Ken K. Ong

70.2k citations

330 papers · 19.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 76

Impact in

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.02%
- Birth, Development, and Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology top 0.1%
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Papers in

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 164
- Birth, Development, and Health 147
Obstetrics and Gynecology 57
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management 46
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies 29

Co-authors: David B. Dunger Ruth J. F. Loos M. Lynn Ahmed Nicholas J. Wareham Cathy E. Elks Lourdes Ibáñez Rajalakshmi Lakshman Francis de Zegher
Journals: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (50 papers)Hormone Research in Paediatrics (12 papers)Diabetes (10 papers)Clinical Endocrinology (10 papers)Diabetologia (8 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

In The Last Decade

Ken K. Ong

320 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Rapid weight gain during infancy and subsequent adiposity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of evidence 2017 · 267 citations

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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.

2017 Obesity Reviews
2015 Scientific Reports
2012 Frontiers in Endocrinology
2006 Acta Paediatrica

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All Works

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1	Association of IGF-1 Levels With Height From Childhood to Adulthood: An Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Benjamin De La Barrera, Silvia de la Barrera, Isabel Gamache, Soren Harnois‐Leblanc, Kaossarath Fagbemi, Ken K. Ong, Despoina Manousaki	2025	1
2	Population-Based Study of Rare Coding Variants in NR5A1/SF-1 Journal of the Endocrine Society ·Chrysanthi Kouri, Raina Jia, Katherine A. Kentistou, Eugene J. Gardner, John R. B. Perry, Christa E Flueck, Ken K. Ong	2024	2
3	High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action BMJ ·Sarah E. Maessen, Melanie Nichols, Wayne S. Cutfield, Shane A. Norris, Christoph Beger, Ken K. Ong	2023	1
4	Distinct infant feeding type-specific plasma metabolites at age 3 months associate with body composition at 2 years Clinical Nutrition ·Inge A.L.P. van Beijsterveldt, Pernille Neve Myers, Stuart G. Snowden, Ken K. Ong, Susanne Brix, Anita C. S. Hokken‐Koelega, Albert Koulman	2022	3
5	Anogenital Distance in Healthy Infants: Method-, Age- and Sex-related Reference Ranges The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Margit Bistrup Fischer, Marie Lindhardt Ljubicic, Casper P. Hagen, Ajay Thankamony, Ken K. Ong, Ieuan A. Hughes, Tina Kold Jensen, Katharina M. Main, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Alexander S. Busch, Emmie N. Upners, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Shanna H. Swan, Anders Juul	2020	23
6	Duration of obesity exposure between ages 10 and 40 years and its relationship with cardiometabolic disease risk factors: A cohort study PLoS Medicine ·Tom Norris, Tim Cole, David Bann, Mark Hamer, Rebecca Hardy, Leah Li, Ken K. Ong, George B. Ploubidis, Russell Viner, William Johnson	2020	51
7	Human Milk Short-Chain Fatty Acid Composition is Associated with Adiposity Outcomes in Infants Journal of Nutrition ·Philippa Prentice, Marieke H. Schoemaker, Jacques Vervoort, Kasper Hettinga, Tim T. Lambers, Eric A.F. van Tol, Carlo L. Acerini, Laurentya Olga, Clive J. Petry, Ieuan A. Hughes, Albert Koulman, Ken K. Ong, David B. Dunger	2019	73
8	Evidence from 3-month-old infants shows that a combination of postnatal feeding and exposures in utero shape lipid metabolism Scientific Reports ·Samuel Furse, Stuart G. Snowden, Laurentya Olga, Philippa Prentice, Ken K. Ong, Ieuan A. Hughes, Carlo L. Acerini, David B. Dunger, Albert Koulman	2019	11
9	Toward Understanding How Social Factors Shaped a Behavioral Intervention on Healthier Infant Formula-Feeding Qualitative Health Research ·Cornelia Guell, Fiona Whittle, Ken K. Ong, Rajalakshmi Lakshman	2018	12
10	Breastfeeding moderates FTO related adiposity: a birth cohort study with 30 years of follow-up Scientific Reports ·Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Fernando Pires Hartwig, Ken K. Ong, Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe, Elma Izze da Silva Magalhães, Natália Peixoto Lima, Fernando C. Barros	2018	20
