Bernard Srour

9.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
122 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Bernard Srour is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Srour has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 23 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Bernard Srour's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (77 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (60 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (31 papers). Bernard Srour is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (77 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (60 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (31 papers). Bernard Srour collaborates with scholars based in France, Brazil and United States. Bernard Srour's co-authors include Mathilde Touvier, Serge Herçberg, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, Chantal Julia, Mélanie Deschasaux, Benjamin Allès, Pilar Galán, Eloi Chazelas, Carlos Augusto Monteiro and Paule Latino‐Martel and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Srour

112 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: res... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2024 2019 2019 200 400 600
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. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort
    2018 666 citations Thibault Fiolet, Bernard Srour et al. BMJ profile →
  2. 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 →
  3. Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
    2024 310 citations Bernard Srour, Mathilde Touvier et al. BMJ profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. 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 →
  6. 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 →
  7. Ultra-processed foods and human health: from epidemiological evidence to mechanistic insights
    2022 191 citations Bernard Srour, Mélanie Deschasaux et al. profile →
  8. 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 Marie Beslay, Bernard Srour et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  9. 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 →
  10. Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health: public health policies to reduce consumption cannot wait
    2023 78 citations Mathilde Touvier, Bernard Srour et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Srour France 32 3.4k 784 617 582 564 122 5.1k
Mélanie Deschasaux France 36 3.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 724 1.2× 602 1.0× 473 0.8× 127 5.7k
Marialaura Bonaccio Italy 32 2.8k 0.8× 890 1.1× 455 0.7× 318 0.5× 329 0.6× 131 4.3k
Paule Latino‐Martel France 38 1.9k 0.6× 848 1.1× 563 0.9× 499 0.9× 263 0.5× 115 5.0k
Nathalie Druesne‐Pecollo France 30 1.4k 0.4× 561 0.7× 534 0.9× 289 0.5× 223 0.4× 81 3.6k
Valeria Pala Italy 42 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 943 1.5× 566 1.0× 208 0.4× 126 5.0k
Deirdre K. Tobias United States 43 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 1.9× 641 1.0× 313 0.5× 132 0.2× 142 6.5k
Sabina Sieri Italy 47 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 1.2k 2.0× 619 1.1× 209 0.4× 140 6.1k
Fang Hu China 20 1.0k 0.3× 489 0.6× 459 0.7× 410 0.7× 115 0.2× 73 3.8k
Katarina Bälter Sweden 31 973 0.3× 791 1.0× 542 0.9× 277 0.5× 115 0.2× 89 3.1k
Xuehong Zhang United States 43 1.3k 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 372 0.6× 553 1.0× 144 0.3× 226 6.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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.
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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.
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Touvier, Mathilde, Pilar Galán, Chantal Julia, et al.. (2024). Rebuttal to the (pre-proof) paper published by S. Peters and H. Verhagen. PharmaNutrition. 28. 100386–100386.
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Kesse‐Guyot, Emmanuelle, Valérie Deschamps, Pauline Ducrot, et al.. (2024). Complementarity between the updated version of the front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score and the food-processing NOVA classification. Public Health Nutrition. 27(1). e63–e63. 12 indexed citations
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Andreeva, Valentina A., Léopold Fezeu, Chantal Julia, et al.. (2023). Dietary circadian rhythms and cardiovascular disease risk in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7899–7899. 28 indexed citations
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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
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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
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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 →
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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
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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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Aguenaou, Hassan, Nancy Babió, Mélanie Deschasaux, et al.. (2022). Comment on Muzzioli et al. Are Front-of-Pack Labels a Health Policy Tool? Nutrients 2022, 14, 771. Nutrients. 14(10). 2165–2165. 2 indexed citations
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Srour, Bernard, Chantal Julia, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, et al.. (2022). Ultra-processed food intake and eating disorders: Cross-sectional associations among French adults. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 11(2). 588–599. 14 indexed citations
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Courbet, Didier, et al.. (2021). Exposure of French Children and Adolescents to Advertising for Foods High in Fat, Sugar or Salt. Nutrients. 13(11). 3741–3741. 11 indexed citations
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Demidem, Aïcha, Adrien Rossary, Nadia Bouchemal, et al.. (2021). NMR metabolomic profiles associated with long-term risk of prostate cancer. Metabolomics. 17(3). 32–32. 13 indexed citations
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Debras, Charlotte, Eloi Chazelas, Bernard Srour, et al.. (2021). Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols (FODMAPs) and Cancer Risk in the Prospective NutriNet-Santé Cohort. Journal of Nutrition. 152(4). 1059–1069. 6 indexed citations
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Debras, Charlotte, Eloi Chazelas, Bernard Srour, et al.. (2021). Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and cancer risk: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(1). 250–264. 9 indexed citations
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Touvier, Mathilde, Julia Baudry, Chantal Julia, et al.. (2020). Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods by Pesco-Vegetarians, Vegetarians, and Vegans: Associations with Duration and Age at Diet Initiation. Journal of Nutrition. 151(1). 120–131. 138 indexed citations
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Beslay, Marie, Bernard Srour, Caroline Méjean, et al.. (2020). Ultra-processed food intake in association with BMI change and risk of overweight and obesity: A prospective analysis of the French NutriNet-Santé cohort. PLoS Medicine. 17(8). e1003256–e1003256. 187 indexed citations breakdown →
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Debras, Charlotte, Eloi Chazelas, Bernard Srour, et al.. (2020). Total and added sugar intakes, sugar types, and cancer risk: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 112(5). 1267–1279. 80 indexed citations
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Lavalette, Céline, Moufidath Adjibade, Bernard Srour, et al.. (2018). Cancer-Specific and General Nutritional Scores and Cancer Risk: Results from the Prospective NutriNet-Santé Cohort. Cancer Research. 78(15). 4427–4435. 56 indexed citations

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