Fumiaki Imamura

16.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
97 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Fumiaki Imamura is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fumiaki Imamura has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Fumiaki Imamura's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (44 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (15 papers). Fumiaki Imamura is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (44 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (15 papers). Fumiaki Imamura collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Fumiaki Imamura's co-authors include Dariush Mozaffarian, Renata Micha, Nita G. Forouhi, Laura O’Connor, Zheng Ye, Yasuaki Hayashino, Colin D. Rehm, Nicholas J. Wareham, Frederick Cudhea and José L. Peñalvo and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fumiaki Imamura

92 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Association Between Dietary Factors and Mortality From Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States
    2017 812 citations Renata Micha, Fumiaki Imamura et al. profile →
  2. The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic
    2019 776 citations An Pan, Fumiaki Imamura et al. profile →
  3. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction
    2016 773 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Nita G. Forouhi et al. profile →
  4. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction
    2015 700 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Nita G. Forouhi et al. BMJ profile →
  5. Dietary quality among men and women in 187 countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic assessment
    2015 581 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Renata Micha et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →
  6. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults
    2015 448 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Dariush Mozaffarian et al. profile →
  7. Fruit consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective longitudinal cohort studies
    2013 396 citations Isao Muraki, Fumiaki Imamura et al. BMJ profile →
  8. Effects of Saturated Fat, Polyunsaturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat, and Carbohydrate on Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Feeding Trials
    2016 347 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Renata Micha et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
  9. A Meta-Analysis of Food Labeling Effects on Consumer Diet Behaviors and Industry Practices
    2018 270 citations Peilin Shi, Renata Micha 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
Fumiaki Imamura United Kingdom 36 4.2k 2.2k 1.9k 1.5k 858 97 8.6k
Enrique Gómez‐Gracia Spain 47 5.1k 1.2× 3.3k 1.5× 1.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 111 9.1k
Laura Sampson United States 49 5.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 151 13.6k
Shilpa N Bhupathiraju United States 40 4.3k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 814 0.9× 111 7.8k
J.H.M. de Vries Netherlands 54 3.9k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 937 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 219 10.0k
Mara Z. Vitolins United States 52 3.4k 0.8× 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 239 9.8k
Linda Snetselaar United States 51 3.4k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 843 0.6× 707 0.8× 294 8.9k
Zumin Shi Qatar 48 3.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 485 0.6× 344 8.3k
Josep A. Tur Spain 49 2.4k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 895 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 312 8.6k
Ramin Heshmat Iran 43 3.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 840 1.0× 473 9.1k
Lesley F. Tinker United States 52 5.1k 1.2× 4.1k 1.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 244 11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fumiaki Imamura

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sowah, Solomon A., Fumiaki Imamura, Daniel B. Ibsen, et al.. (2025). The association of the planetary health diet with type 2 diabetes incidence and greenhouse gas emissions: Findings from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 22(9). e1004633–e1004633. 1 indexed citations
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Sowah, Solomon A., Albert Koulman, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2024). Effects of coconut oil, olive oil, and butter on plasma fatty acids and metabolic risk factors: a randomized trial. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(12). 100681–100681. 1 indexed citations
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Madden, Angela, Fumiaki Imamura, Danielle Jones, et al.. (2023). Nutritional Intake after Liver Transplant: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 15(11). 2487–2487. 2 indexed citations
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Camille, M., Albert Koulman, Nita G. Forouhi, et al.. (2022). Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in rural and urban settings. Nutrition and Diabetes. 12(1). 34–34. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Chunxiao, Fumiaki Imamura, Roland Wedekind, et al.. (2022). Development and validation of a metabolite score for red meat intake: an observational cohort study and randomized controlled dietary intervention. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(2). 511–522. 15 indexed citations
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Camille, M., Albert Koulman, Nita G. Forouhi, et al.. (2021). Associations of Serum Folate and Holotranscobalamin with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Cameroon. Nutrients. 14(1). 178–178. 3 indexed citations
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Jørgensen, Marit E., Emil Jørsboe, Fumiaki Imamura, et al.. (2020). Genetic study of the Arctic CPT1A variant suggests that its effect on fatty acid levels is modulated by traditional Inuit diet. European Journal of Human Genetics. 28(11). 1592–1601. 12 indexed citations
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Khalatbari‐Soltani, Saman, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Fumiaki Imamura, & Nita G. Forouhi. (2020). Prospective association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and hepatic steatosis: the Swiss CoLaus cohort study. BMJ Open. 10(12). e040959–e040959. 9 indexed citations
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Vinknes, Kathrine J., Helga Refsum, Cheryl Turner, et al.. (2020). Plasma Sulfur Amino Acids and Risk of Cerebrovascular Diseases. Stroke. 52(1). 172–180. 8 indexed citations
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Kashino, Ikuko, Takeshi Kochi, Fumiaki Imamura, et al.. (2020). Prospective association of soft drink consumption with depressive symptoms. Nutrition. 81. 110860–110860. 24 indexed citations
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Zheng, Ju‐Sheng, Fumiaki Imamura, Stephen J. Sharp, et al.. (2019). Changes in plasma phospholipid fatty acid profiles over 13 years and correlates of change: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Norfolk Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(6). 1527–1534. 20 indexed citations
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Imamura, Fumiaki, Renata Micha, Jason Wu, et al.. (2016). Effects of Saturated Fat, Polyunsaturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat, and Carbohydrate on Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Feeding Trials. PLoS Medicine. 13(7). e1002087–e1002087. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imamura, Fumiaki, Renata Micha, Shahab Khatibzadeh, et al.. (2015). Dietary quality among men and women in 187 countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic assessment. The Lancet Global Health. 3(3). e132–e142. 581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muraki, Isao, Fumiaki Imamura, JoAnn E. Manson, et al.. (2013). Fruit consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective longitudinal cohort studies. BMJ. 347(aug28 1). f5001–f5001. 396 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Jason, Renata Micha, Fumiaki Imamura, et al.. (2012). Omega-3 fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal Of Nutrition. 107(S2). S214–S227. 263 indexed citations
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Imamura, Fumiaki, Rozenn N. Lemaître, Irena B. King, et al.. (2012). Novel circulating fatty acid patterns and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Cardiovascular Health Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 96(6). 1252–1261. 21 indexed citations

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