Ellen A. Schur

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ellen A. Schur is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen A. Schur has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 29 papers in Physiology and 24 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ellen A. Schur's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (30 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (22 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (20 papers). Ellen A. Schur is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (30 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (22 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (20 papers). Ellen A. Schur collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Ellen A. Schur's co-authors include Dedra Buchwald, Michael W. Schwartz, Kenneth R. Maravilla, Jack Goldberg, Joshua P. Thaler, Stephan J. Guyenet, Susan J. Melhorn, Niloofar Afari, Gregory J. Morton and Matthias H. Tschöp and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ellen A. Schur

68 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Obesity is associated with hypothalamic injury in rodents and humans

2011 1.4k citations Ellen A. Schur, Kenneth R. Maravilla et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen A. Schur United States	26	1.3k	1.2k	664	543	510	73	3.6k
Stephanie Fulton Canada	29	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	548 0.8×	342 0.6×	327 0.6×	67	3.8k
Richard C. Rogers United States	44	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	682 1.0×	133 0.2×	393 0.8×	132	5.9k
Arline D. Salbe United States	40	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	1.3k 2.3×	455 0.9×	69	5.2k
Bernd Schultes Germany	44	1.8k 1.4×	2.9k 2.5×	457 0.7×	875 1.6×	426 0.8×	170	8.4k
Helge Frieling Germany	35	432 0.3×	535 0.4×	847 1.3×	189 0.3×	384 0.8×	215	4.2k
Marco Carotenuto Italy	37	608 0.5×	674 0.6×	629 0.9×	304 0.6×	190 0.4×	156	4.2k
Femke Rutters Netherlands	37	804 0.6×	947 0.8×	711 1.1×	934 1.7×	346 0.7×	124	4.5k
Julio Fernández‐Mendoza United States	44	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	636 1.0×	695 1.3×	326 0.6×	170	6.7k
Jan‐Erik Broman Sweden	34	879 0.7×	611 0.5×	638 1.0×	444 0.8×	375 0.7×	70	4.4k
Paolo Prolo United States	21	875 0.7×	600 0.5×	177 0.3×	152 0.3×	266 0.5×	53	3.1k

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Thapaliya, Gita, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Eating Behaviors on Ultraprocessed Food Consumption Over 12 Months in Children. Obesity. 33(9). 1704–1712.

Melhorn, Susan J., Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buß, et al.. (2024). Associations of radiologic characteristics of the neonatal hypothalamus with early life adiposity gain. Pediatric Obesity. 19(6). e13114–e13114.

Melhorn, Susan J., et al.. (2024). In utero exposure to maternal diabetes or hypertension and childhood hypothalamic gliosis. International Journal of Obesity. 48(4). 594–597. 2 indexed citations

Araújo, Ivan E. de, Jamy D. Ard, John F. Cryan, et al.. (2023). The Neurobiology of Eating Behavior in Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets: A Report from the 23rd Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 118(1). 314–328. 7 indexed citations

Afari, Niloofar, Marianna Gasperi, Cara Dochat, et al.. (2021). Genetic and environmental influences on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and disinhibited eating behaviors. Eating Disorders. 29(3). 226–244. 7 indexed citations

Chandrasekaran, Suchitra, et al.. (2021). Association between MRI Evidence of Hypothalamic Gliosis and Pubertal Development in Girls with Obesity. 94. 1 indexed citations

Saelens, Brian E., Susan J. Melhorn, Maya G Rowland, et al.. (2021). General and Food-Specific Impulsivity and Inhibition Related to Weight Management. Childhood Obesity. 18(2). 84–91. 1 indexed citations

Melhorn, Susan J., Jennifer L. Rosenbaum, Mary K. Askren, et al.. (2021). Reassessing relationships between appetite and adiposity in people at risk of obesity: A twin study using fMRI. Physiology & Behavior. 239. 113504–113504. 5 indexed citations

Sande‐Lee, Simone van de, Susan J. Melhorn, José Carlos de Lima Júnior, et al.. (2019). Radiologic evidence that hypothalamic gliosis is improved after bariatric surgery in obese women with type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Obesity. 44(1). 178–185. 25 indexed citations

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Melhorn, Susan J., Sonya Mehta, Mario Kratz, et al.. (2016). Brain regulation of appetite in twins. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(2). 314–322. 14 indexed citations

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Melhorn, Susan J., Mary K. Askren, Vidhi Tyagi, et al.. (2016). Effects of Anxiety on Caloric Intake and Satiety-Related Brain Activation in Women and Men. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(4). 454–464. 17 indexed citations

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Campbell, Kristin L., Karen E. Foster‐Schubert, Karen W. Makar, et al.. (2013). Gene Expression Changes in Adipose Tissue with Diet- and/or Exercise-Induced Weight Loss. Cancer Prevention Research. 6(3). 217–231. 53 indexed citations

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Dansie, Elizabeth J., Helena Furberg, Niloofar Afari, et al.. (2012). Conditions Comorbid with Chronic Fatigue in a Population-Based Sample. Psychosomatics. 53(1). 44–50. 31 indexed citations

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Mehta, Sonya, Susan J. Melhorn, Vidhi Tyagi, et al.. (2012). Regional brain response to visual food cues is a marker of satiety that predicts food choice. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 96(5). 989–999. 100 indexed citations

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Wright, Lisa Johnson, Ellen A. Schur, Carolyn Noonan, et al.. (2010). Chronic Pain, Overweight, and Obesity: Findings from a Community-Based Twin Registry. Journal of Pain. 11(7). 628–635. 154 indexed citations

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Afari, Niloofar, Carolyn Noonan, Jack Goldberg, et al.. (2010). Depression and obesity: do shared genes explain the relationship?. Depression and Anxiety. 27(9). 799–806. 61 indexed citations

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Schur, Ellen A., Carolyn Noonan, Dedra Buchwald, Jack Goldberg, & Niloofar Afari. (2009). A Twin Study of Depression and Migraine: Evidence for a Shared Genetic Vulnerability. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 49(10). 1493–1502. 64 indexed citations

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Schur, Ellen A., David E. Cummings, Holly S. Callahan, & Karen E. Foster‐Schubert. (2007). Association of cognitive restraint with ghrelin, leptin, and insulin levels in subjects who are not weight-reduced. Physiology & Behavior. 93(4-5). 706–712. 40 indexed citations

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Schur, Ellen A., Mary J. Sanders, & Hans Steiner. (2000). Body dissatisfaction and dieting in young children. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 27(1). 74–82. 167 indexed citations

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Schur, Ellen A.. (1997). Medical students and the future of women's health. JAMA. 277(17). 1406–1407. 4 indexed citations

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