Keith M. Godfrey

56.3k total citations · 14 hit papers
654 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Keith M. Godfrey is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith M. Godfrey has authored 654 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 335 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 231 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 218 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Keith M. Godfrey's work include Birth, Development, and Health (299 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (162 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (151 papers). Keith M. Godfrey is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (299 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (162 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (151 papers). Keith M. Godfrey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and New Zealand. Keith M. Godfrey's co-authors include David J.P. Barker, Peter D. Gluckman, Siân Robinson, Cyrus Cooper, Hazel Inskip, Mark A. Hanson, Sarah Crozier, Clive Osmond, Nicholas C. Harvey and Yap Seng Chong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Keith M. Godfrey

623 papers receiving 30.0k citations

Hit Papers

Fetal nutrition and cardi... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1993 2004 2000 2018 2001 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in adult life
    1993 2.1k citations Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  2. Developmental plasticity and human health
    2004 1.2k citations Peter D. Gluckman, Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  3. Fetal nutrition and adult disease
    2000 994 citations Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  4. Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences
    2018 744 citations Judith Stephenson, Mary Barker et al. profile →
  5. Fetal programming and adult health
    2001 707 citations Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  6. Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring
    2016 701 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Rebecca M. Reynolds et al. profile →
  7. Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease.
    1991 653 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Clive Osmond et al. profile →
  8. Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and childhood bone mass at age 9 years: a longitudinal study
    2006 579 citations M K Javaid, Sarah Crozier et al. profile →
  9. Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and child outcomes
    2007 520 citations Catharine R. Galé, Siân Robinson et al. profile →
  10. Epigenetic Gene Promoter Methylation at Birth Is Associated With Child’s Later Adiposity
    2011 510 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Peter D. Gluckman et al. profile →
  11. Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
    2015 469 citations Lucilla Poston, Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  12. Maternal nutrition in early and late pregnancy in relation to placental and fetal growth
    1996 460 citations Keith M. Godfrey, Siân Robinson et al. profile →
  13. Objectively measured physical activity in four-year-old British children: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns segmented across the day
    2014 345 citations Nicholas C. Harvey, Keith M. Godfrey et al. profile →
  14. Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood and its Implications for Maternal and Long-Term Child Health: The Early Nutrition Project Recommendations
    2019 244 citations Berthold Koletzko, Keith M. Godfrey et al. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keith M. Godfrey United Kingdom 77 16.3k 10.0k 9.0k 4.7k 4.7k 654 30.9k
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Netherlands 89 13.3k 0.8× 7.4k 0.7× 9.6k 1.1× 3.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 886 34.6k
Matthew W. Gillman United States 97 10.5k 0.6× 6.9k 0.7× 14.3k 1.6× 4.2k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 340 32.2k
Caroline Fall United Kingdom 75 17.3k 1.1× 8.0k 0.8× 7.0k 0.8× 3.8k 0.8× 7.8k 1.7× 303 27.3k
Peter D. Gluckman New Zealand 102 25.5k 1.6× 8.5k 0.9× 6.8k 0.8× 6.0k 1.3× 4.2k 0.9× 630 45.9k
David J.P. Barker United Kingdom 88 26.4k 1.6× 12.7k 1.3× 8.3k 0.9× 5.6k 1.2× 5.6k 1.2× 241 37.8k
Clive Osmond United Kingdom 111 34.7k 2.1× 17.1k 1.7× 12.0k 1.3× 7.8k 1.6× 7.7k 1.6× 505 49.7k
Janet W. Rich‐Edwards United States 92 10.2k 0.6× 9.1k 0.9× 9.6k 1.1× 2.9k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 399 27.1k
Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman United States 84 6.9k 0.4× 4.7k 0.5× 8.4k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 432 23.1k
Jean Golding United Kingdom 87 11.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.4× 9.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 484 34.3k
David B. Dunger United Kingdom 95 8.4k 0.5× 4.3k 0.4× 4.3k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 597 32.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garratt, Emma, Elie Antoun, Leo D. Westbury, et al.. (2025). Early Life Environment Is Associated With Differential DNA Methylation of Primary Myoblasts From Older Individuals. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 8(1).
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Chan, Shiao‐Yng, Han Zhang, Hsin‐Fang Chang, et al.. (2024). Higher early pregnancy plasma myo ‐inositol associates with increased postprandial glycaemia later in pregnancy: Secondary analyses of the NiPPeR randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 26(5). 1658–1669. 2 indexed citations
