Benjamin Allès

9.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
128 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Allès is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Allès has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 56 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Allès's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (79 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (55 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (52 papers). Benjamin Allès is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (79 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (55 papers) and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (52 papers). Benjamin Allès collaborates with scholars based in France, Brazil and Canada. Benjamin Allès's co-authors include Serge Herçberg, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, Mathilde Touvier, Chantal Julia, Caroline Méjean, Bernard Srour, Pilar Galán, Julia Baudry, Mélanie Deschasaux and Sandrine Péneau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Allès

115 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort

2018 666 citations Bernard Srour, Laury Sellem et al. BMJ profile →
Ultra-processed food intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study (NutriNet-Santé)

2019 587 citations Bernard Srour, Léopold Fezeu et al. BMJ profile →
Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Participants of the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort

2019 309 citations Bernard Srour, Léopold Fezeu et al. profile →
Diet and physical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown (March–May 2020): results from the French NutriNet-Santé cohort study

2020 293 citations Mélanie Deschasaux, Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults in France

2019 271 citations Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, Benjamin Allès et al. profile →
Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk: Results from the NutriNet-Santé population-based cohort study

2022 192 citations Charlotte Debras, Eloi Chazelas et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Ultra-processed food intake in association with BMI change and risk of overweight and obesity: A prospective analysis of the French NutriNet-Santé cohort

2020 187 citations Bernard Srour, Caroline Méjean et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

2022 114 citations Charlotte Debras, Eloi Chazelas et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Allès France	40	4.1k	1.5k	1.0k	938	664	128	6.2k
Sandrine Péneau France	51	4.1k 1.0×	768 0.5×	957 0.9×	914 1.0×	919 1.4×	173	6.7k
Jean‐Claude Moubarac Canada	29	7.5k 1.8×	580 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	627 0.7×	905 1.4×	58	8.9k
Maria Laura da Costa Louzada Brazil	41	8.7k 2.1×	701 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	702 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	123	10.3k
Geoffrey Cannon Brazil	26	8.2k 2.0×	675 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	697 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	80	10.0k
Chantal Julia France	53	6.8k 1.7×	684 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	250	9.6k
Nicole Darmon France	47	6.5k 1.6×	2.5k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	2.0k 3.0×	193	10.9k
Eurídice Martínez Steele Brazil	38	7.0k 1.7×	444 0.3×	925 0.9×	637 0.7×	762 1.1×	111	8.3k
Victor L. Fulgoni United States	58	5.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	2.4k 2.6×	2.9k 4.4×	319	10.7k
Renata Bertazzi Levy Brazil	58	12.0k 2.9×	875 0.6×	2.1k 2.0×	1.0k 1.1×	1.8k 2.7×	199	14.8k
Pablo Monsivais United States	48	3.9k 1.0×	504 0.3×	445 0.4×	705 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	132	6.4k

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Edelenyi, Fabien Szabo de, Cédric Agaësse, Alexandre De, et al.. (2026). Associations between preservative food additives and type 2 diabetes incidence in the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11199–11199.

Edelenyi, Fabien Szabo de, Cédric Agaësse, Alexandre De, et al.. (2026). Intake of food additive preservatives and incidence of cancer: results from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. BMJ. 392. e084917–e084917.

Brunin, Joséphine, Julia Baudry, Benjamin Allès, et al.. (2024). What are the changes in mothers’ diets after the birth of a child: results from the NutriNet-Santé cohort. British Journal Of Nutrition. 132(7). 956–970.

Debras, Charlotte, Mélanie Deschasaux, Eloi Chazelas, et al.. (2023). Artificial Sweeteners and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Prospective NutriNet-Santé Cohort. Diabetes Care. 46(9). 1681–1690. 51 indexed citations

Méjean, Caroline, Lucie Sirieix, Julia Baudry, et al.. (2023). Stages of Change toward Meat Reduction: Associations with Motives and Longitudinal Dietary Data on Animal-Based and Plant-Based Food Intakes in French Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 153(11). 3295–3307. 13 indexed citations

Shankland, Rébecca, Mélanie Deschasaux, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, et al.. (2022). Gratitude is associated with a healthier diet in a general population based-study. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

Debras, Charlotte, Eloi Chazelas, Bernard Srour, et al.. (2022). Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk: Results from the NutriNet-Santé population-based cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 19(3). e1003950–e1003950. 192 indexed citations breakdown →

Chazelas, Eloi, F. Pierre, Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo, et al.. (2022). Nitrites and nitrates from food additives and natural sources and cancer risk: results from the NutriNet-Santé cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(4). 1106–1119. 73 indexed citations

Charreire, Hélène, Charlotte Verdot, Fabien Szabo de Edelenyi, et al.. (2022). Correlates of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors during the COVID-19 Lockdown in France: The NutriNet-Santé Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12370–12370. 5 indexed citations

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Péneau, Sandrine, Marc Bénard, Benjamin Allès, et al.. (2022). Validation of the Flexible and Rigid Cognitive Restraint Scales in a General French Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12519–12519. 3 indexed citations

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Seconda, Louise, Hélène Fouillet, Jean‐François Huneau, et al.. (2021). Conservative to disruptive diets for optimizing nutrition, environmental impacts and cost in French adults from the NutriNet-Santé cohort. Nature Food. 2(3). 174–182. 18 indexed citations

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Benamouzig, Robert, Jean‐Marc Sabaté, Michel Bouchoucha, et al.. (2021). Association between Self-Reported Gluten Avoidance and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Findings of the NutriNet-Santé Study. Nutrients. 13(11). 4147–4147. 2 indexed citations

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Deschasaux, Mélanie, Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo, Younes Esseddik, et al.. (2020). Diet and physical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown (March–May 2020): results from the French NutriNet-Santé cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 113(4). 924–938. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allès, Benjamin, Camille Buscail, Catherine Ravel, et al.. (2019). Gluten-free diet in French adults without coeliac disease: sociodemographic characteristics, motives and dietary profile. British Journal Of Nutrition. 122(2). 231–239. 23 indexed citations

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Ducrot, Pauline, Caroline Méjean, France Bellisle, et al.. (2018). Adherence to the French Eating Model is inversely associated with overweight and obesity: results from a large sample of French adults. British Journal Of Nutrition. 120(2). 231–239. 16 indexed citations

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Baudry, Julia, Sandrine Péneau, Benjamin Allès, et al.. (2017). Food Choice Motives When Purchasing in Organic and Conventional Consumer Clusters: Focus on Sustainable Concerns (The NutriNet-Santé Cohort Study). Nutrients. 9(2). 88–88. 102 indexed citations

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Seconda, Louise, Julia Baudry, Benjamin Allès, et al.. (2017). Assessment of the Sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet Combined with Organic Food Consumption: An Individual Behaviour Approach. Nutrients. 9(1). 61–61. 42 indexed citations

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Andreeva, Valentina A., Benjamin Allès, Gilles Féron, et al.. (2016). Sex-Specific Sociodemographic Correlates of Dietary Patterns in a Large Sample of French Elderly Individuals. Nutrients. 8(8). 484–484. 21 indexed citations

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Ducrot, Pauline, Philippine Fassier, Caroline Méjean, et al.. (2016). Association between Motives for Dish Choices during Home Meal Preparation and Weight Status in the NutriNet-Santé Study. Nutrients. 8(7). 413–413. 9 indexed citations

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Samieri, Cécilia, Simon Lorrain, Luc Letenneur, et al.. (2012). Nutrient patterns and risk of fracture in older subjects: results from the Three-City Study. Osteoporosis International. 24(4). 1295–1305. 36 indexed citations

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