An Pan

51.0k total citations · 32 hit papers
416 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

An Pan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, An Pan has authored 416 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 76 papers in Physiology and 69 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in An Pan's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (121 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (56 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (48 papers). An Pan is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (121 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (56 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (48 papers). An Pan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. An Pan's co-authors include Frank B. Hu, Walter C. Willett, Qi Sun, Vasanti Malik, Xiong‐Fei Pan, JoAnn E. Manson, Oscar H. Franco, Frank B. Hu, Gang Liu and Yanping Li and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

An Pan

399 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

Sugar-sweetened beverages... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2013 2020 2021 2019 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. Sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 1.2k citations An Pan, Walter C. Willett et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  2. Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China
    2020 1.1k citations An Pan et al. profile →
  3. Epidemiology and determinants of obesity in China
    2021 936 citations Xiong‐Fei Pan, An Pan et al. profile →
  4. The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic
    2019 776 citations An Pan et al. profile →
  5. Rotating Night Shift Work and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Two Prospective Cohort Studies in Women
    2011 591 citations An Pan et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  6. Depression and Risk of Stroke Morbidity and Mortality
    2011 563 citations An Pan, Frank B. Hu et al. profile →
  7. Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population
    2018 559 citations Yanping Li, An Pan et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome
    2012 556 citations An Pan et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  9. Associations of healthy lifestyle and socioeconomic status with mortality and incident cardiovascular disease: two prospective cohort studies
    2021 544 citations Yanbo Zhang, Xiong‐Fei Pan et al. profile →
  10. Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis
    2011 523 citations An Pan, JoAnn E. Manson et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  11. White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review
    2012 490 citations An Pan et al. profile →
  12. Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies
    2014 458 citations An Pan, Oscar H. Franco et al. profile →
  13. Dietary flavonoid intakes and risk of type 2 diabetes in US men and women
    2012 406 citations An Pan, Walter C. Willett et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
  14. Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study
    2020 397 citations Yanping Li, Dong D. Wang et al. profile →
  15. Dietary Linoleic Acid and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
    2014 389 citations An Pan, Walter C. Willett et al. Circulation profile →
  16. Relation of active, passive, and quitting smoking with incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2015 384 citations An Pan, Yeli Wang et al. profile →
  17. Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes
    2014 335 citations An Pan, Walter C. Willett et al. profile →
  18. Association of Changes in Diet Quality with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality
    2017 324 citations Yanping Li, An Pan et al. profile →
  19. Health policy and public health implications of obesity in China
    2021 319 citations An Pan et al. profile →
  20. Red and processed meat consumption and mortality: dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
    2015 315 citations An Pan, Frank B. Hu et al. profile →
  21. Association of Age of Onset of Hypertension With Cardiovascular Diseases and Mortality
    2020 300 citations An Pan, Shuohua Chen et al. profile →
  22. Long-Term Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Mortality in US Adults
    2019 277 citations Yanping Li, An Pan et al. Circulation profile →
  23. Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories
    2019 242 citations An Pan et al. profile →
  24. Association of Depression With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Adults in China
    2020 241 citations Meian He, An Pan et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
  25. Weight change across adulthood in relation to all cause and cause specific mortality: prospective cohort study
    2019 227 citations Yanbo Zhang, Xiong‐Fei Pan et al. profile →
  26. Combined lifestyle factors, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
    2020 182 citations Yanbo Zhang, Xiong‐Fei Pan et al. profile →
  27. Clinical management and treatment of obesity in China
    2021 172 citations Xiong‐Fei Pan, An Pan et al. profile →
  28. Global burden of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults, 1990-2019: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
    2022 160 citations Yunfei Liao, Gang Liu et al. profile →
  29. Associations of Serum Carotenoids With Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: Results From NHANES
    2022 131 citations Zixin Qiu, Tingting Geng et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  30. Associations of Serum Folate and Vitamin B12 Levels With Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
    2022 125 citations Tingting Geng, Zhenzhen Wan et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
  31. Healthy lifestyle behaviors, mediating biomarkers, and risk of microvascular complications among individuals with type 2 diabetes: A cohort study
    2023 113 citations Tingting Geng, Kai Zhu et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  32. Associations of socioeconomic status and healthy lifestyle with incident early-onset and late-onset dementia: a prospective cohort study
    2023 73 citations Rui Li, Ruyi Li et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
An Pan 9.8k 6.9k 4.6k 4.5k 3.5k 416 30.0k
Rob M. van Dam 10.7k 1.1× 8.2k 1.2× 5.3k 1.2× 4.7k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 360 29.9k
Robert Luben 6.5k 0.7× 5.8k 0.8× 5.3k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 517 30.3k
Edith J. M. Feskens 9.8k 1.0× 8.2k 1.2× 5.2k 1.1× 6.2k 1.4× 3.2k 0.9× 580 31.0k
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos 13.7k 1.4× 10.1k 1.5× 4.0k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 954 31.5k
Hiroyasu Iso 6.9k 0.7× 4.5k 0.7× 4.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.9× 4.4k 1.3× 853 26.7k
Kathryn M. Rexrode 8.3k 0.8× 6.1k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 337 26.5k
Sheila Bingham 9.1k 0.9× 6.3k 0.9× 4.3k 1.0× 4.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 284 27.8k
Shoichiro Tsugane 8.0k 0.8× 4.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 4.2k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 883 31.0k
Kay‐Tee Khaw 8.9k 0.9× 7.8k 1.1× 9.4k 2.1× 5.3k 1.2× 4.6k 1.3× 617 41.4k
Alicja Wolk 12.1k 1.2× 7.3k 1.0× 3.3k 0.7× 6.2k 1.4× 4.3k 1.2× 576 40.9k

