Kong Y. Chen

20.5k citations

169 papers · 12.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Physiology top 0.05%
- Physical Activity and Health
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Diet and metabolism studies
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 0.1%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Papers in

Physiology 105
- Physical Activity and Health 50
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 24
- Diet and metabolism studies 22
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 61
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 56

Co-authors: Robert J. Brychta Richard P. Troiano Maciej S. Buchowski Charles E. Matthews David R. Bassett R. R. Pate Bettina M. Beech Patty S. Freedson
Journals: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (13 papers)Obesity (8 papers)The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (7 papers)American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (6 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Iceland

In The Last Decade

Kong Y. Chen

159 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men 2017 · 380 citations

What are hit papers?

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 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016 Obesity
2014 British Journal of Sports Medicine
2014 Cell Metabolism
2008 American Journal of Epidemiology
2005 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kong Y. Chen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	An exploratory analysis of the relationship between ultraprocessed food consumption, alcohol intake, body composition, and cardiometabolic markers in individuals with alcohol use disorder Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research ·Jennifer J. Barb, Lawrence King, Shanna Yang, Sara Turner, Carlotta Vizioli, Ryan E. Tyler, Kong Y. Chen, Mehdi Farokhnia, Gwenyth R. Wallen, Lorenzo Leggio	2025	1
2	Lower subjective social status is associated with increased adiposity and self-reported eating in the absence of hunger due to negative affect among children reporting teasing distress Journal of Pediatric Psychology ·Bobby K. Cheon, Meegan R. Smith, Julia M.P. Bittner, Lucy K. Loch, Hannah E. Haynes, Bess F Bloomer, Jennifer Te‐Vazquez, Andrea I. Bowling, Sheila M. Brady, Marian Tanofsky‐Kraff, Kong Y. Chen, Jack A. Yanovski	2024	3
3	The use of accelerometers to improve estimation of the thermic effect of food in whole room calorimetry studies Journal of Applied Physiology ·Sarah A. Purcell, Samuel R. LaMunion, Kong Y. Chen, Corey A. Rynders, Elizabeth A. Thomas, Edward L. Melanson	2024	0
4	A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Testing a Smartphone-Delivered Food Attention Retraining Program in Adolescent Girls with Overweight or Obesity Nutrients ·Megan N. Parker, Bess F. Bloomer, Jeffrey Stout, Meghan E. Byrne, Natasha A. Schvey, Sheila M. Brady, Kong Y. Chen, Allison C. Nugent, Sara A. Turner, Shanna Yang, Monika M. Stojek, Andrew J. Waters, Marian Tanofsky‐Kraff, Jack A. Yanovski	2024	0
5	An open‐label 16‐week study of liraglutide in adolescents with obesity post‐sleeve gastrectomy Pediatric Obesity ·Anna Zenno, Ejike E. Nwosu, Syeda Fatima, Evan P. Nadler, Nazrat Mirza, Sheila M. Brady, Sara Turner, Shanna Yang, Julia Lazareva, Jennifer A. Te‐Vasquez, Kong Y. Chen, Stephanie T. Chung, Jack A. Yanovski	2024	1
6	Associations of food reinforcement and food- related inhibitory control with adiposity and weight gain in children and adolescents Physiology & Behavior ·Lucy K. Loch, Marian Tanofsky‐Kraff, Megan N. Parker, Hannah E. Haynes, Jennifer Te‐Vazquez, Bess F. Bloomer, Julia Lazareva, Nasreen A. Moursi, Ejike E. Nwosu, Shanna Yang, Sara A. Turner, Sheila M. Brady, Andrea I. Bowling, Kong Y. Chen, Jack A. Yanovski	2023	1
7	Independent and Interactive Associations of Subjective and Objective Socioeconomic Status With Body Composition and Parent-Reported Hyperphagia Among Children Childhood Obesity ·Meegan R. Smith, Julia M.P. Bittner, Lucy K. Loch, Hannah E. Haynes, Bess F. Bloomer, Jennifer Te‐Vazquez, Andrea I. Bowling, Sheila M. Brady, Marian Tanofsky‐Kraff, Kong Y. Chen, Jack A. Yanovski, Bobby K. Cheon	2023	3
8	Activating Human Adipose Tissue with the β3-Adrenergic Agonist Mirabegron Methods in molecular biology ·Kong Y. Chen, Robert J. Brychta, Nikita S. Israni, Alex Jiang, Hannah J. Lea, Taylor N. Lentz, Anne E. Pierce, Aaron M. Cypess	2022	5
9	How to Best Protect People With Diabetes From the Impact of SARS-CoV-2: Report of the International COVID-19 and Diabetes Summit Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology ·Jennifer Y. Zhang, Trisha Shang, David Ahn, Kong Y. Chen, Gerard L. Coté, Juan Espinoza, Carlos E. Mendez, Elias K. Spanakis, Bithika Thompson, Amisha Wallia, Lauren E. Wisk, David Kerr, David C. Klonoff	2021	20
10	Proton MR Spectroscopy Measurements of White and Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Humans: Relaxation Parameters and Unsaturated Fatty Acids Radiology ·Ronald Ouwerkerk, Ahmed Hamimi, Jatin R. Matta, Khaled Z. Abd‐Elmoniem, Janet F. Eary, Zahraa Abdul Sater, Kong Y. Chen, Aaron M. Cypess, Ahmed M. Gharib	2021	15
