Alex Griffiths

961 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 623 citations indexed

About

Alex Griffiths is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Griffiths has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 623 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex Griffiths's work include Diet and metabolism studies (8 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers). Alex Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (8 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers). Alex Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Alex Griffiths's co-authors include Jamie Matu, Oliver M. Shannon, Kevin Deighton, Mario Siervo, Anne Marie Minihane, John C. Mathers, Emma Stevenson, Ulugbek Nurmatov, Aziz Sheikh and Christopher J Cates and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Alex Griffiths

25 papers receiving 617 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.

Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study

2023 83 citations Oliver M. Shannon, Janice M. Ranson et al. BMC Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Griffiths United Kingdom	11	326	206	117	94	76	29	623
Simone Radavelli‐Bagatini Australia	15	293 0.9×	300 1.5×	95 0.8×	92 1.0×	125 1.6×	39	856
Mardia López‐Alarcón Mexico	18	197 0.6×	115 0.6×	85 0.7×	165 1.8×	254 3.3×	56	753
Zahra Maghsoudi Iran	16	294 0.9×	322 1.6×	126 1.1×	109 1.2×	129 1.7×	47	877
Vivien Gattás Chile	13	364 1.1×	74 0.4×	144 1.2×	47 0.5×	159 2.1×	23	771
Myriam Abboud United Arab Emirates	14	214 0.7×	119 0.6×	511 4.4×	123 1.3×	205 2.7×	34	802
Kristy Smith United States	10	173 0.5×	135 0.7×	59 0.5×	188 2.0×	42 0.6×	22	794
Marion Jourdan Netherlands	16	649 2.0×	84 0.4×	103 0.9×	163 1.7×	126 1.7×	32	972
Małgorzata Jamka Poland	13	156 0.5×	119 0.6×	149 1.3×	56 0.6×	114 1.5×	45	491
Giuseppe Rosafio Italy	14	215 0.7×	219 1.1×	47 0.4×	42 0.4×	81 1.1×	20	609
Carolina Ferreira Nicoletti Brazil	19	572 1.8×	176 0.9×	35 0.3×	232 2.5×	75 1.0×	84	1.0k

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Jones, Andrew, Chris Keyworth, Alex Griffiths, et al.. (2025). Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 38(1). e13410–e13410. 3 indexed citations

Siervo, Mario, Rachel Kimble, Jamie Matu, et al.. (2025). Inter-individual differences in the blood pressure lowering effects of dietary nitrate: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled replicate crossover trial. European Journal of Nutrition. 64(2). 101–101. 4 indexed citations

Siervo, Mario, et al.. (2024). Associations between Vegetable Nitrate Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Mortality: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 16(10). 1511–1511. 7 indexed citations

Watson, Anthony, Sheena E Ramsay, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, et al.. (2024). Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on markers of oral health: A systematic review. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 83(OCE2).

Gregory, Sarah, Alex Griffiths, Amy Jennings, et al.. (2024). Adherence to the Eatwell Guide and cardiometabolic, cognitive and neuroimaging parameters: an analysis from the PREVENT dementia study. Nutrition & Metabolism. 21(1). 21–21. 3 indexed citations

Matu, Jamie, Alex Griffiths, Oliver M. Shannon, et al.. (2024). The association between excess weight and COVID‐19 outcomes: An umbrella review. Obesity Reviews. 25(10). e13803–e13803. 2 indexed citations

Torbahn, Gabriel, Andrew Jones, Alex Griffiths, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological interventions for the management of children and adolescents living with obesity—An update of a Cochrane systematic review with meta‐analyses. Pediatric Obesity. 19(5). e13113–e13113. 14 indexed citations

Griffiths, Alex, Jamie Matu, Kirsten Brandt, et al.. (2024). Knowledge and beliefs about dietary inorganic nitrate in a representative sample of adults from the United Kingdom. Public Health Nutrition. 27(1). e236–e236.

Shannon, Oliver M., Janice M. Ranson, Sarah Gregory, et al.. (2023). Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 81–81. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

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Griffiths, Alex, Oliver M. Shannon, Tamara Brown, et al.. (2023). Associations between anxiety, depression, and weight status during and after pregnancy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews. 25(3). e13668–e13668. 8 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Alex, Jamie Matu, Kirsten Brandt, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Whole Foods Approach for Elevating Dietary Nitrate Intake: Have Researchers Concentrated Too Much on Beetroot Juice?. Applied Sciences. 13(12). 7319–7319. 10 indexed citations

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Chantler, Sarah, Alex Griffiths, Jamie Matu, et al.. (2022). A systematic review: Role of dietary supplements on markers of exercise-associated gut damage and permeability. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0266379–e0266379. 14 indexed citations

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Chantler, Sarah, Alex Griffiths, Padraic J. Phibbs, et al.. (2022). The effect of rugby training on indirect markers of gut permeability and gut damage in academy level rugby players. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 122(12). 2545–2554.

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Clifford, Tom, et al.. (2022). Effects of partial penectomy for penile cancer on sexual function: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0274914–e0274914. 10 indexed citations

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Shannon, Oliver M., Ammar W. Ashor, Filippo Scialò, et al.. (2021). Mediterranean diet and the hallmarks of ageing. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 75(8). 1176–1192. 98 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Alex, et al.. (2021). The Mediterranean dietary pattern for optimising health and performance in competitive athletes: a narrative review. British Journal Of Nutrition. 128(7). 1285–1298. 21 indexed citations

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Chantler, Sarah, Alex Griffiths, Jamie Matu, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Exercise on Indirect Markers of Gut Damage and Permeability: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine. 51(1). 113–124. 52 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Alex, Kevin Deighton, Oliver M. Shannon, et al.. (2019). Appetite and energy intake responses to breakfast consumption and carbohydrate supplementation in hypoxia. Appetite. 147. 104564–104564. 6 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Alex, Kevin Deighton, Oliver M. Shannon, et al.. (2019). Substrate oxidation and the influence of breakfast in normobaric hypoxia and normoxia. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 119(9). 1909–1920. 5 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Alex, Oliver M. Shannon, Jamie Matu, et al.. (2019). The effects of environmental hypoxia on substrate utilisation during exercise: a meta-analysis. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 16(1). 10–10. 22 indexed citations

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