Dana Dabelea

56.5k total citations · 20 hit papers
424 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Dana Dabelea is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dana Dabelea has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 132 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 122 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dana Dabelea's work include Diabetes Management and Research (144 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (121 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (113 papers). Dana Dabelea is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes Management and Research (144 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (121 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (113 papers). Dana Dabelea collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Dana Dabelea's co-authors include Giuseppina Imperatore, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Jean M. Lawrence, Richard F. Hamman, Catherine Pihoker, Lawrence M. Dolan, Santica M. Marcovina, Sharon Saydah, Robert L. Hanson and William C. Knowler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Dana Dabelea

405 papers receiving 26.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Metabolic Syndrome 2000 2026 2008 2017 2008 2017 2014 2017 2000 500 1000 1.5k
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. The Metabolic Syndrome
    2008 1.6k citations Dana Dabelea et al. profile →
  2. Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012
    2017 1.1k citations Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Jean M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
    2017 938 citations Dana Dabelea et al. profile →
  5. Intrauterine exposure to diabetes conveys risks for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a study of discordant sibships.
    2000 918 citations Dana Dabelea, Giuseppina Imperatore et al. profile →
  6. Incidence of Diabetes in Youth in the United States
    2007 744 citations Dana Dabelea profile →
  7. Staging Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes: A Scientific Statement of JDRF, the Endocrine Society, and the American Diabetes Association
    2015 735 citations Dana Dabelea, Marian Rewers et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  8. Cardiovascular disease competes with breast cancer as the leading cause of death for older females diagnosed with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study
    2011 599 citations Dana Dabelea et al. profile →
  9. Prevention of Diabetes in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes: Effects of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions
    2008 583 citations Dana Dabelea, Steven E. Kahn et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  10. Increasing Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Over Time and by Birth Cohort
    2005 557 citations Dana Dabelea, Janet K. Snell‐Bergeon et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  11. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents
    2018 429 citations Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Anna R. Kahkoska et al. Pediatric Diabetes profile →
  12. The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study: Rationale, Findings, and Future Directions
    2014 396 citations Richard F. Hamman, Dana Dabelea et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  13. Trends in Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents in the US, 2001-2017
    2021 349 citations Jean M. Lawrence, Jasmin Divers et al. profile →
  14. Trends in Incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Youths — Selected Counties and Indian Reservations, United States, 2002–2015
    2020 259 citations Jasmin Divers, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis et al. profile →
  15. Global estimates of incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Atlas, 10th edition
    2021 157 citations Dana Dabelea, Catherine Pihoker et al. profile →
  16. Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: Current Understanding and Challenges
    2021 132 citations Dana Dabelea et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  17. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2022: Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents
    2022 124 citations Ingrid Libman, Aveni Haynes et al. Pediatric Diabetes profile →
  18. Trends in incidence of youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the USA, 2002–18: results from the population-based SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study
    2023 116 citations Jean M. Lawrence, Elizabeth T. Jensen et al. profile →
  19. Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: The Epidemiology of an Awakening Epidemic
    2023 95 citations Wei Perng, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis et al. Diabetes Care profile →
  20. Global type 1 diabetes prevalence, incidence, and mortality estimates 2025: Results from the International diabetes Federation Atlas, 11th Edition, and the T1D Index Version 3.0
    2025 25 citations Aveni Haynes, Dana Dabelea et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dana Dabelea 12.6k 8.1k 7.2k 5.2k 4.4k 424 27.1k
David B. Dunger 14.2k 1.1× 9.0k 1.1× 7.4k 1.0× 8.4k 1.6× 4.3k 1.0× 597 32.2k
Richard F. Hamman 10.9k 0.9× 4.9k 0.6× 5.5k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 283 23.4k
Giuseppina Imperatore 11.5k 0.9× 5.1k 0.6× 4.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 217 19.8k
Peter H. Bennett 15.0k 1.2× 4.4k 0.5× 5.4k 0.7× 4.7k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 290 35.7k
Robert L. Hanson 5.3k 0.4× 3.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.3× 2.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 345 19.3k
Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis 11.5k 0.9× 5.9k 0.7× 4.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 838 0.2× 347 21.7k