11	Sexual Dimorphisms in Adult Human Brown Adipose Tissue Obesity ·Laura A. Fletcher, Katherine Kim, Brooks P. Leitner, Thomas M. Cassimatis, Alana O’Mara, James W. Johnson, Molly S. Halprin, Suzanne McGehee, Robert J. Brychta, Aaron M. Cypess, Kong Y. Chen	2020	35
12	Room Indirect Calorimetry Operating and Reporting Standards (RICORS 1.0): A Guide to Conducting and Reporting Human Whole‐Room Calorimeter Studies Obesity ·Kong Y. Chen, Steven R. Smith, Éric Ravussin, Jonathan Krakoff, Guy Plasqui, Shigeho Tanaka, Peter R. Murgatroyd, Robert J. Brychta, C. Bock, Elvis Á. Carnero, Paul F.M. Schoffelen, Yoichi Hatamoto, Corey A. Rynders, Edward L. Melanson	2020	51
13	Quantification of the Capacity for Cold-Induced Thermogenesis in Young Men With and Without Obesity The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Robert J. Brychta, Shan Huang, Juan Wang, Brooks P. Leitner, Jacob D. Hattenbach, Sarah Bell, Laura A. Fletcher, Rachel Perron Wood, Christopher R. Idelson, Courtney J. Duckworth, Suzanne McGehee, Amber B. Courville, Shanna Bernstein, Marc L. Reitman, Aaron M. Cypess, Kong Y. Chen	2019	28
14	Dynamic sitting: Measurement and associations with metabolic health Journal of Sports Sciences ·Julianne D. van der Berg, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Hans Bosma, Paolo Caserotti, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, Nanna Ýr Arnardóttir, Dane R. Van Domelen, Robert J. Brychta, Kong Y. Chen, Þórarinn Sveinsson, Erlingur Jóhannsson, Lenore J. Launer, Vilmundur Guðnason, Pálmi V. Jónsson, Tamara B. Harris, Annemarie Koster	2019	9
15	Opportunities and challenges in the therapeutic activation of human energy expenditure and thermogenesis to manage obesity Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kong Y. Chen, Robert J. Brychta, Zahraa Abdul Sater, Thomas M. Cassimatis, Cheryl Cero, Laura A. Fletcher, Nikita S. Israni, James W. Johnson, Hannah J. Lea, Joyce D. Linderman, Alana O’Mara, Kenneth Zhu, Aaron M. Cypess	2019	79
16	Metreleptin-mediated improvements in insulin sensitivity are independent of food intake in humans with lipodystrophy Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Rebecca J. Brown, Arelí Valencia, Megan Startzell, Elaine Cochran, Peter J. Walter, H. Martin Garraffo, Hongyi Cai, Ahmed M. Gharib, Ronald Ouwerkerk, Amber B. Courville, Shanna Bernstein, Robert J. Brychta, Kong Y. Chen, Mary Walter, Sungyoung Auh, Phillip Görden	2018	74
17	Less screen time and more frequent vigorous physical activity is associated with lower risk of reporting negative mental health symptoms among Icelandic adolescents PLoS ONE ·Soffia M. Hrafnkelsdóttir, Robert J. Brychta, Vaka Rögnvaldsdóttir, Sunna Gestsdóttir, Kong Y. Chen, Erlingur Jóhannsson, Sigríður Lára Guðmundsdóttir, Sigurbjörn Á. Arngrímsson	2018	90
18	Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brooks P. Leitner, Shan Huang, Robert J. Brychta, Courtney J. Duckworth, Alison S. Baskin, Suzanne McGehee, Ṭal Ilan, William J. Dieckmann, Garima Gupta, Gerald M. Kolodny, Karel Pacák, Peter Herscovitch, Aaron M. Cypess, Kong Y. Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2017	380
19	Association of change in brain structure to objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study Behavioural Brain Research ·Nanna Ýr Arnardóttir, Annemarie Koster, Dane R. Van Domelen, Robert J. Brychta, Paolo Caserotti, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, Jóhanna Eyrún Sverrisdottir, Sigurður Sigurdsson, Erlingur Jóhannsson, Kong Y. Chen, Vilmundur Guðnason, Tamara B. Harris, Lenore J. Launer, Þórarinn Sveinsson	2015	59
20	Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study Age and Ageing ·Nanna Ýr Arnardóttir, Annemarie Koster, Dane R. Van Domelen, Robert J. Brychta, Paolo Caserotti, Guðný Eiríksdóttir, Jóhanna Eyrún Sverrisdottir, Lenore J. Launer, Vilmundur Guðnason, Erlingur Jóhannsson, Tamara B. Harris, Kong Y. Chen, Þórarinn Sveinsson	2012	137

About Kong Y. Chen

Kong Y. Chen is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Rehabilitation and Applied Psychology, having authored 169 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (56 papers), Physical Activity and Health (50 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (22 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (16 papers), Sleep and related disorders (12 papers), Health and Lifestyle Studies (12 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (8.4k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (4.2k citations), Complementary and alternative medicine (978 citations), Applied Psychology (584 citations) and Rehabilitation (768 citations). Kong Y. Chen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Iceland. Frequent co-authors include Robert J. Brychta, Richard P. Troiano, Maciej S. Buchowski, Charles E. Matthews, David R. Bassett, R. R. Pate, Bettina M. Beech, Patty S. Freedson, James J. McClain and Annemarie Koster. Their work appears in journals such as Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Obesity, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PLoS ONE.

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