Heinz Freisling

11.3k total citations
69 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Heinz Freisling is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz Freisling has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 28 papers in Physiology and 19 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Heinz Freisling's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (34 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (16 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (15 papers). Heinz Freisling is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (34 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (16 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (15 papers). Heinz Freisling collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Spain. Heinz Freisling's co-authors include Ibrahim Elmadfa, Nadia Slimani, Inge Huybrechts, Sandra Patrícia Crispim, Michael F. Leitzmann, Heiner Boeing, Anne‐Kathrin Illner, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Melina Arnold and Freddie Bray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Heinz Freisling

65 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heinz Freisling France 23 835 493 329 261 195 69 1.8k
Torukiri I Ibiebele Australia 26 581 0.7× 284 0.6× 374 1.1× 284 1.1× 232 1.2× 55 1.7k
Anette Hjartåker Norway 27 854 1.0× 448 0.9× 683 2.1× 306 1.2× 279 1.4× 76 2.2k
Valeria Edefonti Italy 26 782 0.9× 363 0.7× 380 1.2× 224 0.9× 217 1.1× 76 1.8k
Bo Qin United States 23 671 0.8× 348 0.7× 381 1.2× 132 0.5× 227 1.2× 72 1.8k
Παγώνα Λάγιου Greece 24 686 0.8× 364 0.7× 440 1.3× 226 0.9× 157 0.8× 60 1.8k
Philippos Orfanos Greece 20 909 1.1× 580 1.2× 215 0.7× 132 0.5× 294 1.5× 44 1.8k
Krystyna Kozakiewicz Poland 23 481 0.6× 313 0.6× 304 0.9× 379 1.5× 83 0.4× 75 1.6k
Erikka Loftfield United States 25 496 0.6× 414 0.8× 297 0.9× 499 1.9× 109 0.6× 81 1.9k
Deborah A. Boggs United States 28 545 0.7× 419 0.8× 560 1.7× 206 0.8× 78 0.4× 43 1.9k
Christine L Parr Norway 17 440 0.5× 249 0.5× 513 1.6× 350 1.3× 160 0.8× 29 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Heinz Freisling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heinz Freisling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heinz Freisling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heinz Freisling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heinz Freisling based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heinz Freisling. Heinz Freisling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Leitzmann, Michael F., et al.. (2025). Excess adiposity and cancer: evaluating a preclinical-clinical obesity framework for risk stratification. EClinicalMedicine. 83. 103247–103247. 3 indexed citations
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Amadou, Amina, Hansjörg Baurecht, Béatrice Fervers, et al.. (2025). WHO guidelines on waist circumference and physical activity and their joint association with cancer risk. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 59(6). 360–366.
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Amadou, Amina, Heinz Freisling, Anja M. Sedlmeier, et al.. (2024). Multi-Trait Body Shape Phenotypes and Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Causal Mediation Analysis in the UK Biobank Cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 14(2). 420–432.
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Weber, Andrea, Emma Fontvieille, Béatrice Fervers, et al.. (2024). Body Shapes of Multiple Anthropometric Traits and All-cause and Cause-specific Mortality in the UK Biobank. Epidemiology. 36(2). 264–274. 1 indexed citations
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Mahamat‐Saleh, Yahya, Dagfinn Aune, Heinz Freisling, et al.. (2024). Association of metabolic obesity phenotypes with risk of overall and site-specific cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. British Journal of Cancer. 131(9). 1480–1495. 16 indexed citations
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Baurecht, Hansjörg, Béatrice Fervers, Emma Fontvieille, et al.. (2024). Diurnal timing of physical activity and risk of colorectal cancer in the UK Biobank. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 399–399. 7 indexed citations
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Bolling, Bradley W., Dagfinn Aune, Hwayoung Noh, Kristina H. Petersen, & Heinz Freisling. (2023). Dried Fruits, Nuts, and Cancer Risk and Survival: A Review of the Evidence and Future Research Directions. Nutrients. 15(6). 1443–1443. 16 indexed citations
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Recalde, Martina, Andrea Pistillo, Verónica Dávila‐Batista, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal body mass index and cancer risk: a cohort study of 2.6 million Catalan adults. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3816–3816. 40 indexed citations
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Knaze, Viktoria, Heinz Freisling, Paz Cook, et al.. (2023). Association between salt intake and gastric atrophy by Helicobacter pylori infection: first results from the Epidemiological Investigation of Gastric Malignancy (ENIGMA). European Journal of Nutrition. 62(5). 2129–2138. 3 indexed citations
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Recalde, Martina, Andrea Pistillo, Vivian Viallon, et al.. (2023). Body mass index and incident cardiometabolic conditions in relation to obesity‐related cancer risk: A population‐based cohort study in Catalonia, Spain. Cancer Medicine. 12(19). 20188–20200. 4 indexed citations
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Dimou, Niki, Anja M. Sedlmeier, Béatrice Fervers, et al.. (2023). Body Shape Phenotypes and Breast Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Cancers. 15(4). 1296–1296. 4 indexed citations
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Khoei, Nazlisadat Seyed, Karl‐Heinz Wagner, Robert Carreras‐Torres, et al.. (2021). Associations between Prediagnostic Circulating Bilirubin Levels and Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers in the UK Biobank. Cancers. 13(11). 2749–2749. 13 indexed citations
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Khoei, Nazlisadat Seyed, Robert Carreras‐Torres, Neil Murphy, et al.. (2021). Genetically Raised Circulating Bilirubin Levels and Risk of Ten Cancers: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Cells. 10(2). 394–394. 22 indexed citations
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Recalde, Martina, Andrea Pistillo, Sergio Fernández‐Bertolín, et al.. (2021). Body Mass Index and Risk of COVID-19 Diagnosis, Hospitalization, and Death: A Cohort Study of 2 524 926 Catalans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(12). e5030–e5042. 16 indexed citations
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Ricci, Cristian, Heinz Freisling, Michael F. Leitzmann, et al.. (2020). Diet and sedentary behaviour in relation to cancer survival. A report from the national health and nutrition examination survey linked to the U.S. mortality registry. Clinical Nutrition. 39(11). 3489–3496. 24 indexed citations
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Khoei, Nazlisadat Seyed, Gabriele Anton, Annette Peters, Heinz Freisling, & Karl‐Heinz Wagner. (2020). The Association between Serum Bilirubin Levels and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Results from the Prospective Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) Study in Germany. Antioxidants. 9(10). 908–908. 19 indexed citations
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Touillaud, Marina, Melina Arnold, Laure Dossus, et al.. (2019). Cancers in France in 2015 attributable to insufficient physical activity. Cancer Epidemiology. 60. 216–220. 6 indexed citations
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Dávila‐Batista, Verónica, Antonio J. Molina, Laura Vilorio-Marqués, et al.. (2018). Net contribution and predictive ability of the CUN-BAE body fatness index in relation to cardiometabolic conditions. European Journal of Nutrition. 58(5). 1853–1861. 14 indexed citations
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Ocké, Marga C., Nadia Slimani, H.A.M. Brants, et al.. (2011). Potential and requirements for a standardized pan-European food consumption survey using the epic-soft 24-h recalls. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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