I‐Min Lee

91.8k total citations · 31 hit papers
419 papers, 57.8k citations indexed

About

I‐Min Lee is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, I‐Min Lee has authored 419 papers receiving a total of 57.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Physiology, 201 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 58 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in I‐Min Lee's work include Physical Activity and Health (190 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (153 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (58 papers). I‐Min Lee is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (190 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (153 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (58 papers). I‐Min Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. I‐Min Lee's co-authors include Julie E. Buring, Eric J. Shiroma, Barry A. Franklin, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, JoAnn E. Manson, Nancy R. Cook, Steven N. Blair, Pekka Puska, Felipe Lobelo and Ralph S. Paffenbarger and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

I‐Min Lee

402 papers receiving 55.3k citations

Hit Papers

Quantity and Quality of Exercise for D... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2011 2012 2007 2007 2013 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults
    2011 6.8k citations Michael J. LaMonte, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  2. Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
    2012 5.8k citations I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma et al. The Lancet profile →
  3. Physical Activity and Public Health
    2007 4.9k citations I‐Min Lee, Kenneth E. Powell et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Physical Activity and Public Health
    2007 3.7k citations I‐Min Lee, Kenneth E. Powell et al. profile →
  5. 2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
    2013 1.7k citations I‐Min Lee et al. Circulation profile →
  6. The Association of Changes in Physical-Activity Level and Other Lifestyle Characteristics with Mortality among Men
    1993 1.5k citations Ralph S. Paffenbarger, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  7. A Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
    2005 1.4k citations Paul M. Ridker, Nancy R. Cook et al. profile →
  8. Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
    2018 1.1k citations JoAnn E. Manson, Nancy R. Cook et al. profile →
  9. Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis
    2019 1.0k citations Ulf Ekelund, Barbara J. Jefferis et al. profile →
  10. 2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
    2013 872 citations I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  11. Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
    2005 842 citations I‐Min Lee, Nancy R. Cook et al. profile →
  12. Physical Activity and Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Events
    2007 752 citations Samia Mora, Nancy R. Cook et al. Circulation profile →
  13. Dose Response Between Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
    2011 743 citations Harold W. Kohl, I‐Min Lee et al. Circulation profile →
  14. Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women’s Health Study
    2000 676 citations JoAnn E. Manson, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  15. Marine n−3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
    2018 644 citations JoAnn E. Manson, Nancy R. Cook et al. profile →
  16. Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cancer
    2005 605 citations Nancy R. Cook, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  17. Physical activity and all-cause mortality: what is the dose-response relation?
    2001 562 citations I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  18. Leisure Time Physical Activity of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity and Mortality: A Large Pooled Cohort Analysis
    2012 461 citations Charles E. Matthews, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  19. Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy
    2012 452 citations I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma et al. profile →
  20. Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men
    2011 431 citations Duck-chul Lee, Xuemei Sui et al. Circulation profile →
  21. Physical inactivity and non-communicable disease burden in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries
    2021 419 citations Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Eric J. Shiroma et al. profile →
  22. The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL): Rationale and design of a large randomized controlled trial of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acid supplements for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease
    2011 387 citations JoAnn E. Manson, I‐Min Lee et al. Contemporary Clinical Trials profile →
  23. Association of Step Volume and Intensity With All-Cause Mortality in Older Women
    2019 382 citations I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma et al. profile →
  24. Association of “Weekend Warrior” and Other Leisure Time Physical Activity Patterns With Risks for All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality
    2017 306 citations I‐Min Lee, Mark Hamer et al. profile →
  25. Do the associations of sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease mortality and cancer mortality differ by physical activity level? A systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis of data from 850 060 participants
    2018 269 citations Ulf Ekelund, Kenneth E. Powell et al. profile →
  26. Vitamin D and marine omega 3 fatty acid supplementation and incident autoimmune disease: VITAL randomized controlled trial
    2022 258 citations Nancy R. Cook, Vadim Bubes et al. profile →
  27. Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia
    2020 202 citations Katherine S. Hall, Eric T. Hyde et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity profile →
  28. Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults
    2022 163 citations Nancy R. Cook, I‐Min Lee et al. profile →
  29. Prospective Associations of Daily Step Counts and Intensity With Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Mortality and All-Cause Mortality
    2022 134 citations Borja del Pozo Cruz, Matthew Ahmadi et al. profile →
  30. Inflammation, Cholesterol, Lipoprotein(a), and 30-Year Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women
    2024 109 citations Paul M. Ridker, Nancy R. Cook et al. profile →
  31. Association of Body Weight With Response to Vitamin D Supplementation and Metabolism
    2023 67 citations Deirdre K. Tobias, Heike Luttmann‐Gibson 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
I‐Min Lee United States 94 24.7k 17.9k 9.9k 8.0k 6.9k 419 57.8k
William L. Haskell United States 101 24.8k 1.0× 17.6k 1.0× 12.6k 1.3× 10.6k 1.3× 7.1k 1.0× 329 61.0k
Barbara E. Ainsworth United States 85 26.9k 1.1× 23.1k 1.3× 4.7k 0.5× 4.3k 0.5× 8.7k 1.3× 371 55.3k
Barry A. Franklin United States 76 18.8k 0.8× 11.1k 0.6× 21.4k 2.2× 14.3k 1.8× 5.3k 0.8× 386 63.7k
Steven N. Blair United States 101 25.4k 1.0× 16.2k 0.9× 11.9k 1.2× 10.1k 1.3× 6.8k 1.0× 327 52.0k
Jack M. Guralnik United States 148 33.5k 1.4× 8.4k 0.5× 7.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.3× 8.7k 1.3× 768 91.7k
Nicholas J. Wareham United Kingdom 126 18.1k 0.7× 16.8k 0.9× 7.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.3× 4.9k 0.7× 844 60.8k
Ulf Ekelund United Kingdom 100 30.3k 1.2× 30.3k 1.7× 4.6k 0.5× 4.7k 0.6× 10.5k 1.5× 477 57.2k
Carl J. Lavie United States 109 12.9k 0.5× 7.0k 0.4× 24.9k 2.5× 10.1k 1.3× 3.1k 0.4× 980 52.4k
Anne B. Newman United States 156 48.2k 2.0× 9.8k 0.5× 19.4k 2.0× 2.5k 0.3× 6.5k 0.9× 983 114.9k
Steven N. Blair United States 82 15.4k 0.6× 10.7k 0.6× 7.7k 0.8× 6.6k 0.8× 4.3k 0.6× 386 33.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, I‐Min, et al.. (2025). Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine. Nature Medicine. 31(2). 376–378. 4 indexed citations
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Djoussé, Luc, Xia Zhou, Eunjung Kim, et al.. (2025). Potato Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in a Harmonized Analysis of Seven Prospective Cohorts. Nutrients. 17(3). 451–451. 1 indexed citations
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Hyde, Eric T., Kelly R. Evenson, Annie Green Howard, et al.. (2025). Sitting time and risk of cancer incidence and cancer mortality in postmenopausal women: the Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration. Cancer Causes & Control. 36(11). 1417–1430.
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Sesso, Howard D., Susanne Rautiainen, Eunjung Kim, et al.. (2024). Intake of Blueberries, Anthocyanins, and Risk of Eye Disease in Women. Journal of Nutrition. 154(4). 1404–1413. 6 indexed citations
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Cuthbertson, Carmen C., Kelly R. Evenson, Christopher C. Moore, et al.. (2024). Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of cancer: Findings from the Women's Health Accelerometry Collaboration cohort. Preventive Medicine. 186. 108070–108070. 2 indexed citations
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Mostofsky, Elizabeth, I‐Min Lee, Julie E. Buring, & Kenneth J. Mukamal. (2024). Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality: The Women's Health Study. Journal of Women s Health. 33(6). 705–714. 2 indexed citations
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Chandler, Paulette D., Xuehong Zhang, Deirdre K. Tobias, et al.. (2024). Physical activity before and after cancer diagnosis and mortality risk in three large prospective cohorts. Cancer Causes & Control. 36(1). 81–91. 1 indexed citations
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Vyas, Chirag M., David Mischoulon, Grace Chang, et al.. (2023). Relation of serum BDNF to major depression and exploration of mechanistic roles of serum BDNF in a study of vitamin D3 and omega-3 supplements for late-life depression prevention. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 163. 357–364. 7 indexed citations
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Marchand, Nathalie, May Y. Choi, Nancy R. Cook, et al.. (2023). Over-the-counter fish oil supplementation and pro-resolving and pro-inflammatory lipid mediators in rheumatoid arthritis. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 190. 102542–102542. 13 indexed citations
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Ahmadi, Matthew, Philip Clare, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, et al.. (2022). Vigorous physical activity, incident heart disease, and cancer: how little is enough?. European Heart Journal. 43(46). 4801–4814. 85 indexed citations
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Ahmadi, Matthew, I‐Min Lee, Mark Hamer, et al.. (2022). Changes in physical activity and adiposity with all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality. International Journal of Obesity. 46(10). 1849–1858. 19 indexed citations
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Hall, Katherine S., Eric T. Hyde, David R. Bassett, et al.. (2020). Systematic review of the prospective association of daily step counts with risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease, and dysglycemia. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 17(1). 78–78. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luttmann‐Gibson, Heike, Samia Mora, Carlos A. Camargo, et al.. (2019). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL): Clinical and demographic characteristics associated with baseline and change with randomized vitamin D treatment. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 87. 105854–105854. 28 indexed citations
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Parsons, Tessa J., Claudio Sartini, Elizabeth A. Ellins, et al.. (2016). Objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and subclinical vascular disease: Cross-sectional study in older British men. Preventive Medicine. 89. 194–199. 48 indexed citations
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Wang, Jun, I‐Min Lee, Shelley S. Tworoger, et al.. (2015). Plasma C-Reactive Protein and Risk of Breast Cancer in Two Prospective Studies and a Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(8). 1199–1206. 43 indexed citations
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Lee, I‐Min, Eric J. Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo, et al.. (2012). Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy. The Lancet. 380(9838). 219–229. 5806 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Duck-chul, Xuemei Sui, Enrique G. Artero, et al.. (2011). Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men. Circulation. 124(23). 2483–2490. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mora, Samia, Nancy R. Cook, Julie E. Buring, Paul M. Ridker, & I‐Min Lee. (2007). Physical Activity and Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Events. Circulation. 116(19). 2110–2118. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rudra, Carole B., Michelle A. Williams, I‐Min Lee, Raymond Miller, & Tanya K. Sorensen. (2005). Perceived Exertion in Physical Activity and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Epidemiology. 17(1). 31–37. 36 indexed citations
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Sesso, Howard D., Ralph S. Paffenbarger, & I‐Min Lee. (2001). Alcohol consumption and risk of prostate cancer: The Harvard Alumni Health Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 30(4). 749–755. 48 indexed citations

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