Jennifer L. Baker

38.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
185 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Jennifer L. Baker is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer L. Baker has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 81 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 35 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer L. Baker's work include Birth, Development, and Health (79 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (64 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (32 papers). Jennifer L. Baker is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (79 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (64 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (32 papers). Jennifer L. Baker collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Jennifer L. Baker's co-authors include Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Lina W. Olsen, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Michael Gamborg, Benjamin Rokholm, Kim F. Michaelsen, Lise G. Bjerregaard, Jørn Olsen, Lars Ängquist and Ellen A. Nøhr and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer L. Baker

178 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Childhood Body-Mass Index... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 2010 2011 2014 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Childhood Body-Mass Index and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adulthood
    2007 1.2k citations Jennifer L. Baker, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen et al. profile →
  2. Combined associations of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with the outcome of pregnancy
    2008 481 citations Jennifer L. Baker, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen et al. profile →
  3. The levelling off of the obesity epidemic since the year 1999 – a review of evidence and perspectives
    2010 464 citations Jennifer L. Baker, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen et al. profile →
  4. Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2011 396 citations Jennifer L. Baker, Johan G. Eriksson et al. profile →
  5. The Ethics of Childhood Obesity Treatment - from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
    2014 368 citations Jens‐Christian Holm, Paulina Nowicka et al. Obesity Facts profile →
  6. Change in Overweight from Childhood to Early Adulthood and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
    2018 268 citations Lise G. Bjerregaard, Britt W. Jensen 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
Jennifer L. Baker Denmark 47 3.7k 2.7k 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 185 8.5k
Matthew W. Gillman United States 41 2.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 869 0.8× 102 7.1k
Pål Romundstad Norway 64 2.6k 0.7× 3.9k 1.4× 3.1k 2.1× 1.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 269 13.5k
John H. Himes United States 49 4.1k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 722 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 189 10.9k
Martin Neovius Sweden 54 2.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 1.8k 1.6× 208 10.6k
Quanhe Yang United States 48 2.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 505 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 896 0.8× 136 10.1k
Sarah Crozier United Kingdom 43 2.9k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.5× 909 0.8× 894 0.8× 160 7.4k
Dorota A. Doherty Australia 52 2.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.7× 314 0.3× 242 8.9k
Susan Walker Australia 48 1.7k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 2.9k 2.0× 1.5k 1.3× 597 0.5× 345 8.4k
Philippa Middleton Australia 55 1.9k 0.5× 3.7k 1.4× 2.7k 1.8× 1.6k 1.4× 394 0.3× 163 9.7k
Alistair W. Stewart New Zealand 56 1.5k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 939 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 2.6k 2.3× 172 9.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pedersen, Dorthe, Julie Aarestrup, Britt W. Jensen, et al.. (2025). Associations of early life body size and pubertal timing with breast density and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: A mediation analysis. Annals of Epidemiology. 102. 68–74.
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Halford, Jason C. G., Volkan Yumuk, Grace O’Malley, et al.. (2024). Providing a common language for obesity: the European Association for the Study of Obesity obesity taxonomy. International Journal of Obesity. 49(2). 182–191. 7 indexed citations
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Lipsyc-Sharf, Marla, et al.. (2024). Impact of timing of pregnancy and genetic risk on local therapy choices for young women with breast cancer. The American Journal of Surgery. 239. 116060–116060. 2 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Dorthe, Britt W. Jensen, Julie Aarestrup, et al.. (2024). Early life body size and puberty markers as predictors of breast cancer risk later in life: A neural network analysis. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0296835–e0296835. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Jennifer L., Carine de Beaufort, Ruth M. Belin, et al.. (2024). Considerations for the design and conduct of pediatric obesity pharmacotherapy clinical trials: Proceedings of expert roundtable meetings. Pediatric Obesity. 19(11). e13161–e13161. 2 indexed citations
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Laursen, Anne Sofie Dam, Britt W. Jensen, Lisa L. Strate, et al.. (2023). Birth weight, childhood body mass index, and risk of diverticular disease in adulthood. International Journal of Obesity. 47(3). 207–214. 1 indexed citations
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Aarestrup, Julie, Britt W. Jensen, Dorthe Pedersen, et al.. (2022). Early life body size, pubertal timing, and risks of benign breast disease in a large cohort of Danish female adolescents and women. European Journal of Pediatrics. 181(8). 3023–3030. 1 indexed citations
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Aarestrup, Julie, Dorthe Pedersen, P. E. Thomas, et al.. (2021). Birthweight, Childhood Body Mass Index, Height and Growth, and Risk of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Obesity Facts. 14(3). 283–290. 7 indexed citations
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Jensen, Britt W., P. E. Thomas, Kirsten Madsen, et al.. (2020). Early life body size and its associations with adult bladder cancer. Annals of Human Biology. 47(2). 166–172. 3 indexed citations
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Aarestrup, Julie, Britt W. Jensen, Lian G. Ulrich, et al.. (2020). Birth weight, childhood body mass index and height and risks of endometriosis and adenomyosis. Annals of Human Biology. 47(2). 173–180. 15 indexed citations
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Aarestrup, Julie, Britton Trabert, Lian G. Ulrich, et al.. (2018). Childhood Overweight, Tallness, and Growth Increase Risks of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 28(1). 183–188. 16 indexed citations
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Truelsen, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Early Life Body Size in Relation to First Intracerebral or Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of Stroke. 21(1). 60–68. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Britt W., Michael Gamborg, Ismail Gögenür, et al.. (2017). Childhood body mass index and height in relation to site-specific risks of colorectal cancers in adult life. European Journal of Epidemiology. 32(12). 1097–1106. 32 indexed citations
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Hebebrand, Johannes, Jens‐Christian Holm, Euan Woodward, et al.. (2017). A Proposal of the European Association for the Study of Obesity to Improve the ICD-11 Diagnostic Criteria for Obesity Based on the Three Dimensions Etiology, Degree of Adiposity and Health Risk. Obesity Facts. 10(4). 284–307. 65 indexed citations
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Holm, Jens‐Christian, Paulina Nowicka, Nathalie J. Farpour‐Lambert, et al.. (2014). The Ethics of Childhood Obesity Treatment - from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO). Obesity Facts. 7(4). 274–281. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cook, Michael B., Michael Gamborg, Julie Aarestrup, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, & Jennifer L. Baker. (2013). Childhood Height and Birth Weight in Relation to Future Prostate Cancer Risk: A Cohort Study Based on the Copenhagen School Health Records Register. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(12). 2232–2240. 21 indexed citations
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Kitahara, Cari M., Michael Gamborg, Amy Berrington de González, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, & Jennifer L. Baker. (2013). Childhood Height and Body Mass Index Were Associated with Risk of Adult Thyroid Cancer in a Large Cohort Study. Cancer Research. 74(1). 235–242. 62 indexed citations
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Andersen, Lise Geisler, Lars Ängquist, Johan G. Eriksson, et al.. (2010). Birth Weight, Childhood Body Mass Index and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Adults: Combined Historical Cohort Studies. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e14126–e14126. 90 indexed citations
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Baker, Jennifer L.. (2008). Motivations, resource attribute preferences, and characteristics of off-highway vehicle riders in New York State. UMI eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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