Giel Nijpels

33.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
411 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Giel Nijpels is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Giel Nijpels has authored 411 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 96 papers in Epidemiology and 90 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Giel Nijpels's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (84 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (63 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (55 papers). Giel Nijpels is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (84 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (63 papers) and Chronic Disease Management Strategies (55 papers). Giel Nijpels collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Giel Nijpels's co-authors include Joost Dekker, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Robert J. Heine, L.M. Bouter, Piet J. Kostense, Ronald M.A. Henry, Petra J. M. Elders, Agnes Jager, Amber A. van der Heijden and Femmie de Vegt and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Giel Nijpels

402 papers receiving 19.4k 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.

Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project

2014 285 citations Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Harry Rutter et al. BMC Public Health profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giel Nijpels Netherlands	70	6.6k	5.1k	3.6k	3.1k	2.5k	411	20.0k
Nish Chaturvedi United Kingdom	71	6.4k 1.0×	6.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	409	19.4k
Christa Meisinger Germany	72	4.9k 0.8×	4.3k 0.9×	4.6k 1.3×	4.2k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	590	20.7k
Fernando Costa United States	17	6.1k 0.9×	5.1k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	34	16.5k
Lynne E. Wagenknecht United States	79	8.1k 1.2×	4.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	5.2k 1.7×	3.2k 1.3×	336	22.2k
Kenneth J. Mukamal United States	76	3.6k 0.6×	5.2k 1.0×	5.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	577	22.4k
Linda S. Geiss United States	59	8.6k 1.3×	2.1k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	118	17.4k
Rachel Huxley Australia	71	3.8k 0.6×	6.0k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	4.1k 1.7×	216	20.4k
Alain G. Bertoni United States	68	4.7k 0.7×	6.5k 1.3×	1.9k 0.5×	3.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	352	17.0k
Diane M. Becker United States	42	4.7k 0.7×	5.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	137	16.3k
Hirotsugu Ueshima Japan	73	3.6k 0.5×	6.9k 1.4×	2.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	5.8k 2.3×	567	19.6k

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Blom, Marieke T., Petra Denig, Ron M. C. Herings, et al.. (2025). Feasibility of implementing an intervention in general practice for deprescribing of glucose-lowering medication in overtreated elderly. Family Practice. 42(5).

Nijpels, Giel, et al.. (2022). “I am my own doctor”: A qualitative study of the perspectives and decision-making process of Muslims with diabetes on Ramadan fasting. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0263088–e0263088. 12 indexed citations

Nijpels, Giel, Amber A. van der Heijden, Petra J. M. Elders, Joline W. J. Beulens, & Henrica C. W. de Vet. (2021). The interobserver agreement of ECG abnormalities using Minnesota codes in people with type 2 diabetes. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0255466–e0255466. 4 indexed citations

Agca, Rabia, Luuk H G A Hopman, Vokko P. van Halm, et al.. (2019). Cardiovascular Event Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared with Type 2 Diabetes: A 15-year Longitudinal Study. The Journal of Rheumatology. 47(3). 316–324. 35 indexed citations

Nierkens, Vera, et al.. (2017). The impact of a social network based intervention on self-management behaviours among patients with type 2 diabetes living in socioeconomically deprived neighbourhoods: a mixed methods approach. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45(6). 569–583. 25 indexed citations

Heijden, Amber A. van der, Simone P. Rauh, Joost Dekker, et al.. (2017). The Hoorn Diabetes Care System (DCS) cohort. A prospective cohort of persons with type 2 diabetes treated in primary care in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 7(5). e015599–e015599. 58 indexed citations

Nijpels, Giel, et al.. (2017). PREDICTION MODELS FOR THE RISK OF RETINOPATHY IN PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 27(3). 2 indexed citations

Rauh, Simone P., Femke Rutters, Brian Larsen Thorsted, et al.. (2016). Self-reported hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin in the Hoorn Diabetes Care System Cohort, the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 6(9). e012793–e012793. 8 indexed citations

Nijpels, Giel, et al.. (2016). Lessen geleerd van de implementatie van Zorgstandaard Obesitas voor kinderen. Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor geneeskunde/Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde/NTvG-databank. 160. 1 indexed citations

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Mackenbach, Joreintje D., Jeroen Lakerveld, Frank J. van Lenthe, et al.. (2016). Neighbourhood social capital: measurement issues and associations with health outcomes. Obesity Reviews. 17(S1). 96–107. 39 indexed citations

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Sloten, Thomas T. van, Miranda T. Schram, Marcel C. Adriaanse, et al.. (2013). Endothelial dysfunction is associated with a greater depressive symptom score in a general elderly population: the Hoorn Study. Psychological Medicine. 44(7). 1403–1416. 61 indexed citations

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Schram, Miranda T., Evertine J. Abbink, Wanda M. Admiraal, et al.. (2012). The Diabetes Pearl: Diabetes biobanking in The Netherlands. BMC Public Health. 12(1). 949–949. 28 indexed citations

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Vroomen, Janet L. MacNeil, Marijke Boorsma, Judith E. Bosmans, et al.. (2012). Is It Time for a Change? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing a Multidisciplinary Integrated Care Model for Residential Homes to Usual Care. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37444–e37444. 20 indexed citations

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Alssema, Marjan, Rachel S. Newson, Stephan J. L. Bakker, et al.. (2012). One Risk Assessment Tool for Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetes Care. 35(4). 741–748. 40 indexed citations

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Malanda, U. L., Sandra D.M. Bot, & Giel Nijpels. (2012). Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Noninsulin-Using Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Diabetes Care. 36(1). 176–178. 48 indexed citations

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Lakerveld, Jeroen, Caroline A. Baan, Johannes Brug, et al.. (2012). Social and physical environmental interventions in low socio-economic neighbourhoods to promote healthy behaviours: determinants of implementation and use. Pure Amsterdam UMC. 2(3). 491–495. 1 indexed citations

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Claassen, Liesbeth, et al.. (2011). Peer Reviewed: Causal Beliefs and Perceptions of Risk for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, the Netherlands, 2007. Preventing Chronic Disease. 8(6).

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Peters, Mike J., Vokko P. van Halm, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, et al.. (2008). Rheumatoid arthritis as important independent risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 58(9). 2 indexed citations

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Halm, Vokko P. van, Matthew Peters, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, et al.. (2008). Rheumatoid arthritis versus diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study, the CARRÉ Investigation. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(9). 1395–1400. 270 indexed citations

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Reiling, Erwin, Joost Dekker, Tine Maria Hansen, et al.. (2006). Evidence that the LARS2 gene represents a novel type 2 diabetes mellitus gene. Diabetologia. 49. 37–38.

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