Laura Johnson

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Laura Johnson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Johnson has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 25 papers in Physiology and 16 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Laura Johnson's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (32 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers). Laura Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (50 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (32 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (14 papers). Laura Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Laura Johnson's co-authors include Susan A. Jebb, Jane Wardle, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, Clare Llewellyn, Oscar H. Franco, Rajiv Chowdhury, Francesca L. Crowe, Samantha Warnakula, Pauline Emmett and Adrian Mander and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Laura Johnson

94 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk

2014 812 citations Rajiv Chowdhury, Samantha Warnakula et al. profile →
Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies

2014 458 citations Rajiv Chowdhury, Setor K. Kunutsor et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Johnson United Kingdom	29	2.7k	1.3k	1.1k	667	645	97	4.8k
Paula J. Robson United Kingdom	47	3.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	493 0.7×	453 0.7×	168	6.7k
Jessica C. Kiefte–de Jong Netherlands	42	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	797 1.2×	259 0.4×	194	6.0k
Inga Þórsdóttir Iceland	38	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	218 0.3×	294 0.5×	154	4.7k
Lorna Aucott United Kingdom	38	1.8k 0.7×	500 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	661 1.0×	511 0.8×	121	5.2k
Marta D. Van Loan United States	37	1.8k 0.7×	615 0.5×	2.4k 2.2×	516 0.8×	550 0.9×	95	5.7k
Ana M. López‐Sobaler Spain	37	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	404 0.6×	310 0.5×	202	4.4k
Trudy Voortman Netherlands	42	2.1k 0.8×	696 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	511 0.8×	275 0.4×	242	6.3k
Ute Alexy Germany	36	2.5k 0.9×	771 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	225 0.3×	255 0.4×	146	3.9k
Diane C. Mitchell United States	44	3.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	209 0.3×	1.0k 1.6×	157	7.0k
Lisa Kahle United States	43	4.4k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	355 0.5×	476 0.7×	87	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Johnson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Scahill, Lawrence David, et al.. (2025). Clinical and Demographic Correlates of Insomnia Symptoms in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Suaris, Tamara, Noor Jahan, Thomas B. Lloyd, et al.. (2024). Role of Supplemental Breast MRI in Screening Women with Mammographically Dense Breasts: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Breast Imaging. 6(4). 355–377. 2 indexed citations

Küpers, Leanne K., Sílvia Fernández‐Barrés, Aayah Nounu, et al.. (2022). Maternal Mediterranean diet in pregnancy and newborn DNA methylation: a meta-analysis in the PACE Consortium. Epigenetics. 17(11). 1419–1431. 13 indexed citations

Skinner, Andy, et al.. (2020). Future Directions for Integrative Objective Assessment of Eating Using Wearable Sensing Technology. Frontiers in Nutrition. 7. 80–80. 19 indexed citations

Mohammadi, Shooka, Tin Tin Su, Angeliki Papadaki, et al.. (2020). Perceptions of eating practices and physical activity among Malaysian adolescents in secondary schools: a qualitative study with multi-stakeholders. Public Health Nutrition. 24(8). 2273–2285. 25 indexed citations

Kipping, Ruth, Rebecca Langford, Rowan Brockman, et al.. (2019). Child-care self-assessment to improve physical activity, oral health and nutrition for 2- to 4-year-olds: a feasibility cluster RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(13). 1–164. 15 indexed citations

Northstone, Kate, et al.. (2019). The impact of later eating rhythm on childhood adiposity: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 8(1). 290–290. 3 indexed citations

Bogl, Leonie H., Kirsten Mehlig, Timm Intemann, et al.. (2019). A within-sibling pair analysis of lifestyle behaviours and BMI z-score in the multi-centre I.Family study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 29(6). 580–589. 9 indexed citations

Syrad, Hayley, Clare Llewellyn, Laura Johnson, et al.. (2016). Meal size is a critical driver of weight gain in early childhood. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28368–28368. 33 indexed citations

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Syrad, Hayley, Laura Johnson, Jane Wardle, & Clare Llewellyn. (2015). Appetitive traits and food intake patterns in early life. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(1). 231–235. 58 indexed citations

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Pimpin, Laura, Susan A. Jebb, Laura Johnson, Jane Wardle, & Gina L. Ambrosini. (2015). Dietary protein intake is associated with body mass index and weight up to 5 y of age in a prospective cohort of twins. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103(2). 389–397. 72 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Rajiv, Setor K. Kunutsor, Anna Vitezova, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies. BMJ. 348(apr01 2). g1903–g1903. 458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Laura, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, Clare Llewellyn, Tim Cole, & Jane Wardle. (2014). Associations between infant feeding and the size, tempo and velocity of infant weight gain: SITAR analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort. International Journal of Obesity. 38(7). 980–987. 40 indexed citations

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Pimpin, Laura, Gina L. Ambrosini, Clare Llewellyn, et al.. (2013). Dietary intake of young twins: nature or nurture?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 98(5). 1326–1334. 19 indexed citations

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Anchala, Raghupathy, María Paula Panúncio-Pinto, Amir Shroufi, et al.. (2012). The Role of Decision Support System (DSS) in Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47064–e47064. 30 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Rajiv, Sarah Stevens, Donal Gorman, et al.. (2012). Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 345(oct30 3). e6698–e6698. 264 indexed citations

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Buitrago-López, Adriana, Jean Sanderson, Laura Johnson, et al.. (2011). Chocolate consumption and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 343(aug26 1). d4488–d4488. 181 indexed citations

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Buitrago-López, Adriana, et al.. (2011). Chocolate consumption and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations

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Wijlaars, Linda, Laura Johnson, Cornelia H.M. van Jaarsveld, & Jane Wardle. (2011). Socioeconomic status and weight gain in early infancy. International Journal of Obesity. 35(7). 963–970. 78 indexed citations

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Johnson, Laura & Jack M. Winters. (2005). Enhanced TheraJoy technology for use in upper-extremity stroke rehabilitation. PubMed. 4. 4932–4935. 13 indexed citations

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