Chantal Julia

14.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
250 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Chantal Julia is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chantal Julia has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 46 papers in Physiology and 28 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Chantal Julia's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (171 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (131 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (97 papers). Chantal Julia is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (171 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (131 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (97 papers). Chantal Julia collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United Kingdom. Chantal Julia's co-authors include Serge Herçberg, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, Mathilde Touvier, Pilar Galán, Benjamin Allès, Caroline Méjean, Bernard Srour, Léopold Fezeu, Mélanie Deschasaux and Sandrine Péneau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chantal Julia

233 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: res... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2019 2020 2019 200 400 600
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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. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort
    2018 666 citations Bernard Srour, Laury Sellem et al. 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. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. 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. 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 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 →
  8. Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort
    2022 114 citations Charlotte Debras, Eloi Chazelas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chantal Julia France 53 6.8k 1.5k 1.1k 1.1k 847 250 9.6k
Maria Laura da Costa Louzada Brazil 41 8.7k 1.3× 702 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 791 0.9× 123 10.3k
Jean‐Claude Moubarac Canada 29 7.5k 1.1× 627 0.4× 905 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 694 0.8× 58 8.9k
Mathilde Touvier France 69 9.7k 1.4× 2.9k 1.9× 1.9k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.6× 399 15.8k
Geoffrey Cannon Brazil 26 8.2k 1.2× 697 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.5× 703 0.8× 80 10.0k
Eurídice Martínez Steele Brazil 38 7.0k 1.0× 637 0.4× 762 0.7× 925 0.9× 751 0.9× 111 8.3k
Lisa Harnack United States 60 6.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.9× 692 0.6× 419 0.5× 218 11.7k
Benjamin Allès France 40 4.1k 0.6× 938 0.6× 664 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 480 0.6× 128 6.2k
Sandrine Péneau France 51 4.1k 0.6× 914 0.6× 919 0.8× 957 0.9× 247 0.3× 173 6.7k
Sı́món Barquera Mexico 52 5.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 469 0.4× 294 0.3× 268 9.4k
Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot France 71 10.6k 1.5× 3.7k 2.5× 2.6k 2.3× 1.9k 1.8× 1.2k 1.4× 409 17.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manneville, Florian, Léopold Fezeu, Alice Bellicha, et al.. (2025). Associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and HCC occurrence in patients with cirrhosis. JHEP Reports. 7(5). 101355–101355.
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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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Touvier, Mathilde, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, Jordi Salas‐Salvadó, et al.. (2024). Ability of a dietary index based on the updated algorithm underpinning the Nutri-Score to discriminate food consumption and nutrient intake in a French population of children and adolescents. Food Research International. 198. 115287–115287.
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Merz, Benedikt, Elisabeth H. M. Temme, Joline W. J. Beulens, et al.. (2024). Nutri-Score 2023 update. Nature Food. 5(2). 102–110. 25 indexed citations
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Courbet, Didier, Serge Herçberg, Mathilde Touvier, et al.. (2024). A randomized controlled trial to test the effects of displaying the Nutri-Score in food advertising on consumer perceptions and intentions to purchase and consume. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 38–38. 1 indexed citations
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Charreire, Hélène, Julia Baudry, Sandrine Péneau, et al.. (2024). Improving student diet and food security in higher education using participatory and co-creation approaches: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 21(1). 71–71. 4 indexed citations
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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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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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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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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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Julia, Chantal, Nathalie Arnault, Cédric Agaësse, et al.. (2021). Impact of the Front-of-Pack Label Nutri-Score on the Nutritional Quality of Food Choices in a Quasi-Experimental Trial in Catering. Nutrients. 13(12). 4530–4530. 19 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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Jones, Alexandra, et al.. (2019). WFPHA: World federation of public health associations. Journal of Public Health Policy. 41(1). 102–106. 1 indexed citations
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Chaltiel, Dan, Moufidath Adjibade, Valérie Deschamps, et al.. (2019). Programme National Nutrition Santé – guidelines score 2 (PNNS-GS2): development and validation of a diet quality score reflecting the 2017 French dietary guidelines. British Journal Of Nutrition. 122(3). 331–342. 64 indexed citations
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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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Deschasaux, Mélanie, Chantal Julia, Emmanuelle Kesse‐Guyot, et al.. (2017). Are self-reported unhealthy food choices associated with an increased risk of breast cancer? Prospective cohort study using the British Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system. BMJ Open. 7(6). e013718–e013718. 32 indexed citations

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