Alex F. Roche

22.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
184 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Alex F. Roche is a scholar working on Physiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex F. Roche has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Physiology, 47 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 39 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Alex F. Roche's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (44 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (43 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers). Alex F. Roche is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (44 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (43 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers). Alex F. Roche collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Australia. Alex F. Roche's co-authors include Shumei Guo, William Cameron Chumlea, Clifford L. Johnson, Robert J. Kuczmarski, Lester R. Curtin, Cynthia L. Ogden, Rong Wei, Zuguo Mei, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn and Katherine M. Flegal and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Alex F. Roche

182 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. CDC growth charts: United States.
    2000 4.6k citations Robert J. Kuczmarski, Cynthia L. Ogden et al. PubMed profile →
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 Growth Charts for the United States: Improvements to the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics Version
    2002 1.7k citations Cynthia L. Ogden, Robert J. Kuczmarski et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
  3. Predicting overweight and obesity in adulthood from body mass index values in childhood and adolescence
    2002 877 citations Shumei Guo, Wei Wu et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  4. Estimating Stature from Knee Height for Persons 60 to 90 Years of Age
    1985 658 citations William Cameron Chumlea, Alex F. Roche et al. profile →
  5. Age at Menarche and Racial Comparisons in US Girls
    2003 477 citations William Cameron Chumlea, Alex F. Roche et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
  6. NCHS Growth Curves for Children Birth-18 Years
    1977 466 citations Clifford L. Johnson, Alex F. Roche et al. profile →
  7. NCHS growth curves for children birth-18 years. United States.
    1977 463 citations Alex F. Roche et al. PubMed profile →
  8. Predicting Adult Stature Without Using Skeletal Age: The Khamis-Roche Method
    1994 282 citations Harry J. Khamis, Alex F. Roche PEDIATRICS profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex F. Roche United States 52 7.0k 4.5k 3.6k 2.4k 1.7k 184 17.3k
Robert J. Kuczmarski United States 26 9.9k 1.4× 5.1k 1.1× 3.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 2.6k 1.5× 41 19.9k
Clifford L. Johnson United States 38 6.4k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 70 14.3k
Sheila Williams New Zealand 72 5.4k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 358 18.7k
Shumei Guo United States 33 5.4k 0.8× 2.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 87 11.1k
Andy Ness United Kingdom 80 10.0k 1.4× 5.1k 1.2× 6.0k 1.6× 3.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 359 24.6k
Terence Dwyer Australia 74 6.1k 0.9× 4.5k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 465 20.1k
J. M. Tanner United Kingdom 51 6.1k 0.9× 3.8k 0.9× 5.6k 1.5× 2.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 116 27.2k
Lester R. Curtin United States 14 7.2k 1.0× 3.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 1.2× 19 14.9k
Angelo Pietrobelli Italy 60 6.7k 1.0× 5.7k 1.3× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 274 14.9k
Nancy F. Butte United States 62 6.7k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 252 14.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Shumei, Wei Wu, William Cameron Chumlea, & Alex F. Roche. (2003). Reply to GM Owen. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 78(2). 348–349. 1 indexed citations
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Kuczmarski, Robert J., Cynthia L. Ogden, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn, et al.. (2000). CDC growth charts: United States.. PubMed. 1–27. 4575 indexed citations breakdown →
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Siervogel, Roger M., L. Michele Maynard, Wayne Wisemandle, et al.. (2000). Annual Changes in Total Body Fat and Fat‐free Mass in Children from 8 to 18 Years in Relation to Changes in Body Mass Index: The Fels Longitudinal Study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 904(1). 420–423. 51 indexed citations
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Ryan, Alan S., Alex F. Roche, & Robert J. Kuczmarski. (1999). Weight, stature, and body mass index data for Mexican Americans from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III, 1988-1994). American Journal of Human Biology. 11(5). 673–686. 24 indexed citations
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Li, James, et al.. (1998). Decanalization of weight and stature during childhood and adolescence. American Journal of Human Biology. 10(3). 351–359. 6 indexed citations
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Fuchs, George J., Roger Clemens, Alex F. Roche, et al.. (1996). Growth of older infants fed low-fat formula. Nutrition Research. 16(3). 391–400. 3 indexed citations
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Khamis, Harry J. & Alex F. Roche. (1994). Predicting Adult Stature Without Using Skeletal Age: The Khamis-Roche Method. PEDIATRICS. 94(4). 504–507. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roche, Alex F.. (1994). Sarcopenia: A critical review of its measurements and health‐related significance in the middle‐aged and elderly. American Journal of Human Biology. 6(1). 33–42. 16 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F.. (1993). Methodological Considerations in the Assessment of Childhood Obesitya. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 699(1). 6–17. 8 indexed citations
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Byard, Pamela J., Shumei Guo, & Alex F. Roche. (1991). Family resemblance for patterns of growth in early childhood. American Journal of Human Biology. 3(4). 331–337. 12 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F., et al.. (1989). Association of adipose tissue distribution with relative skeletal age in boys: The Fels longitudinal study. American Journal of Human Biology. 1(5). 589–596. 1 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F., Shumei Guo, & David L. Yeung. (1989). Monthy growth increments from a longitudinal study of Canadian infants. American Journal of Human Biology. 1(3). 271–279. 6 indexed citations
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Baumgartner, Richard, Wm. Cameron Chumlea, & Alex F. Roche. (1987). Associations between bioelectric impedance and anthropometric variables.. PubMed. 59(2). 235–44. 11 indexed citations
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Chumlea, William Cameron, Jerome L. Knittle, Alex F. Roche, R. M. Siervogel, & Paul W. Webb. (1981). Size and number of adipocytes and measures of body fat in boys and girls 10 to 18 years of age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 34(9). 1791–1797. 24 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F. & Gail H. Davila. (1976). The reliability of assessments of the maturity of individual hand-wrist bones.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 48(3). 585–97. 15 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F. & Frank Falkner. (1974). Nutrition and malnutrition : identification and measurement. Plenum Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Yarbrough, Charles, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Robert E. Klein, & Alex F. Roche. (1973). Determining the Biological Age of the Preschool Child from a Hand-Wrist Radiograph. Investigative Radiology. 8(4). 233–242. 8 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F., et al.. (1971). Skeletal age prediction. The Journal of Pediatrics. 78(6). 997–1003. 39 indexed citations
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Roche, Alex F., et al.. (1963). Influence of norethandrolone on the stature of short children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 63(5). 967–976. 1 indexed citations

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