Susan E. Hankinson 6.6k 0.5× 7.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.2× 1.7k 0.3× 1.7k 0.4× 468 35.1k
K. G. M. M. Alberti 16.2k 1.3× 3.3k 0.4× 5.1k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 238 33.7k
Gary C. Curhan 4.3k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 6.5k 0.9× 6.8k 1.3× 1.5k 0.3× 404 41.8k
Tapani Rönnemaa 8.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.2× 5.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 392 26.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dabelea, Dana, et al.. (2024). Maternal Inflammation, Offspring Neurobehavioral Health, and Perinatal Correlates in the Healthy Start Study. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5. 1–24.
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Moore, Brianna F., Noel T. Mueller, Wei Perng, et al.. (2024). Impact of prenatal exposure to delta 9‐tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on birth size and postnatal growth trajectories. Pediatric Obesity. 20(1). e13187–e13187. 1 indexed citations
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Dabelea, Dana, John L. Adgate, Wei Perng, et al.. (2024). Associations of urinary biomarkers of phthalates, phenols, parabens, and organophosphate esters with glycemic traits in pregnancy: The Healthy Start Study. Environmental Research. 262(Pt 1). 119810–119810. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Shelley H., Leah Feuerstahler, Aimin Chen, et al.. (2024). The U.S. PFAS exposure burden calculator for 2017–2018: Application to the HOME Study, with comparison of epidemiological findings from NHANES. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 102. 107321–107321. 6 indexed citations
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Meeker, John D., Kristen McArthur, Jennifer J. Adibi, et al.. (2024). Urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites in relation to preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) program. Environment International. 187. 108678–108678. 4 indexed citations
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Harrall, Kylie K., et al.. (2023). Associations of infant feeding practices with abdominal and hepatic fat measures in childhood in the longitudinal Healthy Start Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 119(2). 560–568. 2 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Allison, Anna Bellatorre, Dana Dabelea, et al.. (2023). Diabetes Complications and Cognitive Function in Young Adults with Youth-Onset Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Pediatric Diabetes. 2023. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Moore, Brianna F., Adrienne T. Hoyt, Emily A. Bates, et al.. (2023). Associations between Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Cannabis with Cognition and Behavior at Age 5 Years: The Healthy Start Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(6). 4880–4880. 18 indexed citations
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Gadde, Kishore M., Ronald Goldberg, Trevor J. Orchard, et al.. (2023). Coronary Artery Calcium and Cognitive Decline in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(21). e029671–e029671. 4 indexed citations
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Venter, Carina, Katherine A. Sauder, Deborah H. Glueck, et al.. (2022). Associations between child filaggrin mutations and maternal diet with the development of allergic diseases in children. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(3). e13753–e13753. 9 indexed citations
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Dolan, Lawrence M., Cynthia K. Suerken, Ralph B. D’Agostino, et al.. (2022). A longitudinal assessment of diabetes autoantibodies in the SEARCH for diabetes in youth study. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(7). 1027–1037. 2 indexed citations
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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
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Libman, Ingrid, Aveni Haynes, Sarah K. Lyons, et al.. (2022). ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2022: Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents. Pediatric Diabetes. 23(8). 1160–1174. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Küpers, Leanne K., Sílvia Fernández‐Barrés, Aayah Nounu, et al.. (2022). Maternal Mediterranean diet in pregnancy and newborn DNA methylation: a meta-analysis in the PACE Consortium. Epigenetics. 17(11). 1419–1431. 13 indexed citations
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DeWitt, Peter E., Brandy M. Ringham, Anna G. Warrener, et al.. (2022). A Nested Case-Control Study of Allopregnanolone and Preterm Birth in the Healthy Start Cohort. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 7(2). bvac179–bvac179. 5 indexed citations
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Francis, Ellen C., Dana Dabelea, Brandy M. Ringham, Katherine A. Sauder, & Wei Perng. (2020). Maternal blood glucose level and offspring glucose–insulin homeostasis: what is the role of offspring adiposity?. Diabetologia. 64(1). 83–94. 13 indexed citations
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Kahkoska, Anna R., Allison E. Aiello, Kyle S. Burger, et al.. (2019). Longitudinal Phenotypes of Type 1 Diabetes in Youth Based on Weight and Glycemia and Their Association With Complications. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 104(12). 6003–6016. 15 indexed citations
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Maahs, David M., Kristen J. Nadeau, Janet K. Snell‐Bergeon, et al.. (2010). Association of insulin sensitivity to lipids across the lifespan in people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine. 28(2). 148–155. 43 indexed citations

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