Kenneth J. Ellis

12.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

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Kenneth J. Ellis is a scholar working on Physiology, Radiation and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. Ellis has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Physiology, 32 papers in Radiation and 28 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. Ellis's work include Body Composition Measurement Techniques (78 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (36 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (27 papers). Kenneth J. Ellis is often cited by papers focused on Body Composition Measurement Techniques (78 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (36 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (27 papers). Kenneth J. Ellis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Kenneth J. Ellis's co-authors include William W. Wong, Steven A. Abrams, Roman J. Shypailo, Nancy F. Butte, S.H. Cohn, Seiichi Yasumura, Stanton H. Cohn, D. Vartsky, I. Zanzi and Judy M. Hopkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physiological Reviews and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth J. Ellis

186 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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Human Body Composition: In Vivo Methods

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth J. Ellis United States	54	3.6k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	188	8.7k
Ailsa Goulding New Zealand	45	2.5k 0.7×	817 0.5×	2.9k 1.9×	2.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	123	7.9k
Richard N. Pierson United States	69	6.0k 1.7×	717 0.4×	3.0k 2.0×	1.2k 0.9×	766 0.6×	372	17.7k
Bo Gullberg Sweden	53	1.8k 0.5×	819 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	2.5k 1.9×	466 0.4×	188	11.3k
Daniel O. Slosman Switzerland	52	2.6k 0.7×	635 0.4×	892 0.6×	3.6k 2.8×	948 0.8×	148	10.4k
Barbara J. Boucher United Kingdom	47	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	801 0.6×	142	7.2k
Alistair W. Stewart New Zealand	56	2.6k 0.7×	926 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	457 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	172	9.7k
Virginia A. Stallings United States	59	1.9k 0.5×	2.6k 1.5×	3.0k 2.0×	747 0.6×	3.0k 2.5×	278	12.2k
ZiMian Wang United States	40	6.8k 1.9×	616 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	402 0.3×	70	10.5k
Trudy L. Burns United States	51	1.8k 0.5×	499 0.3×	3.6k 2.4×	835 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	204	10.3k
Ann Prentice United Kingdom	64	2.9k 0.8×	4.4k 2.6×	3.5k 2.4×	3.2k 2.5×	2.1k 1.7×	278	13.8k

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Şahin, Özgür, Qingfei Wang, Samuel W. Brady, et al.. (2014). Biomarker-guided sequential targeted therapies to overcome therapy resistance in rapidly evolving highly aggressive mammary tumors. Cell Research. 24(5). 542–559. 20 indexed citations

Grover, Monica, et al.. (2012). Decreased bone mineralization in children with Noonan syndrome: Another consequence of dysregulated RAS MAPKinase pathway?. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 106(2). 237–240. 30 indexed citations

Ellis, Kenneth J.. (2009). Reference Infant and Child Models of Body Composition. Nutrition Today. 44(2). 54–61.

Jackson, Andrew S., Kenneth J. Ellis, Brian K. McFarlin, Mary H. Sailors, & Molly S. Bray. (2008). Cross-validation of generalised body composition equations with diverse young men and women: the Training Intervention and Genetics of Exercise Response (TIGER) Study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 101(6). 871–878. 33 indexed citations

Abrams, Steven A., Ian J. Griffin, Keli M. Hawthorne, & Kenneth J. Ellis. (2007). Effect of Prebiotic Supplementation and Calcium Intake on Body Mass Index. The Journal of Pediatrics. 151(3). 293–298. 79 indexed citations

Koo, Winston, Mouhanad Hammami, Roman J. Shypailo, & Kenneth J. Ellis. (2004). Bone and Body Composition Measurements of Small Subjects: Discrepancies from Software for Fan-Beam Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 23(6). 647–650. 22 indexed citations

Hardin, Dana S., et al.. (2001). Growth hormone improves clinical status in prepubertal children with cystic fibrosis: Results of a randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Pediatrics. 139(5). 636–642. 67 indexed citations

Ellis, Kenneth J.. (2001). Selected Body Composition Methods Can Be Used in Field Studies. Journal of Nutrition. 131(5). 1589S–1595S. 104 indexed citations

Ellis, Kenneth J., et al.. (2000). Body Composition Measurements. The Endocrinologist. 10(Supplement 1). 57S–62S. 4 indexed citations

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Butte, Nancy F., et al.. (1999). Fat Mass in Infants and Toddlers: Comparability of Total Body Water, Total Body Potassium, Total Body Electrical Conductivity, and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 29(2). 184–189. 21 indexed citations

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Shypailo, Roman J., et al.. (1998). Whole-body phantoms with anthropomorphic-shaped skeletons for evaluation of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 49(5-6). 503–505. 8 indexed citations

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Wong, William W., Margery Nicolson, Janice E. Stuff, et al.. (1998). Serum Leptin Concentrations in Caucasian and African-American Girls1. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 83(10). 3574–3577. 30 indexed citations

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Ellis, Kenneth J. & Buford L. Nichols. (1993). Body Composition. Advances in Pediatrics. 40(1). 159–184. 4 indexed citations

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Ellis, Kenneth J., et al.. (1993). Human body composition : in vivo methods, models, and assessment. Plenum Press eBooks. 73 indexed citations

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Cohn, S.H., A. Vaswani, Seiichi Yasumura, Kapo Yuen, & Kenneth J. Ellis. (1984). Improved models for determination of body fat by in vivo neutron activation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 40(2). 255–259. 71 indexed citations

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Ellis, Kenneth J., et al.. (1981). Critical organ concentration of cadmium in occupationally-exposed workers. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 18(16). 4085–92. 1 indexed citations

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Ellis, Kenneth J.. (1980). Variations in plasma thyroxine concentrations in sheep and the effects of iodine supplementation by an intra-ruminal device.. 13. 209–212. 3 indexed citations

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Ellis, Kenneth J., D. Vartsky, I. Zanzi, Stanton H. Cohn, & Seiichi Yasumura. (1979). Cadmium: In Vivo Measurement in Smokers and Nonsmokers. Science. 205(4403). 323–325. 105 indexed citations

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Letteri, Joseph M., et al.. (1978). Serial measurement of total body potassium in chronic renal disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 31(10). 1937–1944. 13 indexed citations

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Aloia, John F., I. Zanzi, A. Vaswani, Kenneth J. Ellis, & Stanton H. Cohn. (1977). Combination therapy for osteoporosis. Metabolism. 26(7). 787–792. 21 indexed citations

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