11	Dissecting Causal Pathways Using Mendelian Randomization with Summarized Genetic Data: Application to Age at Menarche and Risk of Breast Cancer Genetics ·Stephen Burgess, Deborah J. Thompson, Jessica M. B. Rees, Felix R. Day, John R. B. Perry, Ken K. Ong	2017	135
12	Variant rs10911021 that associates with coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes, is associated with lower concentrations of circulating HDL cholesterol and large HDL particles but not with amino acids Cardiovascular Diabetology ·Katherine E. Beaney, Jackie A. Cooper, Stela McLachlan, S. Goya Wannamethee, Barbara J. Jefferis, Peter H. Whincup, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, Jackie F. Price, Meena Kumari, Andrew Wong, Ken K. Ong, Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, Mika Kivimäki, Antti J. Kangas, Pasi Soininen, Mika Ala‐Korpela, Fotios Drenos, Steve E. Humphries	2016	9
13	An Unbiased Lipidomics Approach Identifies Early Second Trimester Lipids Predictive of Maternal Glycemic Traits and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Care ·Liangjian Lu, Albert Koulman, Clive J. Petry, Benjamin Jenkins, Lee Matthews, Ieuan A. Hughes, Carlo L. Acerini, Ken K. Ong, David B. Dunger	2016	63
14	Postnatal growth in preterm infants and later health outcomes: a systematic review Acta Paediatrica ·Ken K. Ong, Kathy Kennedy, Eurídice Castañeda‐Gutiérrez, Stewart Forsyth, Keith M. Godfrey, Berthold Koletzko, Marie E. Latulippe, Susan E. Ozanne, Ricardo Rueda, Marieke H. Schoemaker, Eline M. van der Beek, Stef van Buuren, Mary Fewtrell	2015	214
15	Metabolic Syndrome in Children: Comparison of the International Diabetes Federation 2007 Consensus with an Adapted National Cholesterol Education Program Definition in 300 Overweight and Obese French Children Hormone Research in Paediatrics ·C. Druet, Ken K. Ong, Claire Marchal	2010	26
16	Association of Weight Gain in Infancy and Early Childhood with Metabolic Risk in Young Adults The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Ulf Ekelund, Ken K. Ong, Yvonne Linné, Martin Neovius, Søren Brage, David B. Dunger, Nicholas J. Wareham, Stephan Rössner	2006	252
17	High-Dose Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment in Non-GH-Deficient Children Born Small for Gestational Age Induces Growth Responses Related to Pretreatment GH Secretion and Associated with a Reversible Decrease in Insulin Sensitivity The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Francis de Zegher, Ken K. Ong, Maria Van Helvoirt, Angelica Mohn, Katie A. Woods, David B. Dunger	2002	85
18	Size at Birth and Early Childhood Growth in Relation to Maternal Smoking, Parity and Infant Breast-Feeding: Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study and Analysis Pediatric Research ·Ken K. Ong, Michael A. Preece, Pauline Emmett, M. Lynn Ahmed, David B. Dunger	2002	340
19	Size at Birth and Early Childhood Growth in Relation to Maternal Smoking, Parity and Infant Breast-Feeding: Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study and Analysis Pediatric Research ·Ken K. Ong	2002	34
20	Cord Blood Leptin Is Associated with Size at Birth and Predicts Infancy Weight Gain in Humans The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Ken K. Ong, M. Lynn Ahmed, Andrea Sherriff, Katie A. Woods, A. Watts, Jean Golding, David B. Dunger	1999	186

About Ken K. Ong

Ken K. Ong is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 330 papers that have together received 19.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Birth, Development, and Health (147 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (94 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (59 papers), Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (46 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (29 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (27 papers), Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (26 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (8.0k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (3.0k citations), Reproductive Medicine (2.5k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (3.8k citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (5.9k citations). Ken K. Ong has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include David B. Dunger, Ruth J. F. Loos, M. Lynn Ahmed, Nicholas J. Wareham, Cathy E. Elks, Lourdes Ibáñez, Rajalakshmi Lakshman, Francis de Zegher, Carlo L. Acerini and Ieuan A. Hughes. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Hormone Research in Paediatrics, Diabetes, Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetologia.

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