Dorothy D. Sears

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Dorothy D. Sears is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy D. Sears has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Physiology, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Dorothy D. Sears's work include Diet and metabolism studies (24 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (23 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (20 papers). Dorothy D. Sears is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (24 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (23 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (20 papers). Dorothy D. Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Dorothy D. Sears's co-authors include Ruth E. Patterson, Loki Natarajan, Jerrold M. Olefsky, Jane J. Kim, Sheri J. Hartman, Jachelle M. Ofrecio, Catherine R. Marinac, Linda C. Gallo, Justin Chapman and Min Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy D. Sears

115 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Metabolic Effects of Intermittent Fasting

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dorothy D. Sears United States	37	2.7k	1.8k	1.1k	632	515	121	5.1k
María J. Moreno‐Aliaga Spain	44	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	656 1.0×	626 1.2×	155	5.7k
Manlio Vinciguerra Italy	51	1.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.8×	1.5k 1.4×	738 1.2×	753 1.5×	193	7.3k
Ana B. Crujeiras Spain	41	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	641 1.0×	764 1.5×	118	5.6k
Thomas Skurk Germany	33	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 2.0×	354 0.6×	490 1.0×	125	5.2k
Ingrid Dahlman Sweden	43	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	215 0.3×	678 1.3×	125	5.8k
Francisco Ortega Spain	44	2.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	2.0k 1.8×	314 0.5×	618 1.2×	149	7.0k
Jaswinder K. Sethi United Kingdom	36	2.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	381 0.6×	563 1.1×	53	5.9k
Margaret F. Gregor United States	7	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	290 0.5×	468 0.9×	8	4.3k
José E. Galgani Chile	29	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	338 0.5×	595 1.2×	91	4.9k
Radhika Muzumdar United States	37	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	875 0.8×	385 0.6×	885 1.7×	75	4.2k

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Hartman, Sheri J., Andrea Z. LaCroix, Dorothy D. Sears, et al.. (2025). Impacts of Reducing Sitting Time or Increasing Sit-to-Stand Transitions on Blood Pressure and Glucose Regulation in Postmenopausal Women: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 152(8). 492–504.

Jasbi, Paniz, Yan Jin, Haiwei Gu, et al.. (2025). Metabolome Alterations Associated with Three-Month Sitting-Time Reduction Among Sedentary Postmenopausal Latinas with Cardiometabolic Disease Risk. Metabolites. 15(2). 75–75. 1 indexed citations

Irwin, Melinda L., Dorothy D. Sears, & Jennifer A. Ligibel. (2023). Translational and transdisciplinary research in energy balance and cancer: past is prologue. JNCI Monographs. 2023(61). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Kalam, Faiza, Dara James, Michael F. Coleman, et al.. (2023). Intermittent fasting interventions to leverage metabolic and circadian mechanisms for cancer treatment and supportive care outcomes. JNCI Monographs. 2023(61). 84–103. 23 indexed citations

Gu, Haiwei, et al.. (2023). Effects of Increased Standing and Light-Intensity Physical Activity to Improve Postprandial Glucose in Sedentary Office Workers: Protocol for a Randomized Crossover Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 12. e45133–e45133. 1 indexed citations

Letellier, Noémie, et al.. (2022). How do environmental characteristics jointly contribute to cardiometabolic health? A quantile g-computation mixture analysis. Preventive Medicine Reports. 30. 102005–102005. 7 indexed citations

Makarem, Nour, Faris M. Zuraikat, Billy A. Caceres, et al.. (2022). Variable Eating Patterns: A Potential Novel Risk Factor for Systemic Inflammation in Women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 57(1). 93–97. 7 indexed citations

Zou, Jingjing, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal Associations Between Timing of Physical Activity Accumulation and Health: Application of Functional Data Methods. Statistics in Biosciences. 15(2). 309–329. 4 indexed citations

Hartman, Sheri J., Lindsay Dillon, Andrea Z. LaCroix, et al.. (2021). Interrupting Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Women: Protocol for the Rise for Health Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(5). e28684–e28684. 3 indexed citations

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Schembre, Susan M., Michelle R Jospe, Erin D. Giles, et al.. (2021). A Low-Glucose Eating Pattern Improves Biomarkers of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: An Exploratory Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Feasibility Trial. Nutrients. 13(12). 4508–4508. 5 indexed citations

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Das, Manasi, Lesley G. Ellies, Deepak Kumar, et al.. (2021). Time-restricted feeding normalizes hyperinsulinemia to inhibit breast cancer in obese postmenopausal mouse models. Nature Communications. 12(1). 565–565. 65 indexed citations

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Reuter, Chase, John Bellettiere, Sandy Liles, et al.. (2020). Diurnal patterns of sedentary behavior and changes in physical function over time among older women: a prospective cohort study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17(1). 88–88. 13 indexed citations

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Hartman, Sheri J., Lauren S Weiner, Sandahl H. Nelson, et al.. (2019). Mediators of a Physical Activity Intervention on Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Cancer. 5(2). e13150–e13150. 26 indexed citations

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Nelson, Sandahl H., Jacqueline Kerr, Suneeta Godbole, et al.. (2019). Modeling Temporal Variation in Physical Activity Using Functional Principal Components Analysis. Statistics in Biosciences. 11(2). 403–421. 17 indexed citations

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Takemoto, Michelle, Dorothy D. Sears, Loki Natarajan, et al.. (2019). Arriba por la Vida Estudio (AVE): Study protocol for a standing intervention targeting postmenopausal Latinas. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 79. 66–72. 4 indexed citations

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Kerr, Jacqueline, et al.. (2018). Modeling interrelationships between health behaviors in overweight breast cancer survivors: Applying Bayesian networks. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0202923–e0202923. 7 indexed citations

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Makarem, Nour, Brooke Aggarwal, Dorothy D. Sears, et al.. (2018). Abstract 11503: Circadian Timing of Food Intake is Associated With Cardiometabolic Risk in US Hispanics/Latinos: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Circulation. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Pingping, Shuainan Liu, Min Lü, et al.. (2016). Hematopoietic-Derived Galectin-3 Causes Cellular and Systemic Insulin Resistance. Cell. 167(4). 973–984.e12. 240 indexed citations

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Marinac, Catherine R., Sandahl H. Nelson, Sheri J. Hartman, et al.. (2016). Prolonged Nightly Fasting and Breast Cancer Prognosis. JAMA Oncology. 2(8). 1049–1049. 115 indexed citations

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Lazić, Miloš, Davide Povero, Yury I. Miller, et al.. (2013). 1271 REDUCED DIETARY OMEGA-6:OMEGA-3 RATIO AND 12/15-LIPOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY PROTECT FROM HIGH FAT DIET-INDUCED STEATOHEPATITIS. Journal of Hepatology. 58. S514–S514. 1 indexed citations

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