John Colombo

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

John Colombo is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Colombo has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 41 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 40 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in John Colombo's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (35 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (27 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (20 papers). John Colombo is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (35 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (27 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (20 papers). John Colombo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. John Colombo's co-authors include Denis Mitchell, Susan E. Carlson, D. Jill Shaddy, Frances Degen Horowitz, Jeffrey T. Coldren, Christa J. Anderson, Carol L. Cheatham, Janet E. Frick, Kathleen M. Gustafson and Elizabeth H. Kerling and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

John Colombo

135 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750 1000
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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. Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation
    2008 1.1k citations John Colombo 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
John Colombo United States 44 2.4k 2.1k 1.7k 1.7k 908 139 7.4k
Susan A. Rose United States 47 1.9k 0.8× 2.5k 1.2× 150 0.1× 2.0k 1.2× 982 1.1× 120 5.5k
Gerald E. McClearn United States 60 925 0.4× 665 0.3× 732 0.4× 862 0.5× 2.9k 3.2× 218 12.4k
Rebecca Knickmeyer United States 40 3.6k 1.5× 554 0.3× 221 0.1× 1.8k 1.1× 918 1.0× 85 8.8k
Donald Guthrie United States 48 2.4k 1.0× 772 0.4× 372 0.2× 1.2k 0.7× 704 0.8× 131 9.8k
Alan S. Brown United States 62 3.9k 1.6× 1.0k 0.5× 469 0.3× 2.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 216 16.0k
David Q. Beversdorf United States 42 2.6k 1.1× 439 0.2× 347 0.2× 523 0.3× 660 0.7× 163 6.2k
Deborah A. Pearson United States 38 2.1k 0.9× 608 0.3× 211 0.1× 779 0.5× 333 0.4× 110 6.3k
Klaus W. Lange Germany 55 3.2k 1.3× 931 0.4× 360 0.2× 234 0.1× 716 0.8× 289 11.1k
Herbert G. Birch United States 39 1.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 287 0.2× 736 0.4× 887 1.0× 141 5.8k
Gerianne M. Alexander United States 47 930 0.4× 300 0.1× 425 0.2× 2.1k 1.2× 763 0.8× 152 8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Colombo

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All Works

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Li, Fei, Steven S. Wu, Carol Lynn Berseth, et al.. (2019). Improved Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Associated with Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane and Lactoferrin in Infant Formula: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pediatrics. 215. 24–31.e8. 103 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, D. Jill Shaddy, Kathleen M. Gustafson, et al.. (2019). The Kansas University DHA Outcomes Study (KUDOS) clinical trial: long-term behavioral follow-up of the effects of prenatal DHA supplementation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(5). 1380–1392. 43 indexed citations
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Lepping, Rebecca J., Robyn A. Honea, Laura E. Martin, et al.. (2018). Long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in the first year of life affects brain function, structure, and metabolism at age nine years. Developmental Psychobiology. 61(1). 5–16. 41 indexed citations
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Hidaka, Brandon H., Jocelynn M. Thodosoff, Elizabeth H. Kerling, et al.. (2018). Intrauterine DHA exposure and child body composition at 5 y: exploratory analysis of a randomized controlled trial of prenatal DHA supplementation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 107(1). 35–42. 17 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Byron J., C. Shane Reese, John Colombo, & Susan E. Carlson. (2016). Commensurate Priors on a Finite Mixture Model for Incorporating Repository Data in Clinical Trials. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research. 8(2). 151–160. 10 indexed citations
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Kapa, Leah L. & John Colombo. (2014). Executive function predicts artificial language learning. Journal of Memory and Language. 76. 237–252. 52 indexed citations
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Gould, Jacqueline F., Maria Makrides, John Colombo, & Lisa G. Smithers. (2014). Randomized controlled trial of maternal omega-3 long-chain PUFA supplementation during pregnancy and early childhood development of attention, working memory, and inhibitory control. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(4). 851–859. 50 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, Susan E. Carlson, Carol L. Cheatham, et al.. (2013). Long-term effects of LCPUFA supplementation on childhood cognitive outcomes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(2). 403–412. 143 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, et al.. (2011). Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Infancy Reduces Heart Rate and Positively Affects Distribution of Attention. Pediatric Research. 70(4). 406–410. 72 indexed citations
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Blaga, Otilia M. & John Colombo. (2006). Visual processing and infant ocular latencies in the overlap paradigm.. Developmental Psychology. 42(6). 1069–1076. 25 indexed citations
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Frick, Janet E., John Colombo, & Jennifer R. Allen. (2000). Temporal Sequence of Global‐Local Processing in 3‐Month‐Old Infants. Infancy. 1(3). 375–386. 43 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, et al.. (1997). Sensitization during Visual Habituation Sequences: Procedural Effects and Individual Differences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 67(2). 223–235. 16 indexed citations
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Frick, Janet E. & John Colombo. (1996). Individual Differences in Infant Visual Attention: Recognition of Degraded Visual Forms by Four-Month-Olds. Child Development. 67(1). 188–188. 22 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, et al.. (1995). Infants' detection of analogs of 'motherese' in noise. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 41(1). 104–113. 21 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, et al.. (1991). Individual Differences in Infant Visual Attention: Are Short Lookers Faster Processors or Feature Processors?. Child Development. 62(6). 1247–1247. 113 indexed citations
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Colombo, John, Denis Mitchell, & Frances Degen Horowitz. (1988). Infant Visual Attention in the Paired-Comparison Paradigm: Test-Retest and Attention-Performance Relations. Child Development. 59(5). 1198–1210. 113 indexed citations
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Colombo, John & Frances Degen Horowitz. (1987). Behavioral State as a Lead Variable in Neonatal Research.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 33(4). 21 indexed citations

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