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Schoenaker, Danielle, Elizabeth Lovegrove, Jennifer Hall, et al.. (2024). Preconception indicators and associations with health outcomes reported in UK routine primary care data: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice. 75(751). e129–e136. 2 indexed citations
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Ng, Nicholas Beng Hui, Navin Michael, Shirong Cai, et al.. (2024). Associations of fetal and postnatal growth trajectories with child cognition: the GUSTO cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(1). 1 indexed citations
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Loy, See Ling, Chee Wai Ku, Ling‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2023). Associations of predominant night-eating with plasma glycemic status and continuous glucose monitoring measures among pregnant women. Clinical Nutrition. 42(12). 2320–2327. 6 indexed citations
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Bone, Jeffrey N., Hiten D. Mistry, Joel Singer, et al.. (2023). Blood pressure measurement and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A cohort study testing blood pressure variability and alternatives to 140/90 mmHg. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 131(7). 1006–1016. 3 indexed citations
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Uhl, Olaf, Rohan M. Lewis, Birgit Hirschmugl, et al.. (2021). Placental polar lipid composition is associated with placental gene expression and neonatal body composition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1866(9). 158971–158971. 2 indexed citations
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Harvey, Nicholas C., et al.. (2020). British Society for Paediatric Dermatology. British Journal of Dermatology. 183(S1). 144–154. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Jun Shi, Carla Lança, Bee Lan Lee, et al.. (2020). Maternal Lutein and Zeaxanthin Concentrations in Relation to Offspring Visual Acuity at 3 Years of Age: The GUSTO Study. Nutrients. 12(2). 274–274. 16 indexed citations
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Koletzko, Berthold, Keith M. Godfrey, Lucilla Poston, et al.. (2019). Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation and Early Childhood and its Implications for Maternal and Long-Term Child Health: The Early Nutrition Project Recommendations. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 74(2). 93–106. 244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crozier, Sarah, Helena L. Fisk, Keith M. Godfrey, et al.. (2018). Arachidonic acid and DHA status in pregnant women is not associated with cognitive performance of their children at 4 or 6–7 years. British Journal Of Nutrition. 119(12). 1400–1407. 8 indexed citations
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Curtis, Elizabeth, Kate Maslin, Salvatore D’Angelo, et al.. (2018). PLASMA CTX IN PREGNANCY IS ALTERED BY CHOLECALCIFEROL SUPPLEMENTATION AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL BONE INDICES: THE MAVIDOS TRIAL. Osteoporosis International. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Castanys‐Muñoz, Esther, Kathy Kennedy, Eurídice Castañeda‐Gutiérrez, et al.. (2017). Systematic review indicates postnatal growth in term infants born small‐for‐gestational‐age being associated with later neurocognitive and metabolic outcomes. Acta Paediatrica. 106(8). 1230–1238. 66 indexed citations
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Padmapriya, Natarajan, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Liang Shen, et al.. (2016). Association of physical activity and sedentary behavior with depression and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in a multiethnic cohort of Asian women. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 19(6). 1119–1128. 42 indexed citations
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Pan, Hong, Xinyi Lin, Yonghui Wu, et al.. (2015). HIF3A Association with Adiposity: The Story Begins Before Birth. Epigenomics. 7(6). 937–950. 55 indexed citations
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Crozier, Sarah, Elaine Dennison, Hazel Inskip, et al.. (2010). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTRAUTERINE GROWTH AND POSTNATAL SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT. Osteoporosis International. 21. 8–8. 2 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Rebecca M., Keith M. Godfrey, Mary Barker, Clive Osmond, & David I. W. Phillips. (2007). Stress Responsiveness in Adult Life: Influence of Mother’s Diet in Late Pregnancy. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 92(6). 2208–2210. 55 indexed citations
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Jones, Alexander, Keith M. Godfrey, Peter Wood, et al.. (2006). Fetal Growth and the Adrenocortical Response to Psychological Stress. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 91(5). 1868–1871. 136 indexed citations
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Javaid, M K, et al.. (2003). Umbilical vein calcium concentration predicts the bone mass of children at age nine years.. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 18. 1 indexed citations
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Javaid, M K, et al.. (2001). Longitudinal assessment of bone status during pregnancy using calcaneal ultrasound.. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 44. 1 indexed citations

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