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All Works

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Yu, Hancheng, Frank Qian, Pang Yao, et al.. (2025). Large-Scale Plasma Proteomics Improves Prediction of Peripheral Artery Disease in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 48(3). 381–389. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun, Rui Li, Kai Zhu, et al.. (2025). Modifiable risk factors and plasma proteomics in relation to complications of type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2896–2896. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Kai, Tingting Geng, Zixin Qiu, et al.. (2024). Beverage Consumption, Genetic Predisposition, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(11). e2038–e2047. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Guangming, Huiling Shao, Audrey J. Gaskins, et al.. (2024). Hypertension and semen quality among 1381 young men: A cohort study with repeated measurements. 2(4). 100099–100099. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Li, Zhilei Shan, Qi Lu, et al.. (2024). Associations of Lower-Carbohydrate and Lower-Fat Diets with Mortality among People with Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of Nutrition. 154(6). 1869–1879. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yanfeng, Shuohua Chen, Jun‐Xiang Chen, et al.. (2024). Cost‐Effectiveness of a Workplace‐Based Hypertension Management Program in Real‐World Practice in the Kailuan Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(8). e031578–e031578. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Qi, Junxiang Chen, Limiao Jiang, et al.. (2023). Gut microbiota-derived secondary bile acids, bile acids receptor polymorphisms, and risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 119(2). 324–332. 20 indexed citations
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Geng, Tingting, Yanfeng Zhou, Pan He, et al.. (2023). Adherence to a Planetary Health Diet, Environmental Impacts, and Mortality in Chinese Adults. JAMA Network Open. 6(10). e2339468–e2339468. 30 indexed citations
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Lu, Qi, Yuexuan Wang, Tingting Geng, et al.. (2023). Depressive symptoms, lifestyle behaviors, and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in individuals of different socioeconomic status: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 347. 345–351. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Liangliang, An Pan, Chuang Li, & Hui Zhao. (2023). Co-phase error detection for segmented mirrors with ptychography. Optics Communications. 537. 129393–129393. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun‐Xiang, Tingting Geng, Yanbo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Associations of Clinical Risk Factors and Novel Biomarkers With Age at Onset of Type 2 Diabetes. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(1). e321–e329. 4 indexed citations
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Geng, Tingting, Qi Lu, Zhenzhen Wan, et al.. (2022). Association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with risk of dementia among individuals with type 2 diabetes: A cohort study in the UK Biobank. PLoS Medicine. 19(1). e1003906–e1003906. 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Yi, et al.. (2021). Social support and health among older adults – the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Ageing and Society. 42(8). 1921–1937. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Ping, Yi Ye, Yi Wang, et al.. (2021). Association of Gut Microbiota during Early Pregnancy with Risk of Incident Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(10). e4128–e4141. 36 indexed citations
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Pan, An, et al.. (2021). Factors associated with depression across age groups of older adults: The Singapore Chinese health study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 37(2). 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Jun, Haijing Li, Zhaoliang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Endophytic Bacteria as Contributors to Theanine Production in Camellia sinensis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(38). 10685–10693. 38 indexed citations
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Li, Yanping, An Pan, Dong D. Wang, et al.. (2018). Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population. Circulation. 138(4). 345–355. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, An, Yeli Wang, Mohammad Talaei, & Frank B. Hu. (2015). Relation of Smoking With Total Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. Circulation. 132(19). 1795–1804. 227 indexed citations

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