Anwar T. Merchant

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Anwar T. Merchant is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Periodontics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anwar T. Merchant has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 47 papers in Periodontics and 44 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Anwar T. Merchant's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (50 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (41 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (38 papers). Anwar T. Merchant is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (50 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (41 papers) and Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (38 papers). Anwar T. Merchant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Pakistan. Anwar T. Merchant's co-authors include Mahshid Dehghan, Noori Akhtar‐Danesh, Lawrence de Koning, Janice Pogue, Subhash Anand, Kaumudi Joshipura, Eric B. Rimm, Waranuch Pitiphat, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis and Walter C. Willett and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Anwar T. Merchant

176 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Adolescents From 2001 to 2009

2014 1.0k citations Dana Dabelea, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis et al. profile →
Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular events: meta-regression analysis of prospective studies

2007 779 citations Anwar T. Merchant et al. profile →
Childhood obesity, prevalence and prevention

2005 526 citations Anwar T. Merchant et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anwar T. Merchant United States	43	2.9k	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	912	186	7.9k
Henry S. Kahn United States	42	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	774 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	827 0.9×	113	8.0k
Kaumudi Joshipura United States	53	3.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	5.7k 3.9×	769 0.6×	669 0.7×	146	12.9k
Umed A. Ajani United States	46	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	292 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	889 1.0×	83	10.8k
Ryan T. Demmer United States	51	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	4.2k 2.9×	584 0.4×	278 0.3×	229	8.8k
Lisa Kahle United States	43	4.4k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	304 0.2×	482 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	87	8.4k
Mei Chung United States	48	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	300 0.2×	792 0.6×	616 0.7×	194	9.8k
Sébastien Czernichow France	54	2.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	237 0.2×	1.6k 1.2×	464 0.5×	269	10.4k
Pesus Chou Taiwan	54	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	306 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	523 0.6×	315	10.8k
Sigrid Gibson United Kingdom	30	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	182 0.1×	976 0.7×	422 0.5×	63	4.6k
Tetsuya Mizoue Japan	60	3.8k 1.3×	3.0k 1.6×	140 0.1×	1.4k 1.1×	962 1.1×	460	13.2k

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Wei, Jingkai, Matthew C. Lohman, Monique J. Brown, et al.. (2024). Physical activity initiated from midlife on risk of dementia and cognitive impairment: The Health and Retirement Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(12). 3668–3680. 3 indexed citations

Chunara, Rumi, Aysha Habib Khan, Afia Zafar, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia in a country-wide laboratory network in Pakistan: 10-year data from 988, 306 patients. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 79. 19–27. 4 indexed citations

Kianoush, Sina, Sana Sheikh, Chayakrit Krittanawong, et al.. (2023). The Association Between Race, Ethnicity and Sleep Quality and Duration: A National Health Interview Survey Study. Current Problems in Cardiology. 48(12). 102004–102004. 5 indexed citations

Wei, Jingkai, Hanzhang Xu, Angela D. Liese, et al.. (2023). Ten‐Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to 2014. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(11). e028527–e028527. 12 indexed citations

Minhas, Abdul Mannan Khan, Kartik Gupta, Vardhmaan Jain, et al.. (2023). Trends in cardiovascular mortality in the United States from 1968 to 2019: analysis of the CDC WONDER database. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 31(5). e33–e35. 7 indexed citations

Geraci, Marco, Jason A. Mendoza, Anwar T. Merchant, et al.. (2023). Household Food Insecurity Is Associated With Physical Activity in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(1). 77–84.

Merchant, Anwar T., et al.. (2023). Association between clusters of antibodies against periodontal microorganisms and Alzheimer disease mortality: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in the USA. Journal of Periodontology. 95(1). 84–90. 3 indexed citations

Mendoza, Jason A., Anwar T. Merchant, Marco Geraci, et al.. (2022). Household food insecurity is associated with diabetic ketoacidosis but not severe hypoglycemia or glycemic control in youth and young adults with youth‐onset type 2 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(7). 982–990. 14 indexed citations

Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir, James W. Hardin, Bryan L. Love, Anwar T. Merchant, & Suzanne McDermott. (2022). Relationship of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use During Pregnancy with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability Among Offspring. Journal of Women s Health. 32(3). 356–365. 5 indexed citations

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Turner, David P., et al.. (2020). Dietary Advanced Glycation End-products (AGE) and Risk of Breast Cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO). Cancer Prevention Research. 13(7). 601–610. 33 indexed citations

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Rifai, Mahmoud Al, Sahar Naderi, Rubina Barolia, et al.. (2020). Association of Smokeless Tobacco Use With the Use of Other Illicit Drugs in the United States. The American Journal of Medicine. 134(1). e15–e19. 3 indexed citations

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Rifai, Mahmoud Al, Sina Kianoush, Anum Saeed, et al.. (2020). Temporal Trends in the Prevalence of Current E-Cigarette and Cigarette Use by Annual Household Income from 2016 to 2018 (from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System [BRFSS] Survey). The American Journal of Cardiology. 137. 139–140. 1 indexed citations

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Rifai, Mahmoud Al, Anwar T. Merchant, Vijay Nambi, et al.. (2020). Temporal Trends in E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016 to 2018. The American Journal of Medicine. 133(9). e508–e511. 24 indexed citations

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Rifai, Mahmoud Al, Anwar T. Merchant, Vijay Nambi, et al.. (2020). Letter to the Editor: Temporal Trends in E-Cigarette and Cigarette Use Among US Adults by US State: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016 to 2018. Population Health Management. 24(3). 414–415. 1 indexed citations

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D’Agostino, Ralph B., Dana Dabelea, Angela D. Liese, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal association between eating frequency and hemoglobin A1c and serum lipids in diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. Pediatric Diabetes. 19(6). 1073–1078. 3 indexed citations

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Su, L. Joseph, Lenore Arab, Jeannette T. Bensen, et al.. (2018). Dietary patterns based on the Mediterranean diet and DASH diet are inversely associated with high aggressive prostate cancer in PCaP. Annals of Epidemiology. 29. 16–22.e1. 34 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Mark A., et al.. (2018). Periodontal, metabolic, and cardiovascular disease: Exploring the role of inflammation and mental health. Pteridines. 29(1). 124–163. 39 indexed citations

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Merchant, Anwar T. & Grace Spatafora. (2013). A role for the DtxR family of metalloregulators in gram‐positive pathogenesis. Molecular Oral Microbiology. 29(1). 1–10. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Jihong, et al.. (2012). Diet, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity: An Urban and Rural Comparison. Childhood Obesity. 8(5). 440–448. 144 indexed citations

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Merchant, Anwar T., Gernard Msamanga, Eduardo Villamor, et al.. (2005). Multivitamin Supplementation of HIV-Positive Women during Pregnancy Reduces Hypertension. Journal of Nutrition. 135(7). 1776–1781. 61 indexed citations

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