Anna Melin

4.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
59 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Anna Melin is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Physiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Melin has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cell Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 24 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Anna Melin's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (30 papers), Sports Performance and Training (21 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers). Anna Melin is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (30 papers), Sports Performance and Training (21 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers). Anna Melin collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Anna Melin's co-authors include Monica Klungland Torstveit, Louise M. Burke, Margo Mountjoy, Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz, Bronwen Lundy, Anders Sjödin, Jens Faber, Jorunn Sundgot‐Borgen, Adam S. Tenforde and Sven O. Skouby and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Anna Melin

51 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update

2018 507 citations Margo Mountjoy, Jorunn Sundgot‐Borgen et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S): 2018 Update

2018 273 citations Margo Mountjoy, Jorunn Sundgot‐Borgen et al. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism profile →
2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)

2023 257 citations Margo Mountjoy, Kathryn E. Ackerman et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
Low Energy Availability in Athletes 2020: An Updated Narrative Review of Prevalence, Risk, Within-Day Energy Balance, Knowledge, and Impact on Sports Performance

2020 195 citations Danielle M. Logue, Sharon M. Madigan et al. Nutrients profile →
Energy Availability in Athletics: Health, Performance, and Physique

2019 149 citations Anna Melin, Ida A. Heikura et al. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Melin Sweden	22	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	886	476	59	3.0k
Nanna L. Meyer United States	18	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	729 0.8×	421 0.9×	46	3.0k
Roberta Sherman United States	24	761 0.5×	945 0.7×	757 0.6×	655 0.7×	920 1.9×	41	2.9k
Bronwen Lundy Australia	15	832 0.5×	771 0.6×	714 0.5×	400 0.5×	185 0.4×	25	1.7k
Ida A. Heikura Australia	21	1.1k 0.7×	687 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	306 0.3×	129 0.3×	39	1.9k
Eric R. Helms New Zealand	26	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	859 0.6×	278 0.3×	132 0.3×	97	2.9k
Charlotte F. Sanborn United States	20	424 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	722 0.5×	572 0.6×	314 0.7×	60	2.2k
Pascale Duché France	30	392 0.2×	750 0.5×	916 0.7×	833 0.9×	298 0.6×	115	2.6k
Michelle T. Barrack United States	22	520 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	623 0.5×	495 0.6×	309 0.6×	59	2.0k
Scott A. Paluska United States	18	502 0.3×	306 0.2×	817 0.6×	374 0.4×	453 1.0×	52	2.2k
Jaci L. VanHeest United States	22	388 0.2×	811 0.6×	537 0.4×	248 0.3×	108 0.2×	48	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Melin, Anna, Mia Beck Lichtenstein, Lennart Friis‐Hansen, et al.. (2025). Lower Bone Mineral Density in Female Elite Athletes With Menstrual Dysfunction From Mixed Sports. Translational Sports Medicine. 2025(1). 4969624–4969624.

Solstad, Bård Erlend, Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz, Anna Melin, Ina Garthe, & Monica Klungland Torstveit. (2025). Participant evaluations of the FUEL intervention designed for female endurance athletes at risk of REDs. DiVA (Linnaeus University).

Edlund, Birgitta, et al.. (2024). Assessment of eating disorder symptoms, compulsive exercise, body dissatisfaction and depression in Swedish national team gymnasts, with a one-year follow-up. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity. 29(1). 46–46.

Caldwell, Hannah G., Cody Durrer, Mikkel Oxfeldt, et al.. (2024). The whole‐body and skeletal muscle metabolic response to 14 days of highly controlled low energy availability in endurance‐trained females. The FASEB Journal. 38(21). e70157–e70157. 2 indexed citations

Torstveit, Monica Klungland, et al.. (2024). FIDES Athlete Development Programme: project background and study protocol of an embedded multiple case study. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 10(1). e001898–e001898.

Caldwell, Hannah G., et al.. (2024). Low energy availability increases immune cell formation of reactive oxygen species and impairs exercise performance in female endurance athletes. Redox Biology. 75. 103250–103250. 7 indexed citations

Skillgate, Eva, Anna Melin, Henrik Källberg, et al.. (2023). Dietary habits in adolescent male and female handball players: the Swedish Handball Cohort. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 9(4). e001679–e001679. 1 indexed citations

Oxfeldt, Mikkel, et al.. (2023). Low energy availability reduces myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic muscle protein synthesis in trained females. The Journal of Physiology. 601(16). 3481–3497. 29 indexed citations

Mountjoy, Margo, Kathryn E. Ackerman, David M. Bailey, et al.. (2023). 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57(17). 1073–1098. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melin, Anna, José L. Areta, Ida A. Heikura, et al.. (2023). Direct and indirect impact of low energy availability on sports performance. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34(1). e14327–e14327. 43 indexed citations

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Melin, Anna, et al.. (2023). Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) Indicators in Male Adolescent Endurance Athletes: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study. Nutrients. 15(24). 5086–5086. 4 indexed citations

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Kuettel, Andreas, Anna Melin, Carsten Hvid Larsen, & Mia Beck Lichtenstein. (2022). Depressive Symptoms in Danish Elite Athletes Using the Major Depressive Inventory (MDI) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 4(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations

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Lundy, Bronwen, Monica Klungland Torstveit, Louise M. Burke, et al.. (2022). Screening for Low Energy Availability in Male Athletes: Attempted Validation of LEAM-Q. Nutrients. 14(9). 1873–1873. 28 indexed citations

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Logue, Danielle M., Sharon M. Madigan, Anna Melin, et al.. (2020). Self‐reported reproductive health of athletic and recreationally active males in Ireland: potential health effects interfering with performance. European Journal of Sport Science. 21(2). 275–284. 9 indexed citations

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Logue, Danielle M., Sharon M. Madigan, Anna Melin, et al.. (2020). Low Energy Availability in Athletes 2020: An Updated Narrative Review of Prevalence, Risk, Within-Day Energy Balance, Knowledge, and Impact on Sports Performance. Nutrients. 12(3). 835–835. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

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Torstveit, Monica Klungland, et al.. (2020). Impact of a 4-Week Intensified Endurance Training Intervention on Markers of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and Performance Among Well-Trained Male Cyclists. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 512365–512365. 27 indexed citations

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Needleman, Ian, Alan Rankin, Paul Ashley, et al.. (2019). Infographic. Nutrition and oral health in sport: time for action. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(22). 1432–1433. 3 indexed citations

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Govus, Andrew, et al.. (2019). Influence of Immune and Nutritional Biomarkers on Illness Risk During Interval Training. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 15(1). 60–67. 8 indexed citations

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Melin, Anna, Monica Klungland Torstveit, Louise M. Burke, Saul Marks, & Jorunn Sundgot‐Borgen. (2014). Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders in Aquatic Sports. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. 24(4). 450–459. 21 indexed citations

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Melin, Anna & Ragnhild Arvidsson Lenner. (2008). Prevention of further weight gain in overweight school children, a pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 23(3). 498–505. 11 indexed citations

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