexed citations

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Crabtree, Christopher D., Richard A. LaFountain, Parker N. Hyde, et al.. (2019). Quantification of Human Central Adipose Tissue Depots: An Anatomically Matched Comparison Between DXA and MRI. Tomography. 5(4). 358–366. 9 indexed citations

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Hyde, Parker N., Teryn N. Sapper, Christopher D. Crabtree, et al.. (2019). Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss. JCI Insight. 4(12). 157 indexed citations

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