Brigitte Brands

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Brigitte Brands is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brigitte Brands has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Brigitte Brands's work include Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers). Brigitte Brands is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers). Brigitte Brands collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. Brigitte Brands's co-authors include Berthold Koletzko, Hans Demmelmair, Lucilla Poston, Keith M. Godfrey, Veit Grote, Peter Rzehak, B. Zalewski, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Marita de Waard and Franca F. Kirchberg and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Brigitte Brands

17 papers receiving 760 citations

Hit Papers

Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood and its Implications for Maternal and Long-Term Child Health: The Early Nutrition Project Recommendations
    2019 244 citations Berthold Koletzko, Keith M. Godfrey et al. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brigitte Brands Germany 9 363 317 312 172 129 19 788
C. Wesley Lindsey United States 9 169 0.5× 265 0.8× 327 1.0× 191 1.1× 51 0.4× 10 952
Nadina Karaolis‐Danckert Germany 14 375 1.0× 585 1.8× 160 0.5× 87 0.5× 96 0.7× 16 959
Elena Dain Spain 7 299 0.8× 310 1.0× 301 1.0× 161 0.9× 38 0.3× 8 670
A. Sengier Belgium 6 398 1.1× 467 1.5× 395 1.3× 290 1.7× 44 0.3× 9 906
Daniela Morniroli Italy 20 335 0.9× 184 0.6× 452 1.4× 476 2.8× 92 0.7× 55 1.0k
Lene Schack-Nielsen Denmark 17 704 1.9× 609 1.9× 328 1.1× 290 1.7× 360 2.8× 26 1.3k
Marita de Waard Netherlands 13 240 0.7× 149 0.5× 420 1.3× 261 1.5× 72 0.6× 15 732
Rasmus Wibæk Denmark 12 274 0.8× 374 1.2× 415 1.3× 52 0.3× 54 0.4× 30 804
Aisling A. Geraghty Ireland 15 331 0.9× 200 0.6× 149 0.5× 87 0.5× 276 2.1× 67 778
Michele Drehmer Brazil 16 121 0.3× 508 1.6× 121 0.4× 111 0.6× 230 1.8× 50 866

Countries citing papers authored by Brigitte Brands

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brigitte Brands

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brigitte Brands

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brigitte Brands. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brigitte Brands based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brigitte Brands. Brigitte Brands is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Dascălu, Mihai, Mihai Carabaș, Ștefan Trăușan-Matu, et al.. (2020). Cohesion Network Analysis: Customized Curriculum Management in Moodle. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 175–181. 2 indexed citations
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Brands, Brigitte, Sirinuch Chomtho, Umaporn Suthutvoravut, et al.. (2020). Early Nutrition eAcademy Southeast Asia e-Learning for Enhancing Knowledge on Nutrition during the First 1000 Days of Life. Nutrients. 12(6). 1817–1817. 2 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Keith M. Godfrey, Lucilla Poston, et al.. (2019). Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood and its Implications for Maternal and Long-Term Child Health: The Early Nutrition Project Recommendations. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 74(2). 93–106. 244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Koletzko, Berthold, Brigitte Brands, Veit Grote, et al.. (2017). Long-Term Health Impact of Early Nutrition: The Power of Programming. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 70(3). 161–169. 97 indexed citations
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Egan, Bernadette, Heather Gage, Peter Williams, et al.. (2016). The effect of diet on the physical and mental development of children: views of parents and teachers in four European countries. British Journal Of Nutrition. 122(s1). S31–S39. 5 indexed citations
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Gage, Heather, Bernadette Egan, Peter Williams, et al.. (2016). Importance of mental performance in parental choice of food for children aged 4–10 years: a study in four European countries. Public Health Nutrition. 20(6). 992–1000. 1 indexed citations
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Waard, Marita de, Brigitte Brands, Stefanie M.P. Kouwenhoven, et al.. (2016). Optimal nutrition in lactating women and its effect on later health of offspring: A systematic review of current evidence and recommendations (EarlyNutrition project). Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 57(18). 4003–4016. 14 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Brigitte Brands, Michail Chourdakis, et al.. (2014). The Power of Programming and the EarlyNutrition Project: Opportunities for Health Promotion by Nutrition during the First Thousand Days of Life and Beyond. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 64(3-4). 187–196. 97 indexed citations
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Brands, Brigitte, et al.. (2014). How growth due to infant nutrition influences obesity and later disease risk. Acta Paediatrica. 103(6). 578–585. 66 indexed citations
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Gage, Heather, Bernadette Egan, Peter Williams, et al.. (2013). Views of parents in four European countries about the effect of food on the mental performance of primary school children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 68(1). 32–37. 2 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Brigitte Brands, Hans Demmelmair, et al.. (2013). Early Influences of Nutrition on Postnatal Growth. Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series. 71. 11–27. 47 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Brigitte Brands, Lucilla Poston, Keith M. Godfrey, & Hans Demmelmair. (2012). Early nutrition programming of long-term health. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 71(3). 371–378. 156 indexed citations
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Brands, Brigitte & Berthold Koletzko. (2012). Frühe Ernährung und langfristiges Adipositasrisiko. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 160(11). 1096–1102. 2 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Brigitte Brands, & Hans Demmelmair. (2011). The Early Nutrition Programming Project (EARNEST): 5 y of successful multidisciplinary collaborative research. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 94(6 Suppl). S1749–S1753. 33 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, S. Schiess, Brigitte Brands, et al.. (2010). Frühkindliche Ernährung und späteres Adipositasrisiko. Hinweise auf frühe metabolische Programmierung. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 53(7). 666–673.
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Koletzko, Berthold, S. Schiess, Brigitte Brands, et al.. (2010). Frühkindliche Ernährung und späteres Adipositasrisiko1. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 53(7). 666–673. 8 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Veit Grote, S. Schiess, et al.. (2010). Prävention der kindlichen Adipositas durch die Säuglingsernährung. Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde. 158(6). 553–563.

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