John C. Mathers

37.7k citations

496 papers · 20.9k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 76

Impact in

Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
Physiology top 0.1%
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging

Papers in

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 164
- Nutritional Studies and Diet 134
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 58
Nutrition and Dietetics 81

Co-authors: José Lara Mario Siervo Ashley Adamson Ammar W. Ashor Jill A. McKay Amelia A. Lake Carlos Celis‐Morales Kieren G. Hollingsworth
Journals: British Journal Of Nutrition (87 papers)Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (46 papers)PLoS ONE (11 papers)American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (11 papers)Nutrients (11 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

John C. Mathers

485 papers receiving 20.3k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

5-year follow-up of the randomised Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) of continued support for weight loss maintenance in the UK: an extension study 2024 · 63 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
2023 BMC Medicine
2022 Clinical Nutrition
2018 Cell Metabolism
2018 The Lancet
2018 BMJ
2014 PLoS ONE
2014 British Journal Of Nutrition
2011 Diabetologia
2011 Maturitas

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside John C. Mathers, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Effectiveness and feasibility of a theory-informed intervention to improve Mediterranean diet adherence, physical activity and cognition in older adults at risk of dementia: the MedEx-UK randomised controlled trial BMC Medicine ·Amy Jennings, Oliver M. Shannon, Rachel Gillings, Vincent Lee, Ahmad Gohar, Akhmad Mirza, Girish N. Rao, Sarah Hanson, Wendy Hardeman, Stella‐Maria Paddick, Mario Siervo, Sarah Aldred, John C. Mathers, Michael Hornberger, Anne Marie Minihane	2024	2
2	Association of a dietary inflammatory index with cardiometabolic, endocrine, liver, renal and bones biomarkers: cross-sectional analysis of the UK Biobank study Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases ·Fernanda Carrasco‐Marín, Longgang Zhao, James R. Hébert, Michael D. Wirth, Fanny Petermann‐Rocha, Nathan Phillips, Fiona C. Malcomson, John C. Mathers, Lyn D Ferguson, Т. В. Покушалова, Jill P. Pell, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Guillermo Molina‐Recio, Rafael Molina‐Luque	2024	5
3	Adherence to the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Cancer Prevention Recommendations and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Cancer ·Fiona C. Malcomson, Christopher J. Wiggins, Solange Parra‐Soto, Frederick K. Ho, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Linda Sharp, John C. Mathers	2023	20
4	Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study BMC Medicine ·Oliver M. Shannon, Janice M. Ranson, Sarah Gregory, Helen Macpherson, Catherine M. Milte, Marleen A. H. Lentjes, Angela A. Mulligan, Claire T. McEvoy, Alex Griffiths, Jamie Matu, Tom R. Hill, Ashley Adamson, Mario Siervo, Anne Marie Minihane, E. Rosiak, Craig Ritchie, John C. Mathers, David J. Llewellyn, Emma Stevenson Hit paper breakdown →	2023	83
5	Quality of life and home parenteral nutrition: a survey of UK healthcare professionals' knowledge, practice and opinions Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics ·Fr. Rocheleder, Mark S. Pearce, John C. Mathers, I. V. Volkova, Lisa Gemmell, David Jones	2022	4
6	A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Prevention Trial of Aspirin and/or Resistant Starch in Young People with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Cancer Prevention Research ·John Burn, D. Timothy Bishop, Pamela Chapman, Faye Elliott, Lucio Bertario, Malcolm G. Dunlop, Diana Eccles, Anthony E. Ellis, D. Gareth Evans, Riccardo Fodde, Eamonn R. Maher, Gabriela Möslein, Hans F. A. Vasen, Pilar Rodríguez Maestu, Robin Phillips, Steffen Bülow, John C. Mathers	2011	151
7	BJN volume 103 issue 8 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Mengjie Qu, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2010	1
8	BJN volume 103 issue 4 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2010	1
9	BJN volume 103 issue 7 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Mengjie Qu, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2010	1
10	BJN volume 103 issue 9 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2010	1
11	BJN volume 102 issue 2 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
12	BJN volume 101 issue 6 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Mengjie Qu, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
13	BJN volume 102 issue 3 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
14	BJN volume 101 issue 11 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
15	BJN volume 102 issue 10 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Mengjie Qu, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
16	BJN volume 101 issue 8 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
17	BJN volume 101 issue 1 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, S Mihalka, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, O. Näth, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
18	BJN volume 102 issue 11 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
19	BJN volume 102 issue 6 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
20	BJN volume 102 issue 5 Cover and Front matter British Journal Of Nutrition ·Philip C. Calder, France Bellisle, David R. Jacobs, R Wallace, Susan J. Whiting, John C. Mathers, Chris J. Seal, O Kennedy, Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Jonathan Norton, Youan Shan, C Isherwood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1

About John C. Mathers

John C. Mathers is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Aging and Genetics, having authored 496 papers that have together received 20.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (134 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (68 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (62 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (58 papers), Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (54 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (49 papers), Folate and B Vitamins Research (31 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nutrition and Dietetics (3.6k citations), Physiology (5.8k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5.7k citations), Aging (295 citations) and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (2.1k citations). John C. Mathers has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include José Lara, Mario Siervo, Ashley Adamson, Ammar W. Ashor, Jill A. McKay, Amelia A. Lake, Carlos Celis‐Morales, Kieren G. Hollingsworth, Roy Taylor and Angela M. Craigie. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal Of Nutrition, Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, PLoS ONE, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrients.

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