Katherine M. Morrison

11.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
203 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Katherine M. Morrison is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine M. Morrison has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 70 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 42 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Katherine M. Morrison's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (59 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (53 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (26 papers). Katherine M. Morrison is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (59 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (53 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (26 papers). Katherine M. Morrison collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Katherine M. Morrison's co-authors include Hertzel C. Gerstein, Arya M. Sharma, Alison C. Holloway, Irene Hramiak, David C.W. Lau, James D. Douketis, E. Ur, Valerie H. Taylor, Parminder Raina and Koon Teo and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Katherine M. Morrison

188 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the managem... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2014 2020 2023 250 500 750
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. 2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity in adults and children [summary]
    2007 861 citations Katherine M. Morrison et al. profile →
  2. Inhibiting peripheral serotonin synthesis reduces obesity and metabolic dysfunction by promoting brown adipose tissue thermogenesis
    2014 379 citations Katherine M. Morrison, Jonathan D. Schertzer et al. profile →
  3. Development of the Microbiota and Associations With Birth Mode, Diet, and Atopic Disorders in a Longitudinal Analysis of Stool Samples, Collected From Infancy Through Early Childhood
    2020 198 citations Katherine M. Morrison, Alison C. Holloway et al. profile →
  4. Surrogate Adiposity Markers and Mortality
    2023 74 citations Katherine M. Morrison et al. profile →

Peers

Katherine M. Morrison
Aaron S. Kelly United States
Matthew A. Sabin Australia
Eva Corpeleijn Netherlands
Pamela J. Schreiner United States
Linda Snetselaar United States
Ramin Heshmat Iran
Mary Savoye United States
Lisa Chasan‐Taber United States
Elina Hyppönen United Kingdom
Fred Paccaud Switzerland
Aaron S. Kelly United States
Katherine M. Morrison
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine M. Morrison

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All Works

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Barra, Nicole G., Han Fang, André Schmidt, et al.. (2025). Food supply toxicants and additives alter the gut microbiota and risk of metabolic disease. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 328(3). E337–E353. 2 indexed citations
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Gerstein, Hertzel C., Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Talha Rafiq, et al.. (2024). The association of red and processed meat with gestational diabetes mellitus: Results from 2 Canadian birth cohort studies. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0302208–e0302208. 2 indexed citations
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Booth, Simon, Paul Norris, Gabriel Chow, et al.. (2023). Abstracts. Anaesthesia. 78(S3). 8–66. 2 indexed citations
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Ball, Geoff D.C., et al.. (2023). Recruiting families using social media versus pediatric obesity clinics: A secondary analysis of the Aim2Be RCT. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 133. 107322–107322. 1 indexed citations
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U-Din, Mueez, Saad A. Syed, Elizabeth Gunn, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue, Metabolic Health and the Gut Microbiome in Adults. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(3). 680–690. 13 indexed citations
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Kwon, Yun Han, Suhrid Banskota, Huaqing Wang, et al.. (2022). Chronic exposure to synthetic food colorant Allura Red AC promotes susceptibility to experimental colitis via intestinal serotonin in mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7617–7617. 48 indexed citations
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Sikorski, Claudia, Sandi M. Azab, Russell J. de Souza, et al.. (2022). Serum metabolomic signatures of gestational diabetes in South Asian and white European women. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 10(2). e002733–e002733. 16 indexed citations
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Ewusie, Joycelyne, et al.. (2022). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the mental and physical health of children enrolled in a paediatric weight management clinic. Paediatrics & Child Health. 27(Supplement_1). S72–S77. 5 indexed citations
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Barra, Nicole G., Yun Han Kwon, Katherine M. Morrison, et al.. (2022). Increased gut serotonin production in response to bisphenol A structural analogs may contribute to their obesogenic effects. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 323(1). E80–E091. 8 indexed citations
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Rafiq, Talha, Sandi M. Azab, Sonia S. Anand, et al.. (2022). Sources of Variation in Food-Related Metabolites during Pregnancy. Nutrients. 14(12). 2503–2503. 11 indexed citations
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Rafiq, Talha, Sandi M. Azab, Koon Teo, et al.. (2021). Nutritional Metabolomics and the Classification of Dietary Biomarker Candidates: A Critical Review. Advances in Nutrition. 12(6). 2333–2357. 64 indexed citations
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Souza, Russell J. de, Meera Shanmuganathan, Amel Lamri, et al.. (2020). Maternal Diet and the Serum Metabolome in Pregnancy: Robust Dietary Biomarkers Generalizable to a Multiethnic Birth Cohort. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4(10). nzaa144–nzaa144. 27 indexed citations
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Konyer, Norman B., Denis P. Blondin, Elizabeth Gunn, et al.. (2019). MRI Reveals Human Brown Adipose Tissue Is Rapidly Activated in Response to Cold. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 3(12). 2374–2384. 26 indexed citations
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Punthakee, Zubin, Charlotte Waddell, Miriam P. Rosin, et al.. (2019). Adiposity measures and their validity in estimating risk of hypertension in South Asian children: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 9(2). e024087–e024087. 7 indexed citations
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Turel, Ofir, et al.. (2019). Electronic device use and beverage related sugar and caffeine intake in US adolescents. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223912–e0223912. 20 indexed citations
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Morrison, Katherine M., Geoff D.C. Ball, Josephine Ho, et al.. (2018). The CANadian Pediatric Weight management Registry (CANPWR): lessons learned from developing and initiating a national, multi-centre study embedded in pediatric clinical practice. BMC Pediatrics. 18(1). 237–237. 4 indexed citations
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Anand, Sonia S., A. Darlene Davis, Rashid Ahmed, et al.. (2007). A Family-based Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in an Aboriginal Community in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 98(6). 447–452. 74 indexed